Re: Spyderco River Knife?
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:39 pm
Apologies for the delay in replying. I prefer not to have a pointy tip in / on water though Peter1960 makes a valid point (I mostly paddled tupperware 'yaks).Woodpuppy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 6:01 amThank you for that! Combo edge is my least favorite of the edge patterns. What would you think about the upcoming Swick 5 in SE? Are you a proponent of non pointy tips?PSquared wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:10 pmI went through this when I was still diving and paddling regularly. Over the course of 25 years I looked at various options for knives attached to my PFDs and BCDs. The Spyderco options I’ve tried have included various Salt folders, the Enuff Salt and a Caspian Salt 2.
For reasons stated in other posts above, my preference is for a fixed blade. From my experience, the Caspian, whilst it looks good on paper and in pictures isn’t the easiest knife to get out of it’s sheath particularly with cold hands and / or wearing gloves. For me, fully serrated, is what I want on/in water and the Caspian’s plain edge section is possibly wasted blade against wet, synthetic material. Sure it has an excellent, secure grip and is very secure in its sheath but the Enuff Salt ended up on both my PFD and on my BCD along with a “Z knife” / line cutter.
Without hesitation, I’d recommend the Enuff Salt.
Re the Swick 5 - I'm not sure how different it is size-wise to the 4 ... I think I'd still go for the Enuff - below a Caspian 2, Swick 4, Enuff and Aqua Salt as a size comparison
