Spydercos as Father's Day Presents

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I am getting my Father in law a Superhawk for Father's Day, and probably getting my Dad a CPM D2 Para because my favorite dealer (Tom Berry AKA Catamount at www.spydercovt.com) gave me a heads up on some good deals. My Father in law just LOVES my Superhawk and has been drooling over it since I got it, and he isn't even a knife guy per se. He just uses them for work and really loves the relaxed Hawkbill's great cutting ability and characteristics, but he also loves the tremendous ergos and light weight for it's great strength. The fact I can always keep it sharp for him makes him like it all that much more (he lives a couple blocks away, so I am the family sharpener). I think he will be a happy man.

The CPM D2 Para is a knife my Dad will absolutely love. He currently carries a Civilian (he goes to bad areas sometimes and really prays it is never going to be used) and carries a standard Millie I loaned him. He really likes the weight to blade ratio on the Millie, but wishes he had the steel and FG scales of my CPM D2 Millie after I showed him the extra sharpness I can squeak out of CPM D2 compared to S30V. He is a huge fan of the cutting ability of the Millie and it's great tip, and S30V is more than serviceable so he uses that knife a lot. He does want a bit smaller blade than the Millie though to use around sheeple (though the Para is still not a sheeple freindly knife, it doesn't say pocket sword quite as much as the Millie), and the Para should fit his needs very well since the blade shape is the same as the Millie, only shorter. He never got to handle my FG Para, but when I showed him the comp lock on my Superhawk he loved it and liked the features of the Para as it is a stronger, shorter Millie. He will also get to experience the goodness of CPM D2, and I really think he will like it. If not I will have to trade him for one of my other knives, but he already has borrowed a few, and the Para is hard to not like so I have a feeling it will be his next EDC. Like my in laws, I am also the sharpener for my parents, they just live farther away than the in laws so I don't have to sharpen their knives too often, and CPM D2 and the Kreined ZDP Jess Horn I gave him don't need to hit the stones too often.

Is anyone else giving out Spydercos for Father's Day? They certainly make a good gift for a knife lover. I already know my present, which is Krein grinds on 2 of my Spydercos and a non-Spyderco (a Benchmade 760 that has the worst grind for cutting I've ever seen on a knife).

Mike
 
My dad came to my house a few weeks ago and saw my endura on the counter top. He was playing with it and asking a bunch of questions. He put it in his pocket and said how it felt perfect for him to carry and use. He also loved how light it was for it's size. I told him how much it cost but he really didn't want to spend that much on a pocket knife. He's hasn't bought a new knife since his Buck 110 before I was born and the SAK we got him for Christmas over 20 years ago. Soooo, I ordered him a yellow pacific salt as soon as he left. We can't wait to give it to him.
As for my fathers day gift, I already got it :D orange millie. But I'm jelous of his salt now. We are going salt water fishing fathers day weekend and I wish I had my own H1 knife to bring.
 
I'm gonna order my dad either a ladybug or ladybug salt. He's not really a knife guy but carries around an imitation ladybug that is butter knife dull and is a lock back that acts like a slip joint.

I think he will be pleased.

As for me, I dont have kids but I have someone that calls me daddy:D...but I dont think that counts.
 
My dad refuses to carry knives of any sort. He even leaves his SAK on his dresser. I've seen him open packages with his teeth. :rolleyes:
 
I wish I could give my Dad a Spyderco but I had to go with another option. He has Alzheimer's as does my Mom. They both had to go to a facility back in October and all he has been talking about (he remembers this) is his old Case Trapper. He had an old yellow handled one that he carried for years.

I talked to the people who run the facility and they said there was no way he would be allowed to have a knife there. He has been a knife guy his whole life but I do understand their concern.

So ( wow this was hard to do this to a knife on purpose) I took the knife and blunted the tips and dulled the blades. I took it down there and they agreed that he could have it since it was no longer a threat. Bless his heart, he beamed from ear to ear and never noticed the slight modifications I had to put on it.

Enjoy every minute of those smiles from your dads when they get a knife as a present.

That stuff is pure gold.
 
Liveitloud said:
I wish I could give my Dad a Spyderco but I had to go with another option. He has Alzheimer's as does my Mom. They both had to go to a facility back in October and all he has been talking about (he remembers this) is his old Case Trapper. He had an old yellow handled one that he carried for years.

I talked to the people who run the facility and they said there was no way he would be allowed to have a knife there. He has been a knife guy his whole life but I do understand their concern.

So ( wow this was hard to do this to a knife on purpose) I took the knife and blunted the tips and dulled the blades. I took it down there and they agreed that he could have it since it was no longer a threat. Bless his heart, he beamed from ear to ear and never noticed the slight modifications I had to put on it.

Enjoy every minute of those smiles from your dads when they get a knife as a present.

That stuff is pure gold.
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Liveitloud Im very sorry to hear this, But it was a very nice thing that you did for your father. Im sure he really appreciated it! :)
 
Well, I actually gave my Dad a P'kal tonight for Father's day and he absolutely loves it. I showed him proper P'kal wave action, and he was amazed at the speed of deployment and how good the knife felt both edge in and edge out. He loved how quick the knife moves and really loves the smoothness of the ball lock. Now I have to see how much my father in law enjoys his Superhawk tomorrow. I have a feeling he'll love it.

Mike
 
I already got my boatload of Krein grinds, the Barong being my favorite, with my FFG/splinter picker tip Pacific Salt and FFG Endura Wave SE being nice additions, as well.

Mike
 
I got a Rock Salt for Fathers Day even though I was somewhat involved in the process. None of the fathers I know are into knives and I'm a cheap bastard. :D
 
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