n grad school I attended a debate between Stanley Fish and Alasdair McIntyre. McIntyre was serious, well-spoken, and had a proper British accent. He was exactly the kind of person you would expect to debate something on Boston College’s campus. Stanley Fish, a noted postmodern thinker with a reputation of being a chaos gremlin intellectually and on college campuses, was none of those things. Fish, however, exuded charisma. His comments were incideniary and his retorts were the verbal equivalent of Will Ospreay’s Hidden Blade. And while I have more of an intellectual affinity for McIntyre, Fish was the person I remember most. In fact, I can’t remember a single thing McIntyre said but even now, 25 years later, I remember a half dozen quotes from Fish. My favorite quote was this one: “Now, no matter what your intellectual commitments are, if you like philosophy, you like Aristotle. This is something we can all agree on, correct?” And of course, the answer is yes.
And there are quite a few things like that. If you like baseball, you will be a fan of Willie Mays. If you like cars, you’re likely to be entranced by Christian Koenigsegg’s creations. If you appreciate good legal writing, there is Nancy Gertner. If you like beer, chances are you will relish each sip of something from Hill Farmstead Brewery. If you like architecture or taking pieces of wood and changing their shape, you will be fascinated by the Blacker House. Each represents a quintessential example of the form.
Spyderco is that for knife nerds. Spyderco is a knife lover’s knife company. They roll out great steels all the time, they update classic and beloved designs, and the iterate on designs that people like. They also collaborate with some of the best in the knife business—from custom makers to high end production facilities. It’s that blend of features that makes Spyderco, even now some 51 years since its founding, an enduring presence in the enthusiast knife market. It is also what makes their best knives some of the best production knives ever made. This knife, the Sage 6 in S90V, is the best knife they have ever made. That is a bold statement. Let me back it up.
I always take a slightly longer exceprt from Sculimbrene’s work. He has a prose style that I connect with, and I enjoy his somewhat random intros.
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