I'm so proud...

Mr. Whippy · **on:** June 08, 2012, 08:02:19 PM

My daughter asked for a pink Spyderco for her birthday. Not a pink knife or pink tool, but a pink Spyderco.

Brings a slight tear to my eye...

Steinar · **Reply #1 on:** June 08, 2012, 08:03:51 PM

Now you know you have at least done one thing right on your life!

Ashley · **Reply #2 on:** June 08, 2012, 08:22:18 PM

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captain spaulding · **Reply #3 on:** June 08, 2012, 08:24:39 PM

Awesome. I would be proud as well.

How old is she?

enki_ck · **Reply #4 on:** June 08, 2012, 08:27:09 PM

So which one are you getting her? Delica, Manix 2, Native, Squeak or the Ladybug? Or even the Endura or Lum? So many to choose from.

sawman · **Reply #5 on:** June 08, 2012, 08:39:18 PM

Sounds like you raised a winner!, splendid work!

Mr. Whippy · **Reply #6 on:** June 08, 2012, 08:49:51 PM

She's 21 at the end of June. I went with a Native. I liked the compromise of blade size and materials. Delica was the second option. Squeak and Ladybug seemed prettty small and Manix 2 is pretty big for her.

captain spaulding · **Reply #7 on:** June 08, 2012, 10:17:52 PM

I think she will be more than happy with the Native.

edcgear · **Reply #8 on:** June 08, 2012, 11:07:29 PM

Great knife Native!! And a happy B-Day...

jzmtl · **Reply #9 on:** June 09, 2012, 07:56:42 PM

You must be talking about the FRN native? Honestly I'm not a fan of it compare to delica, it just feels crude in design and execution. Which is not a surprise since it is from an older generation of spydercos.

AHB · **Reply #10 on:** June 09, 2012, 08:22:59 PM

Quote from: Mr. Whippy on June 08, 2012, 08:02:19 PM

My daughter asked for a pink Spyderco for her birthday. Not a pink knife or pink tool, but a pink Spyderco.

Brings a slight tear to my eye...

Where's that darn "like" button when you need it..

nuphoria · **Reply #11 on:** June 09, 2012, 09:47:37 PM

You have taught the young Padawan well sir

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #12 on:** June 09, 2012, 10:02:01 PM

You've got a good lass there mate.

Seved · **Reply #13 on:** June 21, 2012, 07:54:55 PM

LOL a pink knife. That fites a girl, great. I have to try to make one, some time LOL

Seved

Jmora · **Reply #14 on:** June 21, 2012, 08:46:20 PM

the native is a cool knife, I had one and it opened very smoothly and easily. the blade looks very aggressive too, which will contrast nicely with the pink.
We need more like her, a woman at work today said that it was creepy that I had a pocket knife with me (and this was a tiny case swayback jack).

Ashley · **Reply #15 on:** June 22, 2012, 04:48:26 AM

They also made a pink endura and delica. Hard to find sometimes but I have both.

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Mr. Whippy · **Reply #16 on:** June 23, 2012, 03:31:04 AM

The Native seems like a very nice knife! It seems very smooth. I hope she likes it.

Curious though: Jie, what didn't you like about it compared to a Delica?

jzmtl · **Reply #17 on:** June 23, 2012, 05:15:22 AM

Quote from: Mr. Whippy on June 23, 2012, 03:31:04 AM

The Native seems like a very nice knife! It seems very smooth. I hope she likes it.

Curious though: Jie, what didn't you like about it compared to a Delica?

The design is almost 15 years old without any significant change, so it lacks quite a few improvements Spyderco made since. The thumb hole is partially covered by the handle when closed, pivot is pinned (though some people don't mind), pattern on handle isn't as good traction wise, and the clip is held on with one bolt and molding on the handle. If you snag the clip and rotate it, it'll damage the molding on the handle, and won't stay in place as well anymore. Overall it isn't as polished as Delica.

It's still a solid knife though, I'm sure it'll serve her well for a long time.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #18 on:** June 27, 2012, 03:36:07 AM

I like the blade shape of the Native. Yes it's an old design but I'm pretty certain that we are still cutting most of the same things we were cutting 15 years ago so I don't mind the "old" shape.

That having been said I have a blue g-10 Native and it is sweet. I had an FRN Native and it was horrible- the lock bar looked like it was torn off rather than cut and the blade pivot was too tight and since it was a rivet there wasn't anything that could be done about it.

Still, I'd get another one- just not the cheap one.

Def

David · **Reply #19 on:** June 27, 2012, 07:23:22 AM

The Native is a good choice Mr W

Jmora · **Reply #20 on:** June 27, 2012, 09:00:14 AM

Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on June 27, 2012, 03:36:07 AM

I like the blade shape of the Native. Yes it's an old design but I'm pretty certain that we are still cutting most of the same things we were cutting 15 years ago so I don't mind the "old" shape.

That having been said I have a blue g-10 Native and it is sweet. I had an FRN Native and it was horrible- the lock bar looked like it was torn off rather than cut and the blade pivot was too tight and since it was a rivet there wasn't anything that could be done about it.

Still, I'd get another one- just not the cheap one.

Def

maybe you got a bad one, my FRN native was perfect, very smooth opening, so that you could depress the lockbar and flip the knife open, though it was still very secure.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #21 on:** June 27, 2012, 12:14:29 PM

My Blue Native is like that but the FRN one was crap. It was so bad that I'd even thought it was a fake for a while there until I'd seen a few others like that, although usually different models. Yes, I could have gotten a bad one, but since any other one I get would have to be ordered online I'd rather spend the money on a better one rather than cheap out and take my chances with another FRN version.

Def

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