what is the best "little" Spyderco?

I had a stainless handled dragonfly and loved it, but my wife took it
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Anyway I am looking for a replacement. Should I go back with the dragonfly or get a pegasus or navigator or something else?

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Dennis Bible
 
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How about a Cricket?

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Dave

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of More Knives
 
The Toad and Dragonfly are my personal favorites, followed by the Pegasus and G-10 Navigator.
The Toad has become a great tension release item. I love to work it's walker-type lock. No flipping the knife over to get to the lock back release. The blade is too short to cut a bagle, but it's hell on envelopes.
BTW,the materials, fit and finish are outstanding.
Later, Bill
 
My personal favorite "little" Spyderco is the Zytel Cricket. It is a lot of knife in a small package. My cricket is used more that any other knife I own, BTW it is the plain edged version.
 
i have the baby wayne goddard on my keychain at all times and it comes in handy when there's lots of "sheeple" around. i am still trying to get a plain edge navigator. i've handled them and love them, but i won't pay retail prices. they are a great little knife that feel great in the hand. anyone have a good condition used one that they don't want?
 
leroys_45,
I got my plainedge Navigator at a very good price from Brian @ Discount Knives. Send him an email.

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Dave

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of More Knives
 
As Ewok said, the mouse skinner(Mouskinna) looks like a great knife. I have already put my name in for one, but release isn't until this spring.
 
Dennis,

I have to go with the Dragonfly..I prefer stainless plainedge. I have handled the pegasus, cricket and navigator and still like the dragonfly best. I keep a ladybug on my keychain but rarely reach for it. Funny thing about Spyderco knives is that a design you might not like at first can grow on you. Another design I have handled and find appealing is the Michael Walker lightweight.
By the way, is the Dragonfly your wife liberated the one you were having engraved?

regards
ptn
 
The Pegasus/Navigator duo are my favorites to carry and fondle, but objectively the lightweight Cricket, ugly and "cheap" as it may look the first time you hold it, is really THE working mini-knife. You have to own it for some time to really appreciate it.
 
I have a carbon fiber Dragonfly and a G-10 Navigator. If I could only have one it would be the Navigator. The Navigator has more comfortalble handle, affording greater leverage on the blade. The hole is larger and its overall more ergonomic and easier to open.

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Roger Blake

[This message has been edited by beam (edited 01-19-2000).]
 
I'm not sure if it fits the criteria of "little" but the G10 Rookie is a dynamite little knife. I use mine more than any of my other knives. (it's a plain edge). The ATS-55 holds a great edge and sharpens fairly easily. I love this knife!
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Paul
 
I completely agree on the Cricket. I only have one problem with my own, and I want to ask some help from you guys. I just don't seem to understand how to sharpen it properly.
I'm using a Spyderco Sharpmaker with the triangular sticks, I'm trying to "turn" the blade so that the part touching the ceramic is always horizontal...but I just haven't gotten a really sturdy sharp edge out of it.
Has any of you had a Cricket a long time and kept it really, really sharp? Is there any trick to it, or do I just need to be patient and practice more?

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The dragonfly she took is not the one Im having engraved. It was my spare. I havem't got the engraved one back yet. I don't anticipate carrying it though. Too pretty.

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Dennis Bible
 
To johnniet:
By trying to turn the blade all the time, maybe you lose the perfect vertical alignment that is neccesary for the Sharpmaker to work as designed.
Try using the corner of the stones and sharpen the knife without turning it, keeping it absolutely vertical. Only take care not to round the tip by letting it slide off the stone.
 
They are probably too big for what your looking for but I can't say enough good things about the Standard and the Calypso Jr (micarta)! Both blades are under 3" and they carry so easy I find myself patting my pockets to see if they are still clipped there.
 
I love my plain edge Navigator. The G-10 handle looks and feels great, plus it's durable. The ergos are good and the blade shape is usefull.

However, I bought my dad a plain edge SS handled Dragonfly for Christmas and was surprised by how cool it is. The steel Dragonfly is one of Spyderco's most elegant models and it's very sturdy to boot. Plus, I like how the lock release is a little farther back on the handle; toward the butt end. This makes closing the blade one-handed less awkward and allows two distinct grip positions; one with the thumb partially on the blade spine and one with the thumb fully on the handle in front of the lock release.

So I may have to get myself a Dragonfly! The only thing I don't like about it though is the clip, which is placed in a tip up position and looks like an afterthought.

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Cerulean

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain? - Blake
 
I'd have to yell DRAGONFLY. I was about to get one SS Dragon but got a fine deal of CF Dragonfly. I can be 'drop' opened
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. Now (this year) I have to buy SS too.
 
I guess it depends what you mean by "little." The Toad is a great "little" knife. It makes a nifty money claip and it is Hell on envelopes.
 
Bill in Atlanta....
It's good to hear that someone else appreciates the Toad. I like them so much that I have two of them. Both are plain edge, one is a spare.
The stout little blade is all you need for domestic stuff like fingernails, mail, string, packages, tape, annoying little ketsup containers, office coffee pouches, etc.
And, as mentioned before, I like playing with them. Walker-type locks allow you to close the blade without changing the position of your grip while lock backs force you to flip the knife over.
I roll mine open and closed many times a day and the locking bar seems fixed on the midway position of the blade base.
The knife fits my hand very well for the cutting force intended.
I think the knife is good looking too. It grows on you, and everything I said before supports a growing fondness.
It won't cut a bagel, neither does the Dragonfly, Navigator, Pegasus or Co Pilot.
I have all of the above and seem to have the Toad with me always, seconded only by the Dragonfly or Unfaam.
Later,
Bill in Oklahoma
P.S. The Alumite finish seems quite durable with regard to scratches. Much more so than brushed stainless or anodization. Plus, the color underneath the Alumite coating is very close in color if you get a gouge.
The little knife eminates "mechanical".

[This message has been edited by Bill McWilliams (edited 01-20-2000).]
 
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