Australian Hunter

It’s Tenacious

Some say you can never have enough knives. I wholeheartedly agree, albeit with a little voice in the back of my head asking me when I expect to use them all.

This rings particularly true for a number of the specialised meat processing and hunting knives I own and only take out on rare occasions. However, I carry folding knives almost everywhere I go, provided it is legal to do so. Among my favourite folders are Ruike knives, like the Ruike P108, reviewed in issue 76 of Australian Hunter. Many of my other knives are considerably more expensive and have fancier steels or names that are better known.

These include my Spyderco knives. Even if you have never heard of the name itself, there is a good chance you will have seen one in your local shop. The way to identify Spyderco folders is the big thumb hole in the

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