Spyderco / Byrd

The Breeden Rescue has a VG-10 Sheepfoot-looking hollow-ground blade. Focus is placed on strength to the tip of the blade where a knife sees the greatest use (think digging or prying). The end of the blade noticeably bulges outward, its breadth further accentuated by a non-sharpened spine swedge reducing the blade's weight. Black G-10 handle scales house a Walker LinerLock, full skeletonized liners, four-way silhouette pocket clip and piped lanyard hole. Handle is made with screw-together construction. Unique and functional, the Rescue by Jason Breeden makes an impression both visually and functionally.

The Urban Slipits feature G-10 handles: C127OR Urban Wharncliffe Blade with safety orange G-10 handle and C127FG Urban Leaf-shaped Blade with Foliage Green G-10 handle. Both have screw together handle construction for adjusting and cleaning and feature a left/right-hand tip up silhouette wire pocket clip. Their blades are flat-ground VG-10 available PlainEdged with slip-resistant jimping at the blade spine and along the finger-choil.

The Urban Slipits feature G-10 handles:C127OR Urban Wharncliffe Blade with safety orange G-10 handle and C127FG Urban Leaf-shaped Blade with Foliage Green G-10 handle. Both have screw together handle construction for adjusting and cleaning and feature a left/right-hand tip up silhouette wire pocket clip. Their blades are flat-ground VG-10 available PlainEdged with slip-resistant jimping at the blade spine and along the finger-choil.

Who exactly is Jens Anso? He's a talented Danish industrial designer and an up-and-coming knifemaker shaking up the industry who once said "If you don't want to make your second knife, don't make the first." We're thankful he's been drawn to knifemaking because his designs are unique, fun, functional and making noise in the knife world. His Rock Lobster collaboration has a blade shape not defined by traditional knifemaker labels. Part Wharncliffe part knobby nosed, its thick tip eats up hard cuts and offers loads of personality. Made from VG-10 stainless, it is full-flat ground and available PlainEdged. Handle is foliage green G-10 with enough texture to stop hand-slipping and has a nested LinerLock® with jimping at the lock release. Screw together handle construction allows the knife to be adjusted and easily cleaned. Tip-up/down right hand pocket clip.

The Spyderco Tenacious brilliant Blue G10 has rock solid build quality with easy blade deployment and a relief cut in the handle for access to the lock. Even though it's one of the least expensive models from Spyderco a lot of effort was put in to keep the value high. Compared to other models this one checks all of the boxes with full length liners, G10 scales and a four way pocket clip. This knife has an excellent price to performance ratio that is hard to beat.

Persistence can mean continuing without veering off course or changing function or structure and describes ongoing existence regardless of interference or challenges. It is also a great name for the smaller version of the Spyderco Tenacious. The Persistence has a similar construction with an ergonomically milled G10 handle, skeletonized steel liners and a flat ground, 8Cr13MoV stainless blade. A great, hardworking everyday carry folder, the Persistence will get you through the day without breaking the bank. This Limited Production Run version has a satin finished blade and Blue G10 scales.

Knives as essential tools exist in every culture on earth. Their shape and style are dictated by their people's needs, be those agricultural, spiritual or self preserving. Certainly ethnic styles of cutlery have been lost to history but many designs are still used today and revered in their countries. Taking those individual designs and adding a Spyderco touch is the core of Spyderco's Ethnic Series of folders, this is the C132 Spyderco Chokwe. Chokwe people live in the Zambia/Democratic Republic of Congo region of Central Africa. Primarily agricultural, they are gatherers, fishermen and hunters. Highly positioned in Chokwe society are their blacksmiths who craft fixed-blade knives for daily use in feeding, harvesting and protecting their communities. Our Chokwe folder is patterned off a historic fixed-blade, keeping true to the triangular shaped blade and coffin-shaped handle. The blade is CPM S30V blade steel and flat-ground for cutting performance. The handle is black G-10 with bored out handle holes reducing overall weight and making through holes for attachment to a longer handle or pole. Full length internal liner reinforces the locking device, a Chris Reeve style integral lock. Metal hourglass clip carries the knife tucked in a pocket tip-down right hand carry.

The Schempp Tuff is one knife that truly lives up to its name. The brainchild of renowned custom knifemaker and design consultant Ed Schempp, it reflects his deep understanding of what it takes to make a tool that is both highly functional and practically indestructible. Its stout CPM 3V blade is mated to a handle featuring a G-10 scale and stainless liner on one side and a sold titanium scale on the other. An oversized pivot and a Chris Reeve Integral Lock (R.I.L.) with a hardened steel insert ensure superior strength and increased wear resistance, while its dimpled texture and four-position clip provide exceptional grip and ease of carry.

Custom Knifemaker Bob Lum has done something no other knifemaker has done. He created a genesis fusing the ancient essence and design of a traditional Chinese fixed blade with features found in modern folding knives. This results in a knife with great historical beauty and modern cutting performance and manufacturing impeccability. The large Chinese folder has a flat-ground VG-10 blade with a spine swedge and a PlainEdge cutting conformation. The black peel-ply G-10 handle incorporates a Walker LinerLock and screw together construction for adjustment and cleaning. Phosphor bronze washers circling the blade's pivot, ensure smooth open/close action. A four-way tip-up/tip-down, left/right hand pocket clip settles the folder deeply in a pocket where it rides ready for use with great style. Bob Lum's Chinese Folder takes ancient knifemaking tradition to a higher level in sophistication and ergonomic usability. Custom knifemaker Bob Lum passed away in 2008 and Spyderco is honored to continue producing his knife designs with the blessing of his widow Jean Lum.

Spyderco's C91 Pacific Salt is designed to offer reliable high performance with an ultra-corrosion-resistant H-1 steel blade. Now it's available with a black coated blade, lessening the steel's reflective qualities and subduing the blade's presence. Hollow-ground, the H-1 blade is PlainEdged and coated in long-lasting black carbonitride. It's similar in shape and size to Spyderco's bestselling Endura model but with more rounded tip. All internal steel parts are treated as well making them practically impervious to rust and pitting. The blade's hole is enlarged to 14mm for easier opening/closing with gloved, wet or cold hands. Textured in a Volcano Grip pattern, the black fiberglass handle has a grippy texture and is fitted with a black Titanium pocket clip that reverses position for both left and right-handers. The addition of a lanyard hole offers a backup method of attachment (thong or lanyard cord) for use around water where once dropped, a knife is often lost or elusively hard to retrieve.