Knife company second choice

[The Mastiff]

I really like Kershaws and ZT's. Very good quality stuff, and good designs. Thomas W. has really been good to me too. Like an elephant I never forget good, or bad deeds done to me.

[Chris_H]

I'm a pretty hardcore :spyder: fanboy. I rarely venture outside of the Spyderco line. Right now, though, Kershaw and Zero Tolerance have my attention... with a wishlist too. :eek:

[Gunslinger]

If Spyderco wasnt around, then I would go with benchmade.

[jackknifeh]

I'm a pretty hardcore :spyder: fanboy. I rarely venture outside of the Spyderco line. Right now, though, Kershaw and Zero Tolerance have my attention... with a wishlist too. :eek:

I was wanting a "tough" folder and was looking at a couple of Zero Tolerance knives but ended up opting for a Manix 2. Just can't seem to escape Spyderco. :)

Jack

[flipe8]

My single favourite knife is a CRK Small Sebenza, but Spyderco is my favourite company. That would place Chris Reeve Knives at #2 on my list. I really like what Kershaw/ZT is coming out with as well, eventhough I don't currently own anything from them.

[Dr. Snubnose]

Well first off....we are all pretty much Spyderco fans, post on the Spyderco forum, Keep a watchful eye on ebay and internet knife stores for the best deals for our self professed holy grails that have been discontinued....So...is this not an unfair question....what question you ask?....who is number 2 in the production knife industry. That's the question after you presume that Spyderco is the number one company...who ever said Spyderco was number one...It might be in our eyes but are we not just a wee bit bias.....uh....I betcha if you asked Sal if Spyderco was number one, he might not say it is...he might say we strive to be number one....And you would probably be very surprised to find out that Sal actually owns other knives from other companies that he really likes a lot. The point here is IMHO the question is silly to begin with (my apologies to the OP), whose number one, whose number two...why must we rank the companies....isn't it enough that all the knife companies out there do their very best to produce the finest cutlery they can, to supply us (the end line user) with something we would be happy to use as a knife.
To me all the companies are different, not better not worse than than each other, just different, they speak to different markets, different people's tastes, different people's price points...Yes Spyderco is a great company, and they consistently produce great knives...but so do other companies and just because WE favor Spyderco brand doesn't make them Number 1....And the fact of the matter is...if they are number one...who really cares who number two is anyway...I guess I'm a little put off by the concepts of best, better, and bestest....You know what...I own a lot of knives from a lot of different companies and when I buy them I always think they are the best. And there seems to be a little cognitive dissonance going on as well...The more I pay for the knife...the better it is. The more I have invested the more worth and value it seems to hold for me. It's all about Psychology...how could I spend $250 for a knife and not like it...without it be a reflection on my ability to pick a fine knife of quality... how could I spend $20 on a knife and like it a lot. Maybe if the question was: who are the top 5 or ten production knife companies out there, my response to that might be different than what I'm posting here....Just my 2 cents..Doc :D