Which Spyderco got you hooked?

vaisforlovers · #21

The CF Caly 3 in ZDP. Still my personal favorite knife, though I think I carry my Southard more.

CXXX · #22

MILITARY Purchased in the early / mid 1990's Firs Version CPM 440V 2 screw clip. 20 Years later..........25 MILITARY Models in stock.

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DJ · #23

The Military for me too ..............

boxer93 · #24

A Q my brother sent me.

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Q Pictured was actually #069 from Jur :) (early version with no spyderco in the handle)

jabba359 · #25

I discovered Spyderco after a buddy picked up an Endura back in '97 and I was intrigued with the round hole opener. I immediately looked into their other offerings and ordered a Q. As soon as I received it, I was hooked.

Bill1170 · #26

Delica was my gateway Spyderco folder, specifically a saber ground ZDP Delica 4 in BRG FRN. The Delica is still one of my favorite Spydercos.

haarspalter · #27

well.......
i had the resilience first, didnt like it at all - no finger choil, too big ... ended up with an Endura and had very big troubles with sharpening the VG-10! but i still got hooked on spydercos.... then came a military, delica a.s.o.
my first paramilitary was the cts.20p and from then on - i was hooked on supersteels....
my favorite steel so far - m4 and cruwear!

ourgon · #28

Starmate Terzuola made in Golden. It could be my only one edc folder.

Jezter46 · #29

I got hooked by the Walker Lightweight. I didn't like the pocket clip at the time though and that went, sawn off as it was an integral moulded clip. I've come to appreciate them since. Loved the opening hole though and the overall quality of the knife. Now I have 200 Spyderco and counting :D

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PanChango · #30

I had the Harpy for the better part of a decade, but the one that got me hooked was the Super Blue Caly 3.5.

xceptnl · #31

Purchased circa 2004

noseoil · #32

The Delica in ZDP, simply amazing!

josemfuente · #33

DLC SE Native!

ASmitty · #34

Unlike many people, the looks of many models are what first drew my eye to Spyderco. In particular, the first generation Delica and Endura are what first caught my eye. However, those aren't the knives that hooked me on Spyderco as a company. That honor is reserved for the Snap-it and first gen. Remote Release. The innovation behind those knives just clicked with me. I've been hooked ever since.

Barkdog · #35

SpyderEdgeForever wrote:For me it was the Endura. The beautiful design, the functionality, and the overall structure and carry-ableness was it. I have to say, my favorite of all time now is the Caspian Salt, but, the Endura was the one that hooked me.

Me too, the Endura! I was already in to collecting knives but had resisted Spyderco for aesthetic reasons... eventually, though, I got a brown FRN / FFG Endura after sooo many glowing reviews... and flipped for the performance. I understand VG-10 may not be 'high end' to some, but I love it - and the way the FFG blade slices like a razor.

Since then, I moved on to a Delica, PM2, Manix 2XL, and a couple Dragonflys. Love 'em all.

bearfacedkiller · #36

Just knives with thumb ramps in general did me in. I have a native and a sage and other knives without thumb ramps but when I discovered spyderco it was the feel of control I had with my thumb on that ramp that hooked me. The model I first experienced it with was the Delica. Later on I got a Para2 and that is what really put me over the edge and I have given up on almost all other folders except my Leeks.

wrdwrght · #37

Smurf blue Sage3 (after a Tenacious I paid forward). Got a digicam PM2 at the same time, but it didn't do anything for me then. Now I'm much more likely to carry a PM2 (as on my recent vacation on the Colorado Plateau) than any in the Sage series.

Ned · #38

Manix 2 LW Blue version, my first Spyderco...I'll probably have 30 by the end of the year! :D

Blackhawk30 · #39

I got a Snap-It back in '93.I had to have a 2 inch blade for work.

mikerestivo · #40

I was doing some knife trading with a good friend of mine - we each had our small collections laid out - and he had a stainless steel Delica. I got to play with it for awhile but he wouldn't part with it. It didn't take me long to get my own (FRN, ZDP-189 version) and I was off and running from there.