When other brand name knife echoing Spyderco......

blade4sell

blade4sell

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Hey Spyderco members,

I know this is a Spyderco forum, but as long as its spider related, I think it's ok to post. So I currently don't own any Kershaw, but today I saw this:

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What the pattern look like? Spyder web? I couldn't help myself especially the price was competitive..at a bargain.
 
Not seeing a web there, unless the spider was doing drugs. Veins of a leaf, perhaps, or a cantaloupe skin, or cells from something viewed under a microscope.
 
It looks like a path of cut stone slices leading from the sidewalk to a person's residence, through the front yard. More common in older houses. The significance of such iconography on this knife's handle, however, escapes me.
 
That handle originated from the Orange County Copper Blur. But I can't tell you what the spider means to OCC.

The OCC Blur is on the bottom.
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So much kershaw in the spyderco forum haha!
But as far as I know they took design cue's from one of the first bikes OCC built on the show....the Spider-Man bike hehe

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The only reason I bought this blur because of the color (purple)...I bleed purple & gold! LOL...but the real truth is the deal..good price to past.

But I've already sway away from Liner lock. That's why I have not gotten the Millie...in love the look but liner lock? This is good because most higher end is either liner or frame lock...I'm fine being here at this level (mid class) Spyderco & BM....
 
estate4life: the liner lock on both the Blur and on the Spyderco Military are both excellent locks. Some people shy away from liner locks based on past bad experiences with them in cheaper knives, but as long as the lock face & tang geometry are done correctly, a liner lock is as dependable as they come.

I've had the counter experience with titanium frame locks - even on some higher end ($450+) mid-techs and even a custom from a very respected maker, I've just had bad experiences all around. Lock rock after 2 weeks of minimal use, wonky lockup points depending on the day of the week or the alignment of the stars..... none failed or would fail under normal or 'hard' use, but why does it seem so hard to get the lockface geometry and lock tension down correctly? The only Ti framelock I have left has a steel plate inset into the end of the lockbar so it's steel-on-steel instead of soft, gummy Ti-on-steel.

Go figure!
 
Spyderco introduced the pocket clip and serrations and the opening hole. Spiders and their webs have been around and have fascinated humans for ages. As long as we are discussing more than the manufacturer brand, let's do this in the General Knife Discussion.
 
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