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Hey Surfingringo, I've been away from this forum for awhile as I've been going down the Japanese kitchen knife rabbit hole. Good to see you're still posting, I always enjoyed your contributions regarding fishing and using your Spydercos.

I bought my first Spyderco nearly four years ago. At the time, I knew very little about knives in general and specifics of knife steels and so on. I bought a Tenacious in a combination grind thinking it seemed like a great balance of cost, utility, quality - overall value in other words. I bought it...

It happened...I've never lost a knife before after decades of carrying. But, somehow my Manix 2 Lightweight C101PBN2 is missing in action. I'm bummed, I really loved this knife and carried it often. I liked the CTS XHP. I've searched everywhere I can imagine since I last carried it to no avail. I ho...

I don’t think I’m a typical knife afi. I grew up in mostly suburban areas – we moved frequently when I was a kid and I didn’t have knives. I went fishing as a kid and always enjoyed reading outdoor and hunting magazines. In my 30s I started hunting and bought a Buck 110 folder. After a couple of sea...

Believe it or not, my most used is a Tenacious combo blade with black blade (I don't know what they use, it isn't listed as DLC) and black G10. I slice lemons every morning with it. But I never carry it. Most carried is hard to say - I carry my Manix LW, PM2 and PM3 more often than the Delica or Cha...

I touched up the Santoku K08 today. Light passes on the medium SM - I used the 30 degree Back Bevel (15 degrees) on the right side, which came with a steeper grind then the 40 degree edge (20 degrees) on the other side. Five minutes and it's tree topping sharp. My wife is loving this thing in the ki...

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Sun Apr 08, 2018 7:33 pm

I’ll just say that I think the clip thing is blown way out of proportion, love the factory clip myself.

I have both...love 'em. No issues with carrying either one.

My santoku, purchased new a couple of months ago is definitely asymmetrical. The edge is ground on both sides of the blade, but at different angles.

Cruwear Sprint.

I should add - the things she likes are the thin grind which slices easily, the sharpness and the toughness that allows her to crush garlic with the side of the blade.

Four? I don't have a large collection, but I don't think I can do four.

We've been using a J A Henckels kitchen knife set I bought 15 years ago. A couple of weeks ago I realized the chef's knife my wife has been using had nicks and chips on the edge. I re-profiled and sharpened. I wasn't entirely pleased with the result. My wife is a great cook and often slices, dices, ...

I've always used the SM ceramics to sharpen my knives and I thought I had them sharp. Then I found a strop on Amazon - it's a wood paddle 2-1/2" wide and about a foot long. It has leather glued on both sides and came with sticks of compound. The green compound is reported to be about a 15,000 g...

I love the feel of the Para 3 and the compression lock. I also love the slim, classy shape of the Chaparral and the XHP steel. But, somehow my Delica gets more pocket time than either of them.

The Manix 2 LW (CTS-XHP) has taken over my pocket space. I don't see it losing it's EDC position until I spend time in a jurisdiction that requires me to carry a shorter blade. Then the Delica or the Para 3 is likely to take over. I don't mind lightweight at all.

The title to this thread is more than a little rough. I have two two Seki City Spydercos and they're fine knives. Yes, I took a file to edge of the Spydie hole in my Delica 4 so it was more comfortable for me - who's to say someone else wouldn't have preferred the "crisp" edge. Again, I fi...

Has Spyderco indicated how many units will be produced for this sprint? I've searched and found numbers from 600 to just under 2,000 and was curious as this will be my first knife purchase. I almost grabbed a blurple PM2 instead, but the recent pics owners shared of their Para 3 cruwear changed my ...

Since I was in the area I decided to stop at the Spyderco Headquarters and retail shop in Golden. I didn't intend to buy anything - just have a look and handle a few knives I don't often see. The gal at the counter told me they got 10 - PM3 Cruwear Sprints on Thursday and they had two left. Now they...

This thread got me thinking - I have two M2LW - one in BD-1 and one in CTS-XHP. I'm a fan of XHP and the M2LW with brown FRCP has become my EDC for a couple of months now. I love hair-poppin' sharp blades, so I touch-up the XHP every week or two. Today I touched up the XHP, then also hit the BD-1 t...

This thread got me thinking - I have two M2LW - one in BD-1 and one in CTS-XHP. I'm a fan of XHP and the M2LW with brown FRCP has become my EDC for a couple of months now. I love hair-poppin' sharp blades, so I touch-up the XHP every week or two. Today I touched up the XHP, then also hit the BD-1 to...