Why is this knife so popular? It looks retarded and it costs like 5x the price of a normal knife that will last for years
Why is this knife so popular? It looks retarded and it costs like 5x the price of a normal knife that will last for years
Why is this knife so popular? It looks retarded and it costs like 5x the price of a normal knife that will last for years
Better steel, better ergos, better locking mechanism, easier to use with gloves, practical blade shape, made in USA.
Every Spyderco goy out there. Honestly they are crap knives that are great if your ten and living in a city opening cardboard boxes all day. Or if you need a valentine's gift for your wife.
Post your gas station knife.
>Or if you need a valentine's gift for your wife.
Funny you mention that, because I did exactly that three years ago giving my wife a Spyderco Chaparral as it seemed like a great knife for its size and weight.
Since then it's been one of her favorite gifts I've given her. It fits her hand and pocket perfectly (the latter being especially important as women's clothes pockets are jokes). She says it comes in handy often and religiously carries it as her EDC so much so that I have to remind her not to bring it whenever we go somewhere I know they'll have metal detectors.
I don't simp for brands, but I can vouch that it's unironically a great knaifu for the waifu.
I bought myself a chaparral on whim.
Went into the store for a newer benchmade, saw the chaparral and thought "I've got 4 spydercos already, let's try this one out".
Love it for little tasks. Got a good belly on it as well for food prep.
Different knives have different uses and sometimes the chaparral makes its way into my pocket.
Anon they're probably the best big manufacturer of folding knives that actually cut very well and are ergonomic.
The owners are actually garden gnomes though, that's true.
Let's see your blades/
pro-spyderco posters: facts and logic, probably well adjusted upstanding members of society
anti-spyderco posters: baseless rhetoric, can sense the seethe emanating from their posts, probably complete losers carrying mtech's
fpbp
for me though, it's the Smooth Crujimbo
there is nothing special about the retarded blade shape.
There's nothing retarded about the special blade shape.
Its very retarded.
Barely any flatness to the edge.
Great for skimming on metal content, and literally nothing else.
Can anyone translate what this retard is talking about
>being this stupid
American education strikes again.
OK.
Grug will explain to dum-dum zug-zug
This knife made by clever tribe, know much of long-nose ways
Try to use less metal
Make smaller knife
But smaller knife look puny
Few grugs will want
Tribe make special shape
Look dum-dum like zug-zug
Make longer knife, but less metal
Still look dum-dum like zug-zug.
Tribe require many shiny for trade dum-dum knife
More shiny than other tribe, just as good knife, much more metal
dum-dum zug-zug understand?
Its almost like the gay OP opened up by calling the shape retarded, and people spoke up soon after about how the company is overly expensive and a bunch of garden gnomes about their shit.
i think he was wondering what you meant by "barely any flatness to the edge", like what the fuck does that mean
>the leaf blade shape is garden gnome CONSPIRACY to use less steel on their knives!
we've truly reached new levels in this general
>being so stupid you can't tell the difference between acting gnomish and 4chanshittery
go back, retard.
go look at any knife that isnt one of those retarded things.
maybe.... just maybe it will dawn on you.
in fact, look at this one
or perhaps even.... this one?
I am utterly amazed that you are befuddled at what a flatter edge would look like when that one was posted.
Are you trying to talk about the edge being STRAIGHT along part of it?
If so, what the fuck difference does that make?
>Great for skimming on metal content
What the fuck is "skimming on metal content"?
go read the grug-talk, zug-zug.
VERY carefully, since you struggle with this so much.
You didn't answer any of my questions, nor does your retarded Dunning-Kruger rant.
>Are you talking about a portion of the edge being STRAIGHT?
>What does that matter?
>What does "skimming metal content" even mean?
oh no
its so retarded not even grug-speak can make it understand
sorry anon. I don't comprehend things at such a lowly and base level of stupid.
I pretty much spelled out the answer for the first question and you STILL can't be sure what it is?
That is a level of stupid I refuse to touch.
>I pretty much spelled out the answer for the first question and you STILL can't be sure what it is?
So show me what a galaxy-brain you are and give me an illustration showing exactly what you mean. And answer the other questions while you're at it.
cave paintings are too good for someone too stupid to see
linked and STILL be scratching their head at what a flatter edge looks like.
