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I voted before seeing that one could vote for up to 3 choices. FRN was my vote. I love a wood handle, but FRN is for me the most practical choice.

Edited to add: I went back and also voted for G10/Micarta and “other” meaning wood/horn/bone, those sorts of natural materials.

The only Spyderco factory clip that ever disappointed me was the titanium spoon clip on my Caribbean. It snagged on something and just broke. I replaced it with a standard spoon clip and it’s been fine since then.

Like Coastal, I will do many passes on one rod at a time in the early phases of sharpening a dull knife. Once the apex is reached I move to alternating strokes on both sides.

I have an older SAK Tinker with a chunk of one handle scale missing. It is otherwise in excellent functional condition, although it looks old and worn. That’s the backup to whatever Spyderco I’m carrying most days, and one I’ll consider loaning to a responsible friend. It’s the closest to a “beater ...

Is the feel of the PM2 FRN similar to the Seki City FRN, or more like the Manix FRCP?


I say in the middle. Something about Seki seems a bit more grippy and refined to me for some reason compared to Golden FRN (I have the Lil Native LW in hand right now) Nothing feels as cheap as FRCP. Manix ...

I didn’t vote the poll because the Chief Salt and the Stretch XL Salt are both great knives. Bright yellow handles, rustproof, pointy. The Pacific Salt has the more durable dropped tip, which may be better for you. I personally prefer the FFG blades.



Thank you, i do like that dropped tip a ...

Force is measured in units of weight, like pounds.

Pressure is measured in units of weight DIVIDED by units of area, like pounds per square inch.

High pressure at the cutting edge is what breaks the chemical bonds holding material together. The narrower the apex of a blade, the higher the cutting ...

I didn’t vote the poll because the Chief Salt and the Stretch XL Salt are both great knives. Bright yellow handles, rustproof, pointy. The Pacific Salt has the more durable dropped tip, which may be better for you. I personally prefer the FFG blades.

I gave my new Chief Salt its first user sharpening today. It came extremely sharp, but a bit too grabby. I started with the diamond Sharpmaker rods in the 30 degree holes to make the points less pointy and verify the bevel angle. I was delighted to see after blackening the scallops with Sharpie that ...

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IIRC, VG-10 was originally for knives used for horticultural purposes.

Jim

Thanks, Jim!
Something like that is what I recall too.

Grafting knives, in particular.

People seldom ask me to loan them my knife. When it does happen I typically offer to cut what they need cut. I often carry an older SAK that I’m more willing to lend to someone who I assess as responsible with tools.

I also carry and use a lot of Seki FRN mid lock Spyderco’s. I love my new Native Chief Salt, but my Delicas, Enduras, and one Endela will always see pocket time. They are a good value.

I also enjoy a compression lock like on my PM2, but the lack of closing bias keeps me from ever carrying it IWB ...

How is the landing spot for the clip? Is it rough on pockets? I ask, because it looks like the clip at least partially lands off of the flat logo and on the texturing.

Jim


The clip lands at the edge of the flat oval landing spot. There’s no pressure directly on the texturing, but it’s right at ...

It's one of my favorite "choiled" knives. I had to choose a knife to take on an ocean/beach vacation and this is the one I chose, I think that says a lot. I carried it in swim trunks in and out of the water, several days spent hours snorkeling with it and it came out of it clean as new, not a spec ...

I recently bought myself a new knife. It’s a fully serrated Native Chief Salt in Magnacut. I like it a lot. The Native line never called to me before, but this is a winner. Nice thin blade, excellent serrations, very lightweight with a lovely yellow FRN handle.

The Golden-made FRN is different ...

My vote is for a dark, yet saturated green. Keep black for the folks who don’t want the green.

I seem to remember a thread about broken/chipped teeth on a SE Delicas and Enduras in K390. The discontinued K390 Leafjumper in SE seems analogous to a FFG K390 SE Endela wharnie (or what the Rockjumper could have been ). I think there was some thought about the FFG + SE resulting in (overly ...

Sounds great!

"Matches properties of K390 but is stainless":
Can we assume that its "sharpenability" will be about the same too? (So not "harder" / "more time consuming" / "trickier" to sharpen?)


Yeah if this is all true MagnaMax might be the new steel to beat. K390 is fan-fricken-tastic ...

I watched that video last night and considered linking to it here, but did not. I thought he did a decent job of explaining the topic, which is difficult to get one’s head around. Does Alex (Outdoor55) post here? This forum has the highest level discourse on serrations of any place I’ve seen.

I ...

Hi WilliamMunny,

I agree with Bill. I do both. Also, the slower speed, that Bill was talking about focuses force on down instead of forward and backward, which, In my opinion helps keep the abrasion to the steel more balanced. You guys are getting good at using the tool, and trying different ...