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Gonna take the high road on this. not sure what this is supposed to mean, but okay. i'm clearly a spyderco fan. i too like spyderco better than cold steel. i just think the tanto is something cold steel does better. same with ridiculously large folders. like i said, it's not a knock on spyderco. if...

Tantos are not a very practical slicing knife design. The design was made for stabbing for combat knives. Maybe kinda like why we dont have "bowie" blade shaped spyderco versions My tanto slices well. Some people just don't know how to sharpen. And blame the knife instead. I bet if I shar...

I just found something interesting. I was watching a video by metal complex on the CRKT M40 deadbolt lock. I scrolled through some comments and someone mentioned that the deadbolt lock designed by Flavio Icoma was in fact designed by Paul Poehlman on the Gerber a legendary Knives of the 1970's. Yet ...

I had a big strong tango folder for a while and, while I did like it, it still had a couple of things that ultimately led me to pass it along. First, it was like having two edges on the same knife and while the top chisel edge was useful for some things, the two edges didn’t really work together in...

For me. I prefer the ergonomics of the Endura for my XL hand. Not to mention how pocket friendly the Endura is despite having a 3.75 inch blade.

I never seen or understood the popularity of the Wharncliffe blade and the dislike of tanto by some. Considering they both have no belly. And neither one slices better than the other with all things being equal. At least from my experiences. But I like a few Wharncliffe styles regardless. I need to ...

Sal :-|| Wow am I shocked! Here I thought that there was honor among all these collaborators a tight knit bunch, Man I feel stupid all over again I thought in this industry people would be better than that! Some may wonder why and my answer would be there is nothing about working with steel that ca...

It's the "obsessives" and other "not-normals" that are driving growth in this industry. Although I am a knife enthusiast, I won't go as far as to say I'm a knife nerd. "Nerd" used to (and sometimes still does) carry a negative connotation for some. But it really just m...

I know I am not normal. Speaking in a mental health state that is. But I got nothing against 440A. When it comes to knives. I prefer being normal :nerd I like simpler steels for some aspects and the ease of sharpening. I own a nice looking and very tough MTech Extreme full tang knife in 440A that ha...

I think the lines on paper are good. These camera phones distort. Depending on the angle you take it from, you can change the perspective. Only moved the camera not the knives on these three angles. https://i.postimg.cc/MG4Bpf7W/PXL-20230212-153540869.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/RhvZSvDS/PXL-20230212-...

Gonna take the high road on this. not sure what this is supposed to mean, but okay. i'm clearly a spyderco fan. i too like spyderco better than cold steel. i just think the tanto is something cold steel does better. same with ridiculously large folders. like i said, it's not a knock on spyderco. if...

Dazen wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 12, 2023 7:05 am

There is always this! The finger ring could always be moved to the top side of the handle like the Swick.

That is a cool concept. I do have the Cold Steel battle ring. I would love to see this in production some day.

I tend to agree that Tanto characteristics seem to favor a tactical slant. It was never better utility for me. When I bought an Izula and used it for a while in place of my Tanto pocket knife, it pretty much convinced me to avoid Tantos as an EDC. I really love the look of the Civivi Elementum with...

Hi Josh, In the early days, we couldn't get much play with the "Americanized" Tanto. Our customers were just not interested in that blade style. Across the years, the customer base for Spyderco knives grew and it was the newer customers that had interest in the Tanto tips. That's why we m...

There are utility/marking knives (kiridashi) with this angled front edge concept. It is quite useful. If you wanted to open a box with a wharncliffe, you'd drag the tip. If you wanted to cut the box into pieces you'd use the rest of the flat blade to cut. With the Americanized tanto you get the fla...

i hate to be that guy (not really) but if you want a tanto folder, you can't beat the cold steel voyager tanto xl. 5.5" american tanto held steady by a triad lock... it's amazing. it's over $200 cheaper than the silly bhq lum tanto linked here and easily twice the knife. i think sometimes we w...

Danke wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 11, 2023 10:10 pm

Take that tanto money; fold it in two and put it in your pocket.

Then when you see the next sprint or exclusive with that blade shape you'll have cash in hand.

You got that right.

When I was far younger I was into tanto knives. That was in the 1980's I'd guess. As I grew more experienced, I realized tanto tacticool was not for me. I want practical. That is not to knock what others want. They just aren't for me any longer. Surprised you would see the tanto as tacti cool. Cons...

skeeg11 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 11, 2023 8:42 pm

How about some HHG Byrds?

That is a good idea.

Interesting. I wonder if there are other "Reasons" such as breach of contract or legalities that are kept private for that decision. Very interesting. As for the info i have ( of 2 different people ) spyderco does not work with contracts. Those probably are more for people like Marcin sly...