Why are Spyderco knives so ugly?

I swear, living in my area is like living in the Stone Age, everything is so backwards here. If it isn’t a Case or Benchmade, then people here have never seen it before, and would probably agree with OP. Every time I pull out my ti millie or pm2 to use people go, “wtf is that???”
 
BillZee said:
If you know this......the way I think you do.......thank you for your service.
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I was just playing around friend. I am not nor was not enlisted.

I was just goofing around a bit, as dessert is different than desert.

Although I still think a Spyderco will go into either just fine.

:)
 
To all the armchair lawyers in this thread, I totally promise you Spyderco is not losing any significant sales over their controversial defense of the round hole trademark. That's abundantly obvious by how fast their popular models and exclusives sell out, and how long it takes for even base, evergreen models to come back in stock. Spyderco is doing just fine, lol.

As far as aesthetics, Spyderco speaks business. Their flagship models look like tools meant to be used and have proven over decades to have earned that. I think Shirogorovs and most other over-machined, ball bearing fidget flippers look like poofy, unnecessary pocket toys compared to a Spyderco Military or Shaman. I don't want elegance in my pocket knife, I want business.
 
Glocks, G Shocks and Spydercos

What do all 3 have in common?

Ugly…but will never let you down
 
Ron Sabbagh said:
Glocks, G Shocks and Spydercos
What do all 3 have in common?
Ugly…but will never let you down
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Glock... They just never fit my hand quite right. My Missus had a 19 with the night sights, and she shot it way better than I ever could.
But with my Ruger P-85 (another ugly gun): I could shoot JUST a tiny bit better than she could.
But I'd hate to have had to live on the difference!
 
A self-opening knife is never really ugly...
It'll just never win any beauty contests!
 

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Well, that generated a lot of replies! Full disclosure: I have about five Spydercos and love the way they feel in hand and the way they cut. Which, after all, is what knives are all about. But I don't think of any of them as elegant. To me, an elegant knife has to be slim - for example, a ZT 450 or an Al Mar. It's very hard to make a knife slim when it has a big hole in the middle of the blade, no matter how convenient the hole is for opening the knife (and it certainly is convenient). And being slim isn't just about looks - a slim knife has the advantage that you can put other things in the same pocket and get to them without struggling to get around a fat handle. When I carry a Spyderco, I don't keep anything else in the same pocket with it.
 
Yup! Try peeling an apple with a Manix 2; you'll wish for a Mnandi!
 
Bob Denman Bob Denman - Not sure who you're agreeing with. Booba1000 was saying he likes the appearance of Spydercos, and you're saying you like the slicing performance of the Mnandi (a very elegant knife) over a Spydero.
 
I think what I was trying to say; is that the ergos and blade shape of the Mnandi make it a great choice for fine blade-work.
The Spydercos remind me of a bare-knuckled brawler.... also very useful!
 
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