What is the deal with spyderco?

Cliff will be the first to agree I am a big fan of the Sebenza, and I tend to want and collect knives that are what most would consider high-end, with a very high level of F&F, and yet, I have examined my share of Spydercos, and I have to say, for a relatively cheap, beater knife to use and abuse, they'd be my first choice. I have a few cheap production and custom knives I am currently using, if I ever need to buy a new user, it will be some sort of Spyderco, I think their F&F is just fine, and they are a great value in a no nonsense user knife.

The original poster is an idiot, even if he has a box full of Sebenzas.
 
Okay, we get it, sebenza4ever, you like Sebenzas, Spydies suck blah blah blah. Get a life man.
 
I thought that this loser already admitted that he does not own, nor can he afford a Sebenza. Probably just calls himself that to impress his imaginary girlfriend while he bangs away on his Apple.
 
Megalobyte said:
... beater knife to use and abuse
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That's all my knives. I never understood why people protect the high end ones from harder work. Even take something like the Sebenza, yeah so it is $350, lets say you use it really hard and cut everything with it, shingles, scrape gaskets, the works. It will still likely last a year. WHo doesn't waste more than $1 a day on meaningless junk.

Use it up and at the end of the year buy another one. This way you give your money to a high precision crafted tool instead of a collection of largely irrelevant things. Plus each year you can get a different inlay, try various opinions, etc. . With the Sebenza it is also clear it is pretty user based anyway, there are no speed holes, its attraction should be its performance.

Of course you would only likely have to replace the blade, which based on what has been posted before is only a fraction of the cost of the knife anyway, so its like $0.25 a day, and man would it take some cutting to wear out a blade in a year. Even at an extreme you would likely just turn a large into a small.

Buy better tools to get better performance and better lifetime. I use an Olfa utility knife which costs 10x that of the cheap plastic ones, I use it many times harder than the plastic ones which I get as gifts on occasion and wear out quickly. The x-heavy Olfa is still going. I bought my brother a Hart hammer awhile ago, he doesn't baby it and use his Estwing for heavy work, he just uses the Hart.

-Cliff
 
Anybody hold their cursor over sebenza4ever's red chicklet and read what it says?
The guy stirs up our passions then gets very apologetic.

The moderators haven't banned him because I think they know he has issues and perhaps this is his therapy.

I own a number of benchmades and a few spydercos but I haven't noticed a serious lack of QC on them. They are more than adequate for the purposes for which they were designed. I mean after all, we're not talking Tom O'Dell specials.

And by the way, I do indeed purchase virtually all of my knives online. I've only gotten two clunkers - one from A.G. Russell and one from Newgraham. Both companies quickly replaced them without any hassells. :cool:
 
what happens to be the deal with you. Spyderco is a great company. One of the best of I don't say so myself.
 
Sebenza4ever said:
Cliff,

Do they send you the same knives they send to everyone else?

As a tester, Do you order your knives on line or buy them from a shop like all of uss? Or do they send you special Spydercos? Maybe they do do send you well finished ones.

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I have to say that I find these comments about a reputable company quite offensive.
Of the 14 spyderco 's I have bought only one had a problem (small amount of blade play) which was rectified by the store I bought it from. Spyderco makes knives plain and simple, they don't make some knives to be sold to the general public and then make better version to send to knife tested / reviewers just to get better press.

The day Spyderco and Sal do that is the day the world ends in my opinion because Sal has INTEGRITY.

I will probably never buy let alone handle a Sebenza mainly because of the price. Are they better than Spyderco's? the might be but I will keep buying spyderco's because I think (another opinion there :D ) that they are great value for money.

You've rammed your opinion into the public view so go away and let more interesting discussions take place than rehashing the same thing over and over....

Ferreter
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Ferreter said:
I have to say that I find these comments about a reputable company quite offensive.
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That's the goal. If you can't use facts and logic, make up information and present it as facts, if this doesn't work just use a pure emotional / personal slant. Understand the behavior and it take away its power to effect you.

The only real concern would be if you thought that this thread would actually convince people to not buy from Spyderco, it is more likely if anything to do the opposite.

-Cliff
 
I like them too but they are so common.. I like more unique types like these..
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samhain73 said:
Whoa! What is that? :D
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I saw some sketches posted on BF [from Quietsorm maybe] with a similar blade profile & I said to myself "no-one will make a blade like that!"

well someone has gone & made one.

:eek:
 
R.J. MARTIN: VANGUARD RAMPAGE 2, 4" S30V double hollow ground futuristic fighter style blade, .titanium bolster, frame, lock and clip, black micarta scales, both the bolster and the black G-10 have a unique "texturing", flipper opener, satin finish on blade and bolster
 
Most of my knives are Benchmade, but I do have three Spyderco Enduras. You just can't beat a 4" blade in only 3 oz. I ran a marathon with one, it is light and very comfortable against the skin when clipped on my shorts waistband, and I almost forgot I had it on. I like both companies.
 
I carry the Military (S30V), Calypso Jr. (VG-10), and Wegner (ATS-34), and love them. Fit and finish on all are plenty good enough, steels top notch, performance is unbeatable, and so were the prices.
 
This guy really hates Spydie's,huh?I guess tolerance is the mods strong suit.Most all my EMT/Paramedics friends and acquaintances use them.Sharp,sharp.I don't have a SPYDERCO but was looking at a ChinookII. They make some funky knives.I like funk and may get one.Meg,are ya' gonna' hog/hug Angelina all night?
 
Dear Knife Abby:

I edc a plain edge Chinook II & am happy with it except I'd love to drop from 6oz to 3oz for the summer. Thinking of buying an frn Endura and getting in the spirit by getting it serrated. Is that stoopid?
 
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