Of all your Spyderco knives, which gives the best, smoothest cut?

[hmr170]

This is all good information, but I'd like to know which single-bladed Spyderco has the most number of blades?

[bearrowland]

My Endura 4 cut open a packet this morning so well it shocked me!

[Woodpuppy]

This is all good information, but I'd like to know which single-bladed Spyderco has the most number of blades?

Folding or fixed blade?

[jimmd]

SpydieChef for sure, followed by my Chaparral. The SpydieChef's LC200N is thinly ground and takes a really fine edge.

[crazywednesday]

P4 k390

[James Y]

I'd have to say my PE Caribbean w/leaf blade.

Jim

[wrdwrght]

Perhaps I’m missing the question’s intent, but any of my PE Spydies is going to be as smooth as any other if each has my normal sharpness.

I distinguish PE from SE because, while I keep my SEs as sharp as my PEs, I must apply more pressure, which lessens the smoothness in my use, to keep the entire edge on the work and avoid the chatter that comes with lighter pressure.

[ferider]

When it comes to Spyderco knives (fixed or folder, both are welcome) that you have personally used to cut various materials, which has the smoothest cut with the least hangup and resistance on materials?

Usually, the one that I sharpened last. Which - statistically speaking - will be most likely either Military or Manix 2.

I have to add though: cutting your fingers with freshly sharpened CW or XHP is a thing of beauty. Until it hurts.

[MichaelScott]

Gayle Bradley 2

[DutchBlades]

I thought it would be a thin ffg blade like the Chap, but thinking about it some more, the smoothest has to go to my Spyker.

[Bill1170]

Wrong answers so far, so I'll unveil the smoothest cutter:
Spyderco Kitchen Utility Knife 6" Plain Edge.
You're welcome :D

Came to write this same thing. Fine grained steel- check, low edge bevel - check, thin blade stock - check.

[Mako109]

Out of the box, it has to be my Caly 3.5 ZDP CF. I purchased three when they were first released several years ago and keep one in the office, one at home, one backup. The office one seeing the most use, but general light duty: envelopes, packages, paper, occasional fruit, etc.. Still I'm always surprised by how long it has kept its sharp smooth edge when compared to the unused back up.

[Cambertree]

Funnily enough, it would be my Tenacious.

I used it to experiment with grinding the edge area extremely thin, at the lowest angle I could achieve without scratching the flats, to see what would happen. It was so thin in fact, that the edge bent and rolled heavily with a light chop through the green end of a blackberry vine. I fixed it, then applied a small apex bevel at 15dps with the Sharpmaker.

It holds up fine for normal use, and gave me a useful data point. I now use the same technique for most of my knives, just not grinding quite so thin. It makes resharpening at the 15dps Sharpmaker setting very easy, as there's so little material to remove to reestablish a clean apex.

But yeah, the Tenacious gives the 'best, smoothest cut' of all my Spydies. :)

The Superblue Delica and 52100 Manix (also thinned out behind the edges) come close behind.

[Tdog]

In small blades the K09 does it for me. I've sliced, diced, and filleted many gallons of fruit with mine....a scalpel. In larger blades, the Chokwe, or JD Smith both give smooooooth cuts, as does the ZDP Stretch when really sharp.

[MacLaren]

My reground Centofante 3. But the edge is so thin it's only for light use.

I'll bet that is a smooth cut.

[MacLaren]

I would also add to my list the DragonFly in HAP40
She is as smooth as silk when honed up.

[bearfacedkiller]

Sprig

[SpyderEdgeForever]

In small blades the K09 does it for me. I've sliced, diced, and filleted many gallons of fruit with mine....a scalpel. In larger blades, the Chokwe, or JD Smith both give smooooooth cuts, as does the ZDP Stretch when really sharp.

Very cool. Do you notice that different fruits give different resistances to the cutting or it goes through all of them smoothly? For example: Cantalope vs Oranges vs Apples.

[The Mastiff]

Whichever I have that is reprofiled and freshly sharpened. They all get really good at slicing any reasonable material I need to cut. They all feel about the same .

Joe

[Blades]

My CPM-M4 Military. A few swipes on my ultrafine stone every month or so and it keeps slicing keenly. Great steel.