Well, I will have been monogamous with the same woman for fifty years next month and I cannot say it's been boring. But I get your point. The thing about this hobby--and it's a hobby, not an identity for me--is that one can go deep (as you do) or go wide (as I do), but there are no laws written that...
How do you carve out an elephant statue? Simply remove anything that doesn't look like an elephant. How do you play the guitar, cook food, write books, take photographs? How do you "evaluate" steel. Some people have an innate ability to feel how the knives cut. If you have that and spend time cutti...
You have revealed doubt that “30 different steels” can be known well enough to reach an informed opinion, unlike people, such as yourself, who have only a small number of steels.
I’ve come to conclude that I’m lock-agnostic. Any one that Spyderco offers will do, or, rather, I can make do with any one. And I have each kind (except the stop-lock). None is perfect (I could denigrate each); each is more than good enough (I could extoll each). My one peccadillo regarding locks is...
I think we'd have to offer them with no warrantee against wear? We're getting ready to make another run of Goldenstones. HHHhhhmmmmm. BTW, I'm planning a CBN "Duckfoot" to go with the Golden stone. I’d jump on a brown Goldenstone without the warranty in a heartbeat, and will watch for more info on ...
One could argue that the Goldenstone gives you part of the 701 Profile Set. It does have the same profile, if spread over a broader flatter surface of white stuff. But, if I recall Sal correctly, there will not be a brown Goldenstone, owing to production costs and limited life-expectancy (because fr...
Hi Paul, I was hoping that you would chime in. I agree with you. sal You beat me to it, Sal. I like my Kiwi4, but its squared-off handle, sometimes uncomfortable, has disinclined me from carrying it. I’d like the handle softened with a more pronounced chamfer, at least. And I never imagined a wire-...
I prefer larger Spydies—my Delica and Native5s are small to me—but curiosity has led me to acquire the even tinier Ladybug Hawkbill Salt, Manbug Salt, Dragonfly (G10 and Salt), Squeak, Urban, Pingo, and Lil’ Native (midlock). Each is quite capable and I like them all, except the Squeak, even though ...
Lubricating the washers is less the goal than the surfaces that rub against each other. Phosphor-bronze washers already have a low-friction coefficient, and, barring grit in the pivot, lessen the need for oil. Oil does serve to make things silky-smooth, as well as to transport crud away from the piv...
I, too, have this one. Everybody likes to call the handle color “blurple”, but I think Evil D got it right when he called it “indigo”. A mysterious name to enclose a mysterious steel. S110V cuts forever, but as Sal says, don’t let it get dull. Sharpening response is not this steel’s strong suit. You...
If iTunes has become more well-behaved (haven’t used it for several years since I changed an old Dell laptop to Debian), OK, but once burned, twice shy...
I still use an iPhone 6s Plus. I’m a heavy user and haven’t found a need to switch up. The upcoming iOS 14 evidently purrs on it, so I suppose I’ll keep on keeping on. I simply adore what this phone can do for me. I’m content to replace batteries and Otterbox cases ‘tIl the cows come home. My Apple ...