Where Spyderco Knives Fall Short

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Re: Where Spyderco Knives Fall Short

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Donut wrote:Do we have any knife that has a choil built into the handle? We have 50/50 on some and I think we had a 60/40 on one.
I think the Gayle Bradley 1 would qualify for that description. One if the reasons I love that design so much is the way your fore finger is so close to the edge but still protected by the choil. By comparison, the edge on my Emerson is about an inch away from your hand. I know which one generates more leverage and power.

I'm a little disappointed the OP hasn't come back to answer my question. I'm genuinely interested in what EDC tasks benefit from a longer blade? I've yet to find a Pacific Salt or GB1 lacking.
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Re: Where Spyderco Knives Fall Short

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Only the sharpened portion is defined as edge length. Blade length is measured from the handle to the tip
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Re: Where Spyderco Knives Fall Short

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curlyhairedboy wrote:spyderco measures edge length from handle to tip (as the crow flies), right?
Distance from the front-most edge of the handle to the tip "as the crow flies", is the blade length. Edge length would be that, minus the length of any unsharpened parts of the blade (tang, sharpening choil) that were included in the blade length measurement .
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Re: Where Spyderco Knives Fall Short

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I wonder what the ratio is on this one? :rolleyes:

https://youtu.be/dXN_roEvRV8
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I was about to say you need a double pivot to achieve a ratio higher than 1:1, good find Bloke.
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Re: Where Spyderco Knives Fall Short

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Bloke wrote:I wonder what the ratio is on this one? :rolleyes:

https://youtu.be/dXN_roEvRV8
Perfect...well, except for the fact that it lacks a Tri-Ad lock... :D Still, add a wave to it and that thing would be the shiznit!!!
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