Byrd Cara Cara 2 Rescue Lightweight Knife with 3.88" Stainless Steel Sheepfoot Blade and High Performance Orange FRN Handle - SpyderEdge - BY17SOR2

I love it !

Great serrated knife for cutting "rope" or lines, as we call them in the river industry. Comfortable, light weight but sturdy, and good value.

This was a christmas present to myself and I'm completely satisfied.I've had a lot of knives and I'm gonna say for a knife to actually carry around daily. My friend has the H1 atlantic salt which is about the same length as this one, but mine has a much fatter handle. It's not so thin that fell like I can't get a hold if it. This knife is very easy to grip. The checkering on the handle is well raised and provided good traction. The glass breaker, while it's not a full blown heavy duty dedicated glass breaker, will certainly do the job in a pinch, and let's be honest, unless you work as a first responder, you're not gonna be carrying a glass breaker at all otherwise, so it's good to have this one on the knife. The blade is thick and looks like it's going to last a very long time. The hood over the thumb hole gives it a nice bit of both style and function, it looks good and it makes the knife easier to control both when opening and when using the knife at certain angles where bracing with your thumb can be a benefit.The knife is very tight. The blade comes in and out nice and smooth, and if you try and squeeze the handle together to see if it wiggles when the knife is open, it's very firm and holds it's shape well. This is certainly not a flimsy knife. It feels more like a serious tool.I tried the rope cutting thing and it's insane. It works very well. I'm not a knife engineer or designer, and I know very little about rope, but something about the angles and the serration of the blade just make it chop right through the couple of kinds of rope I've tried to cut. No problems so far. So the rope cutting feature is great.Lastly, the whistle. I know. It seems like kind of an odd feature for a pocket knife. But this is technically a rescue knife. I searched online for a video of someone blowing the whistle because I just couldn't imagine how it must sound or where they were even really supposed to blow. You blow into the two holes on the handle and let me tell you....it is LOUD and SHRILL. If you blow into this whistle, someone will hear it.So here's my take. I don't work as s rescue guy, but I do carry a pocket knife. Spyderco is top of the line when it comes to knives that aren't intended to collect dust. What I mean is that they make the most economic, high quality knives that are out there in common use. So I wanted to upgrade from just a regular old pocket knife to something a little more spiffy, and getting this knife was exactly the right thing to do. It's nicer looking, it does more things, it's built to exacting tolerances and appears to be excellent quality.I got mine on amazon for around $75 or so. If you get one, I think you'll love it.

This thing is great for it's intended purpose: extreme cutting performance in an emergency or rescue scenario, on a budget. I bought it to keep in my truck or take on a trip where I think it could be useful. I don't plan to use it as an EDC knife. For the price I'm ok with it potentially being lost, damaged, or unrecoverable due to use in an emergency situation.The serrades are well done and very sharp. I also noticed they open mail with authority, for whatever that's worth. This thing definitely cuts through material with comparatively little effort to a plain edge or even a combo edge. The blade is longer too which also helps.It feels well made actually, and it functions as good as any regular spyderco lock back knife. Its definitely not of the refined paramilitary quality but it approaches the Delica or Endura level of quality and function......with a few obvious exceptions. The handle scales have some mold marks just to the inside of both handles where the knife rests closed, they're ugly but don't hinder performance or feel in any way. The blade steel won't hold its edge under a lot of use, but I don't plan to use it very much-it just needs to come through for me in an emergency. It does have recessed metal liners in the handles which is a nice touch.The knife is fairly lightweight for its size too. It feels good in the hand, balance seems good, and overall fit and finish is just fine for this price range.I would reccomend this knife, and it'd be a good gift for someone who could appreciate it or actually use it.

Firstly.I love Spyderco knives and I have owned, used, lost and gifted a lot of them in my life.I've even visited the factory store and they make and collaborate with wonderful people who offer amazing products.Ok..So I've had 4 different bright orange Spyderco Rescue knives in my life so far and I've loved them all.I lost one. Not sure exactly how that happened, honestly. But we were climbing a mountain and we weren't going back up to look for it.TSA took 2 from my checked baggageAnd now I still have one left.Anyway; I saw these Byrd versions and I will definitely say the build quality is spot on considering they are significantly less expensive than my previous Rescues'.The size of the knife, the texture of the grip, the blade edge, clip and material are all great.I have two issues, if they are even truly a thing for anyone else.My original Rescue knives have a bit more ergonomics in the grip.These are pretty much sharp edges with excellent grip that will work great with gloves. But just isn't as friendly to your hands as the more expensive versions.My other one is closing the blade.The more expensive versions are a little smoother in operation.The Byrd just doesn't feel the same closing the blade.I don't feel like I need to look at my Spyderco versions when I close them. It could just be me.At the end of the day I gifted them to people for stocking stuffers and they love them.If you work in rescue.And you need a knife that does the job without accidentally cutting your patient, this is great choice.It's not a cheap knife; but if you need it and you end up leaving it behind at least you didn't lose a more expensive knife.I'm going to use my palm sander and round the edges a bit on the one I kept.out of the pocket opening process is spot on despite the comet shape hole.