Spyderco Spyderhawk – a great tactical folder

Posted: December 2nd, 2009 | Author: Thomas | Filed under: Tactical steel & outdoors magic | 2 Comments »

I recently spent some time thinking about hawkbill blades and came to the conclusion that the  aggressively ugly styling and my preconceived opinions may have turned me away from what could be a truly great blade pattern for EDC & Tactical uses.

 

Especially in the form of the Spyderco Spyderhawk.

 

First of all, lets be honest. If you like the Spydie way of doing things then this knife is just truly epic, it is made out of H1 “steel” which is rustFREE not stainless & with those pure utilitarian curves I cant help but respect it.

So to get over my natural aversion to all blades bent I did a pros and cons list:

 

Pros

• Great quality/cost ratio ($120 MSRP! ).
• One hell of a pull slicer.
• Rust proof.
• Better than sliced bread (it can slice bread).
• Good ergonomics.
• Nice natural tactical uses (feels right in the hand).
• Versatile.
• Yellow.
• Just damn cool.

  Cons

• Yellow.
• Bad social stigma “evil blade”.
• Not enough belly to dress game easily (but its totally doable).
• Pinned construction (but that goes for all of Spyderco’s Salt series).

  I have always been a “hawkbills are toys” kinda guy but now I am really giving it due consideration. Color me surprised.   What do you guys think?

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