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If not a Spyderco, then I'm most likely to have ain my pocket a Microtech Ultratech, UTX-85, or lately an MSI--that's their new manual design with the RAM-Lok mechanism, the Microtech version of, and improvement over, the Axis lock. I also have a couple Kizers that I'm fond of, a small Sabenza that ...

I dyed my Salt the most unfortunate shade of pea green. Here's my unfortunate plum purple with and odd hint of brown Yojumbo scales. The color was supposed to be "smokey blue"--that's probably why there's a little brown in it--but I mixed the dye too strong, which was especially foolish o...

I was browsing the BladeHQ site and noticed that just today they put up a "coming soon" page for a Shaman with black micarta scales and an XHP blade. Does anyone know anything about that? More specifically, is it a sprint run, a new variant, like the Cru-wear/brown micarta line, or somethi...

Ever since I got the custom scales from suingab and a Lynch clip installed, this hasn't just become my favorite Spyderco knife, it's become my all-time favorite knife, at least in terms of pure utility. Love the size, love wharncliffe blade shape, and LOVE the K390 blade steel, which, besides holdin...

Apologies if I'm not the first to suggest it, but I recently came across a Kunwu folder with PM60 blade steel. According to my handy Knife Steel Composition phone app, PM60 is an "extremely high alloy, high speed tool steel. Capable of very high red hot hardness, up to 68-70 HRC. Highly wear r...

Hi Hatuletoh, Interesting chemistry. Do you know of any companies making a cutting tool(s) with any of the versions? sal No sir, I'm afraid I don't. My only knowledge about steel has come from what I've learned in the few years since I developed a raging knife addiction. But as you say, the chemist...

Apologies if I'm not the first to suggest it, but I recently came across a Kunwu folder with PM60 blade steel. According to my handy Knife Steel Composition phone app, PM60 is an "extremely high alloy, high speed tool steel. Capable of very high red hot hardness, up to 68-70 HRC. Highly wear re...

JoviAl wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 31, 2024 4:53 pm

A light golden-sandy brown colour would contrast nicely if that’s your bag.

Couldn't quite find a "golden-sandy brown" that I liked as much as plain old gold, so I just went with plain old gold. I love it--thanks for the idea.

Thank you, gentlemen, that's very helpful and I believe you've sold me on the leather sheath. Being a Spyderco product I figured it wasn't a complete piece of junk, but there's a lot of space on the continuum between "complete piece of junk" and "sheath I'd actually want to use,"...

Oh, one other thing: as advertised, my mule did not fit the standard MT Boltaron sheath...until I put the Spyderco G10 scales on it. For whatever reason, with the scales on it fits quite well. A little tighter than other mules, but not so much that it can't be easily drawn with one hand. Anyone else...

Mine arrived today. Edge just draw cuts paper but that's about it. I suppose I will end up trying to put it to stones sometime to see if it can be improved. The edge is even and without any other obvious flaw though. Right now I'm kind of with Bolster's thoughts of "strange and interesting&quo...

My mules have arrived. All the way from Switzerland, interestingly. If it had been mentioned elsewhere that that is where they were made, I missed it. Can't wait to cut some stuff.

go slow, be patient, and remember that the bur will be very, very delicate--one pass too many could wreck it, so check the edge often, alternate sides frequently, and hold the angle precisely. Slow and steady wins the sharpening race. Please clarify? Ceramic creates a burr? Don't want to wreck the ...

I plan to do the same thing I always do, just slower. (I have been freehanding on diamond hones since 1980.) This was exactly what I was going to say. Well, except that I haven't been freehanding on diamond stones since 1980. My big projects for that year were standing up and swallowing solid food....

Got my two mules (not for Sister Sarah) and a sheath without issue. It's always stressful waiting for the next page to load during the check-out process, but I didn't have any time-outs, just long load times. Doesn't an online checkout seem to have so many superfluous steps when one is in a hurry an...

Thank you, gentlemen, that's very helpful and I believe you've sold me on the leather sheath. Being a Spyderco product I figured it wasn't a complete piece of junk, but there's a lot of space on the continuum between "complete piece of junk" and "sheath I'd actually want to use,"...

For anyone who's used one, how do you like the mule team leather sheath? As the upcoming HIC mule will not fit the standard Boltaron sheath, I was considering purchasing one of the leather ones rather than the HIC mule-specific Boltaron model, my thought being that maybe I'd rather have a sheath tha...

Heck yeah. And I'd have selelected the option for "both" if that had been on the poll.

I was under the impression the Manix 2 tube is slightly different than the para 2/3. Maybe a difference in the tube length between the liners… Many of the sellers of the plugs list them separately by model, which was one reason I worried that there might be small differences in size. And indeed, th...

JoviAl wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 31, 2024 4:53 pm

A light golden-sandy brown colour would contrast nicely if that’s your bag.

That's very different from what I had been thinking, but I can imagine it and like it. I like it a lot.