I see no reason to break your brain further when you are losing your shit over the first question, zug-zug.
Go read
again.
The wisdom of the grug-talk may reach you eventually.
So you did indeed mean straight. Anon, the word "flat" is generally used to refer to planes, not lines. I'm sorry you're too smooth to understand why that might confuse someone.
You still haven't answered the other questions, besides referencing your retarded "grug-talk" shit that says nothing besides
>w-well, muh garden gnomes
How does that make a more curved edge worse? What does "skimming metal content" mean?
I mean, I know this is all just some schizo, poorfag cope, but at least make an effort.
Wow. You really are fucking scrabbling in the mud.
>poorfag
>mfw
Anon if I am going to pay more than $15 for a folder knife I won't limpwrist it with some retarded cheap shit made to look stupid while minmaxing cost for idiots who barely do anything with their knives.
If I want to put good steel in a knife I pay to have it in a good shape, size, and ergonomics that actually allow me to handle things tougher than delicate tape and soft cardboard boxes.
Funny, I've cut all sorts of things like drywall and roofing shingles with mine, with no issues. I guess you must've had one and snapped the blade cutting some paper or butter or something.
>literally cutting soft shit
way to prove my point for me, dipshit.
I cut holes in drywall with a #1 screwdriver.
I could use a cheap boxcutter to cut drywall lmfao.
Same for shingles.
I would just pull out the fucking super cheap buy-a-pack-of 50 for 20 bucks stanley hook blades and use a box cutter for that.
This is fucking hilarious, you are actually using some overpriced bullshit that is better cut with a fucking BOXKNIFE.
Oh... Zug-zug. I knew you mall-ninja tards were stupid but this is far more entertainment than I ever expected to get.
>y-you don't use your knives for anything but cutting tape and cardboard
>you use it for tougher things? why wouldn't you use a cheap disposable knife?
Kek, the duality of cope.
>drywall
>soft
Anon, I'm not talking about making eensy-weensy score marks in the paper.
its not tougher, zug zug.
that shit is soft.
hence why I talked about using boxcutters and screwdrivers on it.
drywall, cardboard, tape, ceiling tile, roofing tile, is literally all the same tier of baby boy cutting jobs.
I have used a boxcutter on all of that with fucking ease.
>rigid boards made of compressed powdered gypsum
>not tougher than tape or cardboard
Okay, this is bait, right?
of course it would be a retarded tradie shilling for spyder
get a fucking hook blade idiot
See the first part of
yeah no a retarded roofer is still a retarded roofer.
It really fucking isnt.
There is barely any difference.
If I am using a knife on drywall in particular I am making a small hole.
A big blunt screw driver literally will do the job faster and better than a knife half the time.
Meanwhile people who ACTUALLY cut a lot of drywall don't use knives.
They use saws, manual and in particular motorized, that go through it like butter.
Curious that the shingles are going unspoken of.
they ARENT using their knives. Any effort being put into that is from them not choosing a hookblade like that anon said.
Meanwhile I don't see anyone shilling for anything poor. Per my words here
I said I would pay for something good.
M390 is better than the shit spyder puts in its blades while being pretty much the same difficulty in sharpening it.
>If I am using a knife on drywall in particular I am making a small hole.
>A big blunt screw driver literally will do the job faster and better than a knife half the time.
Anon, I'm talking about cutting entire sheetrock panels for a remodel, not poking holes for fucking wires or electrical sockets.
>Meanwhile people who ACTUALLY cut a lot of drywall don't use knives.
>you're just a tradie
Pick one.
>Curious that the shingles are going unspoken of.
Yes, stiff sheets of tar full of glass fibers and covered in tiny rocks are totally not tough on a knife. Kek.
>your just a tradie
zug zug I realize that you are fucking retarded but bear with me here.
you are a retarded incompetent tradie.
the actual professionals use powertools for that size of a cut. welcome to the commercial side.
and yeah, a stanley hookblade is gonna hold up just fine on those shingles, idiot.
>you are a retarded incompetent tradie.
I'm actually not a tradie at all.
>the actual professionals use powertools for that size of a cut.
See above. I don't own professional drywall cutting tools because cutting drywall isn't my profession.
