Stories,how you faced evil with Spyderco

harpyslayer · #1

Does anybody have interesting stories where comming face to face with a difficult situation was eased by the prescence of a Spyderco? Share them! Thanks!

patogordo · #2

are you from mexico, where do you buy your spyderco knives??

harpyslayer · #3

Dear Patogordo,

Mexico City had a chain of personal security stores in the main malls called Security Planet. For a complete year (2000) they carried Spyderco Products, unfortunately the market is not that big or their marketing that good, but they decided just last week not to continue to sell these products due to the price and people being on a tight budget.
I have been buying most of my poket folders from them. Now there are only Rescues and a single Police model on their counters. (Thinking of buying them at a lower price hi,hi,hi) The rest of my collection comes from several outdoor suppliers in California that I always visit whenever on vacation in the U.S. Hope that this will clarify your question. Greetings! Ah! Que sabroso se comen los cortes de carne con una cerveza Casta por tu tierra! (How delicious is to have a beef and a Casta beer in your location...)

patogordo · #4

so you have the same problem that I have,there is a shop that sells them but I have all the models they sell, and being near the border y buy them by internet and go to Laredo to pick them up
El Cabrito me gusta mas <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

I want all of them

harpyslayer · #5

Lucky you being near the border! Hope you complete your collection soon. I will be also stalking each of them till I own them all. Do you have an interesting story related to my topic? Hope you can share. Buen día!!! (Have a nice day!!!) Cabrito is also O.K.

patogordo · #6

no stories in Monterrey is much more peaceful than Mexico city, but there is a story about a laydbug and a thief that I think is cool, it was around christmas time

I want all of them

earthworm · #7

While hiking in a local park a fellow came running up the trail shouting for a knife as his rock-climbing partner was tangled half-way up the cliff.I handed him my Delica & showed him the one-handed opening technique.When he returned the knife(to my surprise:I'd written it off) he stated he planned to get one himself.I suggested he look at the Merlin or Harpy as the full serrated curved blade will go through rope like butter.
BTW for good info on self-protection I recommend 'In The Gravest Extreme'by Massad Ayoob,'Principles of Personal Protection'by Jeff Cooper,&'Armed & Female'by Paxton Quigley.While these are gun-oriented books the emphasis is on principles,attitude,alertness & mindset.I also suggest you look up the Cooper Color Code:an excellent tool for learning levels of alertness.If you can't find it contact me(trk187@bellsouth.net)& I'll explain it:it'd take too much space here*G*.Respects.

spyder_man · #8

i have never been in a bad situation with my spidie but i am glad to know that it will work perfectly when i need it.

fool · #9

I was in the middle of a mob in downtown Nairobi back in 1996. 50-75 people were beating a boy (15-17yrs old)for stealing an emerald pendant necklace from my sister. The crowd became very hostile and calls for gasoline went out throughout the crowd. Noone wanted to let me and my brother take the kid to the central station. At this point, I pulled out my aluminum Civilian, and combined with my size (6'1, 240), drove home the message that we did not want this to go any further. I have carried my Civilian for at least 6 years now, and have used it in many situations without trouble. For sheer seriousness, their is nothing like the look of the Civilian.

harpyslayer · #10

Excellent stories! Thanks for sharing! I am glad that I am not into climbing or Nairobi trips... I feel like naked when not having my Spyderco with me.

obi-wan · #11

I faced an evil Sithlord and destroyed him with my Spyderco.

Real Jedi's carry Spyderco........

dd · #12

quickly butchering a quote,

God created man, Spyderco made them equal.

DD

Joyce Laituri · #13

Here's one for you.....

We had hiked over 12 miles that day, the August sun driving, pounding the back of our heads. Our only canteen of drinkable water was gone by two and at 13,000 feet it was dryer than old bones. The sun started down, we staggered, crawling into our camp.

The ulitmate evil awaited us.....

No spit left and lips cracking we dug deep for the energy to make it to our cooler.....

CORONAS! A dark cloud of dispair covered us completely....we had no bottle opener!

Just then we remembered we had a SpydeRench with a pair of slip joint pliers.

Okay so it wasn't really all that frightening but I don't get out much.

Joyce

TEXinEX · #14

Yo Amigo,
What difficulties, if any, might one encounter with the gendarmes when carrying a knife in Mexico?

Any words of caution or wisdom?

