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Spyderco Military

Spyderco is a knife company founded by Sal Glesser in the United States. They pioneered the opening hole in the blade of a folding knife. This allows one-hand manual opening of the knife without the need for added thumb-studs or other features. It is headquartered in Golden, Colorado. It was founded in 1978.

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Spyderco Endura 4, which is made in Japan

A large part of the firm's knife production is outsourced to foreign contractors in countries such as Japan, Taiwan, Italy, and China.

They have pioneered the use of new types of steel alloys and handle materials, also materials such as fiberglass reinforced nylon polymer.

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    Spyderco Warrior knife

  • Spyderco Native

    Spyderco Native

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    FB02 Spyderco Bill Moran Drop Point

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    A subdivision of Spyderco, Byrd's logo

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Spyderco para niños

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