Spyderco Pingo Lightweight Orange SLIPIT PlainEdge

This is a slip joint. this knife is a bit small but it is legal in most places. N690CO is a great steel. this knife is light.....the blade is made for slicing. the back spring is strong enough that I know I can use this knife for years and years just like I would a more expensive slip joint like Queen for example. This knife has a pivot screw, THANK YOU spyderco for filling this need to modernize and keep this knife on par with your line up.......I got mine on Amazon for 45 bucks.....it's a great EDC.....the jimping lets you know how close you are to the blade and is a nice warning when you are using this knife. this is a great gateway to help non knife people or those who are tense around blades to become acclimated.The BAD......I'm a lefty.....the pocket clip comes for a right handed person and the change for me was to unscrew the pin holding the wire pocket clip inplace and put it on the other side. well if you remove the pin the back spring stops working and getting it back in was for me.....a giant pain.....MY SUGGESTION......the pin and the screw separate them just enough with out removing the whole thing.....reassembly was not fun for me but I got it done......Other than that this is a two handed knife and excels at most cutting tasks where you would use a slip joint.

If you like the look of the Spyderco Rock Lobster but you don't have $200 to buy one, this is the knife for you. It's designed by Dane knife designers Jens Ansø and Jesper Voxnaes. Apparently Danish knife laws are rather strict because this is an odd knife. It is not one hand opening without some modifications due to the incredibly stiff back spring. But if you know that when you buy, it's a great knife.The scales are molded with a grid patter that is grippy but doesn't tear up your skin. The length lets me get 2 1/2 fingers in front of the ledge. The pinky easily wraps over the large butt flare.The pocket clip hits the scales on the smooth spider emblem, so no torn up pockets. It's the Spyderco famous/infamous paper clip affair. It is spartan, but functional.There is a bit of jimping right behind the edge. It's a good place to rest you index finger or a warning sign you're about to hit the cutting edge. The blade shape is not conducive to stabbing, it has a sheepsfoot look to it, but includes a nice belly. The belly really helps the knife cut above its length. It has a full flat grind that thickens quickly to the spine.The steel is N690Co. I have never had a knife made from it before, but I like it so far. It came with a toothy edge, but honed to a mirror polish with a little work. My only qualm is that the blade finish or the steel itself shows fingerprints like mad. More so than the high polish on my beloved Mora knives.Overall a good little knife to ride in your watch pocket. Also a knife that can be carried (entirely in the pocket) in freedom hating places such as New York City. Would recommend.Ps. Made some mods to mine. A little red dye and a thumb bar for Buck knives. It looks killer.

This knife should be legal to carry most anywhere. It is well designed for that purpose. can't be opened with one hand and doesn't lock back. I haven't had it long, but the steel does take a very keen edge and seems to hold it well. It is nice looking and functional. wish the handle were bigger, but all in all its a very nice edc.

Love it. Great size and shape for those occasions when I might be in a less "knife-friendly" environment. I appreciate the genesis and purpose of this knife--two-handed operation in the state of Denmark, not at all rotten--but I modded the piece for one-handed operation with a cable tie. One can also install a thumb stud, but I like the idea of snipping the tie off whenever I wish, and I haven't invested anymore moolah in the knife. Be wary of the slip-joint nature of the knife--no lock--but it's not made for hard use. This is definitely an EDC blade, and a great little one at that. Oh, and it has the great Spydey wire clip. Very easy to carry. No lanyard hole, but that's why I bought the orange model. If I should lose it out on the trail, or even in the yard, it'll be that much easier to see. Enjoy.

I received this knife today. The blade is covered with some type of sticky substance that would not wipe off with a dry cloth or a wet cloth. Almost like a glue from a tape (know what I mean??). I finally cleaned the blade with rubbing alcohol. Strange. Interestingly, I ordered two knives from this seller - the other, a Boker Plus Nano clearly was either shoddy manufacturing or it had been used and returned. Nicks on handle and liner lock.

I am a huge Anso knife fan. I believe he designs great slicing knives, which I find myself using a knife for the most. I'm the typical urban/sub-urban guy who doesn't need to carry a knife to defend myself, nor do I need one to chop down a tree. I mostly use a knife to open mail and to slice apples. This is a great knife for that purpose. It is small, light, unassuming and very good at what I need it to do. If I get attacked by a bunch of ninjas when all I'm carrying is this knife, I'm pretty much screwed, but if I get attacked by Obnoxious Orange and his crew I'll be having fruit salad!

