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Agreed! The BTE thickness on my K390 Leafjumper is significantly thinner than any previous Seki knife I've had. More in Watu/Chap territory. A relief as I wasn't looking forward to reprofiling it!

Delica today

Gently modded Centofante

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xceptnl wrote:

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My gently modded Caly 3 sprint

Softened spine? Always a classy upgrade in my book.

But it ruins an otherwise perfect back scratcher! :p

Don’t worry, I didn’t round the point...

xceptnl wrote:

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My gently modded Caly 3 sprint

Softened spine? Always a classy upgrade in my book.

Thanks

I like whittling so it helps my delicate fingers;)

My gently modded Caly 3 sprint

A few minor adjustments and I’m thoroughly enjoying mine :)

My friend just picked up the prototype for the Air from Sal himself for $100. Eric was none too happy about it, but Gayle's handiwork is downright amazing. He actually owns a custom Gayle Bradley Air in CF and an unknown steel. It's buttery smooth and super thin behind the edge. I think that was ...

My knife of choice when I know I've got a a hard/mucky day ahead! The kind of knife I won't cry over if it gets lost/broken (haven't broken one yet despite some serious abuse!).

One of the few manufactured knives i know of with a full convex grind on thin stock = serious slicing ability. I ...

I'd also add that if the tip is really blunted you may need to re-profile it. Settle down with a coarser stone and remove enough material to get back to a workable bevel then move to finer stones/sandpaper etc :)

I was rounding the tip of my Spydie's when sharpening on the Sharpmaker then Edd Scvhempp hit the nail on the head in one of his posts where he said "don't let the tip of the blade run off of the stone (be that a Sharpmaker etc). Simple but effective, I now slow my stroke as I reach the tip and, hey ...

Tis a fiddle!

I found centering by keeping one finger pressed against the blade to push it against the lock bar whilst tightening.

Fiddle on!

Oops, forgot to mention, I swapped the clip out for one i had sanded back to bare metal (looks a lot better in my opinion). So if you did have resale in mind you could put an old, scratched up one on and pop the new clip in the drawer rather than the knife!

My current EDC varies between a g10 Delica 4 Ffg, Opinel number 8 and Scagel Fruitport and has done for several months now. I work outdoors and the Delica gets used in rough, muddy conditions. I think you'd have to do something pretty drastic to make it unsaleable again, for example putting a big ...

Am touting a Delica 4 ffg g10 with VG10. I know this is probably a bit old hat in this ever changing Spydie world! The combination of a thin blade on a not too thin handle has been a winner for me. Great ergo's and like the fact I can strip it down if needed (I work in the dirty outdoors and its not ...

i have to agree with that statement. my brkt bravo2 is full convex ground and is amazing, especially considering its large thick blade. it slices as well as thinner ffg blades. my more used spyders and others end up with a convex edge more due to excessive stropping but dont really get the benefit ...

Nice :)

P.S. I'm talking about a full convex grind too, not just the edge bevel (I've tinkered with that too with mixed results!

Convexed edges are not done as much because they need to be hand made. So with mass produced knives the costs would go up greatly. This is why you see most with hollow grind or ffg. Im a convex fan, convexed my delica ffg also. And I agree if you want to learn more about this check out virtuovice ...