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- Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:09 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Dragonfly vs. Lil' Native
- Replies: 50
- Views: 1227
Re: Dragonfly vs. Lil' Native
Price aside, I don’t think there’s any scenario where a Chaparral isn’t always superior to the Dragonfly. Better ergos, better blade, and super compact. Where the Dragonfly has always been a mini knife in a mini package the Chaparral is a full size knife in what seems as small as a Dragonfly package...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:16 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Native Chief Lightweight!!!
- Replies: 230
- Views: 59519
Re: Native Chief Lightweight!!!
Well, sadly, zhyla is right about the clip. It grabs and bunches at your pocket, because the clip should be longer, and the pivot is way too tight to even slow roll. The pivot is an easier fix, and the clip could be bent and it might help, but I'm not sure if I should. Sorry to hear you had basical...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: The XHP knives.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 985
Re: The XHP knives.
I only have the Chaparral in XHP. Seems like a decent steel but nothing to write home about. I’m happy enough with most steels though.
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:54 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: MANIX NAME
- Replies: 10
- Views: 540
Re: MANIX NAME
We’re lucky Lisa didn’t tweak the name after something that was actually contemporary:
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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:36 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: MANIX NAME
- Replies: 10
- Views: 540
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 8:17 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: clip for Spyderco Civilian
- Replies: 3
- Views: 118
Re: clip for Spyderco Civilian
You might check the usual places for aftermarket clips. eBay, Amazon, Etsy, Lynch, etc.
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:14 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: CBBL vertical blade-play/lock-rock
- Replies: 9
- Views: 374
Re: CBBL vertical blade-play/lock-rock
I’m going with upside down cage.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:21 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Review: Murray Carter Minarai Petty
- Replies: 5
- Views: 448
Re: Review: Murray Carter Minarai Petty
I’m certainly not a chef or expert on kitchen knives, but aren’t most kitchen knives ffg? I’m not an expert but I’ve made a bunch of Japanese style kitchen knives. I’ve never heard of convex grinds on them. There is a concept of a concave grind on the food side of the blade to reduce friction in ce...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:25 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Sharpening a double edged blade point
- Replies: 5
- Views: 209
Re: Sharpening a double edged blade point
I would not repair the tip with sharpmaker stones, I would get a regular coarse bench stone and grind the outer (convex) edge back until the chip is gone and the inner (concave) edge meets it at a new tip. Then sharpen as usual. The sharpmaker stones are great for getting into tight spots like serra...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Native Chief Lightweight!!!
- Replies: 230
- Views: 59519
Re: Native Chief Lightweight!!!
If you have one handy, compare the Delica to your Chief to see where the point of contact would be. Thanks for the tip. I have a Lil Matriarch which is a Delica variant. The clip on that is about 1/16” shorter than what is on my Chief. So I don’t expect the long Lynch clip to be an improvement. But...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:17 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Native Chief Lightweight!!!
- Replies: 230
- Views: 59519
Re: Native Chief Lightweight!!!
Could you fill in the grip troughs around the clip contact area with epoxy? Possibly sand the upper sharp tips of the grip squares a bit, at the clip contact area? Yes, I think my first inclination is that black 2 part craft putty. I’m blanking on the name. RTV silicone could work and has the advan...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:59 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Native Chief Lightweight!!!
- Replies: 230
- Views: 59519
Re: Native Chief Lightweight!!!
Honestly everything is fixable except the clip issue. Hope yours at least comes in an openable state.
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:32 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Native Chief Lightweight!!!
- Replies: 230
- Views: 59519
Re: Native Chief Lightweight!!!
Took the knife apart. No sign of any debris or dust. While I had it open I tweaked the lock spring a bit. Put some oil in the pivot and on the “washer” part of the scales. Put it back together, adjusted pivot screws, and it’s smooth enough to open and close now. https://i.imgur.com/wpnbAXIl.jpeg Rei...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 12:01 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Building a Custom Knife for Sal: CPM S60V
- Replies: 80
- Views: 5111
Re: Building a Custom Knife for Sal: CPM S60V
There is a photo against a ruler that suggests 12.125” but I’m just guessing that is what he meant by that photo. What a cool thing to do for Sal. We should all make knives for him. I’ve made a bunch of kitchen knives and I can already see OP’s one or two levels up from my skills. And lots of people...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:42 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Native Chief Lightweight!!!
- Replies: 230
- Views: 59519
Re: Native Chief Lightweight!!!
Yeah I wish I had caught this earlier. I’ve seen other brands screw that up but I basically trust Spyderco to get things right. And obviously no company is perfect. The tape trick works. I’m gonna carry it a bit and see how it goes. It’s a lot more knife than I usually like to carry, so if it isn’t ...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Native Chief Lightweight!!!
- Replies: 230
- Views: 59519
Re: Native Chief Lightweight!!!
On fiddling with this more the lock spring tension is really strong. This makes it stiffer than need be. But it’s definitely breaking in. But the pivot was torqued down so tight out of the box it was unusable. A deep carry clip won’t help the clip problem. It’s fundamentally an issue with the scales...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:40 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Native Chief Lightweight!!!
- Replies: 230
- Views: 59519
Re: Native Chief Lightweight!!!
Got my $100 Native Chief LW from the MAPnesty sale this week. I've wanted a Chief since the prototype was first shown off at a show like 10 years ago. The price was certainly right. So pretty excited when I got the package today... but... Ok first off the pivot is extremely stiff. I had to two hand ...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:44 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Laser hardening
- Replies: 7
- Views: 446
Re: Laser hardening
It's just not much of a problem to heat treat steel. You buy a heat treat oven and do the right temperature cycle. Quenching can be interesting so maybe if you figure out laser quenching that will help.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:03 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Laser hardening
- Replies: 7
- Views: 446
Re: Laser hardening
Well… heat treatment isn’t necessarily expensive at volume. You can put hundreds of blades in a batch in an oven or… laser them one at a time?
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:40 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Tax day MAP sale!
- Replies: 104
- Views: 9206
Re: Tax day MAP sale!
I didn’t even know MAPnesty days existed. If this happens every year then I need to plan around it. Woke up a little to late for the $80 Native Chief deal.
I’m a lot more of a Spyderco consumer at non-MAP pricing.