Stainless model pivots

[ASmitty]

Does anyone else here wish that the stainless spydies (especially the Delica and Endura) came with adjustable pivots? I don't have a need to take apart my stainless spydies but I do wish that I could adjust the pivot of many of them. I think this feature would be a great addition to the stainless models.

[para-force]

For most people, what it would gain in functionality would not be worth what it would lose in appearance. And most people who buy SS models buy them at least partially for the appearance.

[The Deacon]

If you want all stainless, and screw construction, there's always the Adventura.

Personally, I prefer pinned construction, and not just in all stainless models. Screws have a nasty habit of working their way loose, and even occasionally falling out, at the most inopportune times. Plus, from everything I've read on this and other forums, even among the "affi communiity" it would appear that more people who tinker with their knives have damaged them than have improved them. I chuckle every time I read someone's complaint that they "discovered" washers missing when they disassembled a knife. :rolleyes: It's one of those moments when I'm inclined to think that screwdrivers should be licensed. :eek: ;) :D

[peacefuljeffrey]

I find, personally, that I have ZERO interest in any knives that cannot be disassembled if the need or desire should arise. I just don't buy them like that anymore.

I simply don't like being stuck with the way the knife is put together. It's a knife. If it gets used, it can loosen, start to wiggle. That's when I'd want to be able to take it apart, clean it out, and put it back together nice and snug.

-PJ

[peacefuljeffrey]

Personally, I prefer pinned construction, and not just in all stainless models. Screws have a nasty habit of working their way loose, and even occasionally falling out, at the most inopportune times. Plus, from everything I've read on this and other forums, even among the "affi communiity" it would appear that more people who tinker with their knives have damaged them than have improved them.

Personal preferences are just that -- personal -- so I wouldn't presume to tell you there's something "wrong" with your preferring pinned construction. But I am skeptical about your surmising that "it would appear" that more knives have been damaged by tinkering owners than improved. You really don't have any way to gauge that. How can you extrapolate the number of people who have damaged or improved their knives based on those who have posted about what happened?? What if thousands upon thousands never chimed in because their dis/reassembly went superbly?

The number of planes that landed at the airport today doesn't give a clue to how many planes didn't land at the airport today, y'know.

[David Lowry]

I like my SS knives just how they are. I buy SS knives for a reason. The reason being that there is nothing at all showing and the are nice and clean and smooth.

My brother in law has a Tufram worker that he has had and used the crap out of for probably 10 years. It still has no blade play. None of my SS knives have any either. If they ever get any I figure that's ok and that's part of the game.

SS knives have an elegance about them that many other knives don't have. I like them how they are. :)

[ASmitty]

My brother in law has a Tufram worker that he has had and used the crap out of for probably 10 years. It still has no blade play. None of my SS knives have any either. If they ever get any I figure that's ok and that's part of the game.


See, I've owned several SS Spydies and they've all either come with play or developed it over time. Say what you want about people buying them for their appearance but the truth is that Spyderco has made a reputation for themselves as being a company that does not put any stock in putting the appearance of a knife first. They always design for functionality first and appearance afterwards. I'm not looking for all screw construction, I prefer the simplicity of a knife that stays together forever (which is why I EDC my old D3 or Salt I as opposed to my D4). I'm a huge fan of the Caly 3 construction due to the fact that the knife is riveted but the pivot is able to be adjusted.