Which spyderedge knife is the sliciest?

[Sonorum]

I have a fully SE Endela which I love but I can't help looking at other fully SE knives and thinking, what if? I have yet to pull the trigger on a Caribbean although I've put in the basket about a million times. I keep thinking it wouldn't slice as good as the Endela but I carried my 12 per side PM2 today which slices very well so maybe the blade thickness of the Carribean wouldn't be so bad after all.

If you could choose the sliciest fully SE knife, which would it be and why?

As a side note, I'll never ditch the Endela but I've got my eyes on a K390 one...

[Wartstein]

Salt 2 ffg SE.

[JRinFL]

Probably one of the Z-cuts, followed by the kitchen utility knives.

[Martijn]

Salt 2 ffg SE.

Agreed. Super slicy!

[Wartstein]

Salt 2 ffg SE.

Agreed. Super slicy!

Yes, 2.5 mm stock in a rather tall blade is just a sensible choice for a cutting tool... And I don´t fear at all that it could be too "weak".
Though JRinFL of course will be right that the dedicated Spyderco kitchen knives are even slicier.

[The Meat man]

If we're talking non -kitchen knives, probably either the Dragonfly Salt or else the ARK.
The Dfly in particular has a very high, thin hollow grind with only 2mm blade stock.

[Evil D]

There's more to it than blade stock thickness, but probably is going to be the Rock Jumper, Delica wharnie, or Caribbean.


If you consider other knives that aren't kitchen knives or folders then the ARK wins by a landslide. It's by far the thinnest ground serrations I've seen yet.

[Wartstein]

There's more to it than blade stock thickness, but probably is going to be the Rock Jumper, Delica wharnie, or Caribbean.


If you consider other knives that aren't kitchen knives or folders then the ARK wins by a landslide. It's by far the thinnest ground serrations I've seen yet.

Totally right!
But if everything else is equal (blade height, edge angle, thickness behind the edge, tapering, "coarseness"...) the knife with the thinner blade stock will slice better (especially when slicing through stuff with larger diameter).
And most of these other parameters (of course not blade height) can be changed realistically or at least a lot easier by the end user than blade stock thickness.
So I am sure a knife with thinner stock, "tuned" by someone with even just basic skills, will slice better than a thicker knife "tuned" the same
That´s also the main reason why I personally don´t really understand smaller folders with a thicker blade than necessary (and the Delica/Salts 2.5 mm are strong enough for everything a folder gets used for in my experience)

/ Delica Wharnie SE must be a great slicer indeed! Certainly on par with the Salt 2 ffg - which has a taller blade at the "hump" I think, but not over the whole length of the blade.

[wrdwrght]

Can we talk slicy SE on a blade other than FFG?

[T.J.]

After reading this thread, I just ordered a Delica 4 Wharnie SE and a Pacific Salt 2 SE. My SE collection is really starting to grow.

[bbturbodad]

The Delica SE wharnie is pretty dang slicey...


Slices better than this very acutely sharpened Dragonfly IMO.

[JD Spydo]

I would immediately have to put up my Spyderco Catcherman models. I have full SE and CE and PE Catcherman blades and I won't part with any of them.

Now for something in the full Spyderedged column I would have to put my full SE TEMPERANCE 1 model.

And for strictly a plain edged unit I would go with my PE version of the TEMPERANCE 1 as well. But there are so many that cut exceptionally well that I would spend an hour talking about them.

[Josh Crutchley]

What about the C25 Centofante SE? It's 2mm thick Ats-34 wharncliffe style blade has to be one of the sliciest behind the Catcherman.

[Cambertree]

My SE Z-Cut, definitely.

As far as serrations go, the VG10 Cook’s knife.

Regarding folders, the SE section of my 52100 CE PM2. It’s thicker stock than the models mentioned above, but it really does glide almost effortlessly through material.

There’s discussion from time to time about a FFG 52100 UKPK. I think an SE 52100 version would be an amazing slicer.

[Evil D]

I thought more about this and I think if you exclude kitchen knives, it has to be the ARK. There just isn't another knife in the catalog that's thinner blade stock or ground thinner. The edge is so thin on these that they almost seem fragile. I bet it's even thinner at the very edge than a Z-Cut.

[Raylas]

ARK is very slicey.

I've not tested many SE blades, but I would also put the jumpmaster 2 up for consideration.

She's a beast.

[lilshaver]

My wife is plumb dangerous with her new SE Z-cut knife . A nice slicing machine.

[yablanowitz]

C54BMS Calypso.