I like the idea of a long term use review, there aren't enough of these! Well done.

I bought one of these about 6 months ago and I'm now a dedicated spyderco fan. I'm a mechanic who does custom accessories on ATVs and lives on a farm. My knives get used, abused, and lost and they all break sooner or later no matter how pricey so I dont see the need to spend more than $40 on an EDC knife. I've carried just about every brand and this knife has held up the best by far. I use the crap out of it and it still locks up nice and tight, holds a razor sharp edge, and is very comfortable

Mine just came today!!! For a budget Spyderco, im loving it so far!!! Also got two Civivi knives today!!!!😃

2019, still hoping he cleaned it.

That's why you don't let people that are not into knives use your knives. When someone asks to use one of my knives I want to know what they will be using it for before handing it to them.

Thanks, long term reviews are great. Nice to see you acually use your knives. Been wanting to buy one of these for awhile. If you want to get all of the rust off try soaking it in vinager overnight. :)

Currently my EDC knife and I love the hell out of it! This knife is so strong and sharp, its going to be hard to find a knife that can replace it as my EDC.

I've had mine for about a month, a friend ordered one on amazon and they accidentally sent him two so he sold me the second for ~$20! Really happy with it so far, its really smooth and seems to cut everything like butter. And after seeing this review 4 years out, I'm even more excited about it. Thanks for the review

I have a CRKT Pilar, a Kershaw Shuffle 1, a Ka-Bar Folding Hunter, a Spyderco Tenacious, a Benchmade Bugout, a Kershaw Cryo, and an old serrated police Spyderco Delica, and that Spyderco Tenacious is a great knife, obviously the Bugout is my favorite but that Tenacious along with Pilar are amazing work knives. Great review, very helpful

I have had the same knife for 3 years and I love it

I just picked this knife up recently, I decided to get another Spyderco knife because my Dragonfly 2 has held up so well after 6 years of abuse, I’ve literally cut hundreds of cardboard boxes up with it, it’s got VG-10 steel and holds an edge ok, not as good as my other knives with S-30V blades, I don’t mind lower quality steel because they do sharpen up faster and easier, S-30V takes quite a bit to bring the edge back, D-2 is also a good choice, my Benchmade is D2, but I’m liking this inexpensive Spyderco Tenacious, feels good in the hand and nice blade design

Dude Please clean this beautiful blade sometime

Saw this and thought “Wow, he’s had this a while!” Then I saw the upload date 😅

Just got one at big 5 for 60 bucks...big difference in price now. I went there a couple days ago and got a kershaw link blade was in 420 hc, big time dis. I traded it in for the tenacious and can feel the better quality in this knife. Kershaw is excellent and was just pissed at the guy that sold it to me and went with spyderco.

I have about 100 EDC type knives ranging from Spyderco Southard Flipper to CRKT Squid, and I'm going to tell you and everybody right now that the BEST knife for EDC purposes, bang for your buck or pound for pound if you will, is the Spyderco Tenacious.

Just bought my first one and hope to get many years out of it. Seems like a very good blade so far

You should check out the Polestar, it kind of looks like the Tenacious - except it has a better blade steel. It's only $15 - $20 more than the Tenacious.

The Ambitious is what started me into knives again.

I'm super late on this video, but I do just want to say great job on the 4yr review. I just picked this awesome blade up 9/18 and I'm super happy with it. I'm glad someone did a review on this knife after yrs of use it still looks like a great blade! I don't abuse my knifes but I do use them every day for differnt things and I'm happy that this blade held up to the punishment you put it thro lol. For a sub 40 knife I know now I didn't go wrong!!! Thanks again for your review and I did just sub your channel

Great idea for a review series! Thanks for sharing.

You are correct sir. I've enjoyed several lower priced Spyderco knifes for some time. Matter of fact I am having a Tenacious pimped by a really great pimper at this very time. I am really looking forward to getting it back. Thanks for a true and accurate review. M... (tooz)

Why would you use a folding knife for food prep ? Try a chefs knife .

