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Why the criticism? Because too many people here fail to ask themselves why Sal usually adds “All good, just different” to his statements on steel.

:grin-big eyes Here’s a good one for all.

The C06 Tusk.

Take note of that C06.
That places it between the C05 Economy/Standard (offered in 1984) and the C07 Police (1984).
The Tusk came to market in 2014, but was designed some 30 years before.
Sal: a man so far ahead of his time. It took the ...

JD Smith.

If I could keep only 5 collaborations of the 30 or so I have, I would keep the following:

C46 Bob Lum
C58 JD Smith
C63 Keating Chinook2
C218 Hennicke Opus
C248 McCann Canis


The C58 looks amazing. Great choice!

I credit the late JD Spydo with alerting me to the C58’s goodness, as ...

sal wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 18, 2025 7:57 pm

Thanx Brian. Bob Lum had an exceptional eye for beauty and balance. We lost him too soon.

Very nice collection Larry.

sal

What Sal said.

JD Smith.

If I could keep only 5 collaborations of the 30 or so I have, I would keep the following:

C46 Bob Lum
C58 JD Smith
C63 Keating Chinook2
C218 Hennicke Opus
C248 McCann Canis

Good to get clarity.

Reopening?

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I doubt I would have back-filled so many “Golden Age” Spydies without JD’s advocating guidance.

I personally think that an LC200N Spyderhawk is the next logical choice for the highly celebrated Spyderhawk model. I believe that a Spyderhawk in LC200N would probably sell so well that it would make the Spyderhawk a permanent model like the POLICE, ENDURA, DELICA & Harpy already are. Now I can't ...

I’m glad you had your faith to see you through, but you are missed, Joe.

GarageBoy wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 14, 2025 10:22 am

Spine side - front Flipper
Choil side - regular flipper

FTW.

Pretty sure the COBOL, which I’m eyeing, is a spine-side “front flipper” in the new parlance.

PM2 Bowie
https://www.reddit.com/r/spyderco/s/pxNGQtKpaX

Love mine. Of the 16 Spyderedged blades I have, this one is the best.

3V?! I’m in.

I like FRN. I do prefer it linered. I especially like what Spyderco does with it.

As one example, the lightweight Lil’Temp3’s FRN pattern defies loss of the grip that SD and other important hard work absolutely require. And the fact that it’s lined makes the knife utterly stout.

Why 3V? Because Shaman or Bodacious?

I consider my PM2 Tanto to be an excellent knife, but no longer a PM2. A tantoized Military2 would no doubt be as artful as the PM2 version but something other than a Military2 in my eyes. I’m happy with my Bob Lums and Breeden Captain for tantos…to the limited extent I like tanto blades.

My comment was not a criticism of this thread or its motives, only of the inevitable result of any fuzzy social classification, itself a problem of language which is both heritable and prejudgmental.

Apropos, see the accusatory r/BoomersBeingFools or the whiny r/Millenials.

Why, yes, I regard my excess Spydies to be a flaw in my personality, but I reserve the right to be curious.

We’re gonna have to disagree on what is the best treatment for your diagnosis. Why? Because I want you to survive.

My brother, eight years my junior, was a wellness guru on Maui. So dedicated was he to concoctions on which he’d built his reputation, that he chose not to have surgery, or radiation ...