Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
Which Spyderco do you like best for prying with the tip???
This is not something I normally do, but I may give it a try soon.
Are the stainless out and is this best left to carbon/tool steels? Which blade grind? etc etc
CG
This is not something I normally do, but I may give it a try soon.
Are the stainless out and is this best left to carbon/tool steels? Which blade grind? etc etc
CG
So many knives - so little funds!!!
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
Folder: PE Pacific Salt. Pacific Salts have stout tips, and the PE is thicker at the tip than the SE version. H1 is one of the tougher steels Spyderco offers.
Fixed: Aqua Salt
Fixed: Aqua Salt
-
- Member
- Posts: 5860
- Joined: Wed Jan 03, 2018 8:01 pm
- Location: Missouri, USA
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
^I agree with Vivi.
H-1 will bend but it will not break. And you can always bend it back. It's extraordinarily resilient.
H-1 will bend but it will not break. And you can always bend it back. It's extraordinarily resilient.
- Connor
"What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"
"What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"
- The Mastiff
- Member
- Posts: 5964
- Joined: Sun Jun 04, 2006 2:53 am
- Location: raleigh nc
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
Whichever one you want to break.Which Spyderco do you like best for prying with the tip???
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
The screwdriver on the ClipiTool Rescue.
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
Blunt nosed Caspian.
"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so."
-Thomas Jefferson
-Thomas Jefferson
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
Civilian. Just kidding... No experience with it, but I’d say maybe the Lum Tanto?
Likes FRN
:spyder: MEMBER OF THE CRUWEAR NATION :spyder:
:spyder: MEMBER OF THE CRUWEAR NATION :spyder:
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
Thats almost a no brainer, shaman. Just to be clear, I do not own the tuff model but handled it and that would be a solid candidate too if you can get one
Every Steel Has Its Appeal :cool:
A.S.O.K.A Edge on Youtube
A.S.O.K.A Edge on Youtube
- standy99
- Member
- Posts: 2223
- Joined: Sat Jul 22, 2017 11:07 am
- Location: Between Broome and Cairns somewhere
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
Lynch prybar
Last edited by standy99 on Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:10 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Im a vegetarian as technically cows are made of grass and water.
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
I wouldn't recommend using a top quality knife of any kind for prying. However if it was an emergency I would use the one I'm carrying right now. And that's my C-46 Lum Tanto folder. The spine on this folder is so thick that I think it would take an awesome force to do any damage to that blade.
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
I was gonna say lum tanto too! But I think close second would be Assist followed by Atlantic salt.
Flash Batch request: Flat Iron Salt (CE w/ yellow FRN)
New knife request: Police 4 Salt!!!
“Don’t be so open minded that your brain falls out”
New knife request: Police 4 Salt!!!
“Don’t be so open minded that your brain falls out”
- VooDooChild
- Member
- Posts: 2627
- Joined: Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:29 am
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
To speak generally... while a knife is the wrong tool for the job if its going to happen theres a few common factors.
A fixed blade will probably be better than a folder. Not always but alot of times yes.
Thick blade stock is always going to help.
What blade material matters as well. Will it bend or break?
Then comes blade geometry. You need a robust tip, sabre grind or frankly alot of the others are probably going to be better than flat grind with a distal taper.
Then comes the rest of the construction of the knife and whether it will handle it.
Seems like the more you try and turn a pocket knife into a pry bar the worse it becomes at being a knife. Its a hard balance to strike in knife design. I guess Im saying when I see it done right I appreciate the design.
If your asking which spyderco folders are better at it then im going to say Shaman, sabre ground endura 4, and whatever h1 salt series knives have the thickest blade stock. So atlantic and pacific salt, which are also sabre ground. Assuming the linerless frn on those salts is actually as tough as everyone says it is.
A fixed blade will probably be better than a folder. Not always but alot of times yes.
Thick blade stock is always going to help.
What blade material matters as well. Will it bend or break?
Then comes blade geometry. You need a robust tip, sabre grind or frankly alot of the others are probably going to be better than flat grind with a distal taper.