Well made, good size for EDC and legal in almost all municipalities*, this knife has a well designed handle and blade, and they complement each other in use. I'm thinking of getting a second one to leave in my car. The deep pocket clip is also nice; it tucks in out of the way until you need it. Blade comes fairly sharp, and a quick run across a stone had it sharp enough to perform any task required. Blade is well made in Italy.*In NYC you cannot have your knife displayed in any way, so remove the pocket clip and carry the Pingo loose in your pocket and it meets all requirements for knife length, type, lock back, and "gravity" opening. I'm not a lawyer, YMMV.

From the deep carry clip and sturdy and comfortable FRN handles, to the unique look and exotic blade steel, the Spyderco Pingo is a sensational small EDC knife.First I'll start at the blade and work throughout the knife, highlighting the high and low points. My particular Pingo had a slightly uneven grind near the tip of the blade, which has begun to sharpen out after only a month of use. This has not heavily affected performance, but has rather just been slightly unsightly. The knife features a modified sheepsfoot design, which I feel to be an ideal blade shape for EDC. It allows ample use of the tip, a slight belly that flows through the whole length of the cutting edge, and an unimposing look for public use. The blade steel, N690Co, is a Swedish made steel not often found in production knives. I find it to sharpen and perform very much like 154CM, but with the added bonus of knowing that there is the unusual element of Cobalt added to it. I am not sure what other benefits Cobalt has given to the steel.Following the cutting edge is a jimped area for choking up on the blade, which also adds a sense of safety. As this is a slip joint knife, there is the possibility of the blade folding onto your fingers. When placing a finger on the jimped area, this risk is greatly reduced. An improvement that could be made is an inward curvature to better accommodate the index finger with the intent of furthering safety. It is currently outwardly curved, and the possibility of slipping forward onto the cutting edge feels apparent. Above the jimped area is a small "Spydie Hole" which is not functional, as this knife was designed to be a two-handed opening blade. There are, however, videos on Youtube featuring how-tos on installing a thumbstud in this hole.The FRN handles are fairly thick, and provide a sturdy frame for using this knife. They do not have the usual "plasticy" feel that often accompanies FRN. They rather feel much closer to G10. The texturing is grippy, but only moderately aggressive as this is only a light-moderate use knife, and not a tactical blade. The Spyderco logo is left smooth and raised above the box texturing, and is strategically placed where the pocket clip makes contact with the handle scales. This ensures quick deployment of the knife that will not tear up your pant pockets without compromising overall grip. For somebody with a medium-large sized hand, you should be able to attain a four finger grip while choking up with your index finger and placing it on the jimped area. The grip is surprisingly comfortable for such a small knife, but nothing to scream about.Spyderco's unique deep-carry wire pocket clip looks very classy, and is extremely functional on this knife. Since this knife does not feature a lanyard hole, one can be fashioned to the top of the pocket clip itself without hindering the way it sits in your pocket too terribly. The retention of this clip seems to be just about perfect so far, but mine has not been caught on anything yet. I'm curious about whether or not this clip can handle being snagged, as I have seen pictures of other wire clips on the sage series bent extremely out of shape.The retention of the "lock" seems to be fairly strong and has not loosened or gained any rock in my month of carry. It is a two-staged system, where there is a point halfway to being fully open/closed that the blade stops and requires further pressure, as well as the final open position. I have not lubricated this knife yet, and still do not feel any grittiness to the action, and only a bit more friction than usual. I am not sure if this knife features washers of any kind to aid in the opening/closing action as I have not disassembled my pingo as of yet.Overall, I highly recommend the Pingo. I am only giving it 4 stars out of 5 because I was slightly disappointed with the uneven bevel. It has taken a lot of sharpening to begin to reach my standards of what a bevel should look like, and that in turn has taken a bit of life out of the blade. I recently heard great things about the QC in Spyderco's Maniago factory, but this lemon has me slightly skeptical. Take this with a grain of salt though, as I'm sure this isn't very often that this happens. Even still, I think this knife is fairly priced, and very unique. Great job, Spyderco.

Well-built, solid little blade. My only caveat is the handle material - not a big fan of the FRN and the big splotchy Spydie on it. Nonetheless, a sturdy, non-threatening pocket knife with a nice FFG blade.

Hab es mit als EDC gekauft und genau dafür ist es super!Definitiv nicht als Waffe zu verstehen aber trotzdem superscharf.Liegt gut in der Hand und wirkt elegant

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