I have a Native Chief, and people need to give the Spyderco back lock a chance. It is fundamentally the same mechanism as that on the Buck knives, but modernized and made to be a true one handed open/close knife (ie. when closing it, put your right index finger in the path of the jimped finger choil, flick or let the blade fall so that the choil hits your index finger, then rotate and close it after moving your fingers out of the way).
I bought a standard Native Chief last year (08/13/2022) just because I really like how it looks.. I never thought I'd ever fall in love with a backlock but I find myself really enamored with my Native Chief. Sure, it's a very big knife but It's so easy to carry. Slicing is second to none. The tip is very pointy so piercing is a breeze. Ergonomics are excellent. I've got three Native 5s and I totally with the TheApostleP. The Native Chief is just a better knife than the Native 5 and when you know how good a Native 5 is, that tells you how great the Native Chief is. I love fidgeting with my knives but I also really enjoy just rolling open my Natives.
I call it the "Native Chef" and I love it. For people who are afraid that lockback knives arent able to be flicked open, disregard that with longer bladed spyderco lockbacks.
You do a great job with your reviews. You actually actually use and carry each knife before you do them. That is appreciated. The Native Chief is a great model I just found it a little large when you work around non knife people. Thanks again!
Thanks man. I recently got a new job a couple of weeks ago so I haven’t carried this one yet because people will think I’m crazy. Everybody knew I liked knives in my old job so they didn’t really care, I remember carrying the military a lot😂
You letm take the 4 they soon will take the 3 incher then the 2. Men stand up don't bow. The same agenda pushers are having drag queens at your school reading to your children
I absolutely love my chief. I've had mine a couple years now and it flicks open good. If there's 2 things about it I would change it is this: A thicker pin on the lockbar and the other is I'd have the locking bar engage just a tad deeper. It only engages about 2mm-2.5mm deep. Probably stronger and longer wearing than it'll ever need to be anyways., but I'd still change that if I could. . BTW, Spyderco, IF you are listening, I would love a chief in a ball bearing lock version.
Have an S90v Native 5 LW. Teal one. Saw a youtuber test their example at 62 HRC so I can only hope mine is there! That's on the high end of the bell curve for Spyderco.
I have the regular S30V. Other than I often like to carry small knives I won't feel in my pocket (Benchmade Mini Coalition, ZT 0230, Native 5 LW, Opinel no7...), I could own just this one and be extremely happy. I like it more than the Pm2, Pm3, Stretch 2 zdp, Endura and Dragonfly which I also own. Note that I like to use knives for cooking and that makes the chief an easy winner, with the Endura coming second. I have also stabbed a wooden wall very hard and repeatedly with it (was losing my marbles one night) and the tip didn't budge, blade still dead-centered. The balance is also such that I assume it may not be as good with the CF version.
I do like the knife but it does kinda bug me about a couple of those things, the lost cutting edge to the coil and also for the price that the scales couldn't be chamfered a bit more.
the pin with which the backlock is attached looks a bit small. and this pin is located on the G10 liners without reinforcement. nevertheless I bought this knife.
A local place near me has an s30v carbon fiber version for $250. Its a beautiful knife and i would love to own one but its almost too big for edc, almost.
It a big boy but it doesn’t carry like one. It’s slim and lightweight for its size and that why I’ve carried it more than I thought I would. Thanks for watching
I have the Rex 45 as my workshop knife as the flat-ish pointy blade is great for that kind of use. But the finger choil on a knife this large is not super practical. It appears that the main reason for it is that the knife does not sever your index finger when you push the lock bar all the way down (not easy, one has to use the tip of the finger nail) when lets the blade fall freely. F&F is excellent as is the lockup. I would love a version that would be a little smaller with litte more meat on the handle - especially towards the butt. If you look at the knife in closed position - it will not take much (maybe 2 mm of blade height - OK, that is MANY sharpenings, probably even a regrind to thin the knife) until the tip will start to come outside the handle - and that can't be fixed unless one makes custom handle scales. I am sometimes wondering whether I should replace it with k390 Endela or Endura (I would consider k390 PM2, but it is impossible to find)
That’s a challenge with back locks that drop shut when closing. I also would like to see one with the blade length maxed out, especially for how light this knife is. I’ve never noticed the tip being close to the top of the scale, but I can see that being a problem in the future. Thanks for watching👊
It could be the price point on it, but I think that it is people who don’t think it is fun to play with so they throw it out of consideration. I have noticed people who like spydercos similar to this price range not liking the knife, so that’s why I brought it up. Thanks fo watching
Everybody I know loves this knife it doesn’t have the traditional hump the Spyderco always has on top of their blades everybody’s killing products we need it lighter we need it lighter we need it lighter crybabies are killing the knife industry everybody loves his life I don’t know what’s wrong with you people
I have a Native Chief, and people need to give the Spyderco back lock a chance. It is fundamentally the same mechanism as that on the Buck knives, but modernized and made to be a true one handed open/close knife (ie. when closing it, put your right index finger in the path of the jimped finger choil, flick or let the blade fall so that the choil hits your index finger, then rotate and close it after moving your fingers out of the way).
