Votes for the best looking spydie produced
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Chinook. I ask a lot of knives, and I always want a knife that will march through the gates of **** and back, while looking good throughout.
There's just something about the overall knife I really like. I can't say what exactly it is, but the whole knife just screams "Big, sharp, tough!"
However, I did have a question about CPM S60V steel. I know that 3V is a high carbon steel that rusts fairly quick, but how does S60V stack up? Is it as good as ATS-55, or will it require more care?
Keepin' it real...real sharp, that is.
There's just something about the overall knife I really like. I can't say what exactly it is, but the whole knife just screams "Big, sharp, tough!"
However, I did have a question about CPM S60V steel. I know that 3V is a high carbon steel that rusts fairly quick, but how does S60V stack up? Is it as good as ATS-55, or will it require more care?
Keepin' it real...real sharp, that is.
For outright design elegance, I'd have to choose the Lum Chinese.
But, speaking of inlaid models, either Knife Outlet or Knife Center has a Delica done by Santa Fe Stoneworks that will knock your eyes out. The inlay is MOP, part of it in a spider web configuration. There is also a silver spider emplem inlaid. Gorgeous!
That Wegner titanium Dennis was posting about looked awfully fine to me also.
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But, speaking of inlaid models, either Knife Outlet or Knife Center has a Delica done by Santa Fe Stoneworks that will knock your eyes out. The inlay is MOP, part of it in a spider web configuration. There is also a silver spider emplem inlaid. Gorgeous!
That Wegner titanium Dennis was posting about looked awfully fine to me also.
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Sal, with all the postive post in this thread about the calypso line ,along with other positive comments
in other posts lately, consider a sprint run of the large & small calypso in ivory , burgandy, yellow or
blue micarta handles. All would really be beautiful to behold (and own). Oh my!! Such elegance...
in other posts lately, consider a sprint run of the large & small calypso in ivory , burgandy, yellow or
blue micarta handles. All would really be beautiful to behold (and own). Oh my!! Such elegance...
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The no-longer-produced high-end Walker (what was that, like $350?) was definitely the best looking spyderco I've ever seen. It had Walker's typical well-done and balanced design style, married to good-looking materials. Beyond that, the knife I really like is the Viele. Viele has developed a nice little style, and it translated wonderfully into the Spyderco collaboration. Viele has a more recent collaboration, I think with CRKT, that I feel doesn't succeed anywhere near as well, aesthetically.
For me, the in-house designs are incredibly well-designed knives from a performance perspective, and in fact my favorite knives from Spyderco are all in-house designs. But aesthetically, they lack the lines and flow of many of the collaborations. Best looking in-house would be the Calypso for me, which actually does approach the sleeker custom styles.
For me, the in-house designs are incredibly well-designed knives from a performance perspective, and in fact my favorite knives from Spyderco are all in-house designs. But aesthetically, they lack the lines and flow of many of the collaborations. Best looking in-house would be the Calypso for me, which actually does approach the sleeker custom styles.