Spyderco Rescue 3 FRN Folding Knife

https://www.amazon.com/Spyderco-Rescue-Spyder-Knife-Black/dp/B00AHF6ECG [image]

I love the blade. You wanna talk about a practical knife -- sheepsfoot grind with serrations is about as practical a knife as you can buy. Serrated knives cut raggedly compared to a smooth edge so they're not what you want if you are slicing cheese, say. You also can't stab anything with a sheepsfoot blade, including yourself, accidentally -- it has no sharpened tip. But serrated knives cut everything much, much faster and easier and while I don't think anyone thinks of sheepsfoot knives first when thinking of self defense, you REALLY wouldn't want to get slashed by this knife. Serrated knives part flesh very easily and leave godawful wounds. Spyderco serration is about as effective as it gets in that department. So it's not exactly toothless, this thing, but it's still comparatively safe and extremely effective which is probably why it's marketed as a rescue knife. Wish the handle were G10 and the knife had a compression lock, or even an axis lock, instead of a back lock -- Spyderco fiberglass-reinforced handles are good and they're very light, but at the end of the day I prefer the weighting and grip on regular Spydercos to the lighter versions that they strip down, and their compression lock knives just feel a lot better in the hand and open much easier overall. Back locks are very safe, and Spyderco back locks are significantly better than average, so it's not like the back lock's a bad thing per se. They're just not fast. And looking at this knife, the handle looks exactly like the one on the Native, complete with reversible clip holes right over the pivot. That means this knife will open like the Native does -- deliberately, not with an effortless flick -- because there's no precision works in there, no washers or bushings or bearings. Just the handle pressing against the sides of the knife tang. Probably will wait for a version I like better, but man, that blade.