Spyderco Temperance 2: High Ticket Grind Video

The Spyderco Temperance 2 is a capable blade. It is an upgraded successor to the similar and discontinued plastic-handled Temperance 1. Wearing a perfectly ground 4 7/8" VG10 full flat ground blade, it will cut, slice, chop, and split well (with moderation). This blade comes razor sharp as well and should exhibit the effective Spyderco heat treatment and adequate edge holding, rust resistance, and fine edge capability of VG10. The grind lines are wonderfully precise and the overall the fit and finish is superb. The drop point leaf blade features excellent belly for slicing and a sharp tip for the thrust and detail work. It also angles forward from the handle for more comfortable cutting. The hilt is skeletonized underneath the Micarta scales which contributes to the excellent 7.0 ounce blade weight (9.6 with sheath). Just don't expect the Temperance 2 to be a heavy duty hacker however; there's just not enough weight forward in the blade. The brown canvas Micarta handle is comfortable in hand, has a radiused lanyard hole, and thankfully has no sharp shoulders around its circumfrence. It offers good control of this well balanced blade in concert with a small run of jimping topside and the bottom finger indentation. While handsome, note that the Micarta can be slick in dry conditions but traction improves when it gets wet. Make sure that's not salt water that gets on those handles however because you can't remove them...they're pinned. I find the jimping lacks sharpness in this specimen (a rarity for a Sypderco blade) and as such the thumb doesn't lock on it with authority. The "Boltaron" sheath seems identical to Kydex to me and is excellent: lightweight, waterproof, drains well, and it's tough. I would prefer a Tec-Lok® belt attachment to the included G-clip which is a more cost-effective clip for Spyderco. Perhaps trying to position the blade in the customer's mind as an upscale and special blade, the pricing is high on the Temperance 2. For around $200 you do indeed get a good looking, sharp, FULL FLAT GROUND well-designed blade that will be limited in availability. But if you are looking a utility camp knife, then this is probably too much to spend and other mid-sized factory stainless blade options are available that might offer similar utility in role. All are more affordable. These could include the Cold Steel SRK ($65), Roach Belly ($24), Finn Wolf ($12), Long Hunter ($20, great food prep and camp knife), Fallkniven Forest Knife ($125), Fallkniven A1 (great wood splitter, tough, $154 for satin), Benchmade Nimravus ($100), Gerber Profile ($18), Gerber Big Rock ($25), SOG Team Leader ($150), SOG Seal Pup Elite ($62), or even the Spyderco Aqua Salt ($65). Prices vary and other high utility, high value options also exist. But the Temperance 2 remains a high quality, well-executed blade. Only a Spyderco is a Spyderco and some will find their money well-spent on this beautiful blade. /////////////////// Nutnfancy Likability Scale: 7 of 10 (cost considered) ////////////////// Music: http://www.partnersinrhyme.com ///////// Some images are taken from public sources. Their posters/owners have consented to royalty-free worldwide unpaid distribution through unqualified agreement to Photobucket.com Terms of Use and through their selection and agreement to worldwide public use.

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Edcblades: i think it should be more in the range of 75-100 dollars tops

briauc: anyone who can talk about a single blade for 30 minuets is cool in my book.

gunlover2010: good honest review..on the Temperance just got my Spyderco Tenacious... and it was everything your review said it was gonna be.... thanks again Nutnfancy.....

bikesgunsandknives: From what I understand the temperance is designed as a fighting knife that's why it has a thin tip and such. I wouldn't do to much woods testing with it.

Thespecialstuff: LOL!!! Knife Companies should pay Nutn for his advice! I love the Color of the Handle and the overall Geometry óf the knife! But 175$ retail and VG-10...meh!

nutnfancy: kickurdog - your name matches your mentality. And btw, you're blocked too. -- Veri (Nutn's sister)

nutnfancy: TacticalDoodle has gone off to school. :( You'll have to settle for me. -- Veri (Nutn's sister)

snaggles2000: Nutnfancy, good video. To address the price point Spyderco works on a fixed cost/msrp markup percentage. If a blade MSRP's at $300 and is available in the high $100 range it simply cost more to make than a knife with a MSRP of $269, etc. As for the reason, I'm not sure. Price of yen, scales, shipping, design, etc all may vary. I DONT work for Spyderco by the way.

iamcondescending: and i bet he's lovin every minute of his new found freedom i know i am!! lol and i don't think we're settling veri quite the contrary ;)

collk88: for about half the price, i'd rather have a RAT 4 or 6

Jhazmoth: From what I see on the Temperance, it looks like it would do well in the POU of small game and bird cleaning and skinning. If you're a professional bird guide and clean and skin birds day in and day out this might be a good knife as it'll hold that edge Nutn' is always talkin about. Just my 2 cents. If there was something comparable in the $60 range I might get one but upwards of $200...I'd be more inclined to get a CZ-82 pistol.

curtispa: i love his vid an other like his but his the best becuz 4 me if i buy something an im not happy u know u cant sell it for what u payed at lest he help an tells u whats good or ok exc

bferr1: 2nd that.....i got the RAT 3,4,5 and rtak 2.... I think the rat 5 is the all around best though.

mrwildman1: hey im looking for a tech lock for my belt, and i cant find them. any idea on what it is really called, and where to get them? how 'bout a revue of clips on knives??? you R the best nutn, love the show!

jameasun: the cost is sad, it is attractive but I cant say it is in my mind any better than kershaws of the same size and quality.

jameasun: the knife I was thinking about was the echo in AUS8A

sluglicker: nutnfancy is the Alton Brown of weaponry. Thank you, sir. This is a beautiful knife but have to agree with the objection of a $200 price tag. I noticed it was manufactured in Japan rather than China (see nutnfancy's review of other Spiderco knives). Slave child labor tends to be cheaper than labor in first world countries. Dude, keep it up and thanks for your work!

sluglicker: What's the point of that small bore hole near the thumb rest? It serves no purpose, other than adding to cost.

kaizoebara: AFAIK it is their trademark and they have to apply it to their knives in order not to lose it. You can also put a lanyard through there.

Izhmash47: its a Spyderco thing, and I'm not sure that it adds cost,

GassyBastard: The Cold Steel SRK is NOT a stainless steel knife, it's plain carbon steel, and a very cheap one for that matter.

GassyBastard: Show me a Kershaw of the same quality as the Temperance 2? The ZT 0121 is the only one but it costs 189.00+ bucks.

LeJoker888: $200!?!?!? sooooooo not worth it, another good review though, thanks nutnfancy

ambushdude: your dog looks like mine what breed mine a staph/Labrador

nutnfancy: She's a black lab. -- Ver (Nutn's sister)

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