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Brock O Lee wrote:It is smaller than I expected, too small as a primary knife in the bush. Looks like a nice sized folder to carry with a scandi FB like a Bushcraft or Mora. Question is, if you already carry a scandi FB, why would you need a small scandi folder? Carving? Or a backup to your FB? I'm not really sure where it should fit into the whole bushcraft theme. :confused:

I know I will always reach for a scandi FB with a roomy and comfortable round handle to make feather sticks or split kindling rather than a tiny folder.

demoncase wrote:

Brock O Lee wrote:It is smaller than I expected, too small as a primary knife in the bush. Looks like a nice sized folder to carry with a scandi FB like a Bushcraft or Mora. Question is, if you already carry a scandi FB, why would you need a small scandi folder? Carving? Or a backup to your FB? I'm not really sure where it should fit into the whole bushcraft theme. :confused:

I know I will always reach for a scandi FB with a roomy and comfortable round handle to make feather sticks or split kindling rather than a tiny folder.

I'm working on the assumption that Ray Mears will publish some stuff (video or otherwise) that shows what he thinks is the primary purpose of the Wolfspyder.....The guys knows his stuff, so every feature will have a purpose, I'm quite sure.

My idea of bushcraft is searching behind the sofa cushions for the TV remote, so don't ask me :D

swigert wrote:There's so many things appealing to me about his one but the blade looks really tiny compared to the handle. Is it just the pics?

twinboysdad wrote:

swigert wrote:There's so many things appealing to me about his one but the blade looks really tiny compared to the handle. Is it just the pics?

Other than the Caly 3.5 and Chokwe, isn't this true of just about all Spydercos?

swigert wrote:

twinboysdad wrote:

swigert wrote:There's so many things appealing to me about his one but the blade looks really tiny compared to the handle. Is it just the pics?

Other than the Caly 3.5 and Chokwe, isn't this true of just about all Spydercos?

I see what you mean. I agree. This one just seems EXTRA off to me in terms of balance in how it looks.

I should have learned by now though, it's worth getting it in hand. If it was being sold normally I prob would have.

swigert wrote:

twinboysdad wrote:

swigert wrote:There's so many things appealing to me about his one but the blade looks really tiny compared to the handle. Is it just the pics?

Other than the Caly 3.5 and Chokwe, isn't this true of just about all Spydercos?

I see what you mean. I agree. This one just seems EXTRA off to me in terms of balance in how it looks.

Spydergimbo wrote:

swigert wrote:

twinboysdad wrote:

swigert wrote:There's so many things appealing to me about his one but the blade looks really tiny compared to the handle. Is it just the pics?

Other than the Caly 3.5 and Chokwe, isn't this true of just about all Spydercos?

I see what you mean. I agree. This one just seems EXTRA off to me in terms of balance in how it looks.

It might look strange compared to a tactical folder, but better compare it to a whittling knife.Handle large enough for a secure full hand grip and blade not longer (and smaller) than needed for it's application.

TheOutdoorNerd wrote:Is it a true scandi grind? The double beveled "modified scandi" grind just never really did it for me.

It looks cool though--a bushcraft folder.

DucatiDoug wrote:I thought locking blades were illegal in the UK?!

demoncase wrote:

DucatiDoug wrote:I thought locking blades were illegal in the UK?!

Not this again :rolleyes:

Right- for the last time, in the UK:
1. It is legal to carry a sub-3" bladed non-locker folder without good reason in public at any time. (Unless in a location where knives are entirely banned, such as courts and airports)

2. It is legal to carry any locking blade, fixed blade or larger bladed non-locker with good reason*

2.5 Some knives are illegal entirely to carry- Balisongs, gravity knives, automatics and a grab-bag of stupid 'ninja' stuff like those hooked knives on ropes and so on.

3. Anything** carried specifically for self-defence becomes an illegal weapon in the eyes of the law- so carrying a knife for personal protection is automatically a crime....Likewise, any ordinary object found on you while in legally-dodgy circumstances can be considered "Going Equipped To Commit A Crime" (Eg- being stood in someone else's back-garden without permission and with a crowbar in your backpack)

*"Good Reason" is defined as having a need for a locking blade or fixed blade to safetly perform the activity you are conducting or directly on your way to or from conducting- such as work, fishing, woodcraft, DIY and so on.

** That includes hammers, spanners, screwdrivers, spray cans of oven cleaner and so on- if you are going about lawful business, doing no harm then there's not going to be a problem.....However, PC Plod pats you down at 2am on a streetcorner because he's seen you selling little baggies of off-white powder to the local scumbags and finds a clawhammer down the back of your tracksuit?- You my friend are going to jail.

In practice, unless you are hanging out in the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong sort of people- You aren't going to get stopped-and-searched by the UK police.
I've carried a folder about me for 25 years, most of the time a locker up until the last 5-6 years. It's not been a problem

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