The Civilian expirience
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twinboysdad
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The Civilian expirience
So I have gifted many Spydies to friends and family. I have a great brick and mortar that has allowed me to handle lots of off the beaten path models. However I have never handled the Civie, Mat 2 and Lil Mat yes but the real McCoy no. So my sister (I gifted an orange Dodo to by the way) had a real need to get more serious about SD and her and her husband will not have guns in their home at the present. I recommended a Civie and she got it and has loved it. I visited them for the first time in 2 years and kept asking to see it but with 5 boys under the age of 6 running around it was never good. So last night after a wonderful meal and lots of booze, I remembered and she obliged. And I got bit for the first time by a knife in a LONG time. Went to bed with a bloody finger! I will have to get one at some point, what a freaking knife! I think those serrations are the most aggressive ever made. My cut was from 3 teeth and lined up perfectly and I barely touched my finger. An aggressive swipe with that knife on flesh would have to resemble a chainsaw accident...
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Still need to get me one of those. I have a matriarch 2 and man it's a worker.
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Bladekeeper
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:D did the same with my matriach two and the thing is if you just get a little ting.
It leaves two tiny dots that look like ....a spider bite :D .
I'd have asked if that had an influence on the company name but I know it didn't .
The serrations line up like two fangs and just a tiny scuff and the bite marks are there .
Also as well as paper cuts I test out clothing to see how the blade goes through across etc.
And I've read that people think it would snag uh uh .
Two layers of denim thick sheets of leather , wool you name it.
The only thing I could see it snagging on is a studded garment like a belt but unless you are at the blue oyster bar when you need to use in SD.
I'd worry not
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It leaves two tiny dots that look like ....a spider bite :D .
I'd have asked if that had an influence on the company name but I know it didn't .
The serrations line up like two fangs and just a tiny scuff and the bite marks are there .
Also as well as paper cuts I test out clothing to see how the blade goes through across etc.
And I've read that people think it would snag uh uh .
Two layers of denim thick sheets of leather , wool you name it.
The only thing I could see it snagging on is a studded garment like a belt but unless you are at the blue oyster bar when you need to use in SD.
I'd worry not
.I still carry a Civilian, deeply concealed, on a regular basis. Even though my (rather limited) blade training, since acquiring my pair of Civilians, has been more point-driven, the slim compactness of a Civi makes it effortless to carry, and its methodology is quite intuitive, so it still has a place in my life.
Yes, I did, indeed, say "slim compactness" in reference to the Spyderco Civilian. A Spyderco Temperance fixed-blade, or a Strider AR folder, is starting to get just a bit chunky.
Yes, I did, indeed, say "slim compactness" in reference to the Spyderco Civilian. A Spyderco Temperance fixed-blade, or a Strider AR folder, is starting to get just a bit chunky.
Civilians, Dodo, Guntings, Mili, P'kal, Rescues, Ronins, Temperance, others...
Have Colt, will travel.
Have Colt, will travel.
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