>If I am using a knife on drywall in particular I am making a small hole.
>t. has never used drywall in my whole life
And even if I aint a drywaller you can still do the main cuts with a fucking boxknife.
Still not posting the $500 M390 knife you totally own, huh?
$500 isn't the median price.
at this point all you got is crying
>YOU DONT HAVE MONEY
>REEEE YOU DONT HAVE MONNNNNNNEEEY!
When I literally don't give a fuck beyond entertaining myself.
I will happily recommend $250 knives if you want to spend the money for a fancy folder.
please, continue with your sad litany of
>I SHOWED YOU MY SPYDERCO, PLEASE RESPOND
as long as you wish, LARPer.
Pretending you have more money to spend on a knife is literally all you seem to have at this point
Kek, keep coping.
>hurr, this knife is dumb because garden gnomes and [incomprehensible retardation]
>w-well you don't use your knives
>w-well you're dumb for using your knife to cut things
>w-well that stuff isn't hard to cut
>w-well I have an M390 knife but no I won't post any pictures
I figured I teased you enough, LARPer.
There you go.
Fancy Lionsteel Myto flipper I have kept clean solely due to not having it for long, and my beater lockback cutco in its cheap plastic handle I was gifted as a teen.
the stuff isn't hard to cut. its boxcutter tier material. there are youtube tutorials of dudes running right through it with boxcutters that I linked to your sorry ass.
>y-you're a larper, you don't use your knives
>what, my completely unused knife? w-well it's just b-because I haven't had it long
Wow, anon, a Lionsteel. Truly impressive.
>the stuff isn't hard to cut. its boxcutter tier material. there are youtube tutorials of dudes running right through it with boxcutters that I linked to your sorry ass.
Yes, boxcutters that use disposable blades. They're disposable for a reason, anon.
You can buy a pack of 50 blades and get the same performance over a decade that your spyderco will give for the task you use it for, anon, without ever once needing to sharpen anything.
I know a fiber splicer that did just that with a pack of hook blades, while also freely giving them out to anyone who needed them.
Cope over being a boxcutter tier mallninja all you want.
>Cope over being a boxcutter tier mallninja all you want.
Oh, the irony.
And yes, I have had that knife for a few weeks while on standby. The moment I start using it that black fake patina is gonna get wrecked.
wood, plastic, drywall, tile, and metal is not boxcutting anon. I suppose it hurts to be so beaten down that all you can do is try to drag me down with you.
>wood, plastic, drywall, tile, and metal is not boxcutting anon
B-but anon, I thought drywall didn't count because it's soooo easy to cut?
>wood, plastic
Kek, are you serious? This is your "not boxcutting super serious use"?
>metal
So cutting thick tar with glass fibers and covered in small rocks is totally nothing over paper and tape, but some thin mild steel ducting or copper strand is supposed to be?
you know what, you are right! lets remove drywall.
wow... not much changed.
>he thinks shingles are tough to cut.
Ahhhh the smell of desperation and cope.
Was it HARD for YOU to cut so you thought it was special? Is that it, LARPer?
The razorblades in a box cutter are thin enough they remove most resistance from compressing and separating the material. All that is left is the hardness of the material itself.
You put a hook blade on for tile and rip through it like a man that works for a living instead of LARPing and, well...
The rest should be obvious.
And its more than mild steel ducting and copper stranded lol.
I have had to muscle through sheet metal, aluminum, and tin in the past.
Meanwhile I whittle as a hobby with the same knife I use for everything else, from random fucking sticks I pick up outside.
My knives dull fast from all the pressure cuts I put on them to chop bits off of thicker branches.
I even use mine on food.
If you buy a knife that is marketed to be used for multiple purposes, then you should USE it for multiple purposes.
>>he thinks shingles are tough to cut.
>Was it HARD for YOU to cut
We're talking about knives. If you don't understand how hard, abrasive materials are tough on a knife, I don't know what to tell you.
>All that is left is the hardness of the material itself.
No shit Sherlock, that's the point.
I love how I'm simultaneously a mall ninja/LARPer for not using my knife, but also for using it.
>more than mild steel ducting and copper stranded
>sheet metal, aluminum, and tin
Anon, I...
