The Spyderco Caribbean Pocketknife: The Full Nick Shabazz Review
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Today, we're going to take a look at a new pocketknife from Spyderco's "Salt" series that's both very, very rust-resistant, and very, very good, the Spyderco Caribbean in LC200N steel.
9:45 Visually, that knife would stand out if dropped when in shallow water. It could, however, fly off and collect some nectar given half a chance.
I also thought it would collect nectar if i left it alone for too long.
I considered that it was meant to stand out if dropped in water, but then again I feel like it would absolutely disappear if it landed in sand on the bottom.
Re: the color - I recall a post from Sal on the forums where he & Eric did dive tests with color samples and found that basically everything but electric yellow lost its hue and saturation after just a few meters down
…but it’s not electric yellow.
Love the review. As a person who live and fishes in Florida, I see all the ‘negatives’ of this knife as positives. When your hands are wet or slimy, the size, design and texture of the grip would be advantages. The color helps in being able to see it amongst everything else lying around in a boat and the strength of a tight pocket clip is a plus so it doesn’t pop out of your pocket unannounced. The compression lock lets you open and close it one-handled. Altogether a brilliantly designed, purpose built knife. Maybe not a perfect EDC for all, but a great boat knife.
People who don't fish won't get this. Fishing is messy business. Having a knife you can grip with slimy or bloody hands and find when you drop it in water is huge. This thing looks excellent for being around water. And not just for a boat - trying to cut something when a 25 lb salmon is flopping around it's nice to have a grippy knife with a non-stabby tip.
Maybe I have bad taste, but I think the bumble bee look is cool!
Okay, I think it's about time we checked in with a Vaseline factory worker to see what they carry.
lol
Looks like an awesome sailboat knife, the sheepfoot is a safety feature on a pitching boat.
I own this knife, but got the spydey serrated edge since better for cutting lines on the sailboat in an emergency. Will be my go-to in the salt water conditions as a sailing instructor. Great review BTW.
I honestly used to find your voice annoying😂 but I’ve grown to love it. You give great advice and it’s grown on me. Now I have your vids up all the time whenever I’m doing anything so thanks for all the content and your awesome weirdness
I own this knife and it's worth every penny. Plus it's a very attractive knife too.Well made construction!
My girlfriend loved this knife exactly because it looks like a bee. I love the looks of it as well and I’m definitely buying one - so bee it 🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
Nick the larger size helps to cut bait. Here in the Northeast and other areas it's common to cut up Bunker Fish when fishing for Striper. I have the old Spyderco Salt with serrations for bait... and I have a plain edge Salt for cutting monofilament, braided, and other super fishing lines. The old Salt would dull rather quickly but it's very easy to sharpen.
Thanks for the great review. I forgot to add... IMO it's the best folding fishing knife on the market and the bright colors help you find your knife among all your other fishing gear particularly when fishing late at night or early in the morning.
Dude, you need to get yourself a spyderco waterway fixed blade. It's pretty incredible what that knife can go through and still look like it just came out of the box. One of the best boat knives I've come across.
Holy crap an actual knife review
Joel Miller Nick is the best at it.
I just watch these videos to hear someone tell me to have a wonderful day.
D BT Hey bud, you're getting a double dose today. I also hope you have a wonderful day.
Have a wonderful day
D BT Have a wonderful day dude
Have a wonderful day, man.
Have a WONDERFUL DAY
I have one of these Caribbean sheepfoot blade and I am in love with it and especially the LC200N bladesteel and liners. I love the blade shape even though it is larger than I usually go for. I am going to use it as a pack knife when I am backpacking the very humid and hot Tennessee trails. I'm very happy with it and I highly recommend this knife.
I wish I could afford this knife to get it for my dad for xmas. He loves the Salt Series for some reason, and this would be the crown jewel of his (small) collection.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder folks. I pondered getting the Caribbean for a long while, but now that I have received it I’m thrilled. I think in fact it has quite a sophisticated presence once in hand, and seeing as how I live in black clothes, a night out in black with a stark yellow tie and the Caribbean in pocket I believe would put me at the top of the fashion world. It opens with an authoritative thud rather than the typical click, and feels great in hand. Very glad I finally picked one up. I’d go so far as to say it’s pretty sexy. Main thing though?? This knife has TOOL written all over it.
I had for years searched for the ultimate knife for paunching moose before finally settling on the Benchmade triage 915 with n680 rust resistant steel, Orange g10, and gut hook (emerg cutter). Have done four moose with it now and only had to touch up the edge once (skinning done by mora’s). The sheepsfoot blade is ideal for gutting without collateral damage for clowns like me. This spydie has an almost identical shape And size but improves on one major pain of the 915, that is, trying to clean the blood, fat and junk out of it after cleaning, especially the ball bearing lock. This is now on my list...
