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by bleasure
Fri Jul 11, 2025 4:54 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Salt crusted Salts. Loving it.
Replies: 23
Views: 2149

Re: Salt crusted Salts. Loving it.

Fastidiotus wrote:
Wed Jul 09, 2025 9:54 pm
I'd love to act like I need a PM steel that was developed for casting space shuttle parts
it's not pm, but lc200n (as cronidur-30) was designed/used for space applications. so, wins across the board
by bleasure
Fri Jul 11, 2025 4:48 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Does anyone use a S90V blade?
Replies: 84
Views: 15049

Re: Does anyone use a S90V blade?


There's also the upcoming MicroJimbo Sprint in S90V that I'm hoping to nab, but the MicroJimbo seems to be a polarizing design for many users.


the fluted carbon n5 is probably the top candidate for me currently, and i agree with your assessment; relatively smaller blades for steel with these ...
by bleasure
Tue Jul 01, 2025 2:18 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Sal, will there be more Rex 121?
Replies: 67
Views: 8405

Re: Sal, will there be more Rex 121?

Head's up, knifecenter's website shows both varieties of the 121 Sage in stock as of 4:15PM EST. I was charged a few hours ago for the kc order I put in a few weeks ago during their sale (was opfocus level pricing!). When my card was charged earlier today they still showed OOS, so it looks like ...
by bleasure
Sat Jun 28, 2025 6:23 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Does anyone use a S90V blade?
Replies: 84
Views: 15049

Re: Does anyone use a S90V blade?




There's a LNIB Forest Green N5 on eBay right now for a VERY good price

https://ebay.us/m/kfsety

My choice would be the CF Military 2 sprint or the CF Manix 2 XL exclusive
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that's been in my watchlist for a minute now; seemed pretty well-used to me from the scales? but still ...
by bleasure
Sat Jun 28, 2025 4:50 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Does anyone use a S90V blade?
Replies: 84
Views: 15049

Re: Does anyone use a S90V blade?

if you were going to pick one s90v model, in production or not, what would it be? would enjoy arguments/cases made about why this or that one

obviously this is asking for subjective answers - i recognize uses and preferences vary. but like I wrote earlier in this thread, I still don't have an s90v ...
by bleasure
Thu Jun 26, 2025 12:48 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Sal, will there be more Rex 121?
Replies: 67
Views: 8405

Re: Sal, will there be more Rex 121?

Says next month now. Definitely nothing released today that I've seen
by bleasure
Thu Jun 12, 2025 4:58 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Sal, will there be more Rex 121?
Replies: 67
Views: 8405

Re: Sal, will there be more Rex 121?

I have my eye on this thread for the same reason. Fingers crossed
by bleasure
Sun Jun 08, 2025 10:51 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: New Spyderco.com!
Replies: 41
Views: 7796

Re: New Spyderco.com!

anyone know what's up with the "spy-derco.com" site? this an alternate company site, or a phish trap
by bleasure
Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:26 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Help me decide. PARA3/Cru Carta vs GB2
Replies: 28
Views: 2698

Re: Help me decide. PARA3/Cru Carta vs GB2

The GB2. It's not close. Unless you have a very strong preference for a smaller blade with far less cutting edge, or a comp lock, for me there is nothing about the GB2 that is not better than the para 3. I've owned and used both for many years now. The GB2 is very comfortable, I have myself never ...
by bleasure
Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:34 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Future of REX-121 supply?
Replies: 19
Views: 2279

Re: Future of REX-121 supply?


Niagara has bee stockpiling some steel grades and Spyderco has also been stockpiling certain grades, so the immediate needs will be met.

Our concern is for the oddball steels for which Crucible was the only source. I think 121 was one of those. So we're watching closely for available grades. We ...
by bleasure
Sat Mar 29, 2025 10:03 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Future of REX-121 supply?
Replies: 19
Views: 2279

Future of REX-121 supply?