>My knives dull fast from all the pressure cuts I put on them to chop bits off of thicker branches.
I even use mine on food.
If you buy a knife that is marketed to be used for multiple purposes, then you should USE it for multiple purposes.
Wow, so exactly what I use mine for. Guess that makes you just as much of a LARPer, huh?
You keep acting like you USED your knife a lot, when we already established that you used it ONCE for something, and don't actually use it for a living.
Shingles are boxcutter tier for a reason anon. You only use your knife on boxcutter tier shit, and apparently food.
>thinks mild steel ducting is the same as harder or thicker sheet metal in unspecified varieties of things
anon I....
There is a reason regulars use tin snips for the shit I had to fuck with arbitrarily.
But I guess you are the type who can't ever back down once your ego gets cut this hard.
Its been fun laughing at you, LARPer.
The blade shape is still retarded and an excuse to make the knife look cool while saving money on the size of the blade because the steel is expensive.
>You keep acting like you USED your knife a lot, when we already established that you used it ONCE for something
No, never was it established that I used it once, because I didn't only use it once. You just assumed that.
>don't actually use it for a living.
Kek, so if I use it for things but it's not for my profession, that doesn't count? And I'M coping?
>tin snips
Tin snips are for thin metal, exactly like steel ducting. You're not cutting fucking 1/8" thick steel or aluminum with tin snips, let alone a shitty pocketknife.
>You only use your knife on boxcutter tier shit, and apparently food
So whittling and carving ash and elm and maple and cherry is boxcutter shit when I do it, but magically totally not LARPy when you do? Intredasting.
>blade shape is still retarded and an excuse to make the knife look cool while saving money on the size of the blade because the steel is expensive.
And after all this, you still don't have any reason that the shape is retarded beyond "w-well muh cost-cutting". What's retarded about having a blade with belly and a full flat grind?
>structural steel framing can't be cut with tin snips, let alone a pocketknife
That's where you would be wrong.
>…., LARPer. x500
Wow you are cringe as fuck. It’s so obvious to everyone what a massive loser you are, I just want you to know that. But hey thank you for keeping the thread alive.
not even a word of thanks to the one I argued with?
man its good to get all the credit over spydercrap
>poorshill tactic plan A: imply they don't use their knives
>poorshill tactic plan B: oh shit oh shit oh shit... people who use their knives are r-retards! d-don't listen to them...! listen to me for some reason!
Get a semi-automatic rifle you noguns upsidedownland gay
Jesus fucking Christ an actual retard. Not just larping ESL.
the ergos are only ok. they’d be great if spyderco would round off the edges of the handles. currently it’s only ergonomic from its side profile
This. PM2 is like the perfect "big" folder knife for your pocket, that works well with gloves and has a "trick" open/close mechanism which gives it cool points and adds to the fun/fidget factor. But this thing performs. It's the S110V steel which is by far the most scary sharp and durable steel I've seen from a production knife, and I've got over 100.
>tfw can only get the left hand pm2 in s30v
feelsbad
What's the locking mechanism on these?
> don't see a divot for liner lock
> don't see back lock
> don't see axis lock
Magnets?
[google]
Hmm, "Compression Lock"
Is it stronger than a back lock? My problem with liner lock is that if you "gorilla grip" the knife you can have it unlock on you.
watch a video on compression locks. the best locking mechanism there is. i literally cant go to any other knife but fixed.
>muh premium blade steels
Wait till you find out...
you can see for yourself it's a good knife. If you want to complain about overpriced production folders look at microtech or emerson. plus the "look" of spyderco knives are an excellent pleb filter for tacticool retards
Microtech is absolutely terrible, agreed.
>cpms110v properly heat treated and ground in America.
They're pretty nice knives. The price is based on what they can get for them.
It's a cool toy for people who aren't allowed guns or are too afraid of them. That's about it.
this retarded take is so common. there is a huge overlap between the gun and knife communities for very obvious reasons. gun guys that insist you can't/shouldn't get a nice knife are just poorfags that can only afford to spend money on their guns.
