| Spyderco Knives | | | | engineering for to work properly. In a conventional |
| Adding to the range of U.S. made, non-locking | | | | slip-joint, non locking folding knife the spring is |
| Spyderco knives, the C94GPFG3 has a unique | | | | composed of a softer material than the blade |
| drop-point blade design with added jimping on the | | | | steel. The contact point of the spring with the |
| finger choil. The blade shape is based on the | | | | blade tang gradually wears down over time. This |
| existing Spyderco Stretch C90. These may be | | | | is not possible in a notch-joint which would stop |
| available in the UK around the same time as the | | | | working after continual opening and closing. In the |
| low cost, FRN handle version of the UK Penknife. | | | | manufacture of the UK Penknife, which has a |
| | | | CPM-S30V blade, a blade steel is also used for the |
| Spyderco Knives UK Penknife Rescue UKPK | | | | spring and special heat treatment is applied to |
| Rescue may be produced with a hollow ground | | | | prevent wearing down of the spring and notch |
| blade. | | | | joint. |
| Spyderco first introduced folding knives with | | | | The lower cost models will have thinner blades |
| pocket clips - 'clipits', blades with thumb-holes and | | | | and injection molded FRN handles instead of |
| serrated edge blades. These have all been copied | | | | costly, machined G-10. |
| by other manufacturers and are now industry | | | | Spyderco is ahead of the curve by monitoring |
| standard features. The on-going legal changes in | | | | customer demand and tailoring the end products |
| the UK and worldwide are now influencing knife | | | | accordingly. The Urban knife is designed to appear |
| design. Increasingly negative media publicity | | | | less threatening for carrying in public and is slightly |
| surrounding knives has affected consumer | | | | smaller than the UK Penknife. This was partly in |
| demand for knives. | | | | response to feedback from UK Penknife owners. |
| Spyderco have stated their intention to produce | | | | The black handle colour was also dropped in |
| 'legal, socially friendly, politically correct knives that | | | | favour of foliage green or safety orange . The |
| we enjoy carrying' The 'Slipit' knife has a non | | | | global trend towards smaller, non-locking knives is |
| locking blade held open by a notched-joint / | | | | due to increasing legislation and negative media |
| slip-joint. This is a safety feature which requires | | | | publicity about knives in general. |
| additional force to close the blade, preventing | | | | The Independent Newspaper recently reported |
| possible injury to the user by accidental closure. | | | | that London police have stepped up stop and |
| There is also an additional half-way closing stop. | | | | search activities in the past year. In addition, |
| The range of 'Slipits' knives is now expanding to | | | | Operation Blunt 2 involved setting up 'knife arches' |
| become the next generation of folding knives. | | | | at tube and train stations. During this time the |
| | | | police have managed to build up intelligence on |
| Spyderco UK Penknife Foliage Green Handle | | | | knife crime. This shows that cases of robberies or |
| | | | assault involving knives occur most often |
| Spyderco Urban Slipit Knife Foliage Green Handle | | | | immediately after school closing hours. These |
| | | | crimes are also associated with disturbances which |
| Spyderco Urban Slipit Knife Orange Handle | | | | have occurred during school time. |
| The owner of Spyderco Knives has revealed that | | | | Police stated that 287,898 people have been |
| lower cost versions of Spyderco's Urban and UK | | | | stopped and searched in London in the past year. |
| Penknife are in the pipeline. The Company has | | | | This has led to 10,266 arrests with 90% of those |
| commented that sales volume for the recently | | | | caught in posession of a knife being charged. In all, |
| launched Urban models remains low. Many | | | | 5,480 knives have been seized by police. Stop |
| would-be buyers have been put off by the hefty | | | | and search activities in relation to non-terrorist |
| UK price tag of £105 | | | | related incidents increased by 40%. Compared to |
| However, as the Spyderco Urban Knife retails for | | | | the previous year, fewer knives are being |
| $149.95 in the USA, the UK price is not so | | | | discovered by police. This may be due to the |
| unreasonable after all. The UK buying public is still | | | | deterrent effect the police activities are having on |
| coming to terms with the recent devaluation of | | | | knife carrying. |
| the Pound Sterling agains the US dollar. The days | | | | Police figures for the past year show that serious |
| of snapping up bargains imported from the USA | | | | stab injuries in London have fallen by 30%, and |
| are over. A situation was reached in 2007 when | | | | knife crime in general has fallen by 11.5%. The |
| one Pound would buy two 2 US dollars. This was | | | | number of youths killed or injured in knife related |
| an historic aberration compared to the usual | | | | crimes has also fallen compared to the previous |
| exchange rate of one pound to approx 1.8 US | | | | year |
| dollars. Currently the pound has undershot this | | | | The report also highlighted that knife crime has |
| value, although the situation is slowly improving. | | | | been falling in London every year since 2004. The |
| The Urban knife has a 3 mm thick, flat-ground | | | | accuracy of knife crime statistics is also |
| VG-10 steel blade, lightweight G-10 handle with | | | | questionable since many cases of stabbing are not |
| wire pocket clip. These are obviously premium | | | | reported to the police. What the report does not |
| grade components, with the notch-joint spring and | | | | mention is the wider problem of gang culture and |
| torx-screw assembly also adding to the cost. The | | | | violence. |
| notch-joint design requires quite complex | | | | |