Byrd Meadowlark 2 Lightweight Knife with 2.90" Stainless Steel Blade and Black Non-Slip FRN Handle - CombinationEdge - BY04PSBK2

This knife is very lightweight but it seems durable for what I would expect a knife of this type to do. It is a good EDC if you keep in mind that it is a wharncliff style blade, that is a straight blade profile without any belly or curve to the edge. It is more like a utility knife blade profile that you would find in a hardware store. For me, I am either using a knife to open mail, cut rope or using the tip to cut open packages in which this blade style really shines, there is one more place where this blade style really shines, especially historically and that is in self defense applications with appropriate training but I hope that no one ever needs it for that. I have been using this knife since I purchased it and it has not needed sharpening, I use it everyday for the more mundane tasks that I mentioned I am certain that when it does need sharpening I will be able to accomplish this without much effort as this style of blade is pretty easy to line up on a stone. I would not use a grinder as that would ruin the fine tip. Nearly every Spdy co knife I have ever had has had a pretty fragile tip so be aware of that and handle your tool accordingly. All in all, this knife is an extremely good deal, lightweight, sharp and easy to carry.

** 11/17/2022** still carrying it and using it hard daily! 2 benchmade bugout, 2 griptilian variations, and a 940 have come and gone... no other knife lasts more than about a day and I put my Byrd Meadowlark 2 back in my pocket. PJ shorts at night, shorts, sweats, or dress pants for work days... this knife sta ut s with me at all times. Yesterday I laughed...I used it for opening boxes, scraping wasp's nest off the front doorjamb, food prep veggie cutting, and slicing open the new bag of dog food. I bet I reach for it 5-10 times a day. * Update 3/1/2019 ** I've now carried this knife all these years - it's my EDC now. Our son has settled on a Kershaw Leek and he's carried that knife (2 versions) for about 5 years now. I moved this to my pocket pretty much right at 5 years ago now...and while I have strayed with 3 different Benchmades (Grip, Mini Grip, and 530) I have never lasted very long at all before returning to this knife. Many times I've "threatened" to upgrade to a Delica...but every time I hold one...I can't IMAGINE being without the finger choil on this Byrd. I love the finger choil so much that have bought the Dragonfly 2 - fully serrated - for my canoe / kayak / fly fishing knife. I've used this knife for food prep about a zillion times...because it's clipped to my pocket - shorts, pajamas, jeans, or my suits! Boxes, packages, even used it to destroy a very thick trash can once to break it down for another use. The Serrations are awesome. Easy to sharpen and I doubt I could imagine my life without them. The serrations do 90 % of the cutting that doesn't involve food prep or cleaning fish. (a LOT of fish!) OK- the clip - I found a more long-lasting solution to black out the clip The flat black spray paint was good...but only lasted a few weeks to a month. My wife helped me pick out the most durable black nail polish we could find at Walmart and it seems to be super hard. It lasts for 4-6 months I think. ** Original 2012 review** My son just turned 17 - it was after his 16th last year that I ordered this knife. WOW! has it outperformed my exptectations! I have a Military in LH and really love it - for a massively overbuilt folder it really shines. For my son we wanted to step into this gradually - what if he loses it or breaks it? This was a great knife to start with. Also...since it's smaller it wouldn't spark the "oh my!" reactions that sometimes come when you whip out the biggie Military. So he's really into hammock camping and fires. The guys (and gals) in his group really love to hang out at the fire...and probably 1/2 dozen of us parents have set up fire pits on our property for them to go between...plus all the campgrounds and forest campsites that are close...it's been a good year for them...lots of fires and hanging out. Most of the boys - mine included - have a sturdy fixed blade and a hatchet or axe for the heavy use...but you know DARN well that a kid will use what's close and at hand first. lol. I can tell by the HEAVY useage marks on this little knife that it sees a LOT more use than his ESEE RC-3 Military fixed blade. (He LOVES the ESEE 3, but like I said...if you have to walk back to your truck to get the fixed blade...or you can use the knife clipped to your pocket...and you are 16...well...haha. OUT OF THE BOX - ours needed a few TWEAKS. Hey, it's a $20ish knife...I'm ok with that. We sanded the 'spydie-hole' with some sandpaper, it was a little rough. In 3 minutes it was perfectly smooth. The FRN material (the handle scales) had a few sharp edges and one part sticking out (from the casting process I guess)and it too got sanded down quickly and that was that. Also the factory edge was fair...certainly not like a US made Spyderco...but my gosh...this cost a fraction...we touched up the edge quickly and then it shaved hair. beyond the mucho kindling I'm sure he's processed with it...I've seen it used for countless boxes, envelopes, food prep like cutting sausage, fruits, potatoes, jerky, dicing up potatoes , and cleaning lots of fish. The serrated portion is awesome at rope, paracord, and sawing motions...and is a BREEZE to sharpen with the little cheap pocket Smith sharpeners. (Or any with that little "rod" - sharpens serrated edges SO easy - it's a cinch!) The blade itself is super easy to sharpen - much easier than my Military...it's somewhere between the hardness of that and the sorta soft steel in the swiss army knives we have. As I move along in the 'knife journey' - to be honest...I'd rather have a steel that I can sharpen easily OVER a steel that holds an edge forever but is a real pain to sharpen. I sorta like cleaning my guns...and don't mind sharpening my blades every so often - feels OK to me - and it's very easy with this knife. I did it for awhile...taught my son...now he keeps it very sharp on his own with not much effort on the stone and strop. Plus...the serrated edge gets used the most - and it stays sharper longer anyway...and again...is super easy to sharpen with those rod-type sharpeners (we got a few of the inepensive smith ones here on Amazon.) I am still thinkng of getting him a Delica as a 'step up' in the same size range...but maybe I'll just wait another year and move him all the way up to a Military or Paramilitary 2 when he is 18 next year...but it's awful hard to ignore the fact that this in-expensive version has performed SO well for so little cost. I'm a tip-down person (from the Military useage) and so far this knife has seen both tip up and down useage - mostly tip down I'd bet thru this past year. All the various carry positions work great with this knife. WISH the clip were black! To blend in better in pockets - but we solved this by making a stencil that slides under the clip and then just hit the clip with some flat black spray paint -takes 10 seconds and do it about once a month...and viola! the clip is flat black and blends in well with pockets. oh yeah...the clip is very strong too. I saw this knife clipped to his pack...survive a tumble from the mtn bike on a trail...and never move or separate from the pack. cleaning the knife is easy - we just run it under hot water for a bit and dry it in front of a fan and hit it with wd-40 and it's done. simple. the blade takes on a nice bit of 'wear marks' over time with HEAVY useage...but again...this was a year that covered my teen son's use and abuse - I'm sure it went thru more in this past year than a lot of adults will put their blades thru in 10 years. lol. Am thinking of picking up another actually. especially after writing all this - it's really been a good blade.