I love this piece...
Size, design, construction, materials...
This video has remembered me that I haven't insisted lately in the "Vaseline Country" t-shirt for the Shabazzaar
I like how u do knife reviews, talking and playing with it through the video. Thanks
Gorgeous knife,perfect design and the LC 200 N steel is unique.I wanna have one of this
maybe i'll buy one.
The wasp country club comment had me rolling on the floor.
Until you reverse the joke and have the ADL, AJC and a million other influence groups screaming for you to be cancelled because "antisemitism"
@@Leec_1972 a wasp is a white anglo saxon protestant. Usually upper class of british descent. How is that antisemitism, it has nothing to do with the Jewish people?
@@Eric_Schon It does when Jewish people make snide remarks about WASPS with impunity.
@@Leec_1972 oh, I get it. You're bringing Nick's religious background into the equation. You're upset that a person of Jewish descent made a joke about upper class white people. Gotcha. You're going to say you're not racist however pointing out that is not fair that minorities can joke about white people but white people can't joke about minorities. That's a bit like saying "there is Black Entertainment Television, why isn't there a White Entertainment Television?"
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This Aquatic Jackass is constantly salty. So I will very much appreciate this knife.
This is my dedicated fishing knife and it’s AWESOME. My one minor complaint is that the clip is a tiny bit hot spotty at times…I might switch over to a deep carry just for that. Other than that, it’s unbelievably smooth and perfect for guys who spend a lot of time on the water
Love the "saltatude" !!!! Great review - will be picking one up for work around the sailboat . Cheers
I’m sorry to inform you that the exact phrase “I think it’s one of the best locking mechanisms out there and seeing it here great no problem there” has been copyrighted by Cold Steel, therefore prepare to be hounded by their legal department.
You cannot copyright a phrase.
1ohtaf1 WOOOOOSH
Le Lemon The joke was set up with a false premise and is therefore invalid - the only "WOOOOSHING" that is going on - is going on over your head.
1ohtaf1 m8...
1ohtaf1 I cant believe i have to explain the joke but: Cold Steel has copyrighted san mai, which they didnt invent and shouldnt have been able to copyright, and use their patent to bully everyone else already using the ancient method. Cold Steel also shouldnt be able to copyright a phrase, but if they could they would hound everyone already used the phrase in the past. I hope this helps.
This is a great looking knife from a utility perspective. Too large for me to EDC, but if I were still doing boat/fishing stuff this would be a must have. I think the color is meant to make it easy to find when dropped in the water. Loved the country club pun...
"If I wanted my knife to look wasp-y, I would engrave a country club logo on it." Dropping gems left and right, Nick!
As a Floridian, this knife is just about perfect. Mine has spent a bunch of hours submerged in The Gulf and there is not a spot on it. It's a big win
The Eye of Sauron?
I’ve always admired any company that still sends a product for review even though it will get the full “good bad and ugly” it’s as I’ve always thought “ you can’t make a gem without knowing and correcting the ugly”
Perfect knife for a pirate who moonlights at the vaseline factory!
There is one quite substantial negative on this knife and that is the lack of sharpening choil in combination with that plunge grind. The proximity of the edge to the handle is such that even flat sharpening stones will have issues reaching all of it before hitting the handle.
I actually am sort of a fan of the wasp pattern, and I am a guy who goes primarily for understated folders: 940-1, Para 3 LW, Mantra 3, Kizer Feist (black G-10) and ZT 0450 (with a deep carry clip).
Lmfao “if I want my knife to be Waspy I’ll engrave a country club logo on it”
Nick, I hate to correct you but you make a mistake in this review. You said the Caribbean had full steel liners, which is not correct!!! The Spyderco Caribbean actually has milled LC200N liners. Not only are they steel liners milled, the G-10 scales are designed/milled to fit the holes in the steel liners. That's so the inside of the knife is completely flat/smooth without any holes/viods.
Mini Caribbean with different color options would be sweet.
I'm glad they didn't forget about the liners, the liners on my Sage would rust up simply from the moisture in the air and on your hands.
Thanks for the review.
I'm a bit of a butterfingers fisherman that has dropped his knife in lakes, rivers and the sloshy bottom of my little fishing boat far too many times. Also, where I am in the Midwest, humidity gets out of control in the summer months.
Ever wonder how your wife/gf can find an item you can't but is sitting out in plane view? Probably not a problem with this knife.
I'm going to have to order this, the Spydie of Sauron.
I see you on every review video from everyone. It's good to see someone else doing homework before making an I'll advised knife purchase. Did you get your Caribbean?
