Pros: Weight, Ease of Opening, Blade Material, Overall Quality, Blade Sharpness
Cons: Handle Material, Pocket Clip
Great Knife
This is my first Spyderco knife and I am really happy with it. I am in the UK and wanted a legal EDC. After much research, I decided to go with the UKPK. It was only a little bit more money to get the upgraded steel (S110V), so I went for it. I can't comment on the regular edition, but this came out the box extremely sharp and is clearly very high quality. When opened, the knife sits well in the hand and has great ergonomics. It is truly one handed opening, which is great. The clip is deep, but it is not very tense, so, combined with the super-light weight, special care does need to be taken. It actually fell out of my pocket when adjusting my jacket. The jacket hem caught the bottom of the clip and pulled it out of my jeans. It's so light it would be easy to not notice if it did fall out. My jeans have an extra internal pocket, so I now keep it in that to avoid any risk of the clip catching on anything and getting pulled out of my pocket. The clip is good, but because it is not very tense, I'm going to mark it in the cons. The other con is the handle material. It's not really bad, but it is kind of cheap feeling and certainly isn't a pro. Other than that, it's the perfect knife for me. The only other thing I would mention is the tension when closing it. It doesn't take too much force to close. If that is a concern I would recommend the Boker or Lansky UK legal knives. But, I prefer the ease of opening (those knifes are a nightmare on a cold day with wet hands or gloves on) and the finger choil makes up for any lack of stiffness of the slipjoint. In fact, I'd prefer a weak slipjoint and finger choil than tough backspring and no choil. Also, the steel on those is not even worthy of comparison with S110V on this. I haven't done any heavy duty work with the knife yet, but the choil is well designed, really comfortable and (when held properly) makes it next to impossible to close the knife on yourself. There were customs charges to pay, but it still worked out significantly cheaper than buying it here in the UK (about $50). All in all, I am super happy with my purchase.
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