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You do realize that there'll be no living with Shawn after this, don't ya?

(Yeah...I can't wait either. )

Blue M4 Shaman

More than I care to admit. On the bright side, I've helped do my part to keep honorable companies, (like Spyderco), and many custom makers in business. And I'm happy for that.

I've been using a small 3V fixed blade from Ed Schott as my go-to utility knife around home and property for years. Just a great, rugged little beast.

I don't usually carry my smaller Spydercos but I could get by with the Urban K390 or Calypso Jr. ZDP-189.

My old Dragonfly is too small for me to be comfortable with despite it's being a classic.

I've touched up (and removed some edge issues on) Maxamet on the brown rods (and bench stone) but have not attempted reprofiling with ceramic.

CBN or diamond will be superior if and when you eventually need to do more serious sharpening or bevel reprofiling.

Police 4 / Military / Shaman all work well for me. Those are the biggest Spyderco knives I own.

Standard Protocol is for industrial parts not knives. Tweaking the protocol can let us use the building blocks this steel offers but with more Stability than with the industrial heat treatment which is not made for thin knife cross sections. While 15v is very strong, I'm sure with lateral shock loa...

If you are talking to me I think you need go back to lurking this forum. Its clearly a joke and I'm not trying to piss on anyone. :rolleyes: I was the one who called out someone in this thread for trolling. This is just me trying to get inside the mind of whatever deranged individual would do somet...

^^^^Why do you feel the need to piss all over the guy's thread? Move on if you don't care for it. At this point you're just proving yourself to be an ***.

Nobody here knows what the facts are. Either accept the OP at his word or move on. You've had more than your share of time on the soapbox.

Condolences to you, your family and loved ones. May there be better days ahead.

FWIW, and it's conjecture only, but as a retired "fed" I'm less inclined to believe that a postal employee is responsible than that someone, a neighbor, a drive by wacko, "somebody" decided that it was your turn in the barrel. I say this not out of any allegiance to (quasi) governmental agencies but...

BHQ's service is to be lauded...and...rewarded. I will bear this in mind next time it comes time to place an order.

I've had a couple of mishaps with USPS but by and large pretty good experience. (Any negative experience is frustrating, of course.) Still, just to give an example of a great experience: I was awaiting a custom knife by friend and custom knife maker Ken Erickson. Didn't look like it would arrive for...

Excellent post and info, CK. Thanks.

I'm a big fan of D2 and have many knives (custom and production) with it. But I don't see any advantage over, say, Cru-Wear.
(I don't know what the difference in cost to produce and market would be, but I doubt the difference in price to the end user would be significantly different.)

I'd love to see a k390 military. Not as sure about Maxamet, but I'd probably buy that one just to check it out. I think the military would be cool in a really tough steel, like 3v, Sleipner, or 52100. I'm still hoping that the Italians convince Sal to sprint something in Sleipner. ;) Judging from S...

^^^^Bloke, you win the internet for the day. Hell, maybe the week!

I keep picturing Elvis swingin' a Spydie: a chunk, a chunk of burnin' pork... Fred Perrin could certainly carve up a nice pork loin with a small La Griffe. With a small blade you're not going to be cutting through the material you're attacking as much as doing damage via numerous wounds. Think death...

3M Super 77 and the Edge Pro backers will take care of the mounting.