>gun and knife communities
GAY
I got one on ebay for 20$ in a lot. Cant complain. Its a fucking knife. Prefer my Ontario RAT tbh.
the RAT is my favorite every day knife. It just werks. Not fancy, good tang, good weight, only thing is I should have loctited the belt clip screws.
which one in particular? ive been thinking about getting the rat 3 since i dont own a fixed. Its a really good looking knife too
The top one looks like an Opinel with autism
> 5x the price
It's roughly 2x of the cost of a Kershaw Skyline for the Japanese steel version of a Delica, and the Delica also comes in a color that doesn't disappear into the grass when you set it down outside.
It's the quintessential example of "you have to try it in person to understand"
As for your points:
1- Yes, it does look retarded. Easily the ugliest mainstream (popular) Spyderco
2- Yes, current Spyderco prices are batshit insane (and look at Bitchmade lol, even worse)
The only good deal in terms of commercial folder is the k390 line by Spyderco, any design you like. The rest is very overpriced and it gets yo the point where you can pretty much buy a custom knife for the money.
I too think the military and paramilitary line looks like dogshit and I never loved the Para 2.... However I admit after 11 Spydercos I tried the Para 3 (which is even more retarded looking) and it's now my daily edc for work. Its amazing.
Slicey enough to cut very well, thick enough to not fear breaking it (unlike the Delica, for example), very ergonomic, weights nothing, retarded looking so it's not intimidating and cops won't care, generic enough to not attract much attention and mainstream enough to not fear using the heck out of it.
Btw, a pro tip from a spyderautist:
>The Stretch 2 k390 is the vastly superior Paramilitary 2
It's a fucking knife. A piece of sharp rock with a handle. This technology was perfected centuries ago. Stop being a useless consoom product NPC.
grug approve
How Bruh make rock and stick stay together?
Not particularly. New materials allow for shapes that would be impossible to make or too weak to now be practical. This alone means that knives will never be finished.
I need to sharpen my 110SV PM2.
Fantastic knife.
>5x the cost
>is a spyderco
M8 Spydercos aren't that expensive. I bought mine in high school over a decade ago, have used it every day including in the field daily during my summer work doing soil sampling and its never had a problem. They're not even that expensive considering chinkshit knives can cost in excess of $50 now. So you're looking at maybe 2 to 3x the price and get something that can last a decade minimum and still gets free repairs and a lifetime warranty from tthem. Your post doesn't just reek of poor, it reeks of abject poverty.
You can get a good knife for like 30 dollars so yes, 5x
Manix 2x is the only knife you'll ever need.
I had the regular Manix 2 and I liked the design but it always felt like I was going to drop it every time I had to close the lock.
stop posting your dumb knife and book in every god damn knife thread you no lifer
>Glock
>AR-15
>Spyderco
Feels good being a chad. I'm gonna make it bruh.
>costs like 5x the price of a normal knife that will last for years
??? Are you implying it doesn't last years? I've had mine for like a decade and its still sharp despite cutting cardboard with it almost every day.
They made quite a splash by being new design and one of the first "one hand" openers and was one of the only knifes with modern styling that was not complete budk shit. They have been riding that wave for nearing 40 years. I am a Kershaw man myself but have no bones with them.
>chinkshaw
Just get a box cutter. Cheaper and same quality.
Luv me 30$ walmart tenacious
same but $80 Walmart Resilience
Damn bro, what a sweet deal. I miss my $30 Amazon Tenacious from a decade ago. Lost it at a hotel, after 5 years of carry. Dont want another spyderco, considering the price for most. What's up with your scales though?
Flytanium copper scales that I did a shit job of polishing one day out of boredom
57331522
lol. This gay is trying so hard for a troll thread, but everyone just loves knives.
it looks cool and people who obsess over knifes are generally double digit IQ retards
Okay but when was the last time any of you lot actually needed a knife for something a Stanley blade couldn't achieve?
Dealing with a carcass is probably the sole one.
Hatchetchads need no knives
i cut an apple the other day
Food prep while camping, and also I'm not using my water stones to sharpen a exacto knife.
chopping in half that lime a couple of minutes ago would've been pretty awkward with a boxcutter
I needed to cut a bagel in half at work yesterday. We only had shitty plastic knives. My Case Boy Scout knife helped me out
How are you even tuned into the popularity of knives? Buy a knife you like, then forget about what knives other people like. It literally doesn't matter.
