The Lil' Temperance 3 Lightweight: A comprehensive review

[JRinFL]

I hope that there will be some still up on Friday!

At full MSRP? There will be a sample left I feel certain

Most will be sold to those who qualify for the OPSfocus discount, I believe.

[jwbnyc]

I would assume that there would be the OpFocus discount for those who qualify.

Oops! What he said. ^^^

[BigFishShamu]

I hope that there will be some still up on Friday!

At full MSRP? There will be a sample left I feel certain

Most will be sold to those who qualify for the OPSfocus discount, I believe.

True. I will definitely be scooping one up!

[Buddafucco]

PlainEdge... Spyderco.com... https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/detail ... eight/2340

[Jim Malone]

Sadly although i qualify for two requirements (ex LEO and Nurse) i don't live in the USA so i can't get the discount. I would love to be able to get a discount. I do carry and use my knife professionally but can't apply.

[Buddafucco]

SpyderEdge... Red Hill Cutlery... Priced higher than MAP... https://redhillcutlery.com/product/spyd ... -serrated/

[Buddafucco]

SpyderEdge... Northwest Knives... https://northwestknives.com/collections ... g-10-steel

[Jim Malone]

Soon available in Europe at Lamnia for 214,68 €

[Buddafucco]

National Knives:

PlainEdge... https://www.nationalknives.com/spyderco ... ade-black/

SpyderEdge... https://www.nationalknives.com/spyderco ... ade-black/

[CDEP]

National Knives:

PlainEdge... https://www.nationalknives.com/spyderco ... ade-black/

SpyderEdge... https://www.nationalknives.com/spyderco ... ade-black/

Got one! Thanks, B!

[p_atrick]

Just got one too.

[Kleon]

Ordered one of each edge. Never tried a Lil Temperance can't wait to give one some EDC carry.

[wrdwrght]

Pleased to say an LT3LW is headed my way, made easier by OpFocus, for which I’m grateful.

[olywa]

SE on the way. Looks like a stout little bugger.

[wrdwrght]

Oh, Sal. My LT3LW just arrived. Spectacular!

[p_atrick]

Same here. Really liking it.

[olywa]

Received mine yesterday and I've got pretty mixed feelings. On the plus side, I love the ergos and hand feel. It feels like it was made for my hand. Probably the sharpest out-of-the-box serrated edge Spydie I've ever had. I usually take my SE edges to the Sharpmaker almost immediately but I'm leaving this one alone until it needs it. I continue to be impressed with SE VG-10.

Now the not so great. QC out of Seki continues to be inconsistent. My two recently acquired K390 Delicas were superb. Perfect blade centering and all screws nice and tight. The Temp 3 is noticeably off center and none of the screws were even remotely snug. After snugging everything up I was almost unable to open the blade. It seems as though the blade stop crossbar is maybe a little short and snugging the screws on either side even remotely tight causes friction on the tang. In addition, the pivot screw cannot be even remotely snug without impeding blade movement.

I added blue locate to all the screws and let it sit for a day. The pivot screw and blade stop screws would otherwise have to be left with almost no tension. So now I have pretty heavy resistance on both open and close, and the blade is still off center. It's a great knife once it's locked open but probably the worst comp lock action I've ever experienced, and I've used and tuned a few comp locks. I honestly wish it was a backlock, which I much prefer.

Soooooo... I really want to like this knife, but for VG-10 steel and very poor fit and action at better than $176, I'm just disappointed overall. I can't decide whether to disassemble it and try to tune it or just pass it on.

[Buddafucco]

The Knife Joker:
PlainEdge... https://www.theknifejoker.com/product/s ... -92-vg-10/

SpyderEdge... https://www.theknifejoker.com/product/s ... pyderedge/

[nerdlock]

Received mine yesterday and I've got pretty mixed feelings. On the plus side, I love the ergos and hand feel. It feels like it was made for my hand. Probably the sharpest out-of-the-box serrated edge Spydie I've ever had. I usually take my SE edges to the Sharpmaker almost immediately but I'm leaving this one alone until it needs it. I continue to be impressed with SE VG-10.

Now the not so great. QC out of Seki continues to be inconsistent. My two recently acquired K390 Delicas were superb. Perfect blade centering and all screws nice and tight. The Temp 3 is noticeably off center and none of the screws were even remotely snug. After snugging everything up I was almost unable to open the blade. It seems as though the blade stop crossbar is maybe a little short and snugging the screws on either side even remotely tight causes friction on the tang. In addition, the pivot screw cannot be even remotely snug without impeding blade movement.

I added blue locate to all the screws and let it sit for a day. The pivot screw and blade stop screws would otherwise have to be left with almost no tension. So now I have pretty heavy resistance on both open and close, and the blade is still off center. It's a great knife once it's locked open but probably the worst comp lock action I've ever experienced, and I've used and tuned a few comp locks. I honestly wish it was a backlock, which I much prefer.

Soooooo... I really want to like this knife, but for VG-10 steel and very poor fit and action at better than $176, I'm just disappointed overall. I can't decide whether to disassemble it and try to tune it or just pass it on.

Seems like the issues plaguing the original G-10 version still hasn't been resolved in this lightweight iteration, or your copy might just be an exception.

[CDEP]

Received mine yesterday and I've got pretty mixed feelings. On the plus side, I love the ergos and hand feel. It feels like it was made for my hand. Probably the sharpest out-of-the-box serrated edge Spydie I've ever had. I usually take my SE edges to the Sharpmaker almost immediately but I'm leaving this one alone until it needs it. I continue to be impressed with SE VG-10.

Now the not so great. QC out of Seki continues to be inconsistent. My two recently acquired K390 Delicas were superb. Perfect blade centering and all screws nice and tight. The Temp 3 is noticeably off center and none of the screws were even remotely snug. After snugging everything up I was almost unable to open the blade. It seems as though the blade stop crossbar is maybe a little short and snugging the screws on either side even remotely tight causes friction on the tang. In addition, the pivot screw cannot be even remotely snug without impeding blade movement.

I added blue locate to all the screws and let it sit for a day. The pivot screw and blade stop screws would otherwise have to be left with almost no tension. So now I have pretty heavy resistance on both open and close, and the blade is still off center. It's a great knife once it's locked open but probably the worst comp lock action I've ever experienced, and I've used and tuned a few comp locks. I honestly wish it was a backlock, which I much prefer.

Soooooo... I really want to like this knife, but for VG-10 steel and very poor fit and action at better than $176, I'm just disappointed overall. I can't decide whether to disassemble it and try to tune it or just pass it on.

Seems like the issues plaguing the original G-10 version still hasn't been resolved in this lightweight iteration, or your copy might just be an exception.

My PE has all the same issues. I disassembled and tuned it last night and got it a bit better, but no way it will ever be up to usual comp lock quality. Not a deal killer for me, as I'm not a fidget guy, and the positive qualities cited above are great. It fills the role of sub-3" away from home beast for me, (Los Angeles) and I love everything about using the knife. One hand closing is a pain, but as of today I still have two hands.

Not all of my Seki knives have had issues, but every Spydie I've bought that has had issues came from Seki. Would be nice if Seki got its act together, but I'd rather have these knives than not.

I would also prefer to have this in a back lock, but am very happy that Sal knocked this one out - it will get a lot of pocket time.