Toughest Spyderco Folder for knife-heathen?
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Toughest Spyderco Folder for knife-heathen?
Which Spyderco folder would you recommend for a person who is very brutal on pocket knives, but still won't abide by a broken tip? The knife can be right-handed or clipless and made from any type of steel, I'd just prefer it to be a :spyder:
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
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Since we're talking a right handed barbarian...
If price is not an issue...
Manix
Para Military
Military
Chinook II
Lil Temperance Leaf Point
As a lefty, the Manix would be my first choice. If I were a righty, I'd lean toward the Para, due to its size and weight. Then again, there are folks who complain that the Manix and Chinook II are too light. I also prefer a knife with a 50/50 choil, so of the 4mm blades, the Lil T is at the bottom of my list, YMMV.
Ti Salsa - Thinner blade that the ones above, but lighter weight too.
if price is important then...
Aluminum Herbst - Classy looks, strong tip, hard to beat for the price it's on sale for right now at SFO
Grey FRN Goddard
Salt I - Can be rode hard and put away wet. Pratices "tactical avoidism" on the tip strength issue.
If price is not an issue...
Manix
Para Military
Military
Chinook II
Lil Temperance Leaf Point
As a lefty, the Manix would be my first choice. If I were a righty, I'd lean toward the Para, due to its size and weight. Then again, there are folks who complain that the Manix and Chinook II are too light. I also prefer a knife with a 50/50 choil, so of the 4mm blades, the Lil T is at the bottom of my list, YMMV.
Ti Salsa - Thinner blade that the ones above, but lighter weight too.
if price is important then...
Aluminum Herbst - Classy looks, strong tip, hard to beat for the price it's on sale for right now at SFO
Grey FRN Goddard
Salt I - Can be rode hard and put away wet. Pratices "tactical avoidism" on the tip strength issue.
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I would have to second that "Lum Tanto Folder" but I would also add the services of The Military in S30V.
However my old Renegade has withstood it all and is like the Energizer Bunny and just keeps on going :D :spyder: :D
However my old Renegade has withstood it all and is like the Energizer Bunny and just keeps on going :D :spyder: :D
SS Pro grip. One heck of a working knife!
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I'd say either a Manix or Chinook or Lum tanto if you can find one Thom.
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Most definitely the Lil' T. The handle of the Lil'T is even thicker than the handle of the Manix and so is actually the blade (not by much though). And the shorter handle and blade puts less torque on the pivot.
I am not saying the Manix is a bad choice (it has replaced my beloved Lil'T as EDC) but as the Spydie that would take the most abuse, I would vote for the Lil'T.
I am not saying the Manix is a bad choice (it has replaced my beloved Lil'T as EDC) but as the Spydie that would take the most abuse, I would vote for the Lil'T.
Aloha Thom!
Hmmmmm...I suggest you, er...your "brutal knife using friend" ( :D ) to try one of the SS Spydies, like the Pro-Venator, or whatever it's now called...I had an FRN Pro Grip, and that thing went through it ALL and still maintained the tip due to blade shape and thickness...I could never really get the Pro Grip to have a surgically precise cutting tip, but it did the job. I was even more impressed being that it was an FRN knife! No wobble, just a tad bit of vert play after a couple years of abuse...*sigh*.
I also beat the crap outta my SS SE Police, but being that tip strength is a concern here, I wouldn't advise this one...
Paul has a "point" about the Salt or even the Pacific...no actual tip to break, and that H1 steel is amazing...
Well, my 2 cents...hope all is good with you my friend, and God bless! OBTW, have ya sang your rendition of the Scooby Doo theme for Terry yet?! LOL! :D
Hmmmmm...I suggest you, er...your "brutal knife using friend" ( :D ) to try one of the SS Spydies, like the Pro-Venator, or whatever it's now called...I had an FRN Pro Grip, and that thing went through it ALL and still maintained the tip due to blade shape and thickness...I could never really get the Pro Grip to have a surgically precise cutting tip, but it did the job. I was even more impressed being that it was an FRN knife! No wobble, just a tad bit of vert play after a couple years of abuse...*sigh*.
I also beat the crap outta my SS SE Police, but being that tip strength is a concern here, I wouldn't advise this one...
Paul has a "point" about the Salt or even the Pacific...no actual tip to break, and that H1 steel is amazing...
Well, my 2 cents...hope all is good with you my friend, and God bless! OBTW, have ya sang your rendition of the Scooby Doo theme for Terry yet?! LOL! :D
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Thanks, everyone! I ordered an original-style Chinook with S30V (thanks, pals in Fairfield, VA!). If that gets broken, I'm making him a bullnose lockback out of 5/8" thick S7. :eek:
Chad,
You know that I'm violently left-handed, so it sure weren't me. Hope you enjoy a sheep laugh before work tonight.
Thanks again, everyone!
Chad,
You know that I'm violently left-handed, so it sure weren't me. Hope you enjoy a sheep laugh before work tonight.
Thanks again, everyone!
"I knew you before you knew you had hands!" ~Tracey Brogan
"Ah-ha! A Spyderco moment!" ~Michael Cook
"Hawkbills - Sink in the tip and let it rip!" ~Axlis
"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers which can't be questioned" ~Richard Feynman
"Ah-ha! A Spyderco moment!" ~Michael Cook
"Hawkbills - Sink in the tip and let it rip!" ~Axlis
"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers which can't be questioned" ~Richard Feynman
Aloha Thom!
Again I say, "You Baaaa-d man you!" LOL! :D :D :D mahalo bro!
God bless!
Again I say, "You Baaaa-d man you!" LOL! :D :D :D mahalo bro!
God bless!
Proverbs 16:3...Commit YOUR works to the LORD, and YOUR plans WILL succeed!
"Where's the best little big knife not designed by Sal or Eric?" ~ thombrogan, WSM
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