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Maybe if I didn't already have two Urbans I would put up with those defects. But this is a $110 knife over here so I'm going to pass.

Does the public in general worry about whether a given brand is more rust resistant than another? I would expect a lot just expect anything called "stainless" to be rust resistant.

If you consider normal people, I think a lot don't even sharpen their knives when they get blunt.

Thanks for all the sharpening comments. I only have one blade in S30V, the HH UKPK limited edition. Currently it's unsharpened, just in ex-factory form. It's a nice piece so I want to start off with at least roughly the right edge form.

My most carried knife is a combo UKPK. The sharpening issue that I face is reconciling the angles, between 15 degrees per side on the plain part, and 20 degrees one side and almost zero on the other for the serrations. What I end up doing is sharpening the segments separately, either just the plain ...

So as a newcomer to S30v, what are the best sharpening methods? Angle, grit fineness, stropping etc. How do the experts maintain theirs.

My father taught me at a very young age that dull knives are, in fact, more dangerous than sharp ones because you need to press so hard to make them cut that your control goes out the window. But on the other hand a blunt knife won't cut your leg if you're careless cutting a sandwich on your lap (n...

The Meat man wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 21, 2019 8:43 am

Too bad you've not had good experiences but I can assure you that it is not exaggeration. Your case is an anomaly.

Maybe. I find it odd though. My sample includes a normal UKPK, Urbans in Elmax and K390, HH special UKPK and a HAP40 Dragonfly. That's a reasonable sample I thought.

Pelagic wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 18, 2019 6:13 pm

This is one of the oldest ones ever.
"Sharp knives are more dangerous than dull ones"

Absolutely. In fact it would be interesting to hear if anyone can actually justify that oft-quoted claim from their direct experience. I've seen plenty to contradict it.

Always. I've never received a new knife (or wood working tool) that I'd consider sharp. I must admit to some disappointment when my first Spyderco was not sharp out of the box, given all the posts about receiving their's "shaving sharp". However now I just assume that's a little bit of exaggeration ...

ZrowsN1s wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 02, 2019 6:24 pm

Ya k390 and abe-l are in different leagues.

In which ways? I guess I'm seeing a lot of interest in AEB-L but it's not clear what exact advantages it gives. Or more to the point if someone already has the Urban in Elmax and in K390, what's missing if they pass on the AEB-L?

crazywednesday wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 03, 2019 12:28 am

Over the years I have realized that people have different interpretations of what it means to fillet a fish.

I agree, for example back when I had a dedicated filleting knife it was a cheap kitchen knife with a rounded tip and not particularly sharp edge.

UKPK is available with G10 scales https://www.heinnie.com/spyderco-heinni ... nknife-g10

One criticism of the leaf is that the point could become exposed when closed after several sharpenings. Anyone know if the drop point has the same potential or is better? As a matter of fact the drop point actually curves up more than the leaf. The point is actually less "dropped". So in theory it ...

Interesting poll results so far. I noticed that all UKPK specials so far have only been made in Leaf, so I had assumed that was the best selling shape. I very much prefer Drop and for that reason I almost passed on the HH special.

I think they should do one in a different color and steel rather than rerunning the red/s30v. grey g10 with Cruwear would be a hit i bet. As I understand it this is a deal exclusive, giving them the continuing right to reorder batches of this exact design. I would guess that changes in steel or col...

Were the current Mules all made in the US, or were they made in the country where that particular steel is most readily available?

By the way, when you guys say "tip down" or up, are you referring to where the tip points in it's folded state, or where it would be if you stuck the knife in your pocket unfolded? Thanks.

OK it's coming back to me, there was an idea to produce something with a 2.75" blade to go between Urban and UKPK, and a further suggestion to downsize the Urban to 2.5".

Could someone remind me, is this the slightly larger blade version that was being discussed?