Talk me out of a Spyderco Resilience

[vcdgrips]

I am beginning to think knife clearly exceeds the intersection of quality and value.

[Duelist]

On the Resiliance, do the screws that attache the clip thread into the metal liner, or the plastic scales?

I carried a Griptillian for over 10 years. I suspect I left it in a rental car.* Since then I've been toting a cheap import waved Kershaw. I actually don't mind it but after about six months the screws that thread into the plastic handle are loose, and un-tightenable.

* The two 20 year old guys at the rental car place disavowed any knowledge of finding my $100 knife...

They’re G10 scales, and the screws reach the steel to the inside of the steel liners.

[LittleLebowski]

I am beginning to think knife clearly exceeds the intersection of quality and value.

You mean “this knife” or “knife the idea”

This knife was only $57 shipped. I’m glad I listened to the Voice of the Maple Leaf instead of Clusterfrack’s malevolent machinations against my wallet.

[vcdgrips]

That knife. That is a ton of knife for 60 max in your hand.

[blues]

You mean “this knife” or “knife the idea”

This knife was only $57 shipped. I’m glad I listened to the Voice of the Maple Leaf instead of Clusterfrack’s malevolent machinations against my wallet.

Did I just wake up in a parallel universe where @LittleLebowski is Suze Orman? How long have I been asleep?

#ripvanwinkle

[Clusterfrack]

You mean “this knife” or “knife the idea”

This knife was only $57 shipped. I’m glad I listened to the Voice of the Maple Leaf instead of Clusterfrack’s malevolent machinations against my wallet.

I will FUCK UP your wallet. When I'm done with it, there will be nothing but ATM receipts and overdrawn credit cards. Your wallet will be skinnier than a tweaker ho. It won't even have a condom in it because it already reused it 12 times for $5 blow jobs. Your wallet doesn't even remember what a $20 bill looks like.

[wvincent]

I will FUCK UP your wallet. When I'm done with it, there will be nothing but ATM receipts and overdrawn credit cards. Your wallet will be skinnier than a tweaker ho. It won't even have a condom in it because it already reused it 12 times for $5 blow jobs. Your wallet doesn't even remember what a $20 bill looks like.

Fucker! JK
You just made Coke Zero come out of my nose!! NOT Kidding.

Hey, let's go to Vegas or go gun shopping, could be fun!!

[Duelist]

One thing I really like about my Tenacious, besides that I got it for, IIRC, $40 on a sale, is that as good a knife as it is, it was inexpensive enough (while not being a Byrd) and replaceable enough that I was willing to experiment a little. I got this knife as a less expensive spare to my stainless handled Delica, which was a knife I wanted for years and years after my karate teacher showed me the first Spyderco I’d ever seen when I was 18.

I used this knife for a few months, and decided that it need a bit different edge geometry to be the slicer its profile and full flat grind gave it the potential to be.

I’ve made knives as a hobby since I was a little kid: my dad is a not famous but skilled bladesmith. Re-profiling a blade, or changing edge geometry, or removing buggered serrations and making a plain edge, none of that stuff intimidates me at all. Making the edge convex took a very short time and a huge difference.

So this is what my edge looks like now:



It made quite a nice inexpensive knife with a lot of potential into a great slicer. I have a number of other knives, many much more valuable than this one, but it still gets carried from time to time, and lives in my hiking/hunting bag as the deer cleaner/fuzz stick maker/spare to whatever else I’m carrying/go bag stuff.

Every size I’ve seen in this series is just as nice, and I predict LL is going to enjoy his new blade.

[Crawls]

I carry one daily as my main utility knife. Country of origin aside, from a purely utilitarian perspective I love it. Today I try to prioritize gear built in ally countries but then, I'm also the sole income earner in my family so I get having to make those choices.

Anyway it's an excellent knife. I love the shallow, flat grind. Slices like crazy.Attachment 53072

I have the Tenacious, the smaller brother to the Resilience. I bought it as a cheap way it to figure out why Spyderco fans were so fanatical about the ergonomics. I now have a dozen or so other Spyderco knifes around the house.

Most of my other Spydercos are from Golden or the Taichung plant which both produce some fantastic pocket knives.
I still love the Tenacious though. It's cheap (I think I paid $34). And unlike a bunch of the other Spydercos, the Resiliance, Tenacious and Ambitious lack a finger choir on the blade and consequentially pack a whole lot more usable blade. It's just a sharp edge from tip to handle. No choil or guard. I love it. I wish Spyderco would do a sprint run of the Tenacious or Risiliance in Golden with a higher end steel

ETA: Just so it's clear - I support your decision to buy the Resilience.

[Chuck Whitlock]

It’s made in China. That’s really the only reason one needs not to buy it.

Personally, I love Spyderco’s but I am done buying any knives made in China and don’t want to give money to their government.

So, are we pissing all over Shivworks China Picks, too?