13:00 I don't want to detract from this knife, but I have an Opinel No10 stainless that has been left in a bag of salted bait, then washed off in salt water, then left for three days before I remembered to clean and oil it (as I do with all my knives usually). The only issue was what I thought was a little wood swelling making the action stiffer, but it turned out to be some bait/crud caught in the pivot. I managed to clean that out and it's fine. The steel had no signs of rust at all. Having said that, I'd still buy a Spyderco in the Salt range, maybe. I know a friend who is a professional fisherman. I'd give him this knife before an Opinel I reckon. The Spyderco just looks like it would be far easier to clean and maintain than an Opinel, besides the Spydie also holding an edge longer.
One thing Spyderco hasn’t thought about is how water affects maneuverability of a blade. Wide, flat blades are great for cutting, but when you try to move your hand laterally, the blade catches water like a paddle, and it’s easy for water to rip that knife out of your hand.
How about a lanyard? Have the, on all of my fishing knives.
I might get this en lieu of a PM2 given the price hike. The specialty steel and funky blade shape make it cooler too imo. Can you imagine CF scales and anodized hardware on this 😍
I am on my second Atlantic Salt (H1 in black) and Green Seki City LN200N. I just got my Caribbean. We'll see. All blades are the same lengths.
Would buy this instantly in a smaller model. Everything is great.
Besides the price (this is actually a $125 knife) I would change the black patch shape to mimic an octopus eye shape, heat anodize the clip bright blue and call it a gem.
I think the bright scales make sense. What if you drop it in the water? Will be easy to find if you need to dive in and pick it up.
First Spyderco I "had to have". grind goes all the way to the bolster w/ no choil!
Personally , i love everything about this knife❤️. Its great for me cause we have a 4 inch limit here and i am constantly at the beach or cutting salty and wet stuff. The other day i noticed thAt my car knife which is aus8 has begun to rust. First knife that rusted under no type of actual exposure to anything but the outside air. Granted, i live a mile or so from the beach. At least this is one out of the 50 knives i have that i dont need to worry about. 😂
Frame lock makes more sense for a water knife. It will wash away the lubrication. The Caribbean and its compression lock will be harder to close one handed than a frame lock if the washers have silt or are just unlubricated, depending on pivot tightness as well of course.
Living in Florida on the water boating, diving, and the beach having a folding dive knife is a benefit, it won’t be my EDC but I see it coming in handy. I have plenty of Spyderco EDC options.
May pick one up and ritt dye the handle scales.
They should have called that Knife the blind melon kid
Matthew Forrest “All I can say is my edge is pretty plain...” 🎶
I don't know what's funnier, the unexpected puns or the explination of them...LOL.
They should move the entire salt series to LC200N
Or have both on each one as an option
Reminds of the doppler effect
Considering similar in-pocket biggitude, price, and the fact that they're both singularity committed to being unique performance leaders in their chosen weirdnesses, is this thing Spyderco's AD10? I mean, if you trade overbuilt jackassery and a few ounces for the pirates life and yellow stripes... same knife?
Basically, I just picked up an AD10 (second and maybe last Cold Steel) and unexpected love it... now I'm seeing the Caribbean through "Lynn Glesser" glasses
Aquatic Jackass here! I love the sheepsfoot blade, I can't deal with the bumblebee scales though. Plain yellow or Orange FRN like in the new M4 sprint run of the Delica family will be great
suggested name for a "mini" version: the Spyderco Carry-bean?
Well I’m 6 minutes in and I feel like this one is made for me
I got one and love it
I'm not sure why Spyderco's rust resistant knives are only marketed to sailors and divers. I live in Buffalo where there is a minimal amount of salt water but in the winter the whole city looks like a mall pretzel. I've lost a lot of metal tools and knives to the "Buffalo patina" and would love to know how these would do here. Also, instead of "pirate's gold yellow", try a nice "chicken wing orange"
I have this knife with black colored screws. Does anyone know what the difference is between the stainless looking screws vs the painted ones?
Love the rustproof capability, but damn it’s ugly. For those of us who don’t live by the ocean and just carry knives in the city, can we get an LC200n knife in maybe traditional black and a more standard size (3.3” or so)? Would be awesome.
Spydichef is so oddly shaped that I’m really hesitant to buy it.
I really am waiting for Spyderco to come out with an all LC200n in a traditional design. Wouldn’t an all LC200n Sage series be awesome, for example?
I need a knife that can be in my pocket when I’m sweating in shorts doing yard work, walking in the heat, swimming, and for food.
I would love a lc200n PM2.
The Spyderco Bering Sea needs to be a flipper on bearings. Now there's a design challenge. Fully rust resistant flipper knife. Who will pull it off first? The Hawks or the Glessers?
Perfectly good stainless knife. Spyderco has done at least as good with their other LC200N blades
Really nice knife!
