DODO users... what for ?!

[gabo]

I have 3 Dodos. My worker strips wire, opens boxes and bubble pack with ease. I can cut bandages off with the hawk blade without sticking myself. Of course, it would have helped not to have cut myself with it in the first place!

Very useful and powerful knife

[spydutch]

Well Daylight, here's a pic of 3 Dodo's :D

It's not one of the best pics to say the least :o , but I hope it helps

[333]

hello all,

First of all welcome to the forum Daylight46.

I just want to chime in here and say at one point i was on the fence about ordering a dodo as well. I thought it looked wierd and couldn't see what real use it had. But i ordered one (blk PE) and i must say it is one of favorite edcs now.

The ergos are amazing, you have to feel it to believe just how amazing they are. The blade while being small is very versatile. I use it at work to cut up cardboard and the like, but at home it was used to shred letuce, dice tomatos, and make a rather good salad.

There isn't much else i can say that hasn't been said already. All I can do is recommend you buy a dodo, and quickly (rumours are still abound of its demise).

Anyway if you dont like it you can always keep it as a collectable, sell it on the other forum, hold a contest, or just send it to me. :D

333

[Axlis]

It's not blue, but heres one for you to get a good idea of the size and in hand fit.
<img src=http://www.shutterfly.com/jsp/proceserv ... &ps=1&rs=6>
Now you get to decide on Plain Edge or Spyder Edge! :)

[thombrogan]

My Dodo works great for pruning:



It also cuts designs in soda bottles for Diet Coke-o-lanterns:



I'm almost done whittling a spoon using the Dodo as the only blade and will post a picture of the Dodo-made spoon when done.

[thombrogan]

Don't forget to get a Spyderfly, too!

[thom lambert]

The only limitation that the Dodo has is as a slicer. For every other kind of cutting, it excels far beyond it's size. It's an awesome yard/garden knife, eats all kinds of packaging with ease, is great for fine, detail work....what everyone else said.

I agree that it is somehow the embodiment of Spyderco: a knife that no other company would make, uncomprising materials, and great function.

[RLR]

...and make it yours:



It is an infinitely customizable knife.

[smcfalls13]

A bit late now to point out the wonderful versatility of the Dodo, as it looks like I've been beaten to it, by just about everbody

Not much more can be said about the Dodo, but I do suggest you get one.

[margoc]

I work in a lab and use mine for opening boxes, cutting cable ties, and making holes in bottles made of thick plastic. Also, sometimes the specimens (tubes of blood) are plastered with lables and you cannot see inside. You sometimes need to see inside to balance the centrifuge amongst other things so I use the curved blade to run down the tube which makes a thin line through the lables so I can see whatever it is I need to see.

The dodo is amazingly useful working but I don't use it outside of work. I like the serrated version for my uses. I use it so much at work I'm lost without it, I recently got a second because I temporarily misplaced the first. I used to use a cricket but the blade is a little too thin.

[margoc]

Well, I must say that it sounds very tempting... I'm gonna wait for few more opinions and I'll make my mind after that...

To tell the truth, the only tiny little thing that "bothers" me is its 3 mm blade thickness. I would have like 4 mm as the others heavy/duty S30V/G10 spydies...

Thanks a lot for sharing your experience !

The blade seems pretty stout, I cut through thick plastic bottles that have folded the edge and chipped tips of other knives.

[Daylight46]

I don't believe it ! So much enthusiasm for this little weirdo, well guys, I must say that yesterday I was quite doubtful about the Dodo, but after all your great comments, I changed my mind, so... COUNT ME !!! I'm gonna order it ! I just need to figure out which color, because I know the blue one has a less "combative look", but I really like the black G10...
And for the blade, I hope you won't mind, but I've seen a pic of the serrated Dodo, and the serrations on the recurved S blade doesn't look good to me, so I will take the PE

Thanks again guys (and girls ?), I'll post a pic as soon as I got it !

Daylight

[Daylight46]

By the way, thanks for the pic, but it's true that we can't clearly see the blue G10 scales on it, so if some of you has other pictures of the blue Dodo, I would really like to see them to make my choice if you don't mind... !

Thanks !

[DAYWALKER]

Aloha Daylight46 and welcome!

Good decision on getting a Dodo. Here is a review I did sometime ago:
http://spyderco.com/forums/showthread.p ... odo+thread

God bless and do keep us posted!

