Best Smaller Spyderco for Xmas Present?
Dragonfly. The stainless handled version. A lot of people perceive a knife with more heft as being of better quality. And a lot of people perceive FRN as being cheap or plasticky. Most knife afi's know better but someone who is new to knives might not. Gifting the stainless Dragonfly could possibly be like a "gateway knife" and perhaps lead him to purchase other Spydercos.
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Its made in Taiwan.jifigz wrote:Out of curiosity, where is the Cat made? Where it is made will not hinder my opinion on buying it because I know that this company churns out quality knives from all of their facilities, albeit some facilities are undoubtedly of higher quality. I am rather unfamiliar with this particular model.
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I bought one just couples months ago. There is no jimpling. The f &f is okay. After some cardboard cutting or flip a lot, it has plays. (not only side to side but some up and down)araneae wrote:The Cat is not discontinued to the best of my knowledge.
I would not hesitate to think of the Cat. It's well made IMO and I think the new ones have jimping too. Other good choices would be a Dragonfly or Manbug.
If he appreciates and uses the knife you can always move him up to a Delica sized knife later.
440c is just no way to compare with s30 or vg10. IMHO, I wont send it as a gift.
if considering it is a valued folder for dirty job, I am totally fine with this.
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Although my mind says "Dragonfly," my heart tells me "Manbug." 
For its size, it is very hard to beat the Manbug for cutting potential. I would especially suggest the Manbug in light of the fact that your brother isn't very familiar with knives. A larger knife (yes, even the Dragonfly) might be considered to be "too big" for some folks as an EDC. The Manbug, however, fits nicely in any pocket and would be a great introductory model for someone just getting started in knives. You could always get him the G-10 Manbug if you want to dress things up a bit. :D
For its size, it is very hard to beat the Manbug for cutting potential. I would especially suggest the Manbug in light of the fact that your brother isn't very familiar with knives. A larger knife (yes, even the Dragonfly) might be considered to be "too big" for some folks as an EDC. The Manbug, however, fits nicely in any pocket and would be a great introductory model for someone just getting started in knives. You could always get him the G-10 Manbug if you want to dress things up a bit. :D:spyder: -Michael
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The Dragonfly is one of the best little big knives out there. He can clip it or just drop it in his pocket if he is leery about carrying a knife. I'm sometimes hesitant suggesting to small of a knife to someone that is not used to handling a folding knife. I find that when I show some of my knives to people that may be unfamiliar, they have a harder time manipulating the smaller ones. JMO
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Stole my line, bro! SS Dfly all day long. Mine was a gift and is engraved which makes it more special. It really feels quality that anyone can assess, vs FRN that we know is great but non-afi's think is cheap. Get it engraved..."real nice, Clark, real nice"Jay_Ev wrote:Dragonfly. The stainless handled version. A lot of people perceive a knife with more heft as being of better quality. And a lot of people perceive FRN as being cheap or plasticky. Most knife afi's know better but someone who is new to knives might not. Gifting the stainless Dragonfly could possibly be like a "gateway knife" and perhaps lead him to purchase other Spydercos.
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The orange Dragonfly with VG-10 is available at a good price, and as others have said the H-1 is rust free, I would be proud to get either of these for Christmas. My daughter bought the stainless handle version with the multicolor dragonfly etching. While "pretty" she didn't realize what a beast of a cutter she was getting in a small package. Dragonfly :spyder:
