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I had a funny thought about making a cork handle so it floats. Could be a good salt water fixed fish knife.

I’ve donated thousands of dollars of gear to the sea gods, haha. I started using these years ago and they have worked perfectly and saved both my knife and my phone (in a waterproof case) multiple times. https://i.imgur.com/S5Dy8FS.jpg Lanyards are fine for “boating” IMO but when landing a big fish...

Here’s an Amazon link to the floats I use if anyone’s interested. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09733N1KR?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details I had the idea of using silicone tubing which I have not tested yet because the tubing can have more than one purpose and that is similar to what you h...

Maybe it can be a way for micro brands to do heat treat on demand

This hits home to me since I lost a Spyderco Civilian while kayaking. I may need to make a cork handle and sheath for a Spyderco Mule. A nice comfy fat cork handle on a Mule may be the bees knees. The ceramic mule is only 2.5 OZ so it should float just with a nice cork handle.

I may need to get the LC200N Catcherman as well and put a three cork lanyard on it so it is impervious to rust and sinking.

Real corks won’t take on that much water and the glued together corks have less air. I only tested real corks and champagne corks. Champagne corks I tested were half whole cork and half glued bits of cork. I would just run a paracord sheath through a champagne cork or two as needed.

Ok, 5 corks kept my endura from sinking as did 4 champagne corks for you fancy types. Also fun fact, so did one regular size pharmacy empty medicine bottle. So, roughly one cork per ounce of knife. So a Para 3 lightweight needs 3 corks, dragonfly, 2 corks, and the ladybug needs only 1 cork. So, it’s...

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Is this the future of cheap heat treatment? Laser and quench?

I’m on travels but I will do my tests when back home. My own Myth Busters.

When will the totem knife be released?

The buoyant force on an object equals the weight of the fluid it displaces. In equation form, Archimedes’ principle is F B = w fl , where F B is the buoyant force and w fl is the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. https://pressbooks.online.ucf.edu/phy2048tjb/chapter/14-4-archimedes-princip...

Real cork must be at least 50% air by my guess. ****! Now I need to find some corks to defend my honor. How many corks needed to float every knife model list is needed.

You could make a lanyard out of silicone tubing to get your knife to float and even add a cork to it. Use a brightly colored silicone color and use a reliable method to trap the air inside the tube. The silicone tubing can be used for all kinds of McGyver tasks while backpacking in a pinch like maki...

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Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:00 pm

Fireman wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 07, 2024 1:22 am

Wine corks and paracord are your friends. Use real one piece corks.

That is really rather clever!

I can’t believe how many people forget that I am a genius

Wine corks and paracord are your friends. Use real one piece corks.

I made the scales “Skinny” and added more room for my finger on the lock access. I also added a forward school that eliminates the nub when closed but the nub does not really bother me like it does on the Shaman. It’s a dream of a knife now. I swapped the blades so the M4 is on the carbon fiber now ...

spydergoat wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:48 pm

@Fireman nice! Do the jade scales have the same texture as the stock black ones?

Yes. I posted pics but I’ll see if I can dig them up

I already have two I swapped my blades so I have a S90V with Jade scales and modded it. Love it and the stock one that is all black but M4 blade now. It’s a great knife for us big hand people. I’d get this one but I have others in mind to get. Happiness is a modded Spyderco

I’ll take one