Spyderco

Spyderco is a company, founded in 1978 and based in Golden, Colorado, U.S.A., that produces a wide variety of high quality knives, including, but not limited to everyday carry pocket knives, rescue knives, diving knives, combat knives, kitchen knives, and sharpeners. more...

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Spyderco knives are regarded as high quality, heavy duty knives made for professionals. Spyderco knives are designed by the founder of Spyderco, Sal Glesser, his son, Eric Glesser, as well as many custom knife makers with which Spyderco has collaborated. (See #Collaborations.)

Spyderco knives are considered "purpose-built knives" and are made with the customer in mind, using high quality steel and materials. Due to the fact that Spyderco knives are purpose-built, they tend to cover a vast array of knife configurations, blade types, and use of steel.

Many Spyderco knives find their way into the hands of law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical services, military personnel, and people whose jobs include the use of a knife like fishermen and technicians.

Most Spyderco knives are folding knives, with a variety of locking systems, including the compression lock, front lock, back lock, liner lock, and ball lock. However, Spyderco also makes some fixed blade, self-defense, and combat knives, as well as kitchen knives. Spyderco's standard folding knives are the company's most recognizable product. These knives are typically single-bladed knives, capable of being opened with one hand. Spyderco pioneered and trademarked the now popular concept of a hole in the blade of the knife, which allows the catching of one's thumb against the hole in order to open the knife.

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