Spyderco Firebyrd

[the servents of twilight]

I was just wondering if anyone owns one of these. I normally carry a lighter so I thought it might be cool.

 

[Buck91]

I don't own any Byrds but have handled a few and really liked them. I've also head many good things. I find the Firefbyrd design very interesting with the built in bottle opener, but I am personally hesitant to buy one as its too small of a blade for me, and since I don't like to carry more than 1 blade around town/city, I don't see a use. Do you know whether it holds a full size or mini bic?

 

[the servents of twilight]

I think it holds a full size bic.

 

[carrot]

The FireByrd is quite a chunk of metal. One side is not rounded off because it contains the knife, and while it is pretty nice quality I thought F&F could have been better. On the model my friend bought the blade was hard to open (could have been easily fixed by polishing it up interally a bit)... requiring as much leverage as a new Sebenza, but with a more gritty feel. The knife came pretty sharp, not quite but close to Spyderco's usual out-of-box edge, and the bottle opener is great. To remove the Bic, Spyderco thoughtfully included a hole at the bottom which will fit a regular wooden pencil so that you can push it right out. People who carry a lot of stuff would do well NOT to carry this because it is a bit bulky, but it would be great to leave on the table if you like to drink and smoke, especially cigars, and those looking for a bare bones "multitool" may enjoy it as well. I know my friend loves it...

I've had maybe five Byrds pass through my hands and kept one for myself. Quality is consistently good but each knife has a slightly different "feel" to it, neither good nor bad, just different. My own Meadowlark G-10 and my friend's of the same model make different "snick" noises when they open and the lock engages, maybe due to Spyderco's commitment to continually improving products, or maybe just because they are different. If you give it a little effort, the Byrd steel can get very sharp, and I'd say edge rentention is quite good, maybe even close to VG-10? I am told the knife steel is also very rust resistant as well. Overall I'd be happy to recommend Byrds to anybody looking for a decent knife at low cost, right alongside Boker's CLB knives like the Subcom and Trance.

 

[the servents of twilight]

Thanks alot. I don't think that the Firebyrd is for me. I think I'll probably go with a spyderco or a byrd and carry my lighter too. I was thinking of maybee the Spyderco Dragonfly or the Byrd Robin.