All About Pocket Knives

Won one of these on Ebay last night...I have only had a few Spyders before but really liked the looks of this one .
Will let ya know how I like it once I receive it.

Spydie's are cool knives. I've only got one but it is the most solidly built, tightest locking up knife I've ever seen.

Tj,what model do you have?

Not exactly sure since they don't put model numbers on the knives, but I think it may be the Executive
http://www.spydie.nl/index.html#C04

Yeah..it looks like the Executive...very nice.
Heres one that I got in a trade a few months back...had it up for sale and changed my mind about selling it.

I like the look of the Dragonfly Tattoo!

Have you ever used the "Police"?
How do you feel about the serrated edge?

Edit: typo

Thank you. .....I actually like the serrated edge..I would have preferred partially serrated better though.
Do you have any Spyderco's?

I'm kind of old fashioned regarding serrated edges... I believe Spyderco is selling most of their knives with a serrated or partially serrated edge, and many of their designs sort of look best with the serrations.
No, so far I have no American made Spyderco, but I have been watching them for years. They seem a bit pricey...
Out of curiosity I purchased a model from the imported economy line (Byrd) a few months ago. Seems well made and I intend to use it, but so far it's still in the box. If I like it a lot, I will probably get a "real" Spyderco. It will probably have a plain edge though...

Are Spyderco's made in US now? Mine was made in Seki, Japan, got it about 1995.

I'm not sure!
But I thought many of the models were US made...
I know some models are/have been made in Japan and some in Taiwan...

Knives of several brands today are made in different countries and it is often hard to know the country of origin before you get the knife...

All the ones that I have seen are made in Japan or Taiwan.....I'm not for sure about earlier ones.

Knives of several brands today are made in different countries and it is often hard to know the country of origin before you get the knife..

Yeah...you can get screwed real easy!!

I bought my girlfriend a Spyderco Dragonfly, it is a very nice knife and she carries it quite a bit. I have two Spydercos made in Golden Colorada, a Manix and a Paramilitary, the rest of mine are made in Seki City, Japan.

Dan

Hey Dan...could you post a pic of one made in Colorado??.....I would really like to see it.

Spydies made on Golden, CO that I can remember off the top of my head are the Kevin Wilkins colab Leafstorm:


all of the Military series (including the paramilitary if I remember correctly):


the FRN handled native's:


the original runs of DK and UK pen knives, some of the custom colabs like the chinook, swick, Pkal... the Manix 2 I think....um...Oh, most of the US Steel Mule team knives like CPMM4/S30V, etc.

I had no idea (been told that many times) that so many were US made. An interesting turn of events at this time, start out foreign made - end up US made.

Here are photos of my two made in USA Spydercos. In the first two pics the top one is a Manix and the bottom is the Paramilitary. Both are CPM S30V steel. The Manix is 5 and 1/4" closed and the Paramilitary is 4 and 3/4" closed. The bottom photos are both sides of the tang of the Manix. The tang stamps are etched on these knives, not stamped.

Dan

Police model I carry from time to time.................

Those are some SWEETIES!!.....I really like that first one....Thanx Adam!! ......I'm on the hunt.
Thanks for showing,Dan. ..gotta have one!!

Gmusic...the Police model is hard to beat.

Some of you may know..I have a small collection of autos...I was searching the web to buy my Monthly auto when "low and behold" I found the perfect one !!
Check this bad boy out!!......made in Golden Colorado.
This was also the best price that I could find...the 83mm is $10 less and would probably be more suitable by most to carry.

Pretty cool rotten!

Love Spydies! Here are a few of the one's I have in my EDC Rotation.

Thanks.....but I jumped the gun a bit.I found another one I liked better..Spyderco "EMBASSY" auto...its really nice and only a few bucks more.
It will be next on the list.

Nice ones,Mitch. ...that last one is real fancy.

Johnnie, both of those Spyderco Auto's are real Sweet! I like the Black ones also!

http://www.jaxknives.com/auto/spyderco_automatic.html

tjmurphy wrote:I had no idea (been told that many times) that so many were US made. An interesting turn of events at this time, start out foreign made - end up US made.

I did not know that either! I have seen a bunch of them, my father would get one for my Nephew every Christmas, and he had a few of his own around his house too.

Johnnie that dragonfly looks sweet!

One thing about Spyderco's Japan made or not they have developed their own nitch! I bet they will be collected 100 years from now.

Johnnie, both of those Spyderco Auto's are real Sweet! I like the Black ones also!

Johnnie that dragonfly looks sweet!

Thanks guys!!