While it’s a big knife in an office, on a boat size matters and this totally fits the bill! Actually, the bigger version others are commenting about would be even better!
torn between this and the spydie-chef--probably have to save up for both if price increases don't stop me in my tracks--another great, enjoyable review!
As a marine biologist, I really want this knife. As a marine biologist living in the Carolinas, this breaks local laws with blade length. A 3" version of this would be a godsend at work!
Kyle Thaman I know South Carolina doesn't have laws about length, are you talking about North?
Edit: I just checked the laws for NC and it says anything is good as long as it's not an overly large Bowie knife, a dagger, or a dirk. You're good to carry this one my friend!
Hayden Nininger NC. Most cities have individual laws. Where I live the limit is 3.5" and where I work the limit is 2.5". Other places around it would be great though haha
Kyle Thaman Well shoot. I didn't realize States did that. 😞
Hayden Nininger yeah it sucks. Microtech is like an hour and a half from me and I can't own one in my city. Ugh.
Yeah, that's true everywhere I think. You gotta check your local ordinances, not just state law! However, if Kyle uses it for his job, he may fall under an exception to the general law. In most places the laws are not intended to prevent people from using tools they need for work!
This size is considered for the people who use it. Fishermen, divers, ect. Sometimes they just need a bigger knife. I can see a 3 inch version of this selling like ice water in the desert though.
You bring out that Shaman and I remember you making me buy it lol. I can't thank you enough.
I think the Caribbean is a freaken cool blade
What are the screws made of? Could they rust?
The compression lock does it for me.
Nick, you just aren't seeing the knife in its optimal environment. Take the knife to a tropical island, relax on the beach, with an umbrella drink. Then pull that knife out and tell me you don't love that color scheme, lol.
I hope this does well and they release the 4+ inch Titanium version...better go buy one of these just so Sal get's moving on that.
‘This is a big knife” have you ever considered taking growth hormone? Just asking.
7:17 Fun fact:
After this review, the Spyderco Caribbean sales in Somalia have soared through the roof.
P.S. Not really a fact.
Im just an old kid, 60. never had a bad spyderco.
Just subscribed, really like the content especially since I’m starting to get into edc knives and stuff . Thx and keep it up👍
I like the Caribbean. It’s just too big for me to carry. I wish they made the new wharncliffe salt in lc200n
Spyders of the carribean: the curse of the black dlc
What about the screws?
Nice review as usual. But how can you say it’s the best salt knife if you haven’t tested it in the water?
I dyed my Caribbean Leaf with a Tangerine dye and it's less of an eyesore! LoL
Everyone saying imma rit dye the handles .. or the handles are ugly I like this thing because of the handles
Looks like someone dropped a tenacious through a damn wormhole
Hope to see an Enuff in LC200N; it's my perfect dive knife
Hopefully they make a mini version of this knife.
Lc200N liners? You sure about that Nick? That's awesome, but they need to come up with a more eye appealing design. If they put the same features on a PM2 or maybe like the new Para3 lightweight..... now that's a hit knife
That’s what Sal told me
are the screws rust proof?
Late response but, the hardware is titanium. 3 years later.
As an aquatic jackass….I want one!
Did Nick have a couple Red Bull’s before filming this. His pace seemed like fast forwarded!
I love spyderco, but why no choil!? How would you sharpen this knife? Remove the blade I guess
1) The big size is a bad thing for EDC, but would suit me just fine when I'm beach fishing. 2) The appearance is flat out ugly, but it would be hard to lose, even in slightly murky water. I'd like to think that's the purpose. 3) The Young and the Rustless.
In 2021 it being big size isn't a bad thing for all of us for edc
What's the big difference with this new alloy? Better cutting performance?
Much better. LC200n is a proper knife steel that's heat treatable (able to form martensite.) The H1 used in the salt series is austenitic and not really heat treatable at all. It basically is a tweaked 300 series steel that gives up a little corrosion resistance (compared to stuff like 316) in order to hopefully hold something resembling an edge.
Dude you crack me up! a thing is a thing that’s what you learn on my channel haha..great reviews
I mean, I'm in the Navy so this kinda works for me. I really need something with some serrations but i think this will be my everyday carry
Jonathan Metts both blade shapes are available with serrations
Kyle Manko i was looking for full serrations. So far all i can find is a microtech cypher DE smooth. Its got a fully serrated side and a standard size.
@@RoyaleWitCheese04
*Both blade shapes are avalable with **_full_** serrations...*
There will be a Native5 with FRN and LC200N coming soon! I'm waiting for that one
I really hope they start using "rust proof" hardware on all of their LC200N knives.
Holy hell I want a spydiechef.
For some reason I NEED this knife because of that pocket clip! Has Spyderco ever used a Ti clip like that before?!
Yep, the Nirvana has one.