Maybe it's a regional thing like the Carolina Squat.
Spyderco is decent quality and built overall. That being said: Other companies deliver the same things without autistically clinging to their stupid "birds head" blade design.
That's why I can't stand most Spydercos. their blades all look more or less the same.
>Stainless Steel
OPINION DISCARDED
>S30V is bad
ok buddy
PidorCo target audience is fag kids who want a rainbow colour fidget spinner instead of a knife, that can be carried everywhere.
Just bought this for edc, was tired of carrying a gerber strongarm, that one is now exclusively linked to my innawoods kit
>gerber strongarm
convince me not to buy this for edc.
too late just bought all black partially serrated. thanks
it's great if you don't care about concealing it or you always wear a big jacket
>it's great
i watched the joe x on it and yeah its fantastic. it really is just a sharp pry bar. i managed to find a cheap coyote fine edge in time so i went with that over the all black.
yeah it's a tank and the sheathe is kind of perfect. good options, perfect level of retention and goes in both ways.
Ok so I’ve been using it for outings and edc for 7months now approx, it’s basically indestructible, there’s a guy doing a review on it on yt that uses it to stab bricks and do pull ups and shut and it doesn’t break, it doesn’t hold the edge very much so you’ll have to sharpen it at a medium frequency, as for edc/cc it’s a pain in the dick because it’s too big and the holster isn’t made for that so it doesn’t have a clip, so you either have huge pockets or you just shove it in your pants belt line like I did but it’s uncomfortable, it digs into you and it moves so you have to adjust it frequently, which is why I bought the cryo, but for outings it is extremely good, the price is decent I paid the coyote serrated one 80 euros but I’ve seen it’s increased now, there’s straight edge too, the serrated one is useful for some uses but it needs a specific tool to sharpen
i figured out a way to have it hang off my belt and hide in my pocket, though the handle is still sticking out a bit. but yeah it's just not really designed to be carried around the city ultimtaely. honestly concealing a huge fixed blade is mostly a noguns/felon/weeb cope, there's no reason to do it unless you legitimately live in a shithole. as an outdoors general purpose knife though the strongarm is great.
It's both parties, they have full control, it's an occupation in the US government
Mall ninjas think it looks kewlz.
5x the price of a normal knife?
I guess you'd shit yourself at the price I paid for my broker leopard damast 3....
I cut a fuckload of boxes and I actually happen to have this Spyderco. S110V and that blade geometry are an amazing combination. The thing does not go dull. It feels amazing in the hand. And I can use it for other knife things if I am so inclined. Is there some kind of calculation one could make about buying replacement utility blades, time spent replacing the blade, vs. sharpening a knife, blah blah, yeah probably but I'm not poor so I don't give a fuck. It's just a nice convenient well-made all-purpose tool.
We could all drive a Corolla or a Prius etc. or we could drive a car we like. It's kind of like that. People in knife threads insisting non-Prius drivers are gays are bascally the biggest gays on the planet. Keep your cope to yourself, nobody cares.
reminder none of the poorfags have addressed the 20 minute video at the beginning of the thread showing the PM2's actual performance or the plethora of other stress test videos people have made with the knife.
Why would someone admit defeat like that?
because the video is retarded.
No one gives a fuck about the knives weighing several grams lighter or heavier. Its normal.
No one gives a fuck about a factory edge going through paper. Its normal for a new knife.
The ease of sharpening means something but its normal for tougher blades to require a different sort of maintenance.
Meanwhile I don't see anywhere in the video where that guy goes over what steel is in those knives (because it does vary, most offer several types of steel) nor does he ever do anything to test the actual ergonomics of handling the blade in various tasks.
The video is just fucking stupid.
Interesting, if you aren't doing that shit for a living then how often do you actually fuck around like a retard with drywall and tiles?
Or is it that you got to do some work on your house and FINALLY got to pretend you had a good use for your mall ninja shit?
I use my knife circumstantially but regularly on wood, plastic, drywall, tile, and even soft steel as part of my job and hobbies.
>Interesting, if you aren't doing that shit for a living then how often do you actually fuck around like a retard with drywall and tiles?
So I'm a retard for using a knife to cut things, because I don't have a need to own a specific power tool to do so?
