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Carrying the Lum Chinese makes me feel like I'm wearing a tuxedo -- it's just impossibly elegant. I have the black ZDP version, and it's a scalpel, not a hatchet. So laser-sharp I can't imagine needing to apply enough pressure to slide up the handle. Absolutely hoping to get both the CF and large ...

Mine just arrived and it's a beauty... I'll take some pictures when I get a chance to go outside and carve something. It did not come swimming in a bath of Linseed oil like in the Spydieguys video, but the blade and handle are very sticky. What's a good technique for cleaning the knife and prepping ...

Pity. :-( I'm an advocate of this knife and I wouldn't be if mine had stayed that way, but it really did sort itself out a few hours into ownership. To flesh out my own anecdotal experiences: I never had this problem with a Sage RIL, but I have had very similar issues with a used small Regular ...

Mine dd this as well, and I can't remember where I read this advice, but I just rubbed a little graphite (ie, drew with a mechanical pencil) on both the lock and the blade where the lock engages. Worked the lock a few times, it's been perfect ever since, even after cleanings that left the pivot in ...

So I cracked into a coconut tonight with the following tools:

1. Swiss army knife awl to poke out the eyes and drain the milk

2. Temperance 2 to crack the shell -- but not with the edge, with the spine, a few sharp taps around the equator

3. Atwood Prybaby to pop the meat out of the shell

4 ...

Just wanted to note that this thread helped me choose the T2 as my first-ever fixed blade. It's amazing. Couldn't wait until the next woods trip to break it in, so it's been serving kitchen duty for the past couple nights. From quartering fat onions to mincing garlic, it's so easy to control. Thanks ...

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That's actually a worst-case EDC; I work at home, so unless I leave the house it's just knife in right pocket, phone in left.

The knife could be any one from my small Spydie collection; I try to give them all pocket time as I continue ...

I'm another newbie, who has & loves both, but carries the Leaf Storm far more often. I'm not sure I can articulate a good explanation why, except that I find myself preferring bigger blades, and the Leaf Storm gives me that "big blade, small package" feeling. The Kopa feels smaller in comparison ...

Prior to last month I had only one Spydie, a Native III received years ago as a gift that never really "clicked" with me. But something happened in July... I went a little crazy...

Micro Dyad (jigged bone)
Kiwi (carbon fiber)
Kopa (stacked wood)
Volpe
Persian (mini)
Lum Chinese (black/ZDP)
Caly3 ...

We made a peach blackberry cobbler the other night, and the mini Persian was the perfect tool for slicing a dozen fresh Colorado peaches.