Which Spydie Is A Timeless Classic?

[Skidoosh]

For me it is a lot about the lines.
-Caly 3 in whatever flavor, super blue, ZDP-189, great lines
-Rookie G-10, I have not owned this knife but really like the way it looks, nice and thin
-Lum tanto folder, I'm drawn to it, I can't say why but it has a look that will stand out 100 years from now
-Persian and Chinook, I probably won't buy one but they tie into some classic lines that never go out of style

As I think it through classic for me usually is G-10 or micarta, not FRN (nothing wrong with it but it does not seem as timeless)
Patinas also makes something a bit classier

[JD Spydo]

I think the Delica is the Spyderco everyone should start with. Then get others to see if any fit your hand better or whatever reason. But I recently got the sprint Worker and I love that knife. For some reason it's a knife that I love to carry and use. Maybe it's the really pointy tip. But the handle is very close to a Delica and I believe the worker is the first model with the opening hole and clip Spyderco put out.

So I think the Delica for a normal production knife and the Worker also if you get one before they are gone. Has there been any other worker models other than the first one and now this sprint I wonder? But there is also the Michael Walker. Liquid Cobra also made a good point but he was .5" off. He said Caly 3.5 and I say Caly 3. :) The Caly's are definately a comfortable knife to hold and use. Being slim they ride in the pocket extremely well :D

Well Jack this is one of those times we are in agreement. You're spot on with the Delica, Worker C-01 and the Calypso series. The Burgundy Caly Jr which was their first ever ZDP-189 bladed Spyder was one of my main EDCs for quite some time. The C-54 big Calypso model has been in my personal Top 10 for eons now. But you're right about the Caly models being virtually everyone's much liked folders.

There are so many variants of the Delica out there that I'm sure there is one for everybody depending on blade steel and pocket clip configuration. I just wish that the Delica and Endura both had more defined points/tips on them. Because the points on my C-60 Ayoob model and C-58 JD Smith models just flat out have me spoiled and I just love a folder with a functional tip.

I still say that the Harpy is timeless as well because it's truly one of Spyderco's early flagship models.

[jackknifeh]

I think the Delica is the Spyderco everyone should start with. Then get others to see if any fit your hand better or whatever reason. But I recently got the sprint Worker and I love that knife. For some reason it's a knife that I love to carry and use. Maybe it's the really pointy tip. But the handle is very close to a Delica and I believe the worker is the first model with the opening hole and clip Spyderco put out.

So I think the Delica for a normal production knife and the Worker also if you get one before they are gone. Has there been any other worker models other than the first one and now this sprint I wonder? But there is also the Michael Walker. Liquid Cobra also made a good point but he was .5" off. He said Caly 3.5 and I say Caly 3. :) The Caly's are definately a comfortable knife to hold and use. Being slim they ride in the pocket extremely well :D

Well Jack this is one of those times we are in agreement. You're spot on with the Delica, Worker C-01 and the Calypso series. The Burgundy Caly Jr which was their first ever ZDP-189 bladed Spyder was one of my main EDCs for quite some time. The C-54 big Calypso model has been in my personal Top 10 for eons now. But you're right about the Caly models being virtually everyone's much liked folders.

There are so many variants of the Delica out there that I'm sure there is one for everybody depending on blade steel and pocket clip configuration. I just wish that the Delica and Endura both had more defined points/tips on them. Because the points on my C-60 Ayoob model and C-58 JD Smith models just flat out have me spoiled and I just love a folder with a functional tip.

I still say that the Harpy is timeless as well because it's truly one of Spyderco's early flagship models.

More agreement coming. :) I'd agree about the Delica tip. I have decided the pointy tip on an EDC knife is a wonderful thing. The thing about that is you can "pointy up" a knife blade tip pretty easily if you want to. A Dremel and good diamond or tungsten bits (accessories) does a great job. Just go slow for two reasons. First, you don't want to get the steel hot enough to ruin the heat treat. Second, I like to go slow so I don't accidentally remove steel too fast. The Dremel has no problem with the harder steels like ZDP-189 either. Anyway, I do like a pointy tip and didn't really notice how much until I got the Dyad sprint. That plain edge blade on that knife has a super pointy tip just like the Worker. Makes easy opening of lots of things. Even small things like a bag of chips. I saw something when I was a teenager that had me rolling with laughter. We were in a Pizza Hut and there was a couple sitting at another booth. I watched as the girl was really pulling on opposite sides of a small bag of chips. It just didn't seem to want to open. Then suddenly the top opened and every chip in the bag went flying into the air. Her date laughed hard as I did. She just sat there looking dumbfounded :o holding the ripped open empty bag. :) So while I like a very pointy tip that girl or her date not using one gave me a laugh I haven't forgotten yet. :)

Jack

[spinynorman]

I gotta go with the Delica/Endura, but mostly Delica. It's been so popular for so long. It's a go-to recommendation for so many "which knife should I buy" situations. It's the prototypical, standard Spyderco, like the Buck 110, the Benchmade Griptilian, the USMC KA-BAR, the Victorinox...Cadet? You get what I mean. If a store sells Spyderco, it sells Delicas and they are the Spyderco for everyone, for everything. It's also been done in so many variations over the years much like the other knives mentioned, and all of them are certainly worthy of traveling through generations as grandpa's old work knife or sitting in a glass box up on the mantle, possibly under an oil painting of me conquering North Korea on a brown bear, bare chested and totally ripped, Spyderco clip on my pocket. The Delica will outlive C07 and C08, even C36 and C81, and probably even 204. It will outlive us all.