I found out personally that wearing a camo t-shirt or old camo M-65 jacket in Mexico can you into some serious stuff.

Thanks for any knife advise that you might pass along.

TEXinEX

#15

Often times a dangerous situation is a thing to cut, such as a rope that's choking a horse, etc.

Tex, welcome to the forum.

sal

Paul D. · #16

My Spydercos have come in useful many times. I can only think of one time that one saved me from a beating or maybe something worse. I used to live in a medium sized college town. Not exactly a high crime center, but no place is 100% safe now. I was walking home one night around 1:00 or 1:30, about the time the bars close. It was dark and the streets were not really well lit in the downtown residential area I was walking through. I always try to be aware of my surroundings, and I noticed that two young guys were following me. At first I thought maybe they were just going the same direction. Since they were 100 yards back I decided to cross the street and walk on the other side. The crossed the street then too. I crossed back to the other side a minute later to see what they would do, and they crossed again. They were definitely watching me very closely, and looked like they were having a low volume conversation. I was really starting to worry as they were getting closer to me. I decided to take a couple of turns and start heading towards the Police station. They followed me at every turn. Well, I knew I had my old style, serrated Endura in my pocket, but I didn't really want to fight two guys, and I didn't want to go to jail for cutting up two guys. I suspect that they thought I was drunk (which was not the case), and perhaps an easy target. Instead of running which I thought might set them after me like dogs after prey I decided to let them see my claw. I increased my gate to gain a little distance on them and headed for the nearest corner that had a good street light. I stopped in the area of brighter light (thinking it would be good for them to see me, and so I could see if either of them was carrying) and pulled out my Endura, thumbed it open quickly and started to clean my fingernails. I then looked up and smiled as innocently as possible in their direction. My two "shadows" quickly crossed over to the other side of the road and turned down the street the other direction. The smirks they had been wearing were certainly gone as I watched them turn the corner. I don't know if they wanted to rob me or just thought it would be fun to beat up some lone person. They certainly weren't following me to tell me about Jesus, of this I'm certain. After watching them walk away (while looking over their shoulders this time), I closed up the Enudra and kept it in my hand with my hand in my jacket pocket. I then walked on towards the police station in case they wanted to follow again. I strolled around the police station and turned back toward my home.

I was glad that they did not up the ante with a gun or knives of their own. I was also glad that I didn't have to hurt anyone, even these two bums. I tried avoiding them and that didn't do it, so all I could think to do was show them that I was not afraid and that I was not going to be so easy to tangle with. There is a lot of talk about people wanting all black knives for that tactical look etc. That night I was very glad that my Endura had a nice shiny blade that reflected the light of that street light so nicely.

Oh yeah, if they had continued to come at me, I would have definitely tried to run for it! I'm no coward but I don't believe in fighting for fun or honor.

Paul Davidson

earthworm · #17

Joyce:there are emergencies & EMERGENCIES;I'd put slaking my thirst in the latter catagory*G*. PaulD.:Good moves & a good attitude:avoidance(running)beats confrontation.Been there myself*wink*.

roloss_valdes · #18

All the people from Monterrey NL Mexico, I am organizing a Self Defense seminar here so if you are interested on it please let me know send me an email to rvaldes@solucionesdebolsillo.com and visit out page: http://www.solucionesdebolsillo.com/bm/blade.html

Jeff/1911 · #19

Joyce,

That situation with which you were faced certainly qualifies as a first class emergency in my book! Glad you made it through OK. Aaaaah, Corona! By the way, did you have something with which to cut the limes? I can't count the number of times my Spyderco knife of the day has performed this task...always with a flourish and to moans of appreciation or the occasional "Oooooh, lucky someone had a knife..." from the non-knife carrying folks present. Honestly, what would they do without us?

Paul D - Well done. I'm glad things worked out for you the way they did that night.

All the best, Jeff/1911.

Edited by - Jeff/1911 on 10/28/2002 9:37:36 AM

sc_rebel1957 · #20

No life saving stories yet! but my youngest kid plays college footbal in the next stat(N.C.) and always comes back home with us till Monday classes, more so to see his GF instead of he misses us for sure.

This involves ME taking him back up every sunday night usually/well always late.

I do find it comforting to reach down and feel the steel clip on my current favorite Spydie at rest stops on the interstate (read b/r breaks) at 3 am.

Ron