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Favorite steel of the day depends upon purpose and design.
For surf fishing serrated LC200N gets the nod. Even easier to maintain than MagnaCut.

For non fishing days, I'm good with K390, but for EDC, M4 is the winner because the design and form factor of my Mantra 2 is so exceptional. No flies on ...

LUV S90V. Got a Scot Cook in S90V when they first came out. It's been around a long time. Predates S30V. S90V seems to take and hold a finer edge longer than S110V; however, absent extremely rough abuse, a low grit S110V edge is a real workhorse. Let the carbides do the work.

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Like this design a lot. This like a finger Flipper with that lug where it is? Never had one like this. That knife has one really nice point as well.



I remember when all these RIL frame locks & flippers seemingly flooded the lineup like ...

Paul Ardbeg wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 10, 2025 1:04 pm

The only Spyderco I regret not buying a spare

F&F of the Taz HB is a little nicer and corrosion resistant. In all other aspects I prefer the Byrd HB. All the Byrd lock backs I own are superior and tighter in precision than any Seki lock back I've handled. Serrated 8Cr13MoV is highly underrated. Edge retention is at least as good as H1/H2. The ...

I've spent quite a bit of money on kitchen knives over the years and if visiting friends and am expecting to participate in food prep, I'll bring along a chef's and a paring or maybe a filet or Chinese vegetable cleaver. If I'm not fishing or hunting my normal EDC is a Mantra 2 which is like a ...

Raspberry vinaigrette Walmart house brand is surprisingly tasty. Only $2.09 for a 16 oz. bottle.

The Serrata was a model that flew under my radar. I wasn't interested in fixed blades when it was available, and the ignorant steel snob in me didn't find cast 440C exciting.


Nice, but could be better. PM Stuart Ackerman re: how he envisioned his design.

Dendritic 440C was pretty special if ...

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skeeg11 wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 29, 2024 1:16 pm

Many Byrds on sale for $25 or less on the main Spyderco site under Limited Specials.

Ordered plain-edge and serrated-edge Harriers

I think you'll be very pleased.

Many Byrds on sale for $25 or less on the main Spyderco site under Limited Specials.

If this is your first foray into Byrds and have not explored serrated blades, then this a great opportunity to do so. IMHO, no collection is complete without a Byrd Hawkbill. Heck, a discontinued serrated Harrier 2 can be had for $25.00.

So many advanced steels to choose from these days, but handles of beautiful natural materials make me long for the days of yesteryear when they were exotic, plentiful, and reasonable. Even cheap knives had gorgeous handles of stabilized natural materials.

S110V Manix lwt. Got it because I wanted to try out the steel and compare it to the S90V in my old Scot Cook. Fine with a low grit edge, but I preferred the S90V on my Scot Cook. The Manix was fine, but I didn't carry it much because it took up more pocket space than I wanted for an EDC. Second ...

Darklight111 wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 23, 2024 8:36 am

Pricy EDC. LUV the Scot Cook. S90V?

Gernot & Vivi....you guys are making me feel really lucky

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LC200N is better for ultra light carry, and it has better slicing geometry thanks to the FFG. More likely to suffer from side to side play that can't be adjusted by the end user in my experience, and the edge isn't as bomb proof as H2.



I guess blade play ...

Serrated LC200N has been tough enough to trim shrubbery and bleed fish gills on large fish for me with aplomb and no damage. YMMV.

Uncle Abe would be proud.

Please get in the habit of dropping the blade on your forefinger nail in stead of fleshy parts of your forefinger if you use that method. A few times and it becomes instinctive.