I have had the the black blade tenacious for my edc beater for about . Love it and abuse it. Have the Delica4 SS engraved as my 2nd edc (I carry 2 for my job) that I only use when I need a better/sharper blade. Love em both! Great review btw

bought it and gotta say it just grew on me... great sharpness right out of the box and feels good in the hand... definitely a great price for a very useful blade

agood down to earth presentation like to hear more from this party dennis

A great edc knife !! Awesome Video!

I just got one today! Walmart $49,99! Best knife for the money. I will keep mine clean, and oiled though!

Thanks. I got more in the works. But not that many knives I"ve owned for very long and used a lot.

Thx for the long term use video, I wish more people would do that. I'm picking up a Manix 2 tomorrow for the Xmas holidays as a gift to myself, but debating on picking up a cheaper edc so as not to thrash that nice knife, LOL. thx again.

Reading all the comments about food prep is the funniest shit, these people must just buy knives and store them in a closet instead of actually using them

My absolute favorite Chinese-made knife.

Great concept for a review series. Amazing to see a knife at this price hold up so well. Spyderco does great work.

good review. My daily carry knife may vary. Currently, it is between a fully serrated Spyderco Police, early model, and an early model plaint edge Endura that I modified.

Got one a few weeks ago at Wal-Mart of all places for$37.00!!! The Cheapest I could find it online was on Amazon for $48.00!!! Haven't used it much but it's very sharp and light.

Wow. Thats dirty. Couldnt get past that. Some qtips and gun oil would go a long way.

The tenacious is also what got me back into spydercos.

Dude, send that Tenacious to me so it can be taken care of it like it deserves. I will send you a proper kitchen knife in return. Seriously.

Thanks for great info. Am waiting my new Tenacious to arrive any day now. Would love to see a video on how to break one down and clean /service it properly .

I'm just sitting here in aww that you call that your food prep knife. Haha. Cool vid bro

just got my technicians Spyderco knife today I love it so much worth every penny

Oh yeah I actually wanted one from a while ago. I still want to try it.

Really late to the video, but I just picked up a few of these to give to my coworkers who are constantly borrowing one of my Paramilitary 2s they really seem like great knives, obviously not on par with the PM2 but really good nonetheless.

Just bought mine today!

lock up is pretty good so for have not had a chance to give it a good test out like some my cold steel knives that were in similar price. So far feels pretty strong good G10 handle

I just got mine in the mail today and it is my most favorite edc knife ever!!

I just got my tenancious today! it's really an awesome knife. the only problem i'm having is, it won't deploy FAST as yours. I can't flick it open. any chance mine is defective? not broken in yet? I notice, there's a little ball bearing that may be stopping it from deploying from flicking it. think you can give me advice?

You can't make a fare comparison with a 30 dollar knife to 130 dollar knife. The Benchmade 940 is more expensive for a reason. S30V steel is a better steel than the Chinese 13mov. For 30 dollars the Tenacious is a GREAT!! knife for the price.

The blade types from the tenacious to the Osbourne is not comparable. They are totally different brackets of blades.

Good knife for the price 👍🏻😀

It's six years after this video was made, could you do a 10 year review?

I just got one about a week ago and I've been opening and closing it alot well watching tv and my is super smooth but my brother also got one when I did and his is pretty stiff I'm not sure if its becuase he hasn't messed around with his enough to make it smooth or if his came with a pivot screw that is too tight.

ima get this knife and my addiction started about 2 months ago i have 8 knives now and still buying i want to get this knife for my first rlly nice edc im 14 but not an idiot one who would bring it to school im responsible and all but thank you for the long term review

FINALLY found one today. So glad a bought it.

Nope. Leave them dirty. Sometimes they have my blood on them. Stay tuned!

A really great and honest review. Thanks for sharin!

Good review, i'm looking for my firs Spyderco and maybe this is hehe thanks, greetins from Argentina.

Mine was knackered after 48 hours.

I think the Persistence is the smaller version of this knife.

This grossed me out. Who the fuck uses a folder as a dedicated kitchen knife?

It's a really nice knife. I don't really use it since I got my spyderco sage 1 that is just amazing.

