Spyderco Tenacious For EDC

I felt that it was time to finally replace the previously reviewed and loved Kershaw Skyline. The Blade profile was getting bad from early bad attempts at sharpening it. I had accidentally introduced a funky re-curve line in it. Secondly I felt like I wanted a blade that would be a bit bigger and be better suited for self defense. I had mainly narrowed my search down the the Spyderco line of knives. I finally made a decision, with the Spyderco Tenacious,  and a purchase and have been testing it for the past week or so. I may revisit this knife after I really put the Tenacious through it’s paces.

Features

• Black G10 Handle
• 8Cr13MoV stainless blade
• Non-reflective coating
• Big Spyderco Hole
• Full Flat Grind
• Ergonomic Handle
• Jimping on the back

The Good

Like many of my buying decisions I bought this knife locally. I found on at  a Bass Pro Shops for about $59. I really should do more online buying since I could have saved a few bucks buying from Amazon. I like that the knife is much bigger than the skyline, I have big hands and this thing is the perfect size. The grip with the textured G10 handle and jimping on the back of the bade make for great knife control. I’m a huge fan of the Spyderco Blade shape, I love the simplistic triangle shape. More knife manufactures should take a note of the simply, elegant lines on the Spydercos and stop with the absurd angles on knifes. Sog I’m looking at you. Out of the box this thing came ridiculously sharp. It cut hairs easily and shaved the smallest slivers off of paper of any knife I’ve owned.  Kudos to Spyderco for shipping out a sharp knife, new my Skyline was only moderately sharp.

The Bad

What was one of the things to draw me to this knife is now one of the things I am annoyed by the most. This is a pretty big and heavy knife. In my EDC systems I carry my knifes in my right hand front pocket along with my keys and a light. The tenacious is so big it’s hard to get in the pocket to get my keys. While reaching in the the keys the nice textured G10 acts like sandpaper on the hand. I’ve been thinking about getting a carabinner and running my keys on a belt loop to solve this issue. My only other issue is with the stiffness of the blade when opining. Maybe it’s just that my thumb is messed up right now due to a fall but the blade seems to hard to open. I’ve had a few good opens with flicking the thumb hole and my wrist at the same time. Not all the time though, sometimes It will only open part way.

I still have much more testing and playing with this knife but so far I’m happy with it. It’s shard, feels good in my hand and looks good. If your looking for a bigger EDC knife check out the Spyderco Tenacious.

Whats your current EDC blade? Let me know in the comments?