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The heat treatment makes a big difference, doesn't it Naperville? The interesting this is this, with nanotechnology, you could have those machines that bond the atoms like carbon, iron, and chromium and others together in the patterns you want, without the need for bulk heat processes. The mechanica...

Good point. Then in some ways, people are so overwhelmed by nonsense and emotionalism and falsehoods, they don't know what to believe is true or not.

I was reading up on the history of knives, primarilly focusing on folders. Here is an interesting video on this: https://youtu.be/SQwpWUOvdXE The main family line for folders that he appears to link up is this: Ancient Roman Folding knives -- European such as Spanish Navaja and French Opinel -- Buck...

In some things, yes. In others there's definitely a point of diminishing returns. Especially if you don't consider "pride of ownership" or "bragging rights" to be worth a substantial amount. Am fairly sure there are watches available for under $500 that will keep time just as ac...

Bohler-Uddenholm makes some great stainless steel. According to their literature, they were the first ones to make stainless steel and we have had "stainless tool steel" for over 100 years. This seems to refute those who claim "tool and stainless steel are mutually exclusive in proper...

What do they likely do with the old tooling? Have it melted down and remade into other tool patterns or sold off?

OUCH! That must have hurt badly. That is a sharp knife.

Sal, Kristi, and everyone else at Spyderco and all of you on the forum: I want to thank you sincerely for making this a great discussion and information forum. It is literally the best one I have ever seen and interacted with. Thank you!

At one point in life, I believed that all it took to convince someone of something, whether it was to go from low-cost, low quality knives, to good quality knives, or other things, was to show them the basic raw data, logic, evidence, etc, and that would be that. But then in actual discussions and c...

Aussies are cool people :)

What do you all think of the serration patterns on the various Victorinox knives that come with serrated blade options?

The Deacon wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:19 am

This Sentinel is the only Victorinox knife I own. It's an "old school" back spring liner lock was a gift from a friend.

That is a very good model, actually.

Jd and others: Very sad what happened to Mitch Petrus:

https://sports.yahoo.com/former-giants- ... 17323.html

He was a great player and died of heat stroke

All across the United States of America and also in other places such as Europe, there have been increasing heatwaves. When it comes to practical methods of to avoid injury, illness, or even death, what are some pieces of advice and good wisdom from you all on this? I know the basics: Drink plenty o...

soc_monki, thank you for mentioning this! Can you please advise me on some of the other good tool brands? Until you came along I have never heard of Knipex and now I just looked them up and I am pleasantly surprised. Thank you, friend. I would gladly welcome any other good insights into quality tool...

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Sat Jul 20, 2019 10:43 am

I'd love to have one for my collection, but it's a bit salty price wise for me.

Yes good point.

Do you think Spyderco could make something along those lines with very good materials?

+1 on the footwear! I’ve had a huge heel spur ground off, and I spend way more time and money on my footwear now. I use store-bought orthotic insoles, gel insoles, and will swap these around, as temperature and time on my feet can change things. Some shoes break-in “wrong” from new though, which is...

Thanks. Some more comments: Doc, that is a good point about the counterfeiters. Here is a scary hypothetical example for you: How would you all react if suddenly we began to see the market get flooded with circa 1990s-era Enduras and Delica Spyderco counterfeits? Spyderco probably had those melted d...

I think this may have been discussed on the forum before, but here is a good article on someone using it and showing some history: https://gizmodo.com/this-moon-machete-didnt-turn-me-into-an-astronaut-but-1836055424 I read that this has now been remade for resale: Here you go: https://www.bladehq.co...

Tims wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 19, 2019 8:25 pm

SpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 19, 2019 7:26 pm

Then can I have confident assurance that the saber grind is and will remain with us in knives, for a good long time to come, and especially with Spyderco?

Mate, I can only speak for the entire knife industry and say yes.

Thank you!