What was your first Spyderco?

[Dee]

Salt I clip it, in '07 or '08. I was into free diving and using a fb Cressi. Saw some pic of Aussies working on open ocean pens, farming tuna. They were using what looked like se enduras. With rust splotches. I figured I could do the same, and when the blade rusted away, just get a new one. My subsequent research showed that Spyderco had something called H 1 that would not rust. Right. I'd heard that before. Gave it a try. What d'ya know. No rust. I still carry that blade in my board shorts in the ocean about 3 times a week diving or in an outrigger canoe or swimming. It gets a dedicated rinse about once a month. Thank you Spyderco! Sorry I was not buying a procession of your enduras!

[standy99]

Catcherman about 3x as lost a few off the back of the bait board on the boat. When I couldn’t get them anymore it was Pacific Salts and salts.

Then I hit the slippery slope of all and sundry Spyderco’s

[Stuart Ackerman]

SE stainless scaled Merlin with no shackle slot in the handle, and I want it back...
Ah well...

[AlexRus]

Delica 4 :)

[archangel]

My #1 was a Byrd Meadowlark which had to go when I started collecting the higher end steels. Very good entry level knife!!

Then #2 and still in my collection was/is a Pacific Salt.

I think #3 might have been my first Native 5 s35vn lw. Now four years later it will have a comeback, this time with G10 scales, and coming to stay, unless I find an affordable fluted titanium version, which isn't very likely.

[lowcountry]

Worker, circa 1998.

[dreadpirate]

Caly 3.5 with black G10 handles and VG-10 steel.

But the first Spyderco that I handled was a Manix 2 and that's when I decided I liked Spyderco as a brand. I have a couple of Manix 2's as well.

[MacLaren]

I remember playing with Spydies from the early or mid 90's, but my 1st that I bought was the Vallotton. I still have it too.
And she is an awesome blade too.

[Joey]

I was gifted a Pacific Salt as my first Spyderco. First Spyderco purchase was a Manix 2 LW.

[anycal]

Used a Police in mid 90's, on a loan for a trip. Although I had various other non-Spyderco knives in between, it wasn't until 20 years later, when I bought my very first - S30V DLC PM2. It ha$ been a fun trip $ince.

[phillipsted]

A Worker, which not sits at the bottom of Sportsmans Lake in Oklahoma...

[Jimimft]

I picked up a Delica 4 with the wave feature 3.5 years ago and still carry it.

[Reddog7313]

My first spyderco was when I was a teen back in the 80’s and I didn’t like it at all. I just purchased 2 new knives a s110v manix. and paramilitary2 maxamet. I have tons of knives from fixed to folders and I usually buy benchmade, ZT, cold steel, Kershaw, Fox, kizer, WE.... and I freehand sharpen all my knives. I just want to say I am blown away by the craftsmanship of the 2 knives I purchased. I’m ashamed to say that I stayed away from spyderco simple do to a bad experience I had in my youth. The amazing steels that spyderco is using and the quality of the knives I’m seeing has changed my view and I will be buying more and maybe even selling some to replace them with spyderco models.

[M2P]

It was the Q, in the mid 90's, because I couldn't afford the beautiful Viele knife (I was student, and here in France, everything is more expensive !). And the same year, I bought my very first Native !

[thebard42]

Howdy. My first one was an orange Dragonfly 2 for Christmas this year. I have carried Benchmade Mini Grip with the Spydie hole for years, so this is a natural transition to the real thing. I can tell you one thing, it might be my first, but won’t be the last. This darn arachnid seems to bite hard...

[The Meat man]

Howdy. My first one was an orange Dragonfly 2 for Christmas this year. I have carried Benchmade Mini Grip with the Spydie hole for years, so this is a natural transition to the real thing. I can tell you one thing, it might be my first, but won’t be the last. This arachnid seems to bite hard...

It sure does! My first Spyderco was also a Dragonfly - serrated Salt version.

Welcome to the forum!

[Ultralinear]

Blue Native 5 followed up by a Blue Roadie.

Different sizes, similar DNA...I'm really enjoying both!

[JD Spydo]

I got my very first Spyderco folder at a Gun Show here in Kansas City in the Spring of 1995. It was a GIN-1 Stainless Handled, Full SE MARINER model. I had that knife for quite a while and used it a lot. I replaced it with a Stainless Handled RESCUE model full SE with ATS-55 blade steel which I liked better. I still own and still use that knife quite a bit. I wish I would have kept the Stainless Handled Mariner model. It was not a bad one to start out with for sure.

[mikey177]

An Endura in ATS-55, which is still part of my rotation.

[kobold]

Blurple G10 Manix2. The spring in it was so strong, my hands and forearms hurt for days trying to break it in. I gave up eventually and had to take it apart to cut pieces off of the spring. Now it has the smoothest, finest action. I am still babying it, unlike most other :spyder: I bought since then.