Caribbean Sheepsfoot

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The Caribbean is showing up at a few sites…thank you Spyderco for the restock!! Now the wait

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[JRinFL]

It’s one of the greats, well worth wait.

[ajl808]

Anyone know if there was any QCI done to this latest batch that wasn’t on the previous run?

[jdw]

I have looked at these and I love the thought of getting one but I just can't get past the bumblebee effect. I really wish they would have come in Rasta colors, or even plain black for that matter.

[ladybug93]

you can always dye them, but the bumblebee isn't as bad in person. the caribbean has such a smooth action that i don't care what it looks like. i also love the ribbed grip. the sheepsfoot blade and yellow color also make it a convincing emergency rescue knife, which makes it seem less threatening in front of non-knife people.

[sal]

Hi Ajl808,

Welcome to our forum.

My long term goal is FRN. To introduce this new but some what strange model, I needed a pattern with good grip and easily visible. It was kind of a "Watershed" model. Materials , fitted, nested liners, LC, etc. When we catch up a bit, I'd like to make this model with an FRN pattern.

sal

[Wandering_About]

I have looked at these and I love the thought of getting one but I just can't get past the bumblebee effect. I really wish they would have come in Rasta colors, or even plain black for that matter.

The handle color is much better looking in person. I held off on a Caribbean for a long time in large part because of the handle, but it's not a bad looking knife in person. And the texturing is really good. I personally like it better than the FRN grip, but that is likely a minority opinion. The knife has a lot of very interesting deign details and is well worth trying.

[Evil D]

Hi Ajl808,

Welcome to our forum.

My long term goal is FRN. To introduce this new but some what strange model, I needed a pattern with good grip and easily visible. It was kind of a "Watershed" model. Materials , fitted, nested liners, LC, etc. When we catch up a bit, I'd like to make this model with an FRN pattern.

sal

I really like and prefer G10, but I think this knife will work really well with bidirectional texture FRN. I also suspect more people may buy this one even if it's just standard black or yellow FRN, the two tone is very hit and miss. I'd really love to see scales like the Jumpmaster 2 on this knife.

[ladybug93]

yeah, i like spyderco's textured frn probably equally as much as i do g10, but for different reasons and on different models, typically. i'm not sure if i'd chase an frn caribbean, but it may open the model up to more people that don't like the looks and/or want a less expensive version (assuming that would be the case).

the caribbean is one that i really like being in g10 as a more robust salt model in my collection. not that the frn models aren't strong enough, but i enjoy the extra stability of lined g10.

i agree that an all black g10 handle that is the same otherwise would probably be a much better seller. and if there was a completely blacked out caribbean available, i might even purchase another one.

like i mentioned, the looks held me back for a while on the caribbean. once i decided to try it out, i had every intention of modding it. when it arrived though, all the things i thought i hated about the looks immediately made sense to me and i kept the knife as is. sal has said it's a purpose-driven design, so it likely won't see much change in the way of unnecessary aesthetic preferences.

[Jbaffoh]

Hi Ajl808,

Welcome to our forum.

My long term goal is FRN. To introduce this new but some what strange model, I needed a pattern with good grip and easily visible. It was kind of a "Watershed" model. Materials , fitted, nested liners, LC, etc. When we catch up a bit, I'd like to make this model with an FRN pattern.

sal

I really like and prefer G10, but I think this knife will work really well with bidirectional texture FRN. I also suspect more people may buy this one even if it's just standard black or yellow FRN, the two tone is very hit and miss. I'd really love to see scales like the Jumpmaster 2 on this knife.

The two-tone works for me. I live on a sailboat and usually anchor in 40-60’ feet of water. The light begins to dwindle at those depths—at least to the point where colors begin to fade. Murphy’s law says every important tool on a boat will go overboard. Although I have not dropped my Caribbean overboard yet, I know I could spot it if I had to grab a mask and fins to retrieve it. The contrast is key here. Plain yellow is not as visible as the green Salt series, and the stripes are even more visible at depth.

And this brings me to lanyard holes: Every knife should have a lanyard hole! Those are not for decorative fobs—they are for neck, belt or wrist lanyards to prevent knives from falling into someone’s skull while working at the mast top, or from dropping things overboard.

Edit: Oh, and are the SE Caribbeans now CQI with the black hardware and updated scales? I ordered one 6 months ago and received one from a 2017 or 2018 batch that was old style. If the ones in the Outlet are CQI like my PE Carib, I’ll order one right now.

[Wartstein]

Hi Ajl808,

Welcome to our forum.

My long term goal is FRN......

This is good news.

[Kale]

The Caribbean looks like Spyderco's best "hard use" work knife... nothing I'd rather have on a construction site. But for my uses on a farm, I'll probably pass. I greatly prefer the angle and lack of belly on my Cara Cara Rescue, which is great for the pull-cuts I use 90% of the time (almost like a hawkbill), but the downside is constantly getting plant material smashed into the finger choil.

I like the lack of a choil on the Caribbean, but between the belly and the blade angle, the Caribbean just doesn't seem designed for pull-cuts. I'd be relacing one issue with another, so I'm probably going to pass. Wish I could justify it... it's a heck of a knife!

[ladybug93]

the sheepsfoot caribbean has very little belly. it really is a very good edge shape in that it functions like a wharncliffe while still having just enough belly to make it slightly more versatile than an actual wharncliffe. add serrations and you get the cutting power of thirty little hawkbills.

it's a great hard use knife, but i still slightly prefer hollow ground h1 for hard use.

[bjz]

Maybe I need to get a caribbean rather than a second “hard use” Kapara.

Could anyone out there post a pic of a Caribbean sheepsfoot (and/or leaf) next to a Kapara???

[ajl808]

Hi Ajl808,

Welcome to our forum.

My long term goal is FRN. To introduce this new but some what strange model, I needed a pattern with good grip and easily visible. It was kind of a "Watershed" model. Materials , fitted, nested liners, LC, etc. When we catch up a bit, I'd like to make this model with an FRN pattern.

sal

Thank you Sal, glad to be here! You guys knocked it out of the park with the current Caribbean. Really looking forward to future iterations!

[BLUETYPEII]

I have looked at these and I love the thought of getting one but I just can't get past the bumblebee effect. I really wish they would have come in Rasta colors, or even plain black for that matter.

Once you get it in hand you really won’t care what color it is! Plus it’s super easy to Rit dye, It’s a Salt knife so you don’t even have to take it apart when dying it.

[BLUETYPEII]

Maybe I need to get a caribbean rather than a second “hard use” Kapara.

Could anyone out there post a pic of a Caribbean sheepsfoot (and/or leaf) next to a Kapara???

I can do that for you when I get home.
(I have the PE leaf shape Caribbean)

I think The Caribbean would be a better choice than the Kapara for a hard use knife. Just my $0.02.

[VooDooChild]

Maybe I need to get a caribbean rather than a second “hard use” Kapara.

Could anyone out there post a pic of a Caribbean sheepsfoot (and/or leaf) next to a Kapara???

The caribbean is definitely more of a hard use design than the kapara, and has a much larger handle.

Although honestly at this point you have opened a can of worms. Why not a pm2 or a shaman? Which are both hard use comp lock knives as well.

[JRinFL]

Personally, I would choose the Caribbean over the PM2 every day, and I would choose it over the Shaman most days.