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Endela PE for me, wouldn't mind grabbing a Delica either, if they do another run.

Larrin addresses the carbide type in 204p class steels and why they are easier to sharpen: "Microstructure The high chromium content in M390 means that less of the high hardness vanadium carbide is present in the steel, and the majority of carbide is the lower hardness chromium carbide. The vanadiu...

Urban lovers ? I’m your man ;) I agree 100%. Urban is the best city pocket folder in the Spyderco line and deserves the best. That pivot spinning bugs me too but I have to disagree on the backspring issue. I like it stronger, it’s a slipie after all. A stronger backspring is just an extra safety me...

I only own N5 LWs and one in linerless G10, so no help there, but I *do* have a stack of Manix 2s, which are Golden made, with exposed steel liners. My experience there is that the liner edges all look and feel like they were media tumbled, they're not excessively rounded off, but all the edges are ...

So I may have a totally atypical reaction to this thread...but it made me order some LV. I want to try making some scales from it. It turns and sands beautifully, but don't expect to carve it! If you have a milling machine that will probably work nicely, it probably won't hold detail like G10 or CF...

The thing to remember is that the unsupported part of the cutting chisel is ideally as short as you can make it and still produce the desired cuts (no need to get extreme, just don't have much more than an inch of unsupported tool hanging over your rest!), then the long chisel handle makes control p...

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Mon Oct 05, 2020 8:54 am

I volunteer Bloke.

lol!!

LC200N met its match last night in the form of the African Blackwood handle I turned; while the edge wasn't actually damaged, I did get considerable dulling from trimming the (very small, maybe 3/16") stub off the base of that one. In all fairness, it *did* do the job and the severe dulling that res...

Thanks a lot! I don't think you are dreaming -- you will have no trouble selling those brushes. I am a wet shaver myself and using a brush given to me as a gift years ago, but it would be fun to make my own, thanks for starting me on that journey. I'll have to investigate how to use my Atlas metalw...

I've been turning some shaving brush handles lately, both in Bocote and Lignum Vitae woods. Thanks for the informative post. I have nothing in LC200N, but I'm eyeing a knife that should be released soon. I currently use a store-bought silver-tip badger hair brush, but when it needs replacement, I'l...

Interesting indeed. My only LC200N is my mule that I use almost daily in the kitchen. So where do you get the bristles to make brushes like that. You have me wanting to try making some. The knots I used in these are all from Maggard's. I really like their 2-band "basic" bulb knot and the fan shaped...

I've been turning some shaving brush handles lately, both in Bocote and Lignum Vitae woods. Bocote is a hard waxy wood, but Argentine Lignum Vitae is ridiculously hard and has enough resin that it resists water without any treatment. The way I turn my handles leaves me to part the finished piece off...

Do airguns count? I finally bought a Weirauch HW35, the standard Euro-legal version with a beech stock and 7.5joule max. muzzle energy.
A vortek spring pack (approx. 12ft/lb muzzle energy now), some sling fittings and an aperture sight now reside on/in it and it'll be all broken in soon

Thanks Larrin, great article!

1) CTS-XHP: I've used D2 in knives for a while and I'm familiar with it's properties. CTS-XHP is a refined version of D2. It holds a good edge for my needs, and I can sharpen it well. 2) CPM-154: Again, I used a lot of knives in 154CM. It always did what I needed a knife to do. Another refined vers...

For my tastes (I like polished plain edges best, but edge retention is something I've gotten used to with modern stainless), the top three are: M390 and its analogs, a great combination of critical sharpness, stainlessness and edge retention, not hard to sharpen either. CruWear, easiest to sharpen, ...

Any idea when the first release will be?

I noticed that my Cruwear Delica is developing a patina quite a bit faster than any of my Golden Cruwear models are. Under basically the same conditions and care. I wonder if the heat treat protocol is is slightly different between Seki and Golden? Anyone else notice this? Yep, mine is my first Cru...

Ok guys you win, I doubt anyone is going to guess this one anyway like I said it's nothing special. I'm looking for a full SE Endura with the Wave hook. I don't recall when they were discontinued but they were made about 2009ish. My end goal is to also buy a Lone Wolf Endura with the Glock tool on ...

I'm not in the PIF, but it's a very cool thing to do, Happy New Year!

The Ti UKPK is one of my favorites of all time... if it had been mine, I'd have had a backspring made, or bought a G10 knife and used it as a parts donor.