Try lubing up the knife. You may need new copper washers and I use TUF-GLIDE. But after 3 years and allot of abuse my knife still opens like new

One of the screw threads on the pocket clip of my Tenacious is completely worn after my first attempt to re-position the clip. Now I have no idea how to remove the screw - suggestions, anyone?

Just bought one with a serrated edge. Cut myself within 15 minutes.Witched sharp!!

Leave the man alone. I personally use 2 Channellocks to rip up my steaks.

You should do an update on this knife

I have the same problem with my left thumb nail, but worse, and it stays growing like that

What is the name of the sharpener you used in this video for sharpening tenacious knife??

Just wondering, how is the lock up on your Tenacious? I have one in black and it fails with a LIGHT hit to a hard surface. I don't know if I got a defect or not but I may try another soon.

Good idea, after yrs. of use how is the product holding up.

Hey, I'm looking for some information on what the best knife would b in terms of size for carrying. I have always heard great things about Spyderco so I thought I get one for a new carry. However, I looked online to see the dimensions for the tenacious and its quite large. Is there a smaller knife made by spyderco that is a good reasonable size?

Nice video man,but i have q question.Its about mine that doesnt stop Squeaking,i know that it is from the detent ball rubbing against the blade but dont really know what to do. Even oiling didnt really help.Any ideas ?

April 28th, 2015, how's she holding up?

Boulder, Colorado on the box and China on the knife blade

That’s not rust. That’s disgusting crud. If you’re using that knife for food prep, you must have a strong immune system.

Why is everyone so shocked that you've used this in the kitchen? It's an excellent slicing grind...

I kinda want one of those too.

I bought a $250 bench made folder years back and had the tip snap off randomly. I don’t know how, when or why. Just pulled it out one day and it was snapped. I’ll never buy a knife I intend on working with for over $60 again. A lot of them are like a Harley Davidson. Only paying for the name.

can you show this blade now in 2020 ? :D :D

Just picked one up the other day good knife great price

Budget instead of beating the Para 2.

Now I really wanna see someone put their knife in the dishwasher xD

Looking to purchase a spyderco tenacious at my local bass pro shops but is listed for $79.99 and with taxes it comes to around 90 bucks and I'm wondering if i should buy it online because its about 40 bucks cheaper help? Is it really worth $90? Even if i have two $25 dollar gift cards?

you don't carry 2 knives? I usually carry 3; One in my key-chain (shitty knife that i use for stuff where you don't want to use good knifes) one on my neck (CRKT minimalist) and one in my pocket ( emerson kershaw). And I use all of them almost daily

haha had mine for a lil more than 3 years always use mine for my bbqs, it even survived dragging across the street in my last moto accident with few scratches on the pocket clip and still did not come off my pocket

It's $42.99 just bought one an hour ago lol

Get the spyderco spydiechef

Hello everyone, I have a question. I am in New Jersey and I would like to ask what the legal carry law is for New Jersey? I have tried searching online but was unable to find out an answer. If anyone can provide a response I will highly appreciate it. Thank you so much.

Knifezoid, I think you should carry two knives. It never hurts to carry two knives.

I keep looking for a reason to buy a knife (other than cool use/hidden weapon in case of a hold up), but I can't think of any. What are some good EDC reasons to use a knife like this? Because I'm trying to see what use they have beyond self-defense or perhaps an impromptu kitchen tool, lol.

the white stuff on ur knife is probably from hard water, get ur water checked....

true review

They have screw remover tools, but it's hardly worth spending more on the tool than what the knife is worth.

Great review but why use that knife for food prep? Get a kitchen knife for preparing food and keep this for everything else

Cool vid...i still EDC my tenacious, a legendary knife

i got my 1st tenasious last week received 3 more i had just ordered dont worry about a little gunk 63% of americans get sick from unwashed fruits & vegies i lked your review

this 30 buck knife is in my pocket every day and I love it for EDC If it were built in the USA it would be 120.00 or more. I don't like China junk but this is a good quality Knife

2021 and still hoping he uses it but also cleans it.

my tenacious blade is rubbing on the stainless liners

His isn’t half bad. I cut a sandwich once with a Q model, and forgot about it. Needless to say, it was a fucking mess

Way to treat you knife