A staple in Spyderco's lineup since 1990, this folder opened up the knife market to lightweight performance, one-hand open pocketknives that just about everyone could afford. It has stayed a bestseller since that introduction.
With tweaked ergonomics, refined blade steels, and fine-tuned performance, this knife represents and evolutionary work in progress and next level performance. Now featuring screw construction making cleaning and adjusting easier.
The fiberglass reinforced nylon handles come molded with Bi-Directional Texturing™ for preferred traction and improved ergonomics. Inside the handle dual skeletonized stainless steel liners make the knife stronger without adding weight and make an anchor for all external and internal components to attach through adding sturdiness and rigidity.
Their VG-10 blades are flat saber-ground with a stronger tip and larger 13mm opening hole. Added to the blade's spine is slip resistant jimping. Phosphor bronze washers smooth out the open/close action and the clip is upgraded to a four-way tip-up, tip-down, left- or right-handed clip.