Spyderco Shaman Lightweight: a Heavy Disappointment!

In this video, I discuss my experience with the new Spyderco Shaman Lightweight featuring CTS BD1N steel. While inspecting the blade, I noticed a wave-like imperfection in the grind, raising concerns about Spyderco's quality control. Comparing two blades revealed the defect on both, highlighting the need for careful attention to detail when shopping for knives. This experience serves as a reminder not to rush into purchasing newly released knives. Allowing companies time to establish quality control for each model can prevent disappointment. Join the channel as a subscriber or a monthly member and enjoy full length reviews of many knives! Disclaimer: examination of 2 items does not represent a statistically significant sample. So yours may be different than these. The presence of two in a batch of 1000+ units does represent an embarrassing failure of quality control system at that plant! What’s not in the video, one of them had a loose pivot- zero Loctite. Who knows what else they are missing…