Riddle me this - what is the primary purpose of a knife?
>trying to dodge the question of
>"you got to do some work on your house and FINALLY got to pretend you had a good use for your mall ninja shit?"
Struck a nerve, did I?
>using the fact that I didn't acknowledge obvious poorfag cope to deflect from my addressing my actual point
>continuing to pretend someone shelling out for m390 is a poorfag
>still dodging the question
I must have been spot on.
And I guess you don't actually know anything about knife steels either.
Zug-zug you must come from a long line of jesters.
Being a clown comes naturally to you.
>FINALLY got to pretend you had a good use
Again, is cutting things that need to be cut with a knife that I carry for the purpose of cutting things that need to be cut not its intended purpose? I don't see how that's "pretending" anything.
>shelling out for M390
Okay, post your knife too.
>no one gives a fuck about lock strength
>no one gives a fuck about edge retention
>no one gives a fuck about rust resistance
>no one gives a fuck about the tip's ability to withstand being dropped directly on concrete
If you don't like that video you can look up several other demonstrations.
It placed top 3 on most tests and placed 1st on edge retention, you either don't know how to read graphs or didn't watch the video.
lock strength is generally determined by the type of lock.
lockback, framelock, etc.
tip durability is based more on blade shape and steel type, not the fucking brand inherently.
rust resistance is again, based on the steel type, not the brand inherently.
I want the fucking steel used, mongoloid.
And spyder did SHIT in tip durability and mid in edge retention for ironwood, and then SHIT in edge retention after hedgeapple.
watch your own shitty video lmao
I don't need to, LARPer.
I am not the idiot who revealed his true form as a mallninja trying to brag about the one time he did something harder than a box with his knife lmao.
https://www.knifecenter.com/listing/m390-steel
that should give you an idea of my price range if I want something fancy.
can't speak for the website itself.
>I don't need to, LARPer.
AHAHAHA
>that should give you an idea of my price range if I want something fancy
>if I want
>if
And this is supposed to prove something? There are literally 4 pages of knives under $150 with M390 or 20CV on BHQ.
>desperately goes to find the cheapest possible knives with m390
is that what you did with your shitty toy?
try the median range of prices, LARPer.
Eh, got me there. Still think the testing is shit for not going into the actual handling of the blades or going more into the steels used and other details.
>try the median range of prices, LARPer.
Saying there are knives that cost $500 does nothing to prove you don't own one of the $70 ones, anon. Cope and seethe more.
LMAO keep on crying LARPer.
Its not hard to save a bit of money.
I do cable, not drywall.
The only time I am concerned with drywall I am making a hole or slightly altering the size of a hole. Screwdriver, drywall saw, or knife.
Sometimes its a rough-in and sometimes it gets a proper sleeve.
fine, have some 999 times folded nippon steel webm related
a lockback works just fine so long as you dont unga the wrong way. it wiggles and feels cheep but it will work fine.
Compression locks are just a a fancy and upgraded liner lock.
On a frame lock half of the entire handle is holding the blade in place.
Its not that special, just a little extra from spyderco for fans to rave over.
You could go with a frame lock instead and on a higher end knife it will still feel solid.
The only real advantage is that if you are a VERY stupid and clumsy retard with the coordination of a toddler and no control over your blade, you can close a frame lock on your thumb.
Its only really better if that position of closing suits your habits better, or you are the kind of tard that can't be trusted with a knife.
>an mtech linerlock is the same as a Spydero Military linerlock
ok retard
>And spyder did SHIT in tip durability, watch your own shitty video lmao
The PM2 was tied for 1st in tip durability, you understand in this case "1" on the graph is the best rating, right? just like
, you are too fucking stupid to read a graph and just assume "bigger number better" which is funny considering the whole cringe "grug" bit you've been doing the whole thread.
was that video supposed to be good for spyder or bad? the few times it showed graphs it never made it into the top 5, not the cheaper or the more expensive one.
Don't care about their knives, but this Spyderco is the shit
What's your routine?
Usually just like the old man in the video tells it. Sometimes I skip the flats because I don't feel like I have good technique with them.
I also bought the ultrafine and diamond stones. Not really impressed as I feel I should be with the diamonds.