[Daylight46]

Thanks a lot for this great review Daywalker, that's very kind of you ! I really like it, and it makes me appreciate again a little more this very special knife ! Now I can't wait to get it !

[jaislandboy]

Save the Dodo! :p

[Irish Lager]

Well, I understand your point, and I guess you are right for this...

If it really doesn't bother you, would you mind posting few pics of your blue Dodo ? Or anyone else ? Because the picture on Spyderco web site isn't "clear" enough, so I would really appreaciate to see several faces of the blue Dodo if it's fine with you.

Thank you for your help and your time answer my questions, I guess I'm almost becomming a Dodo lover too...

Here you go, the first link was my origional review of the Dodge Dodo.
http://spyderco.com/forums/showthread.p ... lute+dodge
This one is after i got a digital camera. Hope this helps some.
http://spyderco.com/forums/showthread.p ... lute+dodge
J

[Daylight46]

Thanks a lot both of you for the pics and the review, I really appreciate.

However, after a lot of thinking, few things came to my mind and bothered me a bit. I know you are all Dodo lovers, but as we are in a forum, I hope you won't mind if I'm talking about the possible wrong point of this knife, according to my taste of course.

Well, the thing is, I was thinking of getting a small easy to carry edc knife in my pants pocket (my Manix is in a sheath in my bag), but only for a possible "extreme" SD situation to protect my wife, my child and myself. So only if we're only talking about small edc for SD, this knife is not meant to stab. I have to say that I'm neither a killer, nor a fighter. I've never even be in a fight my whole life, however as I now have a familly, and I would like to be able to protect them. I'm gonna learn aïkido soon, but as I'm a knife lover, I would like to start with an extremely good SD knife.

So first there is the non-stabing issue, and then the other thing that bothers me is the ball lock... I've tried the ball lock on the D'Allara Rescue and I must say that I really don't like it as it isn't as easy to disengage as some locks specially when fingers are greasy or otherwise lubricated as it is difficult to pinch the lock ball according to me. I was so hooked by this incredible design that I haven't even thought about that earlier...

So I'm not sure anymore about this Dodo, as even if I'd love to have it for my own pleasure, for a SD situation I'm not sure it would be as good as some other like the lil'Manix, the Para-Military or even the Yojimbo, as even if I don't really like its look, apparently it's designed specially for SD/MBC... So now I have to reconsider the whole thing...

Thanks a lot for all your comments and help, I hope I'll find the perfect knife for my specific purpose...

Nicholas

[Irish Lager]

Nicholas,
No worries, not every person will love the dodo. What i can say in its defense is that though it lacks stabbing it makes up for it w/ cutting, and in a SD situation most poeple are looking to make an escape. So a quick slash will ususally be enough to detour a would be attacker, where as a stab wound would most likely kill them. But for SD carry a Yojimbo would be a great choice.
J

[Michael Cook]

I'm gonna learn aïkido soon, but as I'm a knife lover, I would like to start with an extremely good SD knife.

So first there is the non-stabing issue...

I've been studying Aikido for close to 8 years now and while you may start in the near future you won't learn it soon, it's a long slow road, and more worthwhile because of it.

As to stabbing(or non-stabbing), what are you going to stab to stop an attack? Despite what tv, movies and video games teach people don't explode into a puff of smoke when stabbed. A bad guy that you stab in a self-protection situation may die from his wounds 60 seconds after the fight is over but that won't keep you safe in the mean time. Unless you hit the heart, sphenoid or cranial occular cavity a stab or thrust doesn't offer many targets for stopping an attacker cold. That means while you're perforating his liver he can be perforating yours.

A bio-mechanical slash however can easily sever the flexor tendons in the forearm, the bicep, tricep, or quadriceps in the leg, stopping the bad guy's ability to continue the attack. Stopping the attacker, staying safe and getting away are the goals in a self-protection situation, not killing the attacker per se. To this end the dodo is a perfectly wonderful self-protection knife.

As a knife is an application of deadly force please read "In the gravest extreme" by Massad Ayoob, it's a primer on using deadly force (geared towards guns but no differance to the courts) to stop an attacker. Mr Ayoob is a ploice officer and long time trainer on when it's all right to use deadly force. The book is less than 14 bucks.

Before you carry a knife for self-protection you should get more training and information. I reccomend videos or classes by James Keating, Michael Janich or Bram Frank. They all have very good websites and products.