Good evening, Sir.
I am also in agreement with that sentiment.
They really should CQI the lanyard tubes. I think having a lanyard tube itself is fine (and I like the various tritium and brass plugs and what not your can replace them with), but peening/relying on it for structural integrity has got to go. I like AWT’s aftermarket scales that add another stand-off next to it so you can remove it. Wouldn’t be a super hard solution. I have a couple sets of these scales and YoJimbo aftermarket hardware fits them, so it’s all the same exact screw and stand offs just with an extra set.vandelay wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 11:17 amThese are some things I wish they'd change about their lineup.
These are all minor complaints. Really only the first 2 would stop me from buying a knife.A great thing about spyderco is their CQI process can result in some of these things getting fixed. Riveted manix LWs and red loctite on screws used to be a complaint, but after CQI manix LWs are screwed and they use blue loctite.
- Lack of chamfering on the inside of the G10 on knives with captured liners. The edges are sharp and dig into my hands. This is the worst on compression lock knives because they don't have a backspacer. This is possible to fix with sanding, but sanding G10 sucks and some models are not easy to disassemble.
- Fat wharncliffe blades. A few models, like the lil' native and dragonfly, have a really fat wharncliffe blade that makes the closed knife profile a lot bigger (and uglier IMO). We need more PM2 wharncliffe style profiles.
- Peened lanyard tubes. Disassembly is not easy when these are involved. On the manix, they are part of the structural integrity of the knife too.
- Shrinking knives doesn't shrink their bladestock. The lil' native and para 3 both seem excessively thick. Seems they're changing this with the new lil' native LW though.
- The cage lock's cage is shaped in a way that doesn't give you much grip. The manix being hard to unlock seems to be a common complaint and I think this is mostly down to the cage shape. After using it for a while, it stopped bothering me, but it feels like an unnecessary hurdle.
I’ve felt that way on some of them, but for the Magnacut Salt, I’ll probably buy it and rit sue the frn or buy the neon green one, blade swap, and sell the leftover remaining knife which I’ve done many times on other models. I have a PacSalt H1 in yellow with a black blade that way and a fully serrated purple EnduraCricket Bite wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:00 pmI like most things Spyderco. The only gripe I have is color scheme. IMHo they have painted themselves into a corner with color schemes tied to a particular steel. I feel this doesn’t allow for much variety. If you like K390 and dont like the blue then you are SOL. I like the green for the salt line but hate the yellow. The Magnacut native is only yellow. Pass. Also as new steels come around will they need to recycle colors or have less desirable color options? Of course this isnt a real problem. Just an annoyance.
Great collection! I only have a Wegner Jr, I’d love to have an updated full size Wegner in any steel and a slightly larger opening hole.
Thanks! Interesting comment on hole size - the smaller hole is a feature I like in the Wegner. That one in the picture has had quite a bit of blade sharpened off of it. The Ocelot is also well-used (not by me) and poorly sharpened by a previous owner, then poorly sharpened by me, as I thought I had figured out how to sharpen serrations from watching a video!
You know what I don't like about Spyderco Knives?
That I have not gone to the Spyderco Outlet yet That I have not yet had the opportunity to meet Sal, Eric, Mike and the rest of the crew That I have not yet won the Lottery so that I can buy every Spyderco Knife....Lottery rolling over so get yer tickets!
I've always been surprised we never got a serrated Mule Team or two. Hopefully a SE Magnacut Manix is on the way.