Lately I've been experimenting with the 30° slots on some Moras. They've been getting stupid sharp just getting through the regular fine stone edges.
>Sometimes I skip the flats because I don't feel like I have good technique with them.
agreed, getting the curved edge of the blade lined up with the flat side of the stone feels like a nightmare
I also like a technique where you work one side over and over (generally with an in and out, up and down motion instead of single repeated downstrokes), build up a burr, then smooth it out. Seems to work better on the tougher steels but that's anecdotal.
Also been trying out starting from the bottom on the flats. Easier to verify it's flat against the stone and vertical.
>curved edge of the blade
Sucks evertiem. I say stop before the curve, then do that portion separately in it's own motion.
OP here. i love Spyderco, this thread is secretly just a knife general and you've all been PUNK'D
>Thread as been alive for nearly 24 hours and no one has yet said 'glorious nippon steel folded over 1000 times'
I'm so irrationally angry at each and every one of you
Sadly even my most weebish blade has nothing from Japan
you have to know the knife market and why they charge that much.
you pay 50 bucks or less for a knife, at this point your just paying for the steel itself.
there is nothing fancy with the knife, there is no bells and whistles. there are no carbon fiber handles or upgraded internals.
for 100 bucks you are paying for the knife steel and some premium hardware or features.
why spyderco charges that much is that the steel itself is costly for machining.
where you get better steels, they are harder to process and thus the cost production goes up.
matter of fact, spyderco is actually very competitive in getting your dollars. because they will often match competitors' costs or in many cases better than competitive companies.
but i personally would buy a spyderco for the ergonomics and the spydie hole.
i have never owned a knife that gave me the confidence just by holding it, that i could successfully defend myself if i needed to.
and now we wait for LARPer to start trying to cry about the knives I use because now he has to cope over the fact that I DID in fact, have an M-390 steel knife.
>Why is this knife so popular?
Millennial redditors.
Any of you guys know a good mini blade pocket knife? I just need a glorified boxcutter but one that isnt as large. I originally used a Kershaw Kapsule for a bit but eventually the mechanism got gummed up and it fell apart. I really did like the short, fat blade on it though so something similar to that would be nice. So far I was looking at a Kizer Sheepdog Mini or a Boker Plus Subcom but I wonder if there are other/better options.
>glorified boxcutter
So toughness won't really matter. I would say any cheapo small knife from Amazon will do. Kizer should be fine.
Toughness of the blade isnt too much of an issue but it being able to keep its edge would be nice. Im more concerned about the toughness of the mechanism since the Kapsule got gummed up from all of the tape glue and thats what killed that and the mini Cobratec I used to use before that. Ill definitely look into the sheepdog further, thanks.
civivi baby banter is a nice short-fat knife. kershaw shuffle is a similar knife as well that packs some extra tools. in general though you should wipe glue off with alcohol or oil every so often. if you aren't willing to do that, you might as well get something small with a replaceable blade like a gerber EAB
Thanks anon. Have my Hogue as thanks.
Marketing. Guys like to brag about knives (easier to carry, easier to produce and brag about without getting cops called on you).
i just think theyre neat
I love the look and idea of raw G10 but I'm also always disappointed that it doesn't glow in the dark.
>Spyderco
lmao
>oh no DA JOOZ
Could not care less.
They make pretty good knives and don't simp for gungrabbing cunts.
How did this thing miss SIG completely but go for Spyderco for being owned by yids anyway?
What the fuck is wrong with SIG?
SIG Sauer (forma Sigger)
I used to think Spydercos were ugly as fuck while I bought a few pre-owned Bitchmades and mostly bought Italian pocketknives, then one day I looked at a PM2 and thought "I should really try one of those, they're kinda neat looking in an ugly way." You get one in your hands and you get it, they're very comfortable, the lock and action makes a lot of sense and the biggest thing is the retarded look of the blade means there's room for the blade to get very thin behind the edge, so it's a very very slicey geometry. They're not short of downsides - compression locks aren't the simplest of things to smoothly open left-handed, and like Benchmade, their QC standard for edge grind is a bit less than ideal, but overall they're a very well thought out knife. You don't have to like it anon, but they're some of the reasons lots of people do.