Rivet in Spyderco Native

[cesar]

Hi again!

I was looking for Spyderco catalog and like the Native model, but I decide to think twice because i noticed that it have no screw in blade, but a rivet! It makes the maintenance more difficult and the blade play easyer... Could you please tell me good reasons for rivets instead screws?

Sal?

Thanks!

[Murdoc]

It makes the maintenance EASIER, not "more difficult": You don't have to worry about losening or falling out screws, adjusting anything or even being tempted to disassemble it without being able to assemble it properly again... you just use it, sharpen it from time to time and maybe flush it out if it's dirty. After drying and a little lubing, it is good to go again.

Lots of people see that as an ADVANTAGE, but of course, not everybody. Adjusting the blade play is of course easier to do with a pivot screw than a riveted pin, but if you experience excessive play, you can always carefully (!) tap the pin to eleminate that, too. But if the knife is made and assembled well, there will be much hard use necessary to make the blade wobble :) in this case you would perhaps have been better off with a fixed blade to begin with, anyway.

If you like the Native, get one and don't look back. You will be fine.
That said, I believe there will be a Native V G10 (for a higher price than the FRN Native), and IIRC, that one will be screwed. Maybe this one will be for you.

Dennis

[Bill S.]

I love my Native FRN. A solid workhorse with a nice handle-to-blade ratio for my linking. The choil is great, as is the thumb jimping. No blade play and an easy opener. Also cool is that the Native has no liners--so maintenance is easy since no water can get trapped under them.

[araneae]

Pinned construction knives like the Native are virtually maintenance free IMO.

[The Mentaculous]

I agree that a riveted pivot isn't as desirable to me as a torx pivot. Pinned vs. torx screw construction for the rest of it isn't important to me. I'd like to see the Native 5 constructed like the Caly 3/3.5--pinned handle, but with an adjustable torx screw pivot. I just like having the ability to adjust the tension on my pivot.

[keen1]

I don't think you'll be disappointed with the pinned construction. My Native was so well built by the craftsmen in Golden there's no need to fiddle with the pivot. The design is classic - great for both light and heavy duty tasks. But, if the non-adjustable pivot is a deal breaker you can always follow Murdoc's suggestion and wait for the Native5 G-10 or purchase a Delica4.

[hollar44]

I love my native with the pinned contruction. I may have got lucky the blade is easy to open and shut and I ca use with one hand operation. hit the lock and the blade dropps its self and then finish closing..

[BadFish]

I don't have a native but my favorite knife I edc is the centofante 3 and that is pinned. Pinned or screw makes no difference on a spyderco to me.

[zhyla]

I've got a couple Natives, you won't be disappointed.

[Jazz]

Love the rivet.

- best wishes, Jazz.

[Evil D]

My first Spyderco was the same knife you're looking at. I've owned it since '05 and it still doesn't have a HINT of blade play. By comparison, my brand new $265 sprint run Para 2 has side to side blade play that developed in just one month of use. Don't worry about the pinned construction...it's simple and simple works. You don't need to take this knife apart to clean it anyway, there's practically nothing to it...just a big slab of molded FRN and a blade. You can run it under water and get it plenty clean, then spray it out with compressed air and lube it and you're good to go.