Spyderco byte January 2025 - Edge-U-Cation®- What is a Spyderco Lightweight?
In a recent thread on the Spyderco Internet Forum, one of our members asked, “What makes a lightweight knife?” The real answer to that question is multi-faceted and deeply reflective of Spyderco’s role in the development of knives with injection-molded handles. As such, it’s also a great theme for this month’s Edge-U-Cation feature.
First, let’s cut to the chase and offer the “simple” answer: A lightweight knife, in Spyderco’s use of the term, is a folding knife that includes injection-molded components as a substantial structural part of its handle construction. When this term is specifically used in the knife’s product name, it is done to differentiate it...