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- Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:56 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Out Of Production Fixed Blade
- Replies: 9
- Views: 505
Re: Out Of Production Fixed Blade
I did get the privilege to test drive a TEMP 2 once upon a time thanks to a great Spyder-Brother. And I do hope some day that I can snag one at some point. But I must say that it's predecessor the TEMPERANCE 1 model is to this day my favorite Spyderco fixed blade up till now. The two TEMP 1 models ...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:42 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: St Nicks UKPK?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1416
Re: St Nicks UKPK?
I really really really wish SNK would do a 4V SE knife. The UKPK would be brilliant.
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:39 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: EDC Hygiene: Fixed Blade VS. Folder
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1843
Re: EDC Hygiene: Fixed Blade VS. Folder
I’ve been musing a little more over this and the more I consider it the more I think a basic Mora with the loose fitting plastic sheath would probably be best suited to your needs. The plastic handle is moulded onto the blade and is a tight seal, the sheath covers not just the blade but most of the ...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 7:31 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: EDC Hygiene: Fixed Blade VS. Folder
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1843
Re: EDC Hygiene: Fixed Blade VS. Folder
Huh, many of these answers surprise me, but I guess not everybody has suffered major health problems like most of my family has. I am what I would say is not unreasonably careful about what I touch before eating. At public restaurants I don't use my hands directly to touch much. I have a premature ...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 6:51 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Cruwear pitting, and repeated spot corrosion problem
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1477
Re: Cruwear pitting, and repeated spot corrosion problem
I suspect cross contamination from the belt used to shape/sharpen the blade. I use cru-wear in the tropics and it is surprisingly (and pleasingly!) corrosion resistant - in my experience better than VG10 by miles which is a stainless steel. I don’t think there’s any simple way to rectify cross conta...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 6:29 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: EDC Hygiene: Fixed Blade VS. Folder
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1843
Re: EDC Hygiene: Fixed Blade VS. Folder
I usually carry two knives - an SE and a PE knife (be they folders or fixed blades). There are two separate instances where I use knives (folders or fixed) outside of the home for food prep - 1) If I’m at work and doing food prep for students to cook or consume raw I use the PE one as a dedicated fo...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 3:58 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: VG10 HRC
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3650
Re: VG10 HRC
I don't watch much YouTube reviews. The one's that I watched were not very knowledgeable about knives, at least by my standards. ... I really don't mean to bash on anyone, but I think many Youtube "reviewers" should just call themselves what they actually are: "First impression of kn...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:50 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Building a Custom Knife for Sal: CPM S60V
- Replies: 81
- Views: 6090
Re: Building a Custom Knife for Sal: CPM S60V
This is really fun to read, thanks for sharing
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:52 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Spyderco Models We Need In FULL SE
- Replies: 79
- Views: 5464
Re: Spyderco Models We Need In FULL SE
This thread is just turning into a drool fest of awesome knife ideas.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:48 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Experienced Serrated Edge K390 users wanted.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1543
Re: Experienced Serrated Edge K390 users wanted.
All very interesting guys. So it sounds like tips wearing or breaking down doesn't really matter in the long run since that is the desired edge in the end, more wavy than pointy. I am still curious what steels hold up better than others in SE. I am very familiar with how K390 holds in PE after some...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:08 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Tax day MAP sale!
- Replies: 104
- Views: 10388
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 3:17 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Experienced Serrated Edge K390 users wanted.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1543
Re: Experienced Serrated Edge K390 users wanted.
😂 turns out we were almost home! So I basically sharpen the ridged side like a PE blade on CBN until the points round out a bit (which thins it out a lot too), then I sharpen it like Hans mentioned in my vice with the conical rod until I’m a happy chap. Once that’s done it takes but a fleeting momen...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 3:10 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Experienced Serrated Edge K390 users wanted.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1543
Re: Experienced Serrated Edge K390 users wanted.
Oh, and as for k390 SE, I haven’t had any issues with the tips of the serrations. I do knock them down a bit with a diamond plate before I sharpen them though, so they’re more of a wavy set of peaks than spikes. I do that to all of my SE blades before I use them for the first time after I noticed m...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:31 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Experienced Serrated Edge K390 users wanted.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1543
Re: Experienced Serrated Edge K390 users wanted.
Oh, and as for k390 SE, I haven’t had any issues with the tips of the serrations. I do knock them down a bit with a diamond plate before I sharpen them though, so they’re more of a wavy set of peaks than spikes. I do that to all of my SE blades before I use them for the first time after I noticed my...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:29 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Experienced Serrated Edge K390 users wanted.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1543
Re: Experienced Serrated Edge K390 users wanted.
I don’t know if it is at all helpful but I do pretty much exactly what Hans does using a conical diamond file. Where I differ slightly is that I clamp the knife blade teeth pointing out into a ball and socket bench vise (one that rotates in all directions that I use for holding chainsaws by their gu...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:14 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Tip Up vs Tip Down Poll
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2479
Re: Tip Up vs Tip Down Poll
I’m either/or - I care not so long as I like the knife. My secret personal preference is fixed blades
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:23 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Boating and lanyards
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1917
Re: Boating and lanyards
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-princi...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:00 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Boating and lanyards
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1917
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:50 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Boating and lanyards
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1917
Re: Boating and lanyards
I use retractable lanyards on some of my gear while fishing. For example forceps on a retractable lanyard attached to my waders or a T2 Toothpick with a retractable lanyard on my ice fishing bibs. A knife on a retractable lanyard might come in handy if you have a good place to clip it on to. I migh...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:44 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Crucarta, what's going on?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2750
Re: Crucarta, what's going on?
If you’re after a really jet black patina the sap from the fig family of trees (Ficus) does a fantastic job. These photos are taken after extensive cleaning and a liberal application of Marine Tuff Glide (my poison of choice for tool steels).