Note: Everything I just said could probably also be said about the Endura, but I have a gut feeling that the Delica is the more popular of the two. Plus it's the one I prefer.

After reading this post I have to agree - the Delica a "timeless classic" in that it's iconic, like the models from other makers you've mentioned, and everybody likes it, even "NKP's". I got my girlfriend to carry one of my Delicas, and she views my Spyderco and knife collecting obsession as a bizarre illness. She used it so much at the barn and around the yard that it was dulled to a butter-knife edge! I sharpened it back up again on the sharpmaker, and she's back using it again. Although it's a bit small for my hands, when I was sharpening, cleaning and oiling it back to life I thought "this really is a great knife!" Maybe my daughter will use it someday.

[bh49]

Off the top of my head...

Probably the original Jess Horn?

+1
IMHO nothing can beat original Jess Horn

[SpyderNut]

Off the top of my head...

Probably the original Jess Horn?

+1
IMHO nothing can beat original Jess Horn

Yes sir. I would give just about anything to see a Sprint of the original Jess Horn. Wouldn't that be amazing or what?

[bh49]

Off the top of my head...

Probably the original Jess Horn?

+1
IMHO nothing can beat original Jess Horn

Yes sir. I would give just about anything to see a Sprint of the original Jess Horn. Wouldn't that be amazing or what?

Just change the steel and do not change anything else. And we will get "family hairloom". I am promising to pass it to my son.

[SpyderNut]

Off the top of my head...

Probably the original Jess Horn?

+1
IMHO nothing can beat original Jess Horn

Yes sir. I would give just about anything to see a Sprint of the original Jess Horn. Wouldn't that be amazing or what?

Just change the steel and do not change anything else. And we will get "family hairloom". I am promising to pass it to my son.

I heartily agree. We don't have children, but heck, I would have a son just to give him this knife! :D

[Evil D]

I don't have any older models, but the one that I for sure want to give my son someday is my Caly 3 ZDP.

Otherwise, as for "classics" I think the stainless SE Police is way up there as one of the most iconic of the brand.

[JD Spydo]

Off the top of my head...

Probably the original Jess Horn?

+1
IMHO nothing can beat original Jess Horn

Hey Roman I also love the older JESS HORN models and most particular the Sprint ZDP-189 model they had a few years back But don't overlook many of Spyderco's great "pointy" classics like the C-60 Ayoob, C-56 Zowada. The C-58 JD Smith, the clip point, plain edged blade of the Dyad models and the C-50 and/or C-25 Centofante models which are all timeless classics in my book

In a way I agree with you that the JESS HORN model should have been a permanent fixture because I've always thought that model along with the ROOKIE model were close to being perfect EDC blades.

[bh49]

I heartily agree. We don't have children, but heck, I would have a son just to give him this knife! :D

Michael,
Sprint can come any time unannaunced. So it would be better, if you start working on your part :)
BTW, what you will do, if the first child will be a girl? :D :)

[SpyderNut]

I heartily agree. We don't have children, but heck, I would have a son just to give him this knife! :D

Michael,
Sprint can come any time unannaunced. So it would be better, if you start working on your part :)
BTW, what you will do, if the first child will be a girl? :D :)

Hehehe! Why of course I can work on my part, Roman. It will be my pleasure (wink, wink). :D :D :D If it were a girl, I suppose I'd have to get her a pink Delica, pink Chinese Folder, or pink Native. :) She would be a knife-carrier one way or the other, that is for certain.

[MarcusH]

Although I'm temporarily retired from collecting, I'd additionally vote for this classic

[SpeedHoles]

Beautiful.

[MarcusH]

or one of these...

[MarcusH]

+1
IMHO nothing can beat original Jess Horn

I know the C27 is one of the Holy Grails for most Spyderco afis and it sure was one for me until I had one in my collection.
To be honest, I wasn't completely satisfied with the design of the clip.
To my taste these type of knives should be without a clip and should be carried within a nice leather pouche.

So, I eventually sold mine and bought both the small and the big Moki Kronos.
Nearly the same design, the same maker and no clip.

[bh49]

I know the C27 is one of the Holy Grails for most Spyderco afis and it sure was one for me until I had one in my collection.
To be honest, I wasn't completely satisfied with the design of the clip.
To my taste these type of knives should be without a clip and should be carried within a nice leather pouche.

So, I eventually sold mine and bought both the small and the big Moki Kronos.
Nearly the same design, the same maker and no clip.

I agree with you on clip. IMHO Kopas also would be better without clip (also with thinner 2 mm blade).
I owned big Kronos, but sold it :rolleyes: . It was a little too big for my taste on gents knife. Still thinking about small Kronos :)

[SpeedHoles]

Impeccable photos as usual, Marcus, and even more stunning is the selection of the collection. :)
It appears you gravitate toward micarta?
It's too bad this has to be considered as build material of days gone by, and cannot still be available to us in the current line-up, even if only in a few select folders...

[JAfromMN]

This one





Pointy as it should be

[wrdwrght]

In the sense of "most representative", anything in the Calypso form-factor.