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...Learn something new every day! .. :) That's a very understandable thing to be unsure about. It's made with a textured layer that gets peeled off near the end of the finishing process. Here's a picture of "course texture" peel-ply mid-peel so that you have a visual reference. https://i.imgur.com/...

Wow, I'm so sorry to hear you're injured Doc! I hope you recover quickly and completely. I'm glad to hear you've got a D'Fly to play with while you're laid up in the hospital. I'm traveling this week but I happen to have one of my D'Fly's with me...( I love that little design!)...I'll be carrying my...

^^Very well stated^^

Since M390, CTS-204P and Latrobe 20CV are for all intents and purposes the same thing it's definitely the heat treatment that is making all the difference that people experience. Yesterday I was sharpening a Benchmade S90V blade and found it to be as easy to sharpen as my S35VN Para 2. This is defin...

... If you could pick any Bohler Steel for a new "hard user" type Saber Ground Delica sprint, which would you pick and why?... The geometry of a sabre ground Delica makes the blade inherently tough as it is so within the context of your criteria, my personal preference would be something easy to ma...

I'm surprised your Delica's blade is in such good shape since the Youtube experts have told us that a knife without a sharpening choil will develop a recurve from sharpening... Anyway, beautiful knives. Thank you. Although this Delica hasn't been in my rotation for many years now, I can definitely ...

In 1991 at the Valley Indoor Swapmeet near my house in So.Cal there was a booth selling these "weird looking" knives with holes in the blades. A guy was demonstrating how easy it was to open with one hand. I thought they looked practical and I bought both, the small one and the big one. The people t...

Hey everyone, I thought many of you here at the Forum would like to know that Lance Clinton (aka Surfingringo, and designer of the Waterway fixed blade) is giving away a Spyderco Waterway on his Instagram page. If you don't already follow his Instagram, you might want to check it out...it's full of ...

Man that pattern is almost annoyingly beautiful... I'm officially jealous. Congrats to this one of a kind beauty!! Thank you :) . I feel very fortunate to have received this little gem. That is a stunning piece Chad! What a beautiful little knife. You did a fantastic job! ...now I'm curious what Sh...

Since a couple of you asked to see the finished product, here it is... rather..here's a set of pics that shows the progression from "off-cut scrap" to my new EDC. This is the piece of Damacore that I received from my friend Shawn at Triple B Handmade. It was too small for any of my existing knife de...

Happy Birthday Darby!

As I said, I'm not a scientist, and I also never claimed to be a climate change denier. I don't see anything I said that's opposite of what scientists are saying. I simply said "I believe" because I don't claim to be an expert. There is no doubt that things are changing. Thee wilderness in the west...

When someone says they "believe" something about climate change that is opposite of what scientists around the globe agree to be factual I simply have to assume that person has not yet taken the time to look into the facts. I will also say I don't blame anyone for not doing the research and frankly ...

OMG!! Speaking of WSH@LAD, Did you see Bellinger throw out Strasburg at first from RIGHT FIELD ?! That's stuff we occasionally pull off on a Pony Ball field, but I've personally never seen that happen in an MLB game before. That kid is a STUD!

OK I see that we are mostly talking past each other which is unfortunate. It is difficult to give sufficient context to statements in a forum like this. We will have to talk in another setting where it will be more apparent that we agree on more points than we disagree. I'm sorry and disappointed t...

I'm struggling to understand the relevance of comparing Vanax to Vanadis 4E or Vanadis 8. Extreme corrosion resistance is the context with which Vanax is a highly desirable knife steel. Can you help me understand what you're trying to say when you compare these? Sure, Vanax has occasionally been ca...

To answer your questions about what I have been saying about Vanax toughness...Vanax is 25% tougher than Elmax according to the data I have received directly from a metallurgist and project engineer that I have been working with directly at Uddeholm. Sure that's in the datasheet: https://www.uddeho...

Why CPM154 shows up on that chart with such high toughness numbers is a mystery to everyone apparently. I've never seen any other information that would back that up. I make knives in CPM154 and I love that steel...it has a great balance of properties overall. Crucible shows CPM154 toughness as equ...

I am curious. Why does CPM S35VN have such low toughness if the carbide content is lower than CPM-154/Elmax/M390/etc.? Vanax and S35VN have similar carbide/nitride volume and look similar. M390 appears to outperform relative to those. Why CPM-154 does so much better I don’t know. Hoping to do some ...

Happy Birthday Dan!