If you buy a genuine Spyderco Warrior Hawk, it will represent our high level of quality. We have never released any that were not fully TiCN coated. While the scales of the original SzaboHawk were finished flush with the tang, the scales of the Warrior Hawk were purposely designed to fit slightly within the profile of the tang. It is manufactured by highly skilled craftsmen in Taiwan.
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Mike
So where do I buy it? KnifeCentre doesn't have them in stock and neither does your website
The only place I can handily find them available is that same Amazon merchant and they got four fresh 'Hawks in stock. Don't you think you should tell them to knock it off? It's giving YOUR company a bad reputation.
I don't know if this helps but here are some pics of my Warrior Hawk. I don't use it very often as I purchased it as an emergency SHTF tool, but I have used it to remove a small tree stump from the yard and when we were remodeling the house I punched a hole in door just cuz why not? I think what you are seeing in pics of the coating looking uneven are oils from handling the piece and as noted light reflection from the oil. The only place where the coating has come off on mine is on the cutting edge where I've sharpened it.
I'm not sure what your planned use for it is, but if you plan to use it for extended chopping tasks the G10 scales transfer a lot of shock to the hand so that's something to consider. If you just want a relatively compact badass tool in case things go left it's a pretty slick package.
You guys should release a smaller, travel version and name it “Road Warrior Hawk”. At that point, I’d buy one on principle.
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I don't know if this helps but here are some pics of my Warrior Hawk. I don't use it very often as I purchased it as an emergency SHTF tool, but I have used it to remove a small tree stump from the yard and when we were remodeling the house I punched a hole in door just cuz why not? I think what you are seeing in pics of the coating looking uneven are oils from handling the piece and as noted light reflection from the oil. The only place where the coating has come off on mine is on the cutting edge where I've sharpened it.
I'm not sure what your planned use for it is, but if you plan to use it for extended chopping tasks the G10 scales transfer a lot of shock to the hand so that's something to consider. If you just want a relatively compact badass tool in case things go left it's a pretty slick package.
Your Hawk looks legit.
Not sure exactly what you could use the Hawk effectively for, besides a martial arts weapon for Kali/Escrima or something of that sort. It's marketed as being an expedient Halligan tool, but I'm concerned that if I ever wedged that thing in between a doorframe and tried prying it'd snap in half and send shrapnel everywhere. I'm sure it would have no issue against a person though..
It's basically a $500 maiming instrument that looks really cool. However, I think they missed the mark by using D2 steel. It's like seeing a Mercedes Benz car, but then you pop the hood and see a Ford engine underneath.
However, I think they missed the mark by using D2 steel. It's like seeing a Mercedes Benz car, but then you pop the hood and see a Ford engine underneath.
You keep saying this, but it's apparent from your posts that you don't really know much about steels, so I'm quite curious where this strong conviction that D2 isn't tough is coming from.
However, I think they missed the mark by using D2 steel. It's like seeing a Mercedes Benz car, but then you pop the hood and see a Ford engine underneath.
You keep saying this, but it's apparent from your posts that you don't really know much about steels, so I'm quite curious where this strong conviction that D2 isn't tough is coming from.
Edited for clarity.
I never said it's not tough, I said it's not the toughest material out there.
Your friend Larrin said it's adequately tough, but that's a very vague description. How tough is 'adequately tough?' I'd consider my butter knife as adequately tough. Is D2 hard and/or strong enough to resist being bent or broken under moderate stress? Say as, in the application of using it as a Halligan tool to pry open a shut door? Or using it to suspend heavy loads via anchoring it through the use of the holes on each end?
I'm sure it can chop skulls and pop tires just fine. But will it hold up in its application of being used to pry things open with? That's what I'm most concerned about. As another user has already pointed out, D2 has a toughness of 5ft*lbs, and that doesn't leave me feeling very confident..
