Your favorite Features of Spyderco Knives in Ranked Order

[RamZar]

Mine would be (I’ll be editing mine as I hear back from others):

1. VARIETY
2. Thin FFG blades
3. Variety of Designs
4. Variety of Steels
5. Variety of Handle Materials
6. Variety of Locking Mechanisms
7. Variety of Blade Lengths
8. Quality & CQI

[jabba359]

1. Opening hole
2. Huge variety of interesting designs and collaborations
3. Variety of handle materials
4. The "Earth" part of the country of origin (on the Golden models, at least)
5. Variety of steels

[vivi]

I don't know about being in order, but I appreciate the following:

- Sal's willingness to listen to customer requests and his overall transparency
- H1
- Thinly ground edges compared to competitors
- Every knife is always sharp and ready to go right out of the box
- G-clips
- Their fixed blade sheaths typically have excellent retention
- They offer many lightweight models, both folding and fixed
- Opening hole
- Bringing back discontinued models
- The amount of backlocks they make compared to most modern knife makers
- Their pocket clips seem consistently well done.

[SG89]

spydie hole
FFG
wire clip
compression lock

[The Deacon]

1. Spyderhole opener
2. Midlock
3. 50/50 choil
4. FFG blade

[Evil D]

In no particular order:

Relationship with customers, willingness to listen and respond
CQI and taking feedback
Design
Options
Ergonomics

[PStone]

1-Quality
2-Variety
3-CQI

[Sjucaveman]

The fact that aesthetics is tertiary to function and ergonomics.

[Canazes9]

In no particular order:

Spyderhole openers
Steel variety/choices
Thin blade grinds
Quality of construction
Engagement with their customer base


David

[abbazaba]

Spydie hole
Steel choices
50/50 Choil
Wire clip

[murphjd25]

1)Spyder hole
2) FFG blades
3) GREAT collaborations!
4) Variety of steel choices
5) 50/50 choils

[ABX2011]

Sal and Spyderco culture of integrity, passion, innovation, experimentation and forum participation
Opening hole
Premium steels
Thin grinds
Taichung quality
Expansive catalog
Sprint runs

[gmhauy]

Mine would be (I’ll be editing mine as I hear back from others):

1. VARIETY
2. Thin FFG blades
3. Variety of Designs
4. Variety of Steels
5. Variety of Handle Materials
6. Variety of Locking Mechanisms
7. Variety of Blade Lengths
8. Quality & CQI

(Just to keep to your list):
Quality and CQI
Variety of designs (always possible to fin,d a model that fits your particular whims)
Variety of steels

Gerard

[MichaelScott]

1. Spyder hole
2. Ergonomics
3. Pushing the envelope
4. Attention to the edge
5. Solid connection with the ELU community.

[xceptnl]

Craftsmanship
Ergonomics
Steel variety
Design variety
Spyderhole
Spyderedges
This Forum and the friends I have met over the last 7 years here

[Shockwave]

1. Spydie hole
2. LW models
3. Blade shapes
4. FFG
5. G-10 on USA models
6. Sal & Co.

[Rtal]

Spydyhole
Wire clip
Serious commitment to small edcs
Variety

[Tdog]

Similar to others, in no particular order
Hole
Variety of steels
Wire clip
Commitment to making quality products

[timlara]

Great thread idea!

1. Spydie Hole! It will never be surpassed unless humans evolve different hands.
2. Sal/Eric
3. Ergonomics/Design
4. Steel choices/performance
5. FRN
6. Wire clip
7. Made in Golden
8. Variety
9. Value for money

[npad69]

Ergonomics
spydiehole
ffg
Choice of different types of steels
The ever classy guy, Sal
Light weight
uniqueness
optimal HT