I bought a standard Native Chief last year (08/13/2022) just because I really like how it looks.. I never thought I'd ever fall in love with a backlock but I find myself really enamored with my Native Chief. Sure, it's a very big knife but It's so easy to carry. Slicing is second to none. The tip is very pointy so piercing is a breeze. Ergonomics are excellent. I've got three Native 5s and I totally with the TheApostleP. The Native Chief is just a better knife than the Native 5 and when you know how good a Native 5 is, that tells you how great the Native Chief is. I love fidgeting with my knives but I also really enjoy just rolling open my Natives.
I call it the "Native Chef" and I love it. For people who are afraid that lockback knives arent able to be flicked open, disregard that with longer bladed spyderco lockbacks.
You do a great job with your reviews. You actually actually use and carry each knife before you do them. That is appreciated. The Native Chief is a great model I just found it a little large when you work around non knife people. Thanks again!
Thanks man. I recently got a new job a couple of weeks ago so I haven’t carried this one yet because people will think I’m crazy. Everybody knew I liked knives in my old job so they didn’t really care, I remember carrying the military a lot😂
You letm take the 4 they soon will take the 3 incher then the 2. Men stand up don't bow. The same agenda pushers are having drag queens at your school reading to your children
I purchased 1 month ago...........still available. Great edc for me! Thanks for the review.
Thanks for watching👊
I absolutely love my chief. I've had mine a couple years now and it flicks open good. If there's 2 things about it I would change it is this: A thicker pin on the lockbar and the other is I'd have the locking bar engage just a tad deeper. It only engages about 2mm-2.5mm deep. Probably stronger and longer wearing than it'll ever need to be anyways., but I'd still change that if I could. .
BTW, Spyderco, IF you are listening, I would love a chief in a ball bearing lock version.
Don’t pry with a knife and you don’t have to worry about the tip.
Have an S90v Native 5 LW. Teal one. Saw a youtuber test their example at 62 HRC so I can only hope mine is there! That's on the high end of the bell curve for Spyderco.
I got one a couple months ago. I agree with pretty much everything you said. Especially about chamfering the scales. I do like carrying it, though.
Yeah chamfering would be a nice touch. It would make it feel less blocky. Thanks for watching
I have the regular S30V. Other than I often like to carry small knives I won't feel in my pocket (Benchmade Mini Coalition, ZT 0230, Native 5 LW, Opinel no7...), I could own just this one and be extremely happy. I like it more than the Pm2, Pm3, Stretch 2 zdp, Endura and Dragonfly which I also own. Note that I like to use knives for cooking and that makes the chief an easy winner, with the Endura coming second. I have also stabbed a wooden wall very hard and repeatedly with it (was losing my marbles one night) and the tip didn't budge, blade still dead-centered. The balance is also such that I assume it may not be as good with the CF version.
I love the native chief
rex 45 and blade hq m4 👍
They have done a lot of cool sprints. Thanks for watching
Nice video :)
FYI
Benchmade's s90v Heat treat blows!
I do like the knife but it does kinda bug me about a couple of those things, the lost cutting edge to the coil and also for the price that the scales couldn't be chamfered a bit more.
I live on the beach. Can hear waves from my bedroom. carry exclusively carbon steels. No issues
It’s a good sturdy knife let’s make it lighter so it falls apart so I
Seems like compression locks are a bit thicker as well.
the pin with which the backlock is attached looks a bit small. and this pin is located on the G10 liners without reinforcement. nevertheless I bought this knife.
I don't like the blade play on the spyderco back locks.
A local place near me has an s30v carbon fiber version for $250. Its a beautiful knife and i would love to own one but its almost too big for edc, almost.
It a big boy but it doesn’t carry like one. It’s slim and lightweight for its size and that why I’ve carried it more than I thought I would. Thanks for watching
Bro how small are you this isn’t big at all
Never made a lc200n manix.
What model Spyderco was that one in the beginning red handle black blade?
I have the Rex 45 as my workshop knife as the flat-ish pointy blade is great for that kind of use. But the finger choil on a knife this large is not super practical. It appears that the main reason for it is that the knife does not sever your index finger when you push the lock bar all the way down (not easy, one has to use the tip of the finger nail) when lets the blade fall freely. F&F is excellent as is the lockup. I would love a version that would be a little smaller with litte more meat on the handle - especially towards the butt. If you look at the knife in closed position - it will not take much (maybe 2 mm of blade height - OK, that is MANY sharpenings, probably even a regrind to thin the knife) until the tip will start to come outside the handle - and that can't be fixed unless one makes custom handle scales. I am sometimes wondering whether I should replace it with k390 Endela or Endura (I would consider k390 PM2, but it is impossible to find)
That’s a challenge with back locks that drop shut when closing. I also would like to see one with the blade length maxed out, especially for how light this knife is.
I’ve never noticed the tip being close to the top of the scale, but I can see that being a problem in the future. Thanks for watching👊
That did eventually happen to my endura. Ground the back of the tip to a reverse tanto and that took care of it.
I have a PM 2 in K390 for sale if interested. It's like new and has been Rockwell tested.
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🤔 hmmmm maybe it’s because their lower priced knifes are so good too.
It could be the price point on it, but I think that it is people who don’t think it is fun to play with so they throw it out of consideration. I have noticed people who like spydercos similar to this price range not liking the knife, so that’s why I brought it up. Thanks fo watching
Because its very, very square
Everybody I know loves this knife it doesn’t have the traditional hump the Spyderco always has on top of their blades everybody’s killing products we need it lighter we need it lighter we need it lighter crybabies are killing the knife industry everybody loves his life I don’t know what’s wrong with you people