I'm looking for a knife between the sizes of the Delica and Endura for less than $50. It will be used for every day use. The Centofante III looks like one of the few choices. I'm concerned about the strength of the blade due to it's thinness and would appreciate your opinions.
Thanks,
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Hi raja,
Welcome to the forums. Glad you are here!! Hope you have a enjoyable time here. There are lot's of great people here.
Have you looked at the Native? It is a very nice knife. If you have a Wal-Mart near you that carries them, it will cost you about $40. It has a FRN handle with S30V steel blade. It is a GREAT knife for the money.
http://spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=20
Ron
Welcome to the forums. Glad you are here!! Hope you have a enjoyable time here. There are lot's of great people here.
Have you looked at the Native? It is a very nice knife. If you have a Wal-Mart near you that carries them, it will cost you about $40. It has a FRN handle with S30V steel blade. It is a GREAT knife for the money.
http://spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=20
Ron
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Well, it depends on what you want to use it for. If you do encounter some prying in your normal knife use (Highly not reccomeded BTW), then maybe a slightly thicker blade is for you. But if all your knife will see is cutting/slicing, the thinner blade is actually a blessing. If you want a thicker blade, a delica or a native would be great choices. The walmart native is a great deal, awesome egros, awesome steel for a steal!
Maybe also to consider: Salt 1, Meadowlark, Crow.
The last two are byrds, but the byrd line is an amazing bang for the buck. Definately worth looking at if you are on a limited budget.
Maybe also to consider: Salt 1, Meadowlark, Crow.
The last two are byrds, but the byrd line is an amazing bang for the buck. Definately worth looking at if you are on a limited budget.
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Thanks for your replies. I have a Delica and an Endura; the handle on the Delica seems too small but the Endura is too large for me to use in an office, so I'm looking for a handle about 4.5 " long.
It will only be used for cutting.
Thanks
It will only be used for cutting.
Thanks
A few months back I won a Centofante III for a great price on an online auction. Like you, I was looking for a knife between the sizes of the Delica and Endura. I LOVE the looks of the Cento III and that cool silver spydie, and the thinner blade, to me, is a blessing. HOWEVER, even after all my drooling over pics of the knife online, when I was able to handle the knife I noticed two things that hadn't struck me before (one not so important, one moreso):
First, the cutting edge goes nearly all the way to the base of the blade. Not a big deal except that it ruled out one-handed closing of the knife the way I've always done it, which is to position a finger in front of the tang, depress the lock with my thumb and flip the blade closed a bit; then move my index finger out of the path of the blade and close it the rest of the way. With this method, I can close any Spydie lockback one-handed quickly and nearly effortlessly.
Now the less important factor I didn't like: The opening hole seemed positioned a bit low when the knife is closed, making it hard for me to open one-handed (this didn't concern me that much because I know I would have gotten used to it eventually).
Anyway, I eventually sold the knife for a slight profit and got a Delica instead. YMMV.
First, the cutting edge goes nearly all the way to the base of the blade. Not a big deal except that it ruled out one-handed closing of the knife the way I've always done it, which is to position a finger in front of the tang, depress the lock with my thumb and flip the blade closed a bit; then move my index finger out of the path of the blade and close it the rest of the way. With this method, I can close any Spydie lockback one-handed quickly and nearly effortlessly.
Now the less important factor I didn't like: The opening hole seemed positioned a bit low when the knife is closed, making it hard for me to open one-handed (this didn't concern me that much because I know I would have gotten used to it eventually).
Anyway, I eventually sold the knife for a slight profit and got a Delica instead. YMMV.
Aloha and welcome raja,
I say go for it. The cento III is one of my favorite :spyder: 's...
God bless :cool:
I say go for it. The cento III is one of my favorite :spyder: 's...
God bless :cool:
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[quote="mnblade"]First, the cutting edge goes nearly all the way to the base of the blade. Not a big deal except that it ruled out one-handed closing of the knife the way I've always done it, which is to position a finger in front of the tang, depress the lock with my thumb and flip the blade closed a bit]
The Cento III is a lockback. It's earlier sibling was a compression lock. Some say they had "issues". Mine never has. To me, that makes the Vesuvius superior to the Cento III. You hold the knife in normal grip to disengage the lock and there is plenty of tang to close it as you describe. If you want a Cento III but want to close it one handed, see if you can find a Vesuvius out there somewhere. I love mine!
(EDIT - not sure, I don't have a Cento III but, from Chad's photo, it also looks like my Vesuvius has a larger hole than his Cento III. I'd thought they were exactly the same so maybe it's the photo?)
Ken
The Cento III is a lockback. It's earlier sibling was a compression lock. Some say they had "issues". Mine never has. To me, that makes the Vesuvius superior to the Cento III. You hold the knife in normal grip to disengage the lock and there is plenty of tang to close it as you describe. If you want a Cento III but want to close it one handed, see if you can find a Vesuvius out there somewhere. I love mine!
(EDIT - not sure, I don't have a Cento III but, from Chad's photo, it also looks like my Vesuvius has a larger hole than his Cento III. I'd thought they were exactly the same so maybe it's the photo?)
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Excellant. As I said, it will surely do anything I'm likely to throw at it. And it fits, feels, carries and cuts like a true pro.
ATS-34 has fallen from the vundersteel catagory but it's really a very nice offering. My first really good knives (many years ago) were 440C. The second wave were ATS-34 and I liked them so much. It will always have a special place (especially with the Vesuvius in my pocket! :D
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They are actually regular production versions of the first variation of the Vesuvius. This version had the compression lock. I believe the second variation had a gray/MOP-ish inlay before the current version (III) was introduced.kbuzbee wrote:Those look GREAT! Too bad they (are those Santa Fe??) sacraficed the silver :spyder: . I'm sure cutting the hole for it would have doubled the price though. Mine looks like the Cento III pics with the :spyder: on the handle. It's very cool too.
Ken
Check out these pre-production samples. Scanned by James Mattis, many many moons ago.
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Steelman wrote:Hi Ken,
My understanding is the Vesuvius inlay was a production run, however not sure who did the inlay part. They are really cool looking knives that are pretty stout.
The inlaid Vesuvius' were done by Spyderco, they were sold both with the blue shell inlay and the paladium "bug".
Bruceter