What sets Spyderco Knives Apart??

1 - Sal
2 - Kristi
3 - Spyderco Knives ~~ are there even any other Knives out there that compare to the Spydie..!!! Noooooooo
 
They simply work. Their designs often look awkward, but once you hold one in hand, you know that its a great knife.
I also like the slim, FFG blades - great for actual cutting work.
And they are a classy company, just read the "shiny footprints" sticky in their subforum, and you know whats up.
 
I have a decent collection of high quality production folders and what sets Spyderco apart for me is a feeling of "excellence".

If I had to explain it I'd put it this way. If knives are James Bond, Zero Tolerance would be Daniel Graig...... but Spyderco would be 70's Sean Connery :D

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1. Spydie Hole. Practical, easy to use, and innovative.
2. Practical user-minded designs. Spyderco always does a very good job with their ergonomics, and the blade shapes are often very practical and utilitarian.
3. Affordability. Spyderco consistently offers knives with high end materials and quality blade steels for an affordable price.
 
There are a lot more reasons I love Spyderco, but here are my top 3...

1. Design. The hole, the materials, the ergos, the variety and innovation. Spyderco gets it right.

2. Value. You get a lot of blade for the buck. The quality of materials and craftsmanship you get for the price is hard to beat.

3. The company. It starts at the top. From Sal on down, Spyderco cares about the products they make, the people who make them, and the people who use them.
 
One of the biggest things is that their designs all seem bigger than they are- particularly the flagship Delica/Endura models, they are lighter and thinner than most other company's comparable knives despite similar blade sizes and equal performance.

The Spyderhole is a major factor, too, I love it more than any other opening system, especially when combined with the (improved over the original) Emerson wave.

Also, great designs. You get tons of unique designs and lots of custom collaborations.
 
I like their staples having that "designed in the dark" vibe. Meaning they didn't go out and say "what would look best on this knife?" They design it to work, they don't say "the blade to handle ratio is off and makes it look weird" , etc.

Where this really comes into play is most of their utilitarian designs have that negative blade angle. For instance, take a sebenza, or nearly every benchmade model. Draw a straight line through the center of the handle and carrying out towards the tip and you will find these are all straight as a board, with the tip right there near the centerline. Now, take a military, police, endura, Delica and do the same thing... The tip falls way below that centerline which greatly increases the function of the tip for standard utility uses.
 
What sets Spyderco Knives Apart??

Design
Innovation
Value

Attributes that are hard for any other company to beat.
 
Spyderco's are like sweet old ladies: they are ugly as sin but for more reasons than are apparent at first, you learn to love them more the longer they are around. when they first came out i absolutely hated the look of them but to this day the endura is my favorite user for EDC at work.
 
Hello Noob here on this forum.

I got the pleasure to meet a few Spyderco Employees at SHOT 2012. They were hands down the friendliest people at the show. They would sit and talk knives all day long as evidence by my one partner who spent at least 6 hours a day every day at their booth.

I have 2 spyderco's currently a Delica 4 and an Endura 4 both in blue. I just love the knives.

I have had friends who visited the Colorado Factory and said it was an amazing tour the most humble people they had ever met.

For the price you get outstanding quality and a company that will stand behind their product.
 
I'd say that more than anything else, the hole is what makes Spyderco different from other knife companies. Some people love that mechanism, some people don't. I fall into the latter category. It isn't that I think it's a poor option to be using, I just think Spyderco leans way too heavily on that patent. The problem with it is that due to the requirement for all that extra blade material up on the spine, their knives tend to all look pretty much the same. Aside from really bizarre blade patterns like the Harpy or Civilian, I can flip through their catalog and barely tell the difference between any of these blades. It's almost like they created 2 or 3 basic templates, and barfed out 300 variants using different exotic steels and handle materials.

That said, I do think that Spyderco make some excellent knives. I just find the aesthetics really boring. They could be designing some vastly different blade shapes if it weren't for their reliance on that damned hole.
 
I think they are most noteworthy for these reasons:

1. Value. At every price point, they offer something extra. They deliver higher quality within a given price point than just about everyone, in terms of fit & finish, materials, and well thought out designs. Tenacious, Delica, Manix 2, PM2, Domino, Southard... at each price point, they have models positioned among the most loved in the category. Many of these are popular enough that their success is something competitors have to consider when they put blades out in the same price point. It has become, "why will a person buy this instead of a Tenacious or PM2?"

2. When they do anything, they are almost guaranteed to do it all the way, and to execute it correctly. Ti framelock flipper? OK... Domino, Dice, Southard. These aren't just material values, the execution is outstanding.

3. Family resemblance among distant cousins. Spydercos are unmistakably Spyderco... Unless they're knock offs ;)
 
Product and price! Spyderco has great ergonomics and perform to perfection. You get what you pay for. Unlike other companies. I speak from using my knives all day. I pull my knife out at least 15 times a day from cutting tape, cardboard, straps, zip ties, and all are different thickness. Full flat grind is what is worth the money. Most companies don't even have it. Sal and Eric have great products. Just bought the manix and already love it.
 
1. Wide selection of steel (With quality heat treat).
2. Bang for your buck (High value).
3. Great ergonomics (Real world practicality).

I like all knives, but I own more Spyderco knives than any other brands. Their performance have exceeded my expectation.

The Para Military 2 is an amazing all-around knife. The Sage series is pocket friendly and features a variety of locking mechanism. The Chokwe that I've been carrying is a sub $100 titanium RIL with a 3 3/4" S30V blade that operates as smooth as anything costing 2X as much. Sure, that hole might be odd as heck to look at, but boy does it work.
 
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