Then comes the rest of the construction of the knife and whether it will handle it.
Seems like the more you try and turn a pocket knife into a pry bar the worse it becomes at being a knife. Its a hard balance to strike in knife design. I guess Im saying when I see it done right I appreciate the design.
If your asking which spyderco folders are better at it then im going to say Shaman, sabre ground endura 4, and whatever h1 salt series knives have the thickest blade stock. So atlantic and pacific salt, which are also sabre ground. Assuming the linerless frn on those salts is actually as tough as everyone says it is.
"Rome's greatest contribution to mathematics was the killing of Archimedes."
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
Endura sg, Pac Salt
I think the sabre grind tips are noticeable stronger than even the Shaman tip (though the Shamen technically is a sabre grind too I guess)
I think the sabre grind tips are noticeable stronger than even the Shaman tip (though the Shamen technically is a sabre grind too I guess)
Top three going by pocket-time (update March 24):
- EDC: Endura thin red line ffg combo edge (VG10); Wayne Goddard PE (4V), Endela SE (VG10)
-Mountains/outdoors: Pac.Salt 1 SE (H1), Salt 2 SE (LC200N), and also Wayne Goddard PE (4V)
- EDC: Endura thin red line ffg combo edge (VG10); Wayne Goddard PE (4V), Endela SE (VG10)
-Mountains/outdoors: Pac.Salt 1 SE (H1), Salt 2 SE (LC200N), and also Wayne Goddard PE (4V)
- VooDooChild
- Member
- Posts: 2627
- Joined: Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:29 am
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
I got so caught up in the prying part of the question that I wasnt drawing the distinction of the with the tip part.
As there can be a big difference between prying with the tip and prying with the entire blade and leveraging all that force through the handle.
When I think prying with the tip my mind goes right to paint can lids. I thing thats a pretty good bar to set. Some tips can handle that and some cant.
With that in mind, after the correct answer of a flathead screwdriver, Im still going to say Shaman, sabre ground endura, and whatever h1 salt you like to beat on.
As there can be a big difference between prying with the tip and prying with the entire blade and leveraging all that force through the handle.
When I think prying with the tip my mind goes right to paint can lids. I thing thats a pretty good bar to set. Some tips can handle that and some cant.
With that in mind, after the correct answer of a flathead screwdriver, Im still going to say Shaman, sabre ground endura, and whatever h1 salt you like to beat on.
"Rome's greatest contribution to mathematics was the killing of Archimedes."
- Larry_Mott
- Member
- Posts: 2590
- Joined: Tue Jul 14, 2015 5:00 am
- Location: Helsingborg, Sweden
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
Can't believe that's a serious question so my answer will be accordingly:
The Des Horn or Civilian
The Des Horn or Civilian
"Life is fragile - we should take better care of each other, and ourselves - every day!"
//Eva Mott 1941 - 2019. R.I.P.
//Eva Mott 1941 - 2019. R.I.P.
- JacksonKnives
- Member
- Posts: 837
- Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:28 pm
- Location: Alberta, Canada
- Contact:
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
Rock Lobster would be OK for some light prying without snapping the tip, but if the internet finds out they'll hunt you down...
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
Darn Dao
Michael
48 Spydies, 44 different models, 43 different steels
.
Grail knife, still to be acquired: original Tuff by Ed Schempp Feel free to help me find one at a reasonable price...
48 Spydies, 44 different models, 43 different steels
.
Grail knife, still to be acquired: original Tuff by Ed Schempp Feel free to help me find one at a reasonable price...
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
Byrd Rescue 2. Pry open a paint can (or d*** near anything) without worry. What a work knife. Stout sheepsfoot sabre grind. Strong design, cheap, reliable, great performer (spyderedge).
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
I was going to say get a Byrd so you can replace it for less than the cost of a Lynch pocket clip.
Re: Which Spyderco for prying with tip?
Techno tip is pretty beefy too.
Likes FRN
:spyder: MEMBER OF THE CRUWEAR NATION :spyder:
:spyder: MEMBER OF THE CRUWEAR NATION :spyder: