The Spyderco UKPK Pocketknife: The Full Nick Shabazz Review
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- Today, a re-review of a gem of a knife, which is designed to deal with silly laws in the UK, but turns out to be a great choice for lots of people: the Spyderco UKPK.
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I'm British, but I'm still proud of stuff made in the USA!
I recently bought one of these, my first and only Spyderco, mainly to see what all the fuss was about.
Did you say it costs 60 bucks? They're double that over here, and I think that's overpriced.
You're right about it being a dumb law. Even dumber, the law itself doesn't even mention locking knives, it just says a folding knife with a cutting edge no longer than 3 inches may be carried (without reason) in a public place - some idiot judge ruled (in a test case) that if a knife locked when open, then it wasn't a 'folding knife' any more. This ruling could yet be overturned.
The UK-legal knife which makes the biggest mockery of the law is, imo, the Many Wasp (S90V) - what a beast! Yet an Opinel No 6 can get you locked up...all this despite the fact that it's not pocket knives which our young urban gangsta thugs use to stab each other to death, it's their Nan's cheap kitchen knives!
Happily, the Great Eastern Cutlery Company of Titusville, Pennsylvania, makes plenty of wonderful UK-legal knives for us to enjoy.
David S you are absolutely correct. I was a police officer for 36 years, 26 of those were in criminal investigations. All but one of the homicides that I investigated were committed with kitchen knives. The only deviation was a lone butterfly style knife.
You say it can be overruled but it's far harder to reverse this bullshit than it is for them to put it in place on a whim. Why people weren't lining the streets in protest when it happened is completely beyond me. Much like when they decided to ban firearms over one singular incident. People just handed in 10's of thousands worth of firearms with zero compensation (some historical and very rare firearms) instead of line the streets in protest saying no. I hate that we never stand up against this stuff in the UK. They just keep taking everything away that we should all be able to own, use and carry should we have a use to. I've carried a pocket knife almost my entire life, as did my father and grandfather, I will never leave home without and I use it countless times in a day for whatever reason. Knives are a tool not a weapon and we owe everything we have today to tools. The "potential to be lethal" is a flawed excuse seeing anyone who is going to go out and stab someone can waltz into their local Asda and buy a kitchen knife.. and creating a law to stop all the law abiding of us makes zero difference to any criminal because by definition criminals don't obey the law.. it's complete idiocy and it amazes me that people stupid enough to not see that bigger picture have the ability and authority over what we can/can't do/have. And nobody fights against it 🤦♂️
@@MDM1992 Matt you are totally correct - once we give up our precious freedoms it's well nigh impossible to regain them. The tragedy is that so many of our people seem to want this insane crap, that any dissenters are swiftly identified and demonised as 'The Problem' and dealt with accordingly (remember Covid?). We have a nanny state because most of our citizens are begging to be nannied, be that by the NHS, handouts, or whatever, and they want an easy scapegoat to blame when things go wrong. I expect ALL pocket knives to be banned soon, indeed police forces have been putting out that message for a while now even though the law says different. There is a Scottish judge who recently called for kitchen knives to be prohibited - in kitchens!
@@charlesdudek7713 Thanks for your years of service Charles.
@@HazzM very much appreciated! Thank you. Have a great rest of your weekend.
Hey Nick, this UKPK has been my EDC for a good couple years now. It may not be all the knife I want, but it's all the knife I need...
As far as closing - I suspect maybe you already know this as I saw you do the first step several times while fidgeting in the video, but to me the best way to close it one-handed is to:
1) Rock the blade partway forward with your thumb while your index finger is in the choil (sort of a controlled pinching motion)
2) When the blade hits the half-stop, rotate the knife so the spine is in the palm of your hand and use your thumb to push the blade the rest of the way closed. (Kind of like closing your fist around the knife.)
I've been edc-ing the UKPK for like 2 months now and, if you ask me, this is by for the best quality/cost ration Spyderco offers. Rarely am I so impressed with a knife...
Nick: Delicas...
UKMPs: Delicas...
Nick: ...should...
UKMPS: ...should...
Nick: ...be legal...
UKMPs: ...be legal...
Nick: Delicas should be legal!
UKMPs: Ban UKPKs?
thats there actual thought process its not like most knife crime is done with kitchen knives:l hate our laws
@@bwxbwx6453 True, a kitchen knife would be more fatal than 99% of pocket knives.
@@bwxbwx6453 the laws aren't there to prevent crime. They don't want you to be able to defend yourself.
@@regan.8077 yet people.dont have an issue with that 🤣 the UK is pathetic now
@@bwxbwx6453 it is. US is not far behind.
got this a week or two ago, after pretty heavy testing it's not left my pocket since. great to see this review, and keep up the awesome work
That I think is the key to this knife. It’s practically perfect to simply carry it and use with ease and safety. You really want to have it on you, more than almost any other knife I can think of.
Is it worth the price
@@squashycucumber6144 Yes
Close it like Dad used to close an old Case knife. Spine of the blade against your leg and pull forward to close and into pocket.
I need a video clip of this!
The ONLY reason why the UK PK is legal-ish in the UK is because it doesn't lock.
I have never heard of anyone saying, "Thankfully the assailant had a non-locking pocket knife which made it much easier to apprehend them." 🤦♂️
But remember people, certain things can cause cancer, but only in California, and the only knives in the UK that kill people have locking mechanisms. 👌
The vast and overwhelming majority of stabbings in the UK are with kitchen knifes first and foremost, seeing as they are cheap, easy to buy, or just take from you mams kitchen .
@@Hobbofett Who would choose to stab someone with a pocket knife when you can use a 9" chefs knife?
@@Hobbofett absolutely true, the way of dealing with it at this point is to destigmatise knife use in the uk so they don't see themselves as the big I am when carrying grannies kitchen knife.
Right on. Conflicting knife laws just show how, out of touch of reality, the lawmakers can be
@@blu2803 knife laws are in general pretty useless. As has already been said, most crimes are carried out with cheap, replacable knives, where absolutely no one cares if they get taken away. Kitchen knives or box cutters for example.
It's just political parties trying to profit off the fearful part of the general public. They are trying to show that they are "actually doing something to make life safer", while actually just going the cheapest route. It's cheaper to just ban/restrict knives, instead of hiring more police and/or upgrading their equipment.
I’ve used one at work for about 4 years and it’s fantastic. Heinnie Hynes in the U.K. do an S30V and G10 version with a longer back spring. It’s the best version I’ve come across.
I'd love to see a version with their "Salt" corrosion proof steel, because I'm too lazy to wipe water off my blade when I get it wet. :p
@@davidmcmichael8843 boy do I have good news for you. www.knifecenter.com/item/SP94PYL/spyderco-uk-penknife-salt-folding-knife-lc200n-leaf-shaped-plain-blade-yellow-frn-handles
@@davidmcmichael8843 considering the UK weather a Magnacut version sounds necessary.
Fantastic gentlemans knife/office EDC/Gem right here - glad to see it was re-reviewed. People need to know how good of a value this knife is!
Those puns at the end - oh dear. I can still hear the Wales.
Glad you revisited the knife. I have one of the original versions in Orange G10 and S30V- very nice and useful knife. To confirm- it is essentially the same knife as the Caly 3 as a slipjoint. I have one of those in VG10 serrated and one in Super Blue (amazingly sliced). The Urban is simply a smaller version of this knife, and was also originally sold with G10 handles and s30v, where they made both leaf (green) and wharncliff (orange) blades. In general both the urban and UKPK in G10 feel more substantial.
I own 10 different Spyderco models and the UK penknife is the one that is always in my pocket. My second favorite Spyderco, PM2 is my favorite.
THANKS for the review.
It doesn't lock, but it's still a great knife for 99% of the stuff a civilian living in a city is going to do.
I have 100+ locking knives but a non locking Victorinox alox Cadet is probably my most used knife. 😂
I say it all the time *:* A good slipjoint is better & safer than your average locking knife.
@@davidmarshall7752 Why would that be? And what do you mean with "average locking knife"?
@@MultiSlick11 definitely agree with you.... I tend to go with pros and cons analysis in comparing two options..... Like you can argue that slip joint is a better knife for a kid's first knife that he learn to use it safely.... None is better in everything, so yeah.....
Ha - I understand that. My two most-used knives are a little Victorinox Classic and a cheap Sanrenmu. My Spydercos mostly stay in their boxes.
In my collection I have a Victorinox Ranger, a Case Stockman and my old trusty Kamp King. None of these blades are locking and they're still very useful for most everyday tasks. There's nothing wrong with slip joint knives. It's the restricting laws that are not useful.
The only thing you cannot do with this knife is very forcibly pierce through tough materials, such as wood or bone. For very forcibly pierce, you can read that as “aggressively stab”. I don’t even use locking knives to do that. I’m not planning on aggressively stabbing anything or anyone with a pocket knife. So the entire notion that this is a lesser pocket knife due to not possessing a lock is based upon an assumption that in order to be good pocket knife, it must possess a lock and that lock must be in order to allow you to stab at hard things. Myth.
I love mine. I live in Colorado, so I don't have to carry it, but I also work in corporate America. I bought it, and a few other slip joints like the Real Steel Luna, to keep from offending corporate sensibilities but now I carry it many times when I'm not in jeans and not doing anything that may need a hard use blade. I even pick it over my huge collection of Spyderco and Benchmade lightweights regularly. Like today, in fact. The fact that it gets chosen over my rather prodigious collection regularly speaks to the quality of the knife.
I just wish they'd sell it with a full back spring and g10 instead of FRN, it's a great knife but it feels so damn cheap to me, I know FRN is a strong material and all that but I hate lightweight plastic and it screams cheap even though it's good functionally, I prefer something which feels a bit heavier/sturdier, and g10 just looks and feels worlds apart from FRN to me.
@@MDM1992 I agree. But it is strong as you could ever need.
I have the BD1 and S110V. I love them. I'd never pick a slip joint over a lock knife, but in the UK, we have no choice. The irony is, it's probably the best designed EDC knife, and probably because of the limitations. It's beautiful, so light, very sharp, carries deep, one handed use, easy to carry and very comfortable to use... It's really really brilliant. I'd rather carry it than "better" knives.... It's only down side is.... It's not as fancy as something like a pm2 of 940.... Pros and cons.
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Thanks for the content. You’re saving us in quarantine.
This is my most carried spyderco and in my top 3 most carried knives, slipjoint or locking. I also have a Caly 3, but this is lighter and much quicker and easier to open and close. With practice and break in, you can--in one fluid motion--pull out of your pocket, open with your thumb, cut open a box, close with your thumb still in the thumbhole, and slip back into your pocket.
They do wear in and even without washers I can middle finger flick it open
The original UKPK was G10 and S30V, I still have and carry mine! Just ordered the S110V and love your reviews.
Yep. Check out the Caly 3. Virtually identical, but with a back lock. Made in Japan, but the F&F is superb. I have the CF/ZDP-189 and g-10/hap 40 versions. Both are great knives.
That strong half stop on the close- I actually really like this; it's got some fidget factor to smoothly open and "flick" closed.
Got mine recently for home gardening and some artworks. All my previous Spyderco's from last 20 years are now illegal carry, so this is amazing legal alternative thanks to the double slipjoint. My black version, possibly the upgraded model, was 75 pounds.
Love this knife. The urban is pretty cool too. Feel more at ease carrying in NYC with one of these.
Nice little knife ! Good review, thanks for sharing.👍
I've got to say as a UK resident I'm 100% happy with the sub 3 inch, non locking folding knife law. Legally I can carry any knife that I need, in any situation where I actually need one. The non locking three inch thing is about what knife you can carry when you don't need a knife. A "just in case knife". If I'm going camping I can take a fixed blade. Hell, when I go wild camping I take a billhook! There is no law that stops you from taking any kind of knife that you actually need.
Also, there is s cultural difference that you ought to be aware of. For decades (and still) a locking knife (colloquially a "lockback" regardless of the type of lock) carried publicly is the weapon of choice of a gang member or gangster... That is the identity of that kind of knife in the uk. It's identity is that of a weapon rather than a tool owing to decades of it being used as such. There is no trade or profession in the UK that uses a lockback as a tool by default. Tradesmen will carry Stanley knives (box cutter in the US). I've never seen a farmer with a lockback either; fixed blades, yes. Electricians, plumbers, builders, carpenters... There is no culture of using lockbacks for their work.
So it may seem a dumb law but it reflects the culture of the country where it is implemented. Also, if you genuinely need a locking or fixed blade knife, the you're entirely in your rights to carry one.
Plenty of OTHER dumb knife laws right enough... But for me the 3 inch non locking is a ok. Most of the folks who grumble about it in the UK are just folks who are annoyed they can't EDC like the dudes posting pocket dumps from over the pond.
@Tom Smith well as some who (regrettably) used to be in a young team I can tell you, you are categorically wrong. A lockback or a "chib" was standard carry. Any other knife was too big to conceal.
Although I fundamentally agree with Nick regarding the absurdity of banning a safety feature, I still think you are right to some extent.
Your laws actually recognizes the need to carry knives just in case, and clarifies what can be legally carried for such use. This gives you a fair amount of legal security.
Here in Norway, and I suspect many other countries in Europe, there is no such legal security.
So, however weird, I kind of envy that part of your legislation.
Being restricted to a 3” non-locking knife doesn’t make much sense, but as you say - you CAN accomplish a lot with such knife, and its’s way better than no knife, which is the only legally safe way around here.
I like my S110V Native 5 and would say it's the closest comparison to this.
The UKPK was my first 'proper' knife in CTS BD1N and really like it.
This is one of my beater knives.. I got a half serrated one in burgundy from the store, on close out several years ago. It’s the lower grade steel and I just don’t like serrated blades but it was under $30. I actually wish I’d bought a couple of em.. great decent quality knife to have around or give away. The chisel grind on mine also makes it very easy to sharpen.. a coupes swipes on a diamond pad and it (at least the first inch of it) is back to shaving sharp.
I work at the post office sorting mail. We cut straps that bundle magazines and lots of them. One day I pulled out my ukpk while my supervisor walks by and charmed by it. I told her it's a spydie, the best tool for the job. She replied, "aww. What a cute knife"
thats got to be the US post office ! if you pulled that thing out in the royal post office you would be screamed at, police called and arrest on suspicion held for 24 hours released without charge with the knife being sent to the crown prosecutor of whatever district
The base model now comes in cts-bd1n which is a decent step up over standard cts-bd1.
My favorite FRN texture of any Spyderco. 🍻
YES! It gives enough grip, but is never abrasive to pants.
The best option for restricted areas. My EDC in a large US city for the past 5 years.
I’ll say that my half stop is not bad at all and can be easily closed one hand. I have had it for a while, so it is probably broken in.
Awesome and honest review as usual. Nonsense laws in UK. Luckily, Spyderco decided to make that knife especially me. You've had it for quite long enough now Nick. Please can I have it back?
Massachusetts is tetarded too. Can own but public carry is same as uk
Funny. This was the first proper pocket knife I bought, I think before even discovering your channel. It was the only legal thing I could carry.
I went downhill from there, and now I only have knives that are not legal to carry, but I don't care anymore. Nothing is.
Thank you nick ! Very interesting review
I bought one for my 10 year old nephew. He loves it. Great first knife.
This is a funny little knife. I live in a jurisdiction that has little in knife laws, but mein fuhrer Trudeau and his Gestapo have prohibited me from importing one hand opening knives, but they're totally legal to own and buy. (🤷♂️) However I bought one of these with the same blue scales and fully serrated BD-1 steel. I don't much care for serrations anymore, but these are pretty well done. I actually quite like this knife, it feels good and is ridiculously light. And when I see guys screaming about it not locking tells me their probably not using a knife how its supposed to be used. Don't use a pocket knife in place of an axe.
Your little Chairman Trudeau is a virtue-signalling joke who is making your wonderful country a laughing stock!
Just ordered one. Thanks for the review
Another great review Nick
I used to EDC this until i got a bug to get a grey Delica like Nick Shabazz and when i went to get it I saw Delica Wharncliffe! I ordered both, never took out the grey and EDC 'd the wharnie for two straight years on the daily, no rotation. Halcyon days!
I just worry that if it does try to close on you, the pinch could make you flinch and pull your hand out into the blade. But I guess thats what the 1/2 stop is for.
I'm not sure if the ergonomics are exactly the same on the UKPK as the byrd tern but with the latter I close it with my thumb with my fingers still wrapped around the handle relying on the choil to keep them safe, take my fingers out after the half stop has been reached
Thanks for another great knife review knife daddy ❤️
Slipjoints are also nice for people not in the hobby. As most don’t have experience with any type of locking folding knife.
I bought this knife based on your original review (and in the steel in this vid). Its a great knife, the lack of lock is a needs must due to laws. The lack of lock means you do need to respect when using it. Open and closing needs two hands - I have cut myself more times (never seriously tbf) with this knife more than any other all because of the lock.
You do not need two hands to close this knife.
Just grabbed one in LC200N for saltwater fishing and so forth. This is their cheapest salt model so it's a pretty easy choice for that purpose. No other knife company seems to have paid much attention to this niche for some reason. Puzzling.
Just got mine with Drop Point. Amazing stuff!
How is that steel for corrosion resistance? Thinking about getting one to replace my medium sized swiss army knife because the spydie hole would be nice to open it one-handed.
I do quite like my UKPK. I've had two: leaf-shaped in S110V and drop-point in BD1N. I prefer the latter in terms of both blade shape and steel.
We need a drop point in a better steel and g10 but it's always the leaf that gets the upgrades.
I bought one because will be spending some time living in the uk soon. It’s a nice knife but the opening action seems a bit stiff. Oil hasn’t helped. Maybe just needs breaking in? Any tips to improve the opening action?
bought the salt version yellow full serrated lovely light knife id but it due to it being so thin and light love it for beach fishing 🎣 🎣
Nice to see a high quality option for the UK. Thanks for the video. : )
This one is kind of a sleeper! Better than I expected
UKPK salt I would buy in a second. I like water but not in a way that the law would consider reasonable.
Well the only reason the uk can't have locking knives is that a judge decided that locking knives aren't folding knives when in in use, it's case law rather than actually written in legislation. So if a politician decided to put into law if it folds its a folding knife we could have anything with a cutting edge 3inch or less as long as it's not on the banned list.
This UKPK is S110V so water really shouldn't be a problem, mate! Pull the trigger without hesitation, I promise you will be extremely happy... :)
I think the Lil' Native is probably the most comparable backlock that spyderco offers. And it also comes in compression lock!
The half stop is one of the best features in this slip-lock knife.
If you like the design, but want a backlock, get a Spyderco Caly 3. Almost identical dimensions and profiles.
^^^this^^^
...AND $220. Yikes.
I bought a Spyderco Chapparal FRN as a lightweight folder and find the lockback to be annoying. This UKPK slipjoint is probably more my kind of knife. Might put in an order.
Just bought one in the UK although they have been like the proverbial rocking horse **** for a while. I love it and made in the USA!
Spyderco does listen just got my ukpk salt. Something about it just makes me happy.
You gotta check out the new benchmade Osborne 9400. Its a new auto version of the 940.
I carry swords (Condor Cojang and Landsneckt Emporium Gustave) Gravity knives (Paragon Warlock and Reate Exo) non steel blade material knives, huge knives (Midgards Messer The Fenris) daggers and bowies. I carry whatever I think of. I went to grocery store with TOPS Knives Ucon Hawk and Earth Skills Knife on me to see if I'd get any looks or worse. I don't have an auto OTF or Side Opening. ( There's models id buy and use, but can't get). I like this. I don't need a reason and people tell me i make a target of myself so i stop, but I COULD. I carry UKPK. Its the whole gamut. Laws are immoral. Enforcing laws is evil: thats what the original Anarchists were trying to promote. I can see where they were coming from. In Dungeons and Dragons theres an alignment called Lawful Evil. Its tryrants and doing harm through the law. Enforcing it in a harmful manner. I equate PC politically correct with evil doing to the Nth degree
... by the way, appreciate the metric weight measurement Nick.
Nick, on my Byrd Tern moving the wire clip to the LH carry position leaves it noticeably loose and sloppy to where the ramp end won't even touch the scale. Could you let us lefties know if this design element extends to the UKPK as well?
To answer my own question 2 years later; it does not
Nice looking knife.
If you are not using the point for poking things, I don't see how a non-locking blade is especially less safe.
LC200N UKPK is finally on the way!
In the UK Apr 2022 that model is £120 ($156)!
I just got this knife as a birthday present from my sister and I simply cannot find any fault with it for what it is, there isn't anything in my day to day moments where I could find myself needing to cut something whilst out and about, the safety of the double choils make the safety of my knuckles a lack of concern,
I would like to know though if there is any way of swapping out the belt/pocket clip for a hoop which I can either put a cord or small carabiner through to make it either a neck knife and or to put it on my key chain?, if anyone e has any links to a supplier of such accessories I would be very grateful, thanks folks 😊
What’s a good knife to consider for garden work? A knife that is forgiving when it’s literally dirt-y (that was me doing an impression of you btw)
For gardening, I would prefer a fixed blade. For one reason is that it is easier to keep cleaner than a folding knife
Nick, please, do review for Spyderco Caly 3
The funny thing about the UK knife law is that they only felt it necessary because guns are (pretty much) banned in the UK. Here in the US, the law is not very concerned with knives, because guns are the weapons of criminals here. It shows that when they ban one weapon, people will just adapt and use something else.
We have dumb knife laws in the US, too: for example, it's often easier to buy a gun than to buy an automatic knife, in many instances. (because criminals favored automatic knives in the 50s?!)
The knife laws aren’t about safety, they’re about government power & control. Same with gun laws.
Where can you get one
I use all my knives as if the blade doesn’t lock.
Israeli laws are very similar - and just got one in LC200N, which is awesome!
Sat here watching (again) a year later with a UKPK Salt I'm my pockets, I'd entirely forgotten the Salt was suggested.
How is the detent opening and to close? Curious about getting one in SPY27. Even with a slip joint it would cover 99% of my daily tasks
@@kpfagerberg it's a smooth slip joint so don't expect to spydie flick it open but a wrist flick with thumb works although I usually just push it the whole way. The detent closing is strong enough for it to snap closed. I've upgraded mine to Ti scales and I couldn't recommend that enough.
Now we need Spyderco TSAPK
What are the benefits of the half-stop?
Hey, Nick, that "spunjit" tool looks useful. Where can I buy it?
You mean the little plastic pry bar? It's actually a Spudger (or Spludger where I grew up). They are common in laptop toolkits, and I'm sure amazon, or any good computer parts store sells them.
The Caly 3 is similar to the UKPK with a backlock. A favourable review didn't expect that. Wouldn't carry it here in the UK it's too large and the said choil would get it confenscated maybe even charged depends on the Police Officer.
Caly 3 has a finger choil, I own both.
@@-echoroads-5596 whoops been years thank you I'll put it right.
The "Link to review" column on your Google Docs Nick Shabazz Review List has a link to the old review instead of this one, maybe you'd like to update the link.
"villianises safety features" I'm going to use that!
Right there with you on the UK knife laws, they make no sense. Living with them sucks.
however you forget 99.99% of brits not only support this stupid laws but demand for bans !
Am I the only one who closes slipjoints by pushing them against the hip?
I have the poor mans version, the Byrd Tern! I have to say its been a good little knife!
Ditto, Alexander! I'd really like Nick to do a review and disassemble video on the Tern - it's a great little entry-level introduction to EDC knives for 'restricted' locales in particular.
This all makes the Founding Fathers look absolutely prophetic, breaking away from criminal level stupidity. Hard to believe they produced the Magna Carta then corroded to whats going on today!
I think I’ll grab a Spyderco UK Penknife Salt 🌊🤙🏼
Watching Reviews after the actual purchase. But it covers my impressions to 100%. Great little tool, but the sad fact is the german knife law which was changed because a father of a family was stabbed by migrants, because he told them to pick up their rubbish they were throwing on that nice lake area (Wannsee near Berlin). And all of sudden all my nice knifes which I loved to carry were made illegal. I hate making laws in that way and declare legally bought stuff illegal. Nice and law obeying dudes like me are hit by that. As a gun owner carrying a locking knife now makes me loose my firearms here. The usual criminal here gives a shit about that law. And now I have to spend more money to carry a legal knife again. And then they are wondering why people are pissed about the politics here.
Knifes are just tools...
But unfortunately some people are too.
As a soon-to-be denizen of The Greatest of Britains, this is very appropriate.
If you're coming over there are a good few nice legal knives. The Kizer WPK is an Gem that not many people have looked at.
You're less able to stab someone with this knife. Which is why kitchen knives are so common in attacks.
its perfect for UK I am now able to carry this and an Urban with no worries. Ish depends on the Police man though even with this
I would prefer a locking knife,nice knife though!
You got your UKPK SALT!
That's my mum's penknife :) Not a joke.
One advantage of this knife is, it's legal probably almost everywhere in Europe. At least I haven't traveled a country where it isn't.
The other thing is the weight. Especially in summer, when at least my EDC tends to be a lot lighter than the rest of the year, I frequently grab this thing.
There is a special version for Denmark where the blade must be a little shorter, and the hole unusably tiny.
there are eu countries where you can carry lock knives as well
The whole blade length is longer than 3”, isnt it?
Nope. Just under 3" of total blade length. Cutting edge is about 2.6".
I bought it, I love it.
Would be very tempted but just seems quite expensive for what it is. Might reconsider though, I’m looking for a nice, good quality, UK legal carry.
What?!😱
Spyderco knives are all priced at or over 100% profit margins. Only Benchmade is more guilty of... wtf do you even call it?
Jackassery?
Sebastian m I know. All Spydercos seem 10-20% more than I’d expect. I do really like the big choil on this one to stop it closing etc
You can thank the uk importer of spyderco for the pricing here, they decided to jack up their prices and threatened to stop supplying retailers that offered decent discounts. Also have a look at the heinnie Haynes edition ukpk, s30v steel and g10 handle for £80 but they’re on back order at the moment.
I don't think so. Well made, well designed, good still, good QC and probably not selling that many of them.
Spyderco Urban is another good 'un. Slightly smaller blade in N690 which would be much easier to sharpen than s110v and it's around £70.
Kizer Vanguard Zipslip, also N690 and £70.
And if you don't care about one hand opening then the Manly Wasp is incredible value and quality with S90v around £55.
Check out "UK legal carry" on TH-cam, he actually commented above.
I rarely agree with Nick on the political front, but here he's spot on. Well said, well articulated, good job.