Best cutter,slicer

[henk1966]

I was wondering,amongst you are meattesters,like Dr Snubnose

What spydie is the best cutter,tough materials,etc

What spydie is the best slicer?

I,ve seen a couple of spydies in the last decade,but one,s better than the other in performing due to design ofcourse.

I am not familiair with all models,that,s why I,m asking :D

[Seanski]

In my very modest collection of Spyderco knives my Military is a super slicer. I use
it on food prep quite a bit. I've often wondered if the Centofante would also be a
nice slicer? Thin blade on it I've heard.
My Byrd rescue with full serrations is a heck of a cutter on tough material.

[FIMS]

Pretty well anything with a plain edge blade, and more so if the blade is thin.

A bellied blade like a Stretch 2 is a wicked slicer.

[gull wing]

1. Calypso Jr
2. Stretch

[Blerv]

At least for me the zdp full flat blades breeze through pretty much everything. The Caly/Calypso knives being prob the best factory ones closely followed by other thin blades like the stretch, ffg delica, etc.

Wharnies and hawkbills take to the task the easiest regarding penetrating because the tips are aggressively angled. Some of our forumites who are electritions swear by the Tasman as it's very tough.

While on tests involving meat and lighter duty cutting thin blades perform amazing I'm still a bit hesitant for tough materials (like the yojimbo). Pocket warriors like the Manix2 and Gayle Bradley may lack some blade geometry but they are stout an confidence inspiring. I can cut nastier packaging with a Superhawk or Manix for the amazing grip and this confidence much easier.

[cosmo7809]

I would say the ZDP Caly Jr.


Man... That thing scares me!

[MCM]

What spydie is the best cutter,tough materials,etc
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What spydie is the best slicer?
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[chuck_roxas45]

If I'm not mistaken it's a wharncliff either the Yojimbo or the Ronin that did the best in meat cutting tests.

[THG]

Delica FFG? A thin, 2.5mm blade... Everything else pretty much is 3mm. I think this is as thin as it gets.

[Dr. Snubnose]

Here is my list of the best slicers and cutters..Meat tested included:
Not in any particular order: and some may surprise you...
1) Yojimbo
2) Ronin
3) Chinook I and II
4) Caly Jr. ZDP
5) Mas Ayoob SE
6) Centofante IV
7) Spyderhawk
8) Waved Endura
9) Karambit
10)Rock Salt
11) Street Beat
12) Merlin SE
13) Military
14) Crossbill PE
15) D'Allara Drop Point
16) Manix c95 with the double flat grind
17)Adventura
18) Raven
19) Catcherman
20) Spyker
21)Temperance
22) Kris
23)Spyderfly
Doc :D
and just to mention a few production knives that are not Spyderco, (and I know the OP said Spydies, but I couldn't resist) that impress me the most for their cutting a slicing ability FWIW.
1) RAT3 in D2
2) Kabar "Last Ditch"
3) Meyerco "Wharning" (and I'm not a big fan of Meyerco) but this knife is awesome
4) CRKT "Hissatsu"
5) Boker "Rampage"
6) Cold Steel " Mini-Tac/Kiridashi"
7) CRKT "Bear Claw"
8) Smith & Wesson "HRT"
9) Benchmade "Mini-Griptillion"
10) CRKT "The Muk" billed as a fishing knife
11) Glock "Glock Knife" made for the GSG 9 anti-terrorist UNit
12) Kershaw "Military Boot Knife"
13) AG Russell "The Sting" original (not the CRKT model)
14) Boker "Smatchet"
15) Micro-Tech "The Medallion"
16) Buck "Nighthawk"
17) KaBar "Kukri"
18) SOG "Field Pup"
19) Cold Steel "Steel Tiger Karambit"
20) Mantis "MF-2 Slimline"
just to mention a few....Doc :)

[Scottie3000]

As far a slicer, Caly 3, Stretch 2 and anything FFG'd to .010" by Tom Krein.

[Dagon]

Centofante 3, closely followed by Delica FFG, Chokwe, current Stretch

[kawr]

Stretch 2 is the by far the best slicing/cutting knife I've ever owned. Centofante 3 also seemed like an awesome slicer when i had one on loan for a week.