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I don’t think that any Spydie comes close to what the Chaparral is, but then I think the knife is one of Sal’s top 5 designs.

I have the peel-ply S90V Knifeworks exclusive and would be game for an uncoated 4V Manix2 XL.

Like carving an elephant; take a piece of material and cut away everything that isn't elephant. Ahh, an artist’s way of saying “everything you need and nothing you don’t”. I’m here for the elephants, but especially for the guy who’s envisioned all the ones I have. For the record, the Military, Stre...

You complain about cursive. Anyone here remember learning to “sound out” unfamiliar words, or to diagram a sentence? Such lost things instill self-discipline and a broader standard of behavior. They (whoever “they” would be) did not cause these losses. We (as in We the People) own that, but to go fu...

I can’t imagine a better hawkbill than my SE Spyderhawk Salt. OK I'm with you. I love the Spyderhawk I now have 4 of them>> two users and two for the long term collection. But wouldn't you want a better handle than the current FRN handle it's been available in?? Or at least when it was still being ...

I’ve been a Red Sox fan since I saw Ted Williams play in his last year, so I’m glad the championship-starved Nats will meet the awesome Astros. Because the Nats were first the Expos, for whom I rooted during my 22 years in Montreal, I’ll continue my tradition, but either way, the Series should be go...

The Salt line is, on my opinion, the ultimate work knife series Spyderco produces. That's why I carry a Salt 2. If you don't know what you may need your knife for then the salt line is what you need. I understand splinter picker knives with very thin behind the edge stats are funnier to use in a co...

Uncoated in a Native Chief would suit me just fine.

I can’t imagine a better hawkbill than my SE Spyderhawk Salt.

My niece, a civil engineer, trained as a firefighter while at GE and is now a volunteer firefighter in her town. She loves her VG10 Assist. I regret not giving her the Salt version. VG10 is no slouch, but H1 has the harder teeth and cares not about the wet.

My toughest Spydie folder would be either my original Manix, my Superleaf, my GB1, or one of my Shamans. None would be nearly as tough as my SE Enuff Salt.

The Shaman. Oh, wait!

During my visit with family in Toronto, I effortlessly sliced very dense Montreal-style bagels into perfect halves not with a bagel-slicer or a bread knife, but an SE Pacific Salt. Purpose-built?

I didn’t know there was something wrong with S30V. I must have missed the memo.

Evil D wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:17 am

I really do wish this thread was about the release of this knife and not what it has turned into. You guys can start your own flipper debate thread in off topic and talk each other in circles and I promise I won't get in the way.

What David said!

The FOMO is thick in this thread, and I am not immune.

At my post office.

Epicurean boards are now the standard in our kitchen and camper van. Hygienic and don’t dull edges unduly.

Whenever I feel the urge to index the choil/notch or pinch the ricasso, something I’m doing is telling me to lessen the blade-tip’s arc of travel. Whatever that “something” is what marks the beginning of “detail work” for me. As need for detail increases, I might go farther tipward with a pinch grip.

For increased “detail work”, I often index the choil/notch or pinch the ricasso (to limit the arc of blade-tip travel), and sometimes advance my pinch-grip tipward for chef-like slicing and awl-like hollowing, even up to just the tip for safe opening of Amazon and other boxes.