Ok, I'm a huge sucker for Orange and also the H1 series as I'm an avid fisherman, boater and weekend pool/lake rat.
Forgive my ignorance but what is the benefit of the hawkbill shape and the serrations for say fishing (freshwater kayak and bass boat) I usually carry either a Pacific Salt plain edge or my H1 Dragonfly plain edge. I really like this and everyones pics have started to push me closer to the edge. I just want to try and justify my purchase on the usefullness or advantage of the serrations and hawkbill shape. Thanks
Good for pull cuts and slashing motions, (especially against rope and plant material) which I've personally found to be a little safer on the water, as to put the blade to good use you generally have to cut away from yourself. They're not as safe as a blunt-tipped wharncliffe by any means, but it's fairly hard to to accidentally stab yourself with a hawkbill, especially in comparison to something like a pac salt. That said the Spyderhawk is a lot of knife- if you want to try a hawkbill, the DF2 hawkbill or Tasman Salt might be a better place to start.