Weirdest Spyderco Model ever made.

Hard to beat the Khalsa in funkiness

Szabofly
Civilian with the S blade
Dogtag

Probably a ton more I'm forgetting, some good ones already mentioned.
 
wouter1967 said:
These are just beyond words...
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I own 1 of each of these.

The Jot Singh & P'Kal are short bladed fighting knives and very effective if you know how to handle them.

The Shabaria is styled after an ancient fixed blade knife used by Bedouins in the Middle East that has a very sharp edge which can be used for very precise slicing/cutting for normal purposes.

And, while it looks odd, the handle is very comfortable when held as designed in a full fist grip, in which case, the knife becomes a very effective stabbing & slashing device to use in a close quarters knife fight.
 
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HP2114B said:
Gunting.
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I also own a Gunting.

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It's a fighting knife (similar to the Jot Singh) which was designed by a martial artist named Bram Frank for MBC (Martial Blade Craft) applications, which is also a very effective weapon if you're properly trained to use it.
 
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Does "Spyderco" mean something like, "funky little knife Company" in Martian? 🧐
 
No, but Sal has been accused of "designing in the dark" more than once. After all, you don't hold a knife with your eyes, so how it feels in your hand is more important than how it looks to your eyes. And all of that is the User Interface for the edge. How it cuts is important, too. Spyderco means reliable high performance.
 
Hi Skidoosh,

Yes, I'm sure that much thought went into the design. Jot's a heavy dude, very bright. I might add, that James Keating figured out how to use the large hump as a tool to be able to open the closed knife by using the hump to snag a part of your opponent. He taught a class on the concept in New York. That was the basis for Bram's Gunting design.

Honestly, most of our designs have a story behind them. Eric nor I really ever create a design without some history and purpose behind the design. All of the collaborators that we have worked with have a story for the design.

sal
 
GatorFlash1 said:
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I own (or have owned) a 14 of the 30 "awesomely bizarre" Spydies mentioned in this article. :)

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

While the design of some of the knives is puzzling, most of the knives mentioned do not look "bizzare" or ugly to me.

A few, like the Kris, Shabaria & Schempp are actually quite attractive and others look as they do because they are designed to serve a particular function or mimic a historical/ancient design.

The knife on the list that I do not have and would still like to buy (if I can work out a deal) is the Szabofly because I collect balis and I like things that are uncommon & look "different." 😎
 
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A lot of Spyderco's designs seem odd at first, but once you learn more about them, your perception changes. Case in point, the first time I saw a 2003 model Spyderco Rescue, I thought it was a weird blade shape. When I learned that the odd shape on top of the blade was a finger groove to aid in control of the blade (and once I got one and could feel the difference myself) it changed my thinking. Now I wonder why Spyderco doesn't make ALL their Rescue blades this way.
 
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