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by aicolainen
Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Salt color differences
Replies: 15
Views: 464

Re: Salt color differences

My LC200N Native is my only Golden LW atm, but there’s a Manix salt and a UKPK salt in my not too distant future. Just need for them to show up at European dealers. Green LC200N UKPK appears to be in stock at the major European dealers... thanks for the heads up. I think I’ve seen the green one in ...
by aicolainen
Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:26 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Salt color differences
Replies: 15
Views: 464

Re: Salt color differences

Hah.. learning something new every once in a while. I had somehow come to the understanding that all Golden LWs were FRCP. Anyhow, I also had similar concerns as you when I got my Native salt. The yellow color was noticeably different than the Seki salts I already owned. It is also my impression th...
by aicolainen
Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:22 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Salt color differences
Replies: 15
Views: 464

Re: Salt color differences

Hah.. learning something new every once in a while. I had somehow come to the understanding that all Golden LWs were FRCP. Anyhow, I also had similar concerns as you when I got my Native salt. The yellow color was noticeably different than the Seki salts I already owned. It is also my impression tha...
by aicolainen
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:59 am
Forum: Spyderco Forum Tech Support
Topic: Forum Update/Maintenance & Move - PLEASE READ
Replies: 94
Views: 2276

Re: Forum Update/Maintenance & Move - PLEASE READ

Great work Kristi and team! Back in time for my saturday morning coffee, doesn’t get any better than that. No let’s see what happens at 9AM ..that’s in one minute - gotto post Edit to add: posting seems to be much snappier than before, and it’s now 9AM CET and the forum is not showing “General error...
by aicolainen
Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:37 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Any recommendations?
Replies: 27
Views: 869

Re: Any recommendations?

It's hard for a random joe on the internet to visualize exactly how your arthritis interferes with lock operation, so outside Sal's recommendation of omitting the lock altogether, you'd be better off going to a knife store and try before you buy. If such a store exits in your area. Side note: I have...
by aicolainen
Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:01 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Serrated S110V (and other steels)
Replies: 4
Views: 237

Re: Serrated S110V (and other steels)

I was using my S110V UKPK just now and thought to myself “man, the edge retention on this thing would be outrageous in SE”. After a quick google I couldn’t find anything in SE S110V of any brand, which led me down a bit of a rabbit hole looking at other steels and their SE availability (cru-wear wa...
by aicolainen
Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:18 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Stretch 2 XL in grey G10 and CruWear steel!
Replies: 548
Views: 56803

Re: Stretch 2 XL in grey G10 and CruWear steel!

Ramonade wrote:
Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:04 am
Oh, by the way, here are the scales I made for mine :)

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I might make another set with the same material, but 3D contoured.
If there was a like button, you would be deserving of a click, my friend!
by aicolainen
Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:49 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
Replies: 172
Views: 8707

Re: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report

Hoping to snag one of those too.

Spyderco seems to be doing a great job with high edge retention tool steels, and I can appreciate that effort, but I only need so much of that stuff. Thin and light however, that bucket isn’t even half full yet.
by aicolainen
Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:07 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
Replies: 172
Views: 8707

Re: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report

I'll reserve judgement until I've had one in hand, but 1mm stock on the charisma might be too thin for me. Never thought I'd say that about a production knife. The z-cut blade is already very flexible and at 1.3mm it's 30% thicker than the charisma. Reserving judgement is probably the way to approa...
by aicolainen
Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:47 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
Replies: 172
Views: 8707

Re: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report

i'm confused why people are worried about this knife breaking. it's a small blade and it's only 1mm thick. this knife clearly isn't made for applying any kind of lateral force. it's made for slicing and opening your mail, not for building a cabin in the woods. agree 100%. If the Charisma only had a...
by aicolainen
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:43 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Tracking the prices of knives over the years
Replies: 2
Views: 185

Re: Tracking the prices of knives over the years

Did a quick search in my inbox A Benchmade 940-2 (G-10) was one of the first knives I ordered domestically in Norway after I got into (folding)knives. In August of 2016 I paid NOK1469 ( USD141 at current exchange rate). A similarly quick search on Google shopping returned one domestic store offering...
by aicolainen
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:09 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
Replies: 172
Views: 8707

Re: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report

This reveal is determined to hit hard.

I've managed to avoid the Sage for the longest time, but it's becoming ever harder.

Thanks for all the great photos, Mr. Blonde!
by aicolainen
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:55 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Spyderco 50th Anniversary Knife?
Replies: 143
Views: 4745

Re: Spyderco 50th Anniversary Knife?

This isn’t in response to anyone in particular just in general but I think some people are missing the point of a commemorative anniversary knife like this. It’s not meant to be a heavy user - they make thousands of those knives every year. It’s not supposed to be more of the same with a tiny littl...
by aicolainen
Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:40 am
Forum: Spyderco Forum Tech Support
Topic: Forum Maintenance & Moving
Replies: 32
Views: 1364

Re: Forum Maintenance & Moving

.... That general error thing is not a sign of instability: Each day (in the US actually night, so when the forum is not highly attended) at the exact same time this happens deliberately for a few minutes, I guess for maintenance reasons... In my (and I guess also your) timezone this is always at 9...
by aicolainen
Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:54 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Spyderco 50th Anniversary Knife?
Replies: 143
Views: 4745

Re: Spyderco 50th Anniversary Knife?

OK, this is a shot in the dark, and I suspect not one that is likely to win the popular vote, but you only get to pitch ideas for anniversary knives every so often, and seeing this thread and a resurrected Harpy thread pop up around the same time made some dots connect and got me thinking.. I have a...
by aicolainen
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:57 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
Replies: 172
Views: 8707

Re: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report

seems they have put a lot of effort into getting 15V right, so it only makes sense that it sicks around. To me, the fact that they now reveal 15V versions of models that doesn't already have a Maxamet version only strengthens that hypothesis, but like Mr. Blonde says, we won't know for sure until we...
by aicolainen
Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:37 am
Forum: Spyderco Forum Tech Support
Topic: Forum Maintenance & Moving
Replies: 32
Views: 1364

Re: Forum Maintenance & Moving

#Team No LikeButton So.. where can I click to like this? ^ Joking aside, a like-button wouldn't bother me one way or the other, but a mora stable forum would be a win for sure. The disappointment when you've filled up your first coffee mug in the morning, sit down to enjoy some alone time on the fo...
by aicolainen
Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:30 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Spyderco 50th Anniversary Knife?
Replies: 143
Views: 4745

Re: Spyderco 50th Anniversary Knife?

I hope to see something useful, so it's at least a "worker" in spirit'. It's a lot easier for me to justify a working knife, than over the top materials that are just for looking at. Maybe add bolsters and micarta for a touch of style and throwback to days past, that would be nice enough t...
by aicolainen
Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:06 am
Forum: Spyderco Forum Tech Support
Topic: Forum Maintenance & Moving
Replies: 32
Views: 1364

Re: Forum Maintenance & Moving

#Team No LikeButton So.. where can I click to like this? ^ Joking aside, a like-button wouldn't bother me one way or the other, but a mora stable forum would be a win for sure. The disappointment when you've filled up your first coffee mug in the morning, sit down to enjoy some alone time on the fo...