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IMHO, this looks better without the partial serrations and the black coating. But I wonder about the hollow grind. I’m looking for a flexible fillet type knife. FFG would be more flexible and probably make a better fillet knife. But then the picture shows the thick spine ending well before the tip ...

ZDP-189

It's the only exotic you can get in budget platforms. I know there are some steels that run away from it but available and $30-90 depending on the knife is hard to beat.

Plus it comes in Delica, Endura, Stretch, Dragonfly, and Ladybug format! :)

Blerv,
Exactly, my friend! I'm just a ...

I'm all for the colors. Variety is nice! High visibility colors are useful in situations where the knife could otherwise be easily lost. Color personalizes the knife for those who like that. I can give my wife the same blade that I have and we can still tell them apart. What could be nicer than his ...

Centofante3 has a 2mm thick blade that is 3 1/8" long.

Yes, the Centofante3 also has a 2mm thick blade. Nice looking blade too. I just wish that it did NOT have that hollow-grind. The FFG on the Chaparral is much to my preference. But to each his own! I hope that Spiderco continues to expand ...

I see that the Spyderco Caspian2 Salt ~ FB22BK is out of stock at Spyderco and I don’t see it on any third party sites. I see some pointed tip Caspian Salts out there, but I prefer the blunt tip for diving. Has the Caspian2 been discontinued or will we see some back in stock sometime?

The Spyderco Bushcraft is made of O-1 tool steel. What do you expect the hardness and edge retention to be like? Especially as compared to ZPP-189, VG-10, etc?

the chaparral 1 is textured CF with s30v
the chaparral 2 is titanium with CTS-XHP
I'm hoping the 3 is shiny smooth CF with zdp. What do you think?


Ok, so which would be the lightest chaparral? Is titanium heavier than carbon fiber? Is CTS-XHP heavier than s30v? Just my backpacking ultra-light ...

Personally i have carried a knife for at least 10 years. I've never had any real problems. As long as you don't do anything stupid, carry them in stupid places, use them in a bad location (overtly in a crowd for example), and most importantly obey the knife laws in your location you should be fine ...

After years of using 6 inch DMT stones (as well as other stones) I have decided to upgrade to the 10 inch DuoSharp Bench Stones. I just want the bigger stones. They are two sided, so I’m getting the Extra Coarse/Coarse stone and the Fine/Extra Fine stone. That should cover grits of 60 micron/220 ...

I want to use a Dragonfly2 Lightweight ZDP-189 as a money clip. I know that people do this, but how adjustable is the clip? I would like to carry 5 “cards” including credit cards, license, etc plus some cash. Can the clip expand enough to do that?

Thanks for the input, because I'll have to order ...

I like the idea of using a Spyderco Dragonfly2 FRN ZDP-189 as a money clip. So has anyone done this? If so, how has the Dragonfly (or other Spyderco with a wire clip) held up? The problem with money clips is that they inevitably wear out; especially when you constantly change the thickness of what ...