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May she be a beacon of light in troubled times.
Great words!

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles ...

SpyderPhreak wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 24, 2025 10:45 pm

The Ghost

or

The Apparition

Well, given the shaving skills of the general population, how about the
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Ghost Maker

Don't let that stop you if you intend to keep the knife and use it. The grip is great, and you can minimize the wear and tear on your pocket by pushing "in" while pocketing and removing the knife, ie springing the clip a little. If that isn't enough you can take a piece of wet/dry sandpaper and ...

Sage post VandymanG :clinking-mugs


I’m sorry you’re having a difficult time. Thank you for your service.

While I don’t know what you did in the service, and I’m guessing most or all here don’t know, it does help me pause and just consider an attitude of grace and understanding. A lot of people ...

It's possible to take a Dremel and reshape the tang and change this, but it's also very risky and you can only reduce what the factory gave you , which may not always be the best idea. I've tried this on some knives with varying success.

I do think this is something Spyderco do their homework on ...

Okay, you do you.

Sounds like you answered your own question.

Is this a serious question?

How old are you?

Still like the...Chapstein myself. And Wartstein should get serial #2, I am assuming most of the #1s go in the museum or stay in the family.

So, the GB2 would have my vote, except, on my piece the detent was so weak, that the knife would open if looked at sideways. This was before I was comfortable with fiddling with such things. So I offloaded it. Everything else about it was excellent.

While not a tool steel, I could also strongly ...

All I know is that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer when the markets take dives like these. Numerous rich people have publicly stated just that. One famous line "I love bad markets. You can do very well in a bad market." The rich are able to leverage their holdings and buy big as prices ...

LNIB I am guessing

vivi wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 31, 2025 12:59 pm

Should only need a few 10 second dunks to dye FRN....

I have had varying experiences with varying materials. The FRCP manix scales I dyed tool a lot longer than the FRN, which I agree, go pretty fast. My Caribbean took about 20 minutes to reach the colour I was looking for.

Yikes! That's awful. Just out of curiosity, did you suspend the scales by a wire in the pan of dye, or were they allowed to sit on the bottom of the pan? I've dyed a few sets of scales and never ran into any problems, that's why I ask. At this point, I'd start shopping for aftermarket scales ...

Collectors keeping a knife pristine and users beating a knife daily pay the bills for Spyderco equally . One side may get more street cred, but both side's opinions should matter.
I'm in the middle, a light user.


Your point, while excellent is actually understated.

The collectors enable ...

SpeedHoles wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 13, 2025 12:56 pm

Will there be a Left sock available for those southpaws out there?

Now that would be getting off on the wrong foot...

sal wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:50 am

Maybe we'll ship them in socks?

sal

Now that would be awesome

They may not be Spydies, but for a combination of effectiveness and some disguise from prying eyes, it's hard to beat either a stainless Opinel or Laguiole. I guess it's no surprise the French have folding knives geared towards eating :)


You have a good point here - food prep is one of the ...

Not fussy on the steel, just don't make it a "lightweight". Keep the liners. Even if magnacut, not everything needs to go linerless (ie PM2 salt is just right).

Reminds me of the old Smith and Dale skit "Doctor it hurts when I do this..."

If you decide to continue, it sounds like the pivot may be tight. The more force you have to exert, the more likely you are to have something slip into the blade path.

Good suggestion above to tape the blade while you ...

I've been thinking of gluing a narrow strip of leather to a sharpmaker rod to use for stropping while keeping the same angle; just moving the blade up to strop instead of down to sharpen. I saw another thread with a wide strop on a backing board attached to a rod for that. But, would a narrow ...