This is a two piece review. On the knife itself, I would have given it 5 stars, but because of a problem chose to give it 3 stars instead. The Spyderco Meadowlark2 Black FRN is a nice plain edge knife: light and sharp, exactly what I wanted in an EDC blade. I found nothing wrong with it until I decided to take it apart to clean and oil it. Unfortunately, I did not get very far in this task. The knife has 5 torx screws in the handle. I got only two screws off, the remaining three just turned and turned, never coming undone, no matter how I tried. I even managed to wiggled the blade out, but with the handle still sandwiched together it was impossible to put it back together since the locking mechanism has popped out. Frustrated I decided to get an exchange because I still like the knife and just wanted a working one. Now here’s the EXCELLENT service I got buying from Amazon, and ultimately from the seller Green Valley Place of which I am giving 5 stars for taking care of me, their CUSTOMER. I contacted the seller via the form letting them know the problem I had, and that I was perfectly happy with an exchange. Two days later, I got a response from Jennifer in Customer Service Dept from Green Valley Place. She was kind enough to give me a full refund (including shipping), informed me I may keep the knife FREE, apologized for the experienced, and that they will try to reach out to the manufacture. Now, I know it’s not Green Valley Place’s fault, I was buying a knife made in china and certain qualities may not be up to spec. But it’s good to see that I’m dealing with an American company that is committed to customer satisfaction that is no way like the qualities that is coming out of china. So, in the future I would not hesitate to buy again from Green Valley Place knowing they will go to bat for their customers.

Das Byrd Meadowlark 2 G-10 wäre kein schlechtes Messer gewesen, wäre nicht das Problem mit der Endkontrolle. Das man nicht die Qualität von einem Spyderco Delica erwarten kann war mir klar aber eine scharfe Kante am oberen Jimping und das fast nicht vorhandene Jimping an der Unterseite darf auch bei einem günstigen Messer nicht passieren. Hatte auch eines mit FRN-Griffen bestellt, da war das Jimping in Ordnung nur hatte es leider ein paar Kratzer und einen ungeichmäßigen Anschliff. Wäre das nicht gewesen hätte ich es gerne behalten.

C'est un bon couteau pour 40€. Qualité correcte. Mais les prix sur Amazon qui vont jusqu'à 70€ sont trop. À ce prix la achetez un Tenacious.

Muito bom me surpreendeu

j'ai trouvé ce couteau particulièrement mauvais. Mal fini, il fait toc, du vrai "made in china" comme dans le temps: pourtant je connaissais les "byrds" et j'en fut fort satisfait et surpris pour du made in china. Je me suis même demandé si ce n'était pas une contre façon...ces derniers temps les chinois fabriquent des couteaux de bon rapport qualité prix mais alors celui là c'est de la "me..." à tel point que je m'en suis débarrassé ...

Esta navaja es magnífica, con la calidad característica de la marca. Obvio el acero no es la calidad de los otros aceros premium que tiene la marca, pero por el precio esta excelente, el tamaño está genial para una navaja de diario.