I have a question about spyderco's symbol :spyder: .
Why does it look like a crab or a tick? I just got my military gray hat (really awesome hat btw), and people are like why is there a tick/crab on your hat, then I have to show them the back where it says Spyderco.
I have never really paid that much attention to it myself, but now I'm curious.
My guess is because it has 8 legs (arachnid/spider), and it is round like the Spyderco hole.
Spyderco Symbol?
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It's a stylized spider. :spyder:
Crabs are decapods and have 10 legs. Ticks are arachnids and do bear some resemblance to spiders. I think the spydie bug is just a "cute", consumer friendly spider logo.
Crabs are decapods and have 10 legs. Ticks are arachnids and do bear some resemblance to spiders. I think the spydie bug is just a "cute", consumer friendly spider logo.
So many knives, so few pockets... :)
-Nick
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The "Spirit" of the design does not come through unless used. -Sal
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Last in: N5 Magnacut
The "Spirit" of the design does not come through unless used. -Sal
I noticed that too when I got my hat. The spider is big enough for me to see that detail on there; I hadn't really looked at the logo on the top of the website page lol.Bruceter wrote:One thing about the "Bug" that I didn't notice for a long time is that the "mouth" is shaped like the end view of a Sharpmaker stone.
Bruceter
I remember that Sal Glesser told the story of how the Spyderco 'bug' got it's shape. When Spyderco knives first hit the market in '80's, they were, as Mr. Glesser put it, somewhat austere and 'sterile' in appearance. The Worker, Police, and Hunter models were only offered with Stainless scales and most had the 'then' revolutionary Spyderedge, which added to the cold and possibly aggressive image that the knives might have given off. As such, the decision was made that the Bug Logo ought to have a friendly and perhaps almost humorous/good-natured look to it, rather than making it look like a genuine spider, whose menacing and fearful nature might evoke even more negative vibes.
That said, we can see that the Logo that we have all come to love has rounded corners and a pudgy body, which would evince a more inviting and 'cute' appearance. Certainly a lean, sleek, pointy-ridden black widow spider would invoke a negative feeling in just about anyone (humans seem to have developed the tendency to respond adversely to venomous creatures like spiders, snakes, bright colored frogs, ect. If all of our ancestors went about picking up and hugging every spider, snake, and crawly thing they came across, humanity would be in for some trouble.)
The Spyder emblem, therefore, is cute rather than menacing.
I do hope I got the story right, or at least captured the spirit of the history of the emblem.
-Mike
That said, we can see that the Logo that we have all come to love has rounded corners and a pudgy body, which would evince a more inviting and 'cute' appearance. Certainly a lean, sleek, pointy-ridden black widow spider would invoke a negative feeling in just about anyone (humans seem to have developed the tendency to respond adversely to venomous creatures like spiders, snakes, bright colored frogs, ect. If all of our ancestors went about picking up and hugging every spider, snake, and crawly thing they came across, humanity would be in for some trouble.)
The Spyder emblem, therefore, is cute rather than menacing.
I do hope I got the story right, or at least captured the spirit of the history of the emblem.
-Mike
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