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Want to brush up on your knife history? Then learn a little more about Spyderco.
Knife owners can be a loyal bunch, and often stick with what they know best. There’s a lot to absorb, but some choose not to soak all that info up, and remain loyal.
For those who do care to find out more about the iconic and revolutionary knife companies of our time, here’s a list of four things you almost certainly didn’t know about Spyderco. If you did, you also likely know how great their knives are, but for now, a little education.
Or as Spyderco puts it, an Edge-u-cation. Everyone loves a good pun, right?
Hands full
Here’s a big first in the list of Spyderco accomplishments: they were the groundbreakers when it came to creating a one-hand opening mechanism. Known as the Spyderco Round Hole Opener®, the now-copied design allows for total control without the need of both hands.
The revolutionary Round Hole Opener feature was granted a U.S. utility patent in 1981, and literally redefined the form of the modern folding knife. In fact, it’s Spyderco’s registered trademark, something exclusive to them and their knives. It all stemmed from a smart idea to address a real need. Enough with the thumb studs, disks, and other one-hand-opening attachments. The hole offers a larger surface area for greater reliability.
Best of all, it doesn’t interfere with the cutting action of the blade.
Set the mark with SpyderEdge
As the first to serrate a folding knife, Spyderco set the bar high with its first big development. The SpyderEdge brought never-before seen technology to the world of serrated edge knives.
Even though that was back in the 1980s, it didn’t take long for competitors to follow suit. It’s important to know, however, that no one had bothered to figure out the best way to do it, and Spyderco put themselves on the map with the SpyderEdge.
A clip before clips were cool
Spyderco also just so happened to be the first to offer a pocket clip on a folding knife, and therefore changing the way folders were seen in the big scheme of things. If you could bring them with you so easily, there was little reason not to let a Spyderco knife become your new everyday carry.
Now commonplace, the trailblazers of this big idea were on to something.
An eye for the pros
Sure, knife companies want to market to the masses, but they should also understand that if they’re creating professional-grade products, they’re going to have professionals using them.
That’s where Spyderco’s idea for OpFocus® began, and it makes a lot of sense when you think about it. Law enforcement, first responders, survivalists, and defense-minded people can and should be viewed as an important, yet different, customer sector.
“OpFocus,” which is short for “Operational Focus,” is a term that Spyderco coined to accurately describe a view of their products from the perspective of the tactical knife user. It’s not a different product line; it’s the same products presented in a context that is relevant to the needs, interests, and frame of reference of serious end users.
So there are just a few things, significant nonetheless, that Spyderco can lay claim to. You didn’t know those things, did you? If not, there’s more to learn, and plenty more to drool over, at Spyderco.com.
Still carrying my original Endura Tried the Delica but kept losing them. The Endura is big enough to stay in place.
That’s not half as stupid as the quad-rail muzzle break made of aluminum… (BB&C link, Amazon doesn’t sell ’em any more.)
God the comments on the Amazon page for this were fucking EPIC.
http://www.breachbangclear.com/rampant-stupidity-or-tactical-trolling-you-decide/
The Spacey Modification is especially effective against young male soldiers.
Step 1: Have proper NCIS records
Step 2: Prosecute people who lie on form 4473 and fail NCIS check.
Applying math to English language is asking for a fail. English is simply to loose and fuzzy to fit within the beautifully rigid (theoretical) structure of mathematics. English is non-recursively enumerable. The only way to apply math/logic to English deterministically, is to restrict the input language to a finite set of precisely defined terms.
As for the 2nd amendment applying only to the Federal government; in practice that was/is true, but according to the language it is not; It plainly said “shall no be infringed” and does not make exception for anything in that very plain and very simple prohibition; not for state, local, or even property rights. The other amendments, that needed the 14th to apply to state governments, did not have nearly so universal language (congress shall make no law, for example). Since “shall not be infringed” does clearly fall under “prohibited by it to the States,” the States, from the ratification of the Bill of Rights, had no authority, whatsoever, to infringe upon the peoples’ right to keep and bear arms.
In a word, “No”. A determined killer will use whatever means are available to commit mass atrocities. I can think of several methods which would have been at least equally as easy and even more effective, and would not have required a firearm of any kind.
The only common denominator for mass killings is a sense of gratification for the killer. It’s about asserting power and control, and the method is irrelevant.
If firearms are banned, they’ll use improvised explosives, gasoline bombs, vehicles, poison, poison gas, knives, swords, machetes, bare hands, the list goes on.
Under the best of circumstances, every human life hangs on a gossamer thread. Killing humans in wholesale numbers isn’t a problem.
Identifying homicidal psychopaths before an atrocity of this nature takes place is the challenge of the modern era.
In this case, there was a military court marshal resulting in a domestic violence conviction, a history of the psychopath physically and substantially harming his family, and escaping a mental hospital.
Would a properly informed FBI NICS background check have prevented an atrocity at this location?
Absolutely not.
The availability or absence of firearms wouldn’t have made a dimes worth of difference to this determined homicidal psychopath.
I’ve never owned a Spyderco, their blade designs just don’t flip my skirt up and I personally hate serrated blades, unless it’s a bread knife. Benchmade is my go-to for quality blades, I love their designs and their build quality is exceptional. Just bought my 4th Benchmade last week.
Nice review. Thank you. I mainly wanted to read down to the part about recoil, as all the other creature comforts built-in go out the window when you pull the trigger (on a .308).
Indoor / outdoor testing ? Nice again.
‘Bone Collector’ rifle-rest display. Verrryy Niiice. ; )
The only case that says otherwise is US v. Miller. Miller was a blatant, outright fraud that people would have gone to jail for if people weren’t distracted by the great depression.
“Giffords Sues ATF Over Documents Supposedly Revealing NRA’s Influence”
Due to her TBI, she’s no longer viable…she’s being used and manipulated by those around her with an agenda without her being aware of what’s going on to further their narrative…
I don’t know about you, but my response isn’t “raucous laughter.” My response is resolute, cold determination commensurate with their intent.
Finally Glocks getting the treatment they need.
Tough call: easy to say that folks who trust themselves to defend themselves also know not to rely on government, thus making them less likely to vote for a statist.
Then again, once upon a time, many democrats owned guns – and generally used them to impose their will on minorities while wearing white sheets… ????
I shoot once per month either at a range or in the woods. I don’t shoot with very careful or slow aim, as that doesn’t do me much good in a defensive situation. I’ve never done any force-on-force training, but would like to someday. That said, I would like to shoot 2-3 times per month, the reasons I don’t are:
I have three kids 6 and under – makes it hard to find the time on weekends
I work full time during the week.
I have other hobbies I have to balance my tiny bit of free time with (lifting weights and guitar).
I usually end up sacrificing one workout a month to go shooting instead.