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I have both a current production Civilian and a Matriarch. The tip on the Matriarch seems a bit more beefed up than the Civilian, but the Civilian is one totally badass blade. I wouldn't use the Civilian to cut up boxes...it might be ok for picking my teeth with if I couldn't find a toothpick :cool:

GoldenSpydie - Nice Pictures!
I've been carrying a Pikal as EDC for a few months now. For my uses it's a terrific knife for fruit peeling and other mundane tasks, and it looks unbelievably cool & purpose driven, yet understated.

Jules,
Those are very good looking knives.

We spent more than a year developing the model, which was originally suggested by a forumite. sal Sal, Thanks for producing such extraordinary and well-made knives. I like the wide variety of clever and subtly well thought out products that you offer at reasonable prices. The P’kal is truly a one-o...

the wave is removable on the P'kal if you do not need it for SD purposes. Would make it a better EDC if that is your intent Thanks and yes, the removable wave feature makes this knife more attractive for EDC. With the wire clip the P'kal resembles a Caly 3.5 clipped in the pocket. Pulling the pickl...

Hey Guys, I just got a Spyderco P’kal (C103G) that I’ve been researching for some time. It’s a sophisticated & elegant pocket folder. It’s a neat little machine that is tight and smooth. I was kind of surprised how similar the P’kal is in size to the Delica; but a bit heavier than the Delica. Th...

I think there is yet another factor in why the extremes in violence, mass school shootings, and crazy mass murders seem more commonplace in recent years in America compared to the mythical “good old days”. A big factor is the nature of a belief in a so called “higher power”. It is a virtually Godles...

Thank you Sir for the info. It does help.
It makes sense that the reverse-S curve makes the difference in serrated hawk bill design.

It is fascinating to me that the serrated edge Delica did not cut better than the plain edge Delica, instead the performance was worse than the plain edge knife in this application. This begs the question: Would a serrated edge hawk bill such as the Civilian, Matriarch, or Tasman Salt tend to bounce...

The Colt 1911 is one of the most quintessential American objects you can own. It’s one of the few handguns that has been in non-stop production by the same company for more than 100 years. Since you are in the “former Constitution state” you may want to check out the Connecticut State Library’s Colt...

Well I'm not thirty anymore but I recently bought a Matriarch 2 Wave for my B-day. The knife certainly is dramatic when it flies open with that big toothy grin :D

The sound of a shotgun would attract all the other zombies within earshot. Baseball bat is a reasonable common-sense choice for a Zombie Apocalypse day. The problem is carrying a baseball bat around all the time will get me a lot of strange looks at the office. I’ll probably end up schlepping along ...

i just realized that the lockbar on my new caly doesnt have the coining seen in this post: http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?51068-Caly-3-5-Lockbar-pinch-marks is that still a part of the caly's production? does anyone who recently purchased one have the pinch marks on the lockbar? My n...

I just got one from the same place. Mine came in a box with the "HM" date code too. First thing I did was wash the blade in soap & water in case I cut myself playing with it (SHARP). I can't get over how big a blade they put in such a small handle. It is about the same size as a Delica...

It just seems to me that it has (more) moving parts to it, which is to say it is more complicated, and thus, more can go wrong. I really have had no experience with the lock type, and I guess I finally felt I needed to look into it. Officer Gigglez, I would think there are more factors to the life ...

Titomake wrote:Sorry. I can see no images.

Yes, that is because somebody bumped an old thread from 2011

Parhelion, The current acting Ukraine President Oleksandr Turchynov sounds like a particularly interesting man. He is known for abstaining from tobacco & alcohol and is an elder and lay preacher at a Kiev church. He may even be a Ukrainian version of America’s Mike Huckabee; a Baptist preacher w...

I'm not a flashlight hobbyist but have a Surefire G2ZX CombatLight as a useful tool that lights things up. It fits conveniently in my left hand while helping support my handgun in my right hand.

Parhelion, Thank you for your thought-provoking and interesting essay about the current unrest in the Ukraine. Most of the news agencies in the USA that I'm aware of are portraying the situation as a violent conflict between freedom-loving Ukrainians and some of their corrupt politicians. The Russia...