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Wonder if the lock got CQI to be a little more like the UKPK or if it’s always going to be stiff…


Stiff is good … especially in a slipit


In my experience (sample of one FRN SPY27 UKPK and one K390 Urban), the Urban is stiffer and drags more ...

This plus the recent new way of making steel that reduces carbon emissions by up to 90% would be two huge steps towards more sustainable (and thus, hopefully, more economical) steel market
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/novel-retrofit-reduces-steel-making-emissions

In fairness ...

Sage 3 scratches that itch for me, but was a limited run and AFAIK never saw daylight in any blade steel aside from S30V.

Despite owning *way* too many knives, the majority Spyderco, I'd buy a lil' Manix in a heartbeat, so long as it wasn't issued in BD1N only.

SPY27, MagnaCut, or M390-ish would ...

Not a hunter, but I use knives to cut real life stuff (not just cardboard and packing tape) and I'll pile on with those suggesting CruWear and MagnaCut.

Tougher stainless steels like LC200 or AEB-L would also be exceptionally rugged, but require much more frequent sharpening.
There are also many ...

Hi SEF,

sorry I didn't see this when you posted...

I have a total mash-up of tool brands, chosen for utility, value and sometimes expedience.
For bicycle (and motorcycle too), there are lots of different takes on "the same" tool and different users will like different makers' versions depending ...

... I never understood why Spyderco is grinding most of their blades so thick bte ...




Compared to many other mainstream makers Spyderco FFG blades aren't unusually thick BTE, also as with sharpening choils, you can remove stock from a blade to make it meet your expectations, but adding steel ...

The zome/Super Blue Delica that was only sold at the SFO and Spyderco online, was priced about the same as MAP had been for the Vtoku 2 Sprint. Hopefully the HPDs will follow this sort of pricing model.

...if the regular production Delica falls short of your expectations, then you may not want to ...

The bone-stock FRN Delica is already $126 list price, so the prospect of a Sprint/Flash batch/Exclusive with the same materials coming in at a lower price is unlikely at best...

Time for the quarterly check-in... Nope, not here yet.

I'm just worried that with my infrequent visits to the forum, I'll check in and it'll have sold out two months ago
:'(
(yes I'm subscribed, but in our modern times, I've been ignoring social notifications more often than in the past)

Mine has now had about two weeks of pocket carry, the dent hasn't returned and I like the knife a lot, though it would certainly have been even better with a deep hollow grind. If that had been the case, it would have shared even more character with the GB1: beefy full liners with CF slabs, tool ...

I don't recall the GB1 having a particularly low BTE thickness. Mine was pretty similar to the GB2 which is quite average. Both were straight from factory, so not a question of being used up


Mine was a battle-axe, like most these days.


My example is 0.37mm BTE, which means that only a few ...

Those Nikkala’s are very unique looking and no doubt a very performance orientated BTE thickness.
It would be interesting to know how one would perform in a high-alloy toolsteel compared to the original S30v in terms of edge stability.


In their initial form, the *literal* ZERO grind meant that ...

I haven't got around to it yet but I plan to grind down a wee bit of the lock bar in that spot. I don't think it'll compromise strength, at least not on a knife I don't plan on using hard anyway.


That area is exactly where I removed stock (and a good bit of stock!), thanks for actually posting ...

riclaw wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:03 pm

@awa54 How are liking this model now that you modded it?

It's had zero pocket time since the mod, sorry!

I *will* actually carry it some time soon, I promise...

No, I sharpened it out and I'm still using it. In fact, I did most of this with it.

https://hosting.photobucket.com/99b664d2-2f17-4eb9-be60-5a8b67e600e6/36a852b4-fd7f-4de8-8660-8670ebd5b574.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds



Well then, I see that not only do you have a sharp knife at ...

yablanowitz wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 10, 2025 5:32 pm

If I could find the pix of mine the first day, I'd post them again. That's about what it looked like after 5 minutes whittling on basswood.

...you didn't happen to sell it on Ebay, with the whittled wood included in the auction?

If so, I may have your knife!

zhyla :rofl

I'm guessing that debacles like the release day Nilakka with it's true zero grind in a moderate toughness steel like S30V are part of the reason that projects like the HPDelica are in prototype testing for so long, so they can avoid future "issues" ...no matter how much it's on the ...

Thanks for the check-in, I always wonder if things are OK when regulars drop out/off (as I have recently).
Glad to hear all is well and that you still use knives

I guess this is an example of why so many people stick with $10 truck stop knives, and why those people can't have nice things (or at least shouldn't be able to have nice things).

Brace yourself, this image made me tear up a little after I was done thinking "WTF???, who does that?"

As seen on Ebay ...

Thank you Halfneck. This helps. Yes I had planned to tell him that a whole bunch of very experienced knife owners refute that ckaim of his. You are very perceptive, sir. But as you showed, I realized best to avoid an argument and be respectful and helpful instead. He seems to think stuff like ...