Spyderhole - less efficient way to open a knife?

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The spider hole doesn't get caught on the pants pockets or fabric. You can put your hand inside your pocket and the back of your hand will not get scratched up the way a thumb stud will. I prefer the spider hole or the strider hole, oval or whatever it's called.
 
I don't flick my knives open when I need to cut something. Speed of "deployment" is a non issue in my daily life. Though I confess I always have a waved Emerson in my right front pocket, and don't wave it.Strange....

That said my two favorite Spyderco knives are easily flickable. The Para 2 and Military.

I don't carry my G10 Manix 2 at all, don't like the BBL, but it is flickable also.

I prefer the larger Spydie holes of the PM2/Military due to how easy they are to open while wearing gloves. Which I wear at work all day.
 
The Spyderhole always worked well for me. In addition, the blade is easier to clean and, unlike discs, studs, waves, the hole won't catch accidentally on clothes. The look... well that's another story.
 
Spyderhole works great for me.
I don't buy knives based on "flick-ability",, but YMMV
 
tantrik77 said:
I despise the spyderhole. I can't bring myself to buy a Spyderco because of it. I find thumbstuds and flippers to be much faster and easier to deploy. On top of that, I hate how much extra blade width it adds. Almost every single Spyderco would carry much better (slimmer) and have a smaller footprint in a pocket without it. Aesthetically, I find it it be hideous as well. I wish Spyderco would offer some knives without it as they have great designs, materials, and fit/finish for the most part. I just can't get over that damn hole. Your mileage may vary...
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This sums it up for me. I certainly have not tried them all, but the ones I have tried just dont't feel right to me. Haven't brought one home yet and don't know that I ever will.
 
I like being able to take a nice slab off of a block of cheese without a thumb stud gouging a channel.
 
While I like the Spyderhole better than a Chris Reeve thumbstud (honestly, almost anything besides a nail nick is better), I do prefer a Benchmade-style thumbstud or even the Emerson disc.
 
tantrik77 said:
I despise the spyderhole. I can't bring myself to buy a Spyderco because of it. I find thumbstuds and flippers to be much faster and easier to deploy. On top of that, I hate how much extra blade width it adds. Almost every single Spyderco would carry much better (slimmer) and have a smaller footprint in a pocket without it. Aesthetically, I find it it be hideous as well. I wish Spyderco would offer some knives without it as they have great designs, materials, and fit/finish for the most part. I just can't get over that damn hole. Your mileage may vary...
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what he said. The spydie hole is a huge eyesore to me on the knife and Ive never liked the way the blade deploys with it. One major reason I'll probably never own a Spyderco knife.
 
Don't own a Spyderco, but I have a one hand opening SAK which is like the Spyderco. Doesn't work one handed with gloves very well, so in Winter it's a two hander. But the size of the hole and the hump on the back of the blade makes that two handed opening very easy with heavy gloves, unlike a knife with only a nail nick and little pull. So it's a win-win in this case. I say yay for the Spyderco innovation.

You can also pinch the blade at the hole and flick the handle open and away if the handle is heavy enough. That sometimes works with the SAK.

Zieg
 
Haven't used a Spyderco spydie super hole opener since it is way too ugly (No doubt it works though). Makes the blade look like a short, fat, scrunged up hunk of steel. With regard to comments with thumbstuds, I have used them with gloves and they work fine. I prefer flippers because they usually double as a nice choil.
 
It is all about control. The round Spydie-hole offers the ultimate in deployment (not crazy about that term, makes me think I need a ninja uniform) control. It is also patently simple, sorta' like me. :D
 
Spyderhole is great IMO. It creates a huge target for your thumb making opening super natural and fluid. I like thumb studs too but when trying to pop the blade open quick you have to think more and get your thumb on a smaller target. I can mash my thumb into a spyderhole and get it open very quickly with a thumbnail flick if an emergency arose. Or I can guide the blade open smoothly and fluidly.
 
The truth is when I first got into knives and saw the spyderco hole it was like a lot of the objected here just looked hideous.but when I got my hands on one.its now spyderco or nothing. Guess I was bug bitten.no other production knife comes close to the wide array of different styles carry options.so to make a long story short don't knock it until you try it. Another vote for the spydie hole!
 
I put off buying a Spyerco at first because I did not like the look of the spider hole. I finally broke down and bought one. While I am still not sold 100% on the aesthetics of the the hole, as some mentioned earlier they add a lot of width to the blade and that is what I found off putting. That being said they make it so easy to open the knife. I now own 3: paramiltary 2, manix 2, and delica 4 lightweight. I love all of them.
 
A hole in the blade is about the last thing I'd consider for a flicker knife. Good luck wid' 'dat.... You guys who think it's a flick knife just keep on truckin'.

Blade holes are my least favorite opening method. I also don't like the basic spyderco look/profile. There are maybe 4 or 5 that I like of their whole line. I know they make very good knives though and have a lot of fans.
 
Armadew said:
Are you comparing ease of opening between a lockback knife and a liner/frame/axis/etc. lock?

If so, of course its harder to flick open a lockback.
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This. I need to introduce a little wrist flick for my lock back spydercos but for my other ones not at all. I hated the way the spyderhole looked at first but once I used one I got why it was there right away. It is the most reliable one hand opener for me. Speed isn't nearly important as one hand open/closing to me.
 
To answer the questions, I'm talking about comparing backlocks to backlocks or linerlocks to linerlocks. I do not find the hole to be more positive or easy to find or grasp than a reasonably normal stud, and the larger arc of the hole makes me feel like I'm less in control of the blade. I also don't feel like a good stud is any less positively in contact with the meat of thumb.

I think Spydercos were popular with climbers because they were one handed, had clips, serrated blades, light weight handles and came in bright colors. They likely would have been just as popular with studs.
 
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