I know the 121 knives are intended as regular production, and that there are future models planned. Crucible's bankruptcy and all the connected concequences raise questions about the future of CPM supply. Not only whether CPM steels will reappear, which presumably they will, but also where Crucible ...
by bleasure
Thu Dec 19, 2024 10:18 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Crucible Industries declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Replies: 194
Views: 49218

Re: Crucible Industries declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy


Is their machinery brand new, or is it clapped-out junk? A factory with worn out machinery is only worth the price of the building and the land. Is the dirt on the land clean, or is it contaminated with all the toxic waste that one might expect from a hundred year old foundry? Remediation could ...
by bleasure
Sun Oct 06, 2024 9:58 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Dock Worker Strike Effect On Spyderco?
Replies: 38
Views: 4111

Re: Dock Worker Strike Effect On Spyderco?

Solidarity with striking workers! Longshoremen, Boeing, and any others - the squeeze is the point, and unlike so many other inconveniences etc. in life, any arising from the essential need to ensure worker's power are a price I am proud to pay. I suspect I am not alone in this, even here
by bleasure
Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:19 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Handle forward/lock mashup ideas
Replies: 40
Views: 3538

Re: Handle forward/lock mashup ideas



My entry was inspired by Vivi actually and his hand-drawn design for a modified Manix and his current infatuation with the Resilience.



Did you see my Vivi-inspired sketch for a choil-less Native Chief? Lotta edge there, my friends. No you do NOT want to drop the blade on your forefinger to ...
by bleasure
Fri Sep 13, 2024 10:02 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Upcoming P.I.T.S. 2
Replies: 60
Views: 10873

Re: Upcoming P.I.T.S. 2

came here to bump this thread. agree with the above. for me, this design is leagues above the pits aesthetically. if it's in a vaguely affordable range should it make it to production, i will take one. there are a million versions of 'perfect,' but for my money, this looks like one of them. looking ...
by bleasure
Sat Aug 24, 2024 2:16 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: National Knife Day GAW!
Replies: 147
Views: 17110

Re: National Knife Day GAW!

My favorite Spyderco is my first, the Wolfspyder. It was a christmas present from my fiance, and the first high quality pocket knife I'd ever owned. I still love everything about it, from use to aesthetics. It has a ton of useable edge for its small size, it's comfortable in hand in every position ...
by bleasure
Fri Jul 26, 2024 11:14 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: patina vs. carbon migration: advantages?
Replies: 12
Views: 1885

patina vs. carbon migration: advantages?

was cleaning some different old folders' springs using evaporust and, like many before me, accidentally discovered the phenomenon of carbon migration. i thought the darkening effect it produced was very attractive, and judging from the amount of elbow grease and flitz it took to remove it from the ...
by bleasure
Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:36 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Good second Spyderco
Replies: 49
Views: 5098

Re: Good second Spyderco


This is all super helpful. Except now I want to buy five more knives!

I’ll use for general purpose. Cutting boxes, rope, etc. I wear jeans and shorts a lot - so I need something that would fit in my pocket.

I’d like to spend $125-150


I'm biased, but I'd point you in the direction of a ...
by bleasure
Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:18 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Calypso Jr Sprint Run Considerations
Replies: 115
Views: 15849

Re: Calypso Jr Sprint Run Considerations

a fish scale frn 'larger dragonfly' is the knife that would make me spend money i don't have. go forest/blue-green for the handle and i'm a lock in, basically regardless of the steel. s90v, cruwear, hap40, k390 would all be equally nice, as would a dozen others in the 4v and above range. i love this ...
by bleasure
Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:59 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: A step into the modern world with the Lil Native / thoughts
Replies: 13
Views: 2496

Re: A step into the modern world with the Lil Native / thoughts



Here it sits next to my previous EDC, a Nontron Violon Slipjoint from France.



i lose my mind every time i see someone else's nontron. they've been at the top of my most wanted list for at least half a decade now and the import prices are so steep i can never justify pulling the trigger, and ...