hi all
was just wondering since most people here have a spyderco, and most people mention that they carry them on there person.
what do you use your knife for?
work, home, or emegancy srvices ect
or does anyone have a story were your spyderco knife came to your rescue or someone elses.
question?
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vampyrewolf
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I use mine all over at work, home, and in the bush(haven't been lucky enough to get out in the bush for about 9-10 months though)...
Just used my SS ats-55/pe dragonfly(opening 500yard rolls of tarp fabric) and fb05 temp fixed today at work. Temp works really well to peel cucumbers.
My LM crunch was used by someone else to cut the 1/4" metal band around the stack of pallets. He just used the serrated blade and was done in no time with no damage to the edge. Wasn't about to toss my endura at him though.
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Just used my SS ats-55/pe dragonfly(opening 500yard rolls of tarp fabric) and fb05 temp fixed today at work. Temp works really well to peel cucumbers.
My LM crunch was used by someone else to cut the 1/4" metal band around the stack of pallets. He just used the serrated blade and was done in no time with no damage to the edge. Wasn't about to toss my endura at him though.
gun con·trol n. definition 1. The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her pantyhose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker received that fatal bullet wound. 2. The ability to hit what you are aiming at. 3. The first key step of a corrupt political agenda where good citizens are disarmed so that a dictatorship may replace a democracy in the future.
I use mine for everyday cutting tasks. The last big one was to slice up my old pool liner because it was too heavy to heave into the garbage dumpster in one piece. It was coated with sand and skanky water.
My Native Serrated Edge (SE) made easy work of the task, like a hot knife through butter.
What else do I use them for? Cutting cardboard, opening packages...a million and one tasks.
If you don't carry a knife, and then begin to...you'll wonder how you ever got along without one, more than likely.
Welcome to the boards, by the way! :-)
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My Native Serrated Edge (SE) made easy work of the task, like a hot knife through butter.
What else do I use them for? Cutting cardboard, opening packages...a million and one tasks.
If you don't carry a knife, and then begin to...you'll wonder how you ever got along without one, more than likely.
Welcome to the boards, by the way! :-)
Sniper -- One Shot, One Kill Email: ST8PEN01@aol.com
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vampyrewolf
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razer & bacidath, welcome aboard...
just going to add in here also(too lazy to edit my old one), that even a small knife will do a lot. Consider the generation that were born around the turn of the century. They made it with slipjoint knives, usually in the 2.5-3" range. The next generation(1950s & 60s for the most part) made it with those same slipjoints, and then the classics like the buck 110.
The current generation(1980s kids) have all the fancy toys we could want. I still carry a small slipjoint(single blade right now) and a small stainless(SS dragonfly PE), which do 90% of my daily cutting. The fixed(fb05) and multi(LM crunch) get the rest of it, while my endura (frn SE/ats-55) gets used on food for most of it's usage.
gun con·trol n. definition 1. The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her pantyhose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker received that fatal bullet wound. 2. The ability to hit what you are aiming at. 3. The first key step of a corrupt political agenda where good citizens are disarmed so that a dictatorship may replace a democracy in the future.
just going to add in here also(too lazy to edit my old one), that even a small knife will do a lot. Consider the generation that were born around the turn of the century. They made it with slipjoint knives, usually in the 2.5-3" range. The next generation(1950s & 60s for the most part) made it with those same slipjoints, and then the classics like the buck 110.
The current generation(1980s kids) have all the fancy toys we could want. I still carry a small slipjoint(single blade right now) and a small stainless(SS dragonfly PE), which do 90% of my daily cutting. The fixed(fb05) and multi(LM crunch) get the rest of it, while my endura (frn SE/ats-55) gets used on food for most of it's usage.
gun con·trol n. definition 1. The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her pantyhose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker received that fatal bullet wound. 2. The ability to hit what you are aiming at. 3. The first key step of a corrupt political agenda where good citizens are disarmed so that a dictatorship may replace a democracy in the future.
I work in construction and I use either my Rescue Jr., Calypso Jr., or Leatherman at least 3-4 times a day, excluding lunch, usually opening boxes, plans, banding and wrapping on pallets, and even sharpening pencils. I've used the SE blade of my Rescue as a drywall saw to cut openings in walls for electrical boxes more than once. I've lost several down manholes and open pipes. I've been through dozens of knives but I keep using Spyderco's. In the office I prefer my Toad. It's less intimidating to the other office rats, and the Toad is great for light duty tasks. At home I prefer to go light, carrying a leatherman squirt with the pliers rather than scissors-a very useful tool. When I'm out in the woods I carry my military.
mainly for making my boyscout troop leader feel inadaquate. he was cutting through a potato, showing all the tenderfoots how to prepare a meal, and i threw mine in the air and cut it in half. he wasnt terribly happy about that, especially cus all the new kids were paying more attention to me than to him. did the same thing to an apple a kid was carving, his blade was so dull that he could just barely carve into it, so i asked to see the apple, pulled my knife, threw the apple in the air and sliced it in half. now i wonder why im not in that troop anymore <img src="tongue.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
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I also use my EDC (which is an SE VG-10 Delica) for everything, regular cutting chores, food preparation, SD eventually (fortunately, didn't need so far). It's an amazing knife, thank you Spyderco <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
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I use my SS SE Police on a daily basis... it is handy sharing lunch with a friend or one of my favorate tests... is pulling it out infront of a girl i like and watching her expreession... it is like a test...if she is cool with it it's all good if she is not it was never meant to be.... but seriously folks sliceing threw boxes and plastic packages is sooo much more satisfying than opening it by 'hand'
so there you go...
so there you go...