New Spyderco Bushcrafter G10 in 2011

[wizard]

I like it, but then again, I like anything shiny and sharp. I bought one of the seconds and glued up the scales and it has been a good knife. I rather like the design, very comfy in the hand. I'm not all that thrilled about the G-10 but at least it won't be cracking when used!
I tossed my sheath (cr@p) and got 2 beauties from Blacksheep, one for my Woody clone. The wood, although cracked and repaired is far nicer to look at than any G-10. If I was to rehandle mine, I think I would try desert ironwood.
I do hope they sell them for less than the originals, no way would I pay almost $300 for a blade made in Taiwan with a throw away sheath at that! The actual street price is probably going to be about $190, still pretty high for a machine made blade with synthetic scales. Just my thoughts.

 

[shogun]

i had a look at the knife when the link was put up i dont like it & for a 180 pounds i wouldnt buy it.. seen some crackin knifes made by memebers on here!! that neck knife shewie bought on here the other day was a qualty knife...

 

[JonathanD]

Here it is....

 

[Highbinder]

Ugh, Spyderco fixed blades are fugly IMO. Way to push the boat out with 01 steel.. They could have atleast have used A2!!

 

[Hoodoo]

Ugh, Spyderco fixed blades are fugly IMO. Way to push the boat out with 01 steel.. They could have atleast have used A2!!

I feel just the opposite about my Chris Claycomb version. One of the very nicest bushcraft knives I own and imo, not only wonderfully functional, but gorgeous as well. Very nicely balanced too. That was the first thing I noticed about it when I picked it up.

 

[Highbinder]

Well Hoodoo, if we all felt the same way the world would be a dull place

 

[PREPER]

I love mine and even like the sheath! It was one of the seconds.
It has been well used, mainly because I find it comfortable in the hand and easy to keep scary sharp.

PREPER………

 

[_scorpio_]

ridiculous. just because it is a "bushcraft" plain boring old shape it has to be nearly £200. why? it doesnt need a 400% mark up, they need to be surprising people by selling it for £70 (still twice the material and labour costs) and making a hell of a lot more money from the amount of sales, rather than jumping on the bushcraft bandwagon and selling it for extortionate prices.
they just dont get it do they?

 

[C_Claycomb]

A2 would have been great, but isn't available where the knives are made. Nor are the high-spec stainless steels. The choices were 1)O-1, 2)D2 or 3) no knife. Shipping blade steel would have only jacked up the price. I was sent samples in D2 and they were a bear to flatten and maintain. Not that many people have really coarse diamond stones and 45 minutes with 120 grit wet and dry can get a bit boring every time the edge gets a dink For the grind I still reckon that O-1 is a better choice than most of the fancy abrasion resistant steels that work so well on the usual flat and hollow ground Spydercos.

If Britain weren't so benighted that its hobby makers had almost no choices other than O-1, it wouldn't seem such a boring selection for a production knife.

I too am looking forward to if they do a NASA version with a high spec steel and full flat grind.

 

[JonathanD]

O1 will work fine Chris. Everytime someone posts that there is a better steel, the post still gets jumped on despite the uber special steels out there now. NASA version in full flat though ... dribble...... drool.... slobber.

 

[C_Claycomb]

Don't get me wrong, having used an A2 scandi, I think that is great, and I am not fond of the maintenance that O-1 needs while on expeditions, but between the hassle of keeping an abrasion resistant steel bevel flat, and the availability issue ...

 

[Hoodoo]

I prefer A2 but I don't turn my nose up at O1. About the only steels I really avoid are the really cheap grades of stainless.

 

[Stew]

Oh, there's certainly nothing wrong with O1 as a steel but I just think they're missing a trick. Availability (or lack of) would certainly play a big part and yep, D2 would have been a worse choice.

 

[Mountainwalker]

Here's a pic of the G10 Spyderco Bushcraft knife

 

[JonathanD]

Anyone got one of these yet? I noticed Lakeland has them in stock already.

 

[Highbinder]

Any better pics of the sheath? Doesn't look to be up to much

 

[FGYT]

Any better pics of the sheath? Doesn't look to be up to much

Ah but its for daft people so fine

 

[Siberianfury]

Siberianfury is gonna have some rolleye moments when he reads this

lets hope its priced a bit lower, as last year the price was shocking, for me anyway.

as for the knife i would say its got one of the best designs out there, i use a timberwolf bushy by Gary mills all the time, and thats extreamly similar to the spyderco, just a little beefier. would have to be my favorite knife.

 

[JonathanD]

lets hope its priced a bit lower, as last year the price was shocking, for me anyway.

as for the knife i would say its got one of the best designs out there, i use a timberwolf bushy by Gary mills all the time, and thats extreamly similar to the spyderco, just a little beefier. would have to be my favorite knife.

235 of your hard earned monetary units.

 

[MSkiba]

I think they should drop the price and sell it with mora style sheaths. I bet 98% of the buyers are going to make their own sheaths anyway. That said, the sheath provided does look solid.