Will spydies outlast kershaws?

If you take good care of them and use them as intended they will all be very reliable knives. But the back lock on the delica would be a little better than the ones in the kershaws imo and I would give the edge to the delica.
 
manowar669 said:
Nope. The whole knife kinda "flexes", always did. When I first got it, I was using a Sebenza, which is solid as a bank vault, so I thought "this Spyderco is a POS". It hasn't gotten loose though. Still same as ever. Really made me like VG-10 too, as a favorite steel. Maybe it's just this knife. I re-profiled it to sub-30, and just maintain it with the sharpmaker at 30. If my wife asks for a sharp knife, and I give her anything but this, she says "No, the sharp one". Funny thing is, the sharpest knife is an Opinel. I push-cut spray foam with the thin-bladed Opinel.
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I hated frn and wouldn't get it for a while. Manix lightweight was my first "plastic" knife and it converted me.
bld522 said:
Perhaps the better question is, if I consistently use Spydies and Kershaws for their intended purposes, will I outlast either? ;) :D
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Probably not unless you use em so much/sharpen the steel so much it gets low.
 
I cannot see one lasting longer than the other provided you don't get the cheapest models of either brand.
Stick withy the USA made kershaws and the Japanese/Taiwanese/USA made sprydercos and they will outlast you with proper care.
That said, my delica 4 has seen the most overall EDC use over the years and it continues to be the main knife I reach for when I put my pants on, but the blur holds a very special place in my heart as well, and I keep buying more of them even though I don't really need them.
 
My Delica wore out. My pivot got loose enough that straight cuts were wavey. It was the knife that made me hate lockbacks and pinned construction.

Other than that, the only liner locking knives I've ever worn out (negative lockup) were Bucks.
 
The only knife I ever wore out was one of the cheap Chinese made Gerbers that has sullied the "legendary blade" brand. I carried a pinned Endura for about 10 years and used it so much the edge was heavily worn down with repeated sharpening yet it remained tight and solid the whole time. I'm sure there are people who have worn out Spyderco and Kershaw knives but they are a small minority of owners.

I would go with a Spyderco over any of the assisted opening Kershaws to keep things simple. Springs (AKA: "torsion bars") can loose tension or break with time and use. Both brands have great reputations for building quality products.
 
Here's the thing,
Less moving parts in anything mechanical
Would see less problems throughout the natural cycle of wear and tear.
I see springs as something of a weak link.
As with pivots where movement comes into play.
A folding knife will eventually develop problems here in the long term.
All manufacturers will do their best to address such problems in the lifetime of its original owner.
Which at best could come up to a good 50 years or more.
But I bet, most of the original owners who have not as yet broken or lost them
Would have tossed it all out and replaced or stored away in some drawer
and largely forgotten from disinterest.
It would be well to see just how long such knives would be in existence
Which I have a feeling, might even out last the corporations which built them...
 
Kershaw,ZT "" KAI"" for the win.


WHY.

Blade replacement

Which Spyderco does not
 
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