spyderco puukko

[rcs]

I'll be getting one for sure, Spyderco is one of the good guys, a stand up company that I'm more than happy to support. I'll still be buying knives made in Scandinavia though, and Scandi stuff made in this country.

cheers,
Rob

[Toast]

swanseajack - and in a pinch I guess the tips might make good tinder

rcs - just to clarify for myself, I'm not in any way criticising Spyderco. Hell, if I was lucky enough to be at the helm of that sort of a company, you're damn right I'd want a go at one of everything! I'll keep supporting Spyderco, but for my tastes I don't think it'll be through purchasing one of these. (I do have two woodcrafts on the way, though, and keeping an eye on the Squeaks and another Urban, and...)

Spyderco make an awful lot of knives to suit an awful lot of tastes, and do a more consistently successful job of that than anybody else that comes to mind. I am no less looking forward to reading others' reviews when they start arriving

[Dagon]

I handled the prototype in Amsterdam. It's (as all Taiwan-made Spydercos) very nicely made. For my own taste the handle was a bit too thin (the back of the handle is visible in the linked video), I prefer a somewhat rounder handle - but of course that's a matter of taste.

[Redeye]

It's (as all Taiwan-made Spydercos) very nicely made.

The Cat and the Chicago came from Taiwan and were very poor quality.

[Dagon]

The Cat and the Chicago came from Taiwan and were very poor quality.

Yes, those were an exception from another outsourcing partner and thus quickly taken off the market. They'll be reintroduced soon, in good quality I should hope.
Now, I rather meant the outsourcing partner who made the Sage 1 & 2, the Gayle Bradley, the Chokwe, the Bushcraft, the Valloton and perhaps a few others. The precision of these is as good as anything from anyone. In fact, I do think that my Sage 1 can stand without blushing next to my beloved Klotzlis.
The original bushcraft had an issue with the stabilised wood, and that was an error of the wood provider, not of the knife manufacturer.

[metalbudgie]

Is the hemispherical lump on the handle a decoration, like a representational 'hole', or does it mate with a hole on the sheath as some sort of retention device?

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[swanseajack]

I wondered that too... It's like the oposite of the hole.. nice touch!

[Toast]

I'd assumed it was a wooden plug to cover the end of a pin through a stick tang. Or one end of a wooden 'pin', but that seems a little less than structurally adequate, especially by Spyderco standards

[metalbudgie]

A homage to the Spyderco hole like the steel circle on the micarta handled Lum Tanto fixed blade maybe?

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[Frankki]

Is the hemispherical lump on the handle a decoration, like a representational 'hole', or does it mate with a hole on the sheath as some sort of retention device?

In some of Pekka Tuominen's knives and puukkos there is a similar divot on the handle for a kydex sheath to lock onto. This one is supposed to have a leather sheath though so it would seem to be a little unclear why a similar arrangement. Perhaps some day all will be made clear..

[Stew]

Firebow bearing block?

[bwildered]

Nice, proper puukko handle shape, and I'm not bothered about the hole. But yes it's a minor nuisance and pointless.

The timber in the video example is hideous (personal opinion ). The sheath is what lets this down for me, though. Firstly, it's badly stitched... But the main issue is that it seems to be for a completely different knife. This one just drowns in there, and looks out of place. I suppose asking for a puukko sheath would be too much but at least the western style sheath could be for a knife this size!

What's the deal with the wide bit of 'ricasso'/tang? Never seen that arrangement before in a puukko.

Sorry if that sounded too critical, I actually kind of like it.

[Ookami]

As Pekka Tuominen has been mentioned; they should have tried to make one of his folders. Like that one:
http://www.elisanet.fi/puukkopekka/veitsi_21.html

The Spyderco Puukko lacks the usual twist on the desing. As it is now, it just looks like a regular puuko with added ricasso and hole in the blade, and a divot in the handle; IMO they did much better with the Chokwe.

An affordable Spyderco puukko with rhombic blade and a FRN handle like the one on the Temperance FB would have been much better than a traditional style puukko that costs around the same as an original custom.


Ookami

[Northerner]

I think it's cool. It looks a bit odd, but that's how a Spydie is supposed to be. There shouldn't be much need to clean the hole if it's used for woodwork, and that's where a puukko will excel anyways.

[metalbudgie]

As Pekka Tuominen has been mentioned; they should have tried to make one of his folders. Like that one:
http://www.elisanet.fi/puukkopekka/veitsi_21.html

The Spyderco Puukko lacks the usual twist on the desing. As it is now, it just looks like a regular puuko with added ricasso and hole in the blade, and a divot in the handle; IMO they did much better with the Chokwe.

An affordable Spyderco puukko with rhombic blade and a FRN handle like the one on the Temperance FB would have been much better than a traditional style puukko that costs around the same as an original custom.


Ookami

Now THAT is how to justify a Spyderhole. Stunning folder, ticks all my boxes. Sal, make it!