What was the last knife you carried before buying your first Spyderco?

[murphjd25]

A SOG Spec Elite 2 Auto, it was actually a pretty nice auto, I still have it too but it’s been retired, carried it every day for almost six years until I found Spyderco.

[abbazaba]

Benchmade 330 I received as a gift for over a decade

[Sharp Guy]

Though the McHenry & Williams 710 & 707 were my favorites

I really like my 707! It makes into my pocket about every other week.

[wrdwrght]

Before I joined this forum, a SAK Picknicker, for a whole lotta years, and before it, a SAK Champion.

[xceptnl]

Though the McHenry & Williams 710 & 707 were my favorites

I really like my 707! It makes into my pocket about every other week.

Only a very few knives fall into the category of the 707 with me. What it means is that i liked a knife so much, that it made such an impression on me, that i purchased a second one, and left it new in box, stacked in my safe with the year marked on it. One day i will give that stack of boxes to my son and tell him about the evolution of knife collecting i experienced.

[Tdog]

Kershaw Leek, when they first came out the ZDP was considered hot stuff. :p Also Benchmade Grip and Mini Grip. Still have them but they never get carried.

[crazywednesday]

Kershaw leek

#metoo

[gaj999]

Buck 560(titanium 110) with a BG42 blade. Still carry it. Love that knife.

[Coupant]

It was a Puma cadet that i bought when i was 15 years old,46 years ago!!!

[Cambertree]

An Opinel No. 7 Carbone for me. Carried it for three years until I decided to try a Delica, because it was a pocket knife that featured the same VG10 steel, I'd been digging in my Japanese kitchen knives.

One of my tongue-in-cheek quick tests for a folding knife is still: 'is it better than an Opinel?'! Thick bladed knives fail the test, for me.

(The Delica passed with flying colours, of course!)

[Mad_Medic]

Beside a few SAK's and Opinel's, the last knife I carried and used for years was a Böker Plus AK74 (manual without a pocketclip). At one point I decided to get myself a little present for using at work. So the Tenacious came and since then mine Spydie collection has grown extensively. I've got the bug :spyder:

[Slumblor]

Pretty sure I was carrying a Kershaw Cryo when I bought a Tenacious.

[hmr170]

A Schrade Uncle Henry LB8 lockback was my work knife in the early 90's. My first Spyderco was a 1st Gen Endura in the '94-95 time frame. My time with the Spyderco didn't last long because I lost the knife over the side of a ship on my first work tour using it. I didn't buy another one (a Delica) until six or seven years ago.

[Spydersense]

Ontario RAT 2

[MacLaren]

A U.S. made S.O.G. Trident. It was a good knife.

[VashHash]

Kershaw leek here as well

[StuntZombie]

Mine was a Bucklite,the version with a pocket clip. It wasn't much longer after that that I got a fully serrated Spyderco Police model.

[attila]

Benchmade 440 Opportunist.

Then I bought a Delica 4 CE, Benchmade Mini-Griptilian, and C41 Native in relatively quick succession.

[xceptnl]

Benchmade 440 Opportunist.

That was a classy BM. One of the most underrated IMHO

[Jazz]

Bench made 940, 720, Cold Steel Voyager, Gerber EZ Out, and before that, traditionals and various back locks, including genuine Bucks and a nice copy. I discovered the Great Spyderco hole (I wish I had way sooner, like the 80's), and that was that, with a bunch of help from the enablers on this forum.