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Review spyderco tenacious & resilience

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I have liked carrying a edc knife for decades... always liked a 3.5 to 4 inch tactical knife that I can open very easily with one hand. I have owned buck and many kershaw knives. I finally decided to try a spyderco knife as I always wondered what the hole in the blade would be like to own and operate.

Luckily I bought a tenacious and carried it and practiced with it and let my friends try it out. It was well made and locked up very solid and had some relief areas to close the knife and operate the liner lock easily. It has bronze washers for low friction blade operation and comes razor sharp.

I decided that I would like a larger version of the same knife... and ordered a resilience for myself. The only difference is that the resilience has a shiny metal blade and the tenacious is black coated which looks very nice and seems to protect the blade well. The resilience is a 4 1/4 inch blade and I like that size a lot more... plus I feel the blade is just more useful in a defense role.. it's not a tiny knife and it may be too much knife for some people to carry comfortably , but for me it is a perfect fit.

I have used both knives for a couple months and both blades are still quite sharp and have held up to daily carry without any issues. I think the tenacious was 50 dollars or so and the resilience was 60 dollars. Blade HQ was my source for a limited edition Camo tenacious , and Amazon was where I got my resilience knife.

These are made in China of good but not great quality steel and the Q C looks very good. CR13MOV is the blade steel. Gymping is excellent and the G 10 panels give moderate grip, but are smooth enough not to destroy your pockets.

I don't know about the higher priced spyderco knives. I have never even handled one, but their lower priced knives ( my most expensive knives) are pretty good and have earned primary placement in my pocket every day. I have a lot of Emerson and kershaw knives.. and some ken onion designs... a LOT of them... but the spyderco has made me a believer...

I would love to read a review of a much more expensive spyderco knife... but not a collectible... I want to read about people using them every day for EDC and defensive use...

I may at some point throw a much smaller and cheaper kershaw in my other pocket to use for cardboard and junky use... but I have used the spyderco for cutting hundreds of pieces of line for my boats and many car and airplane related maintainance chores and I have been impressed. Scott
 
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I love my Spydercos. I have about 50 regular Spydercos and a couple of the "lower end" models like the Tenacious and Resilience. I agree that the Chinese-made Tenacious and Resilience are excellent values. Can't go wrong with them, really.

That said... there's definitely a difference in the fit and finish, and of course the steels used in the blades of the US and Taiwanese made models. They aren't cheap, but man, they are NICE! I've been carrying a Schempp Bowie for quite a while now. Most of the others stay in their "Spyderpac" case. :)

I do really like the Manix 2 and the Paramilitary 2 models and have a half-dozen versions of each of those models.

If you could have only one Spyderco as an all-around EDC "user," I think I'd go with the Paramilitary 2. The Sage 1 would also be a contender as an every day user, though a bit more or a "gentleman's" folding knife with the Carbon fiber scales.

If you need a more robust "workhorse," the Manix 2 fits the bill, IMO.
 
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Racer, let me ask you ?? How much different are the higher dollar spyderco knives than the cheaper entry level knives like I have ??? I assume that the more expensive knives have better blade steel than the tenacious .... is the hand fitting that good ?? Seems like a lot of money difference...

I can tell you about the differences between an ed brown or les Baer or Wilson than a colt or TRP ...

One of my questions is how many people carry and use the spyderco high dollar knives ?? Vs how many people keep them clean and oiled in the box as part of a collection.
 
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quantico said:
Racer, let me ask you ?? How much different are the higher dollar spyderco knives than the cheaper entry level knives like I have ???

One of my questions is how many people carry and use the spyderco high dollar knives ?? Vs how many people keep them clean and oiled in the box as part of a collection.
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Certainly, the higher-end models have smoother mechanisms and nicer scale and frame materials like carbon fiber and titanium.

I would carry any of my Spydercos without hesitation... even those that cost more than $200. Same with my guns. I don't believe much in "safe queens." That said.. some I have not carried, simply because I find one I really like and carry it for quite some time. I think I've been carrying my Schempp Bowie for a couple of years now. It's such a nice knife! So, the others are just sitting there in my closet. As I write this, I think it may be time to "rotate" to another knife! :)

Here are some of them!

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Just some spydie porn:

The Schempp Bowie I've been carrying for a while now:
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Manix 2:
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Calypso Caly 3 (so nice I had to have two... giving one to my son when he's older). Yes... I've carried it.
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Paramilitary 2
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Kopa Abalone / Mother of Pearl
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Valloton:
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Despite my self-indulgent bragging about my Spydies... :)

I'll say it again... I was pleasantly surprised by the quality and value you get with the Tenacious / Resilience line of knives from Spyderco. They are quality workhorses, and you won't have to worry about scratching or dinging them up! :)

Considering my knives are mostly used to open packages, I don't need anything special. But, I just like Spydercos. They're like the 33 flavors of Baskin Robbins ice cream!
 
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Check out some of my reviews on my "Darrell Harvey" YouTube channel and my "TNFrank" YouTube channel. I did a review on both of these knives and they're pretty decent. However, I now think the Ontario RAT knives with AUS-8 for half the price or better yet with D2 for about the same price is a much better deal in an EDC knife. I still love my Spyderco knives but I like my Ontario RATs better. JMHO, YMMV.
 
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