This is a tiny knife with a 1-5/8" blade. Last year
Spyderco started offering SLIPITS which are non-locking slip-joint
knives. They have no locking mechanism holding the blade open, relying
instead on resistant pressure at the pivot area when the blade is
extended and being used. HoneyBees are part of the SLIPIT group.
The flat ground blade is 3Cr13MoV stainless steel available with a
PlainEdge. The Honeybee's handle offers a flat surface for a small
amount of engraving or embellishment and can be customized for use as
jewelry or a gift item. Positioned on the end of the handle is a lanyard
hole large enough to thread with a chain and be worn around the neck or
slipped onto a key chain.
Spyderco's Description:
Aerodynamically bumble bees shouldn't be able to fly. Too bad someone
forgot to tell the bees that.
This knife defies both nature and expectation that something this small
performs such a grand maneuver. Like bumblebees, Spyderco Bugs and
HoneyBees perform the unexpected. Our smallest folders, they pack a
stinging cutting clout in micro-sized SLIPITs.
Resistance pressure at the knife's pivot area holds the blade open and
extended when cutting. Handles are flat with a small stainless surface
ready for you to engrave, embellish or customize as jewelry or a gift
item. Handle lanyard-hole accommodates a necklace-chain or keychain.