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Might be able to use RIT dye after the sandpaper to get the color to all match again.

Brian Lai did my favorite EDC, so I've gotta say him -- that Amalgam is entirely awesome Maybe this time something with a sheepsfoot profile, because sheepsfoot blades are neat and handy.

Amalgam, sheepsfoot edition with only a very slight belly (like the Smock or the Kershaw Leek), with a DLC blade and gray G10 scales. Make it in both serrated and non-serrated plz The Amalgam in its current configuration is awesome for lots of things, but dang, every time I open a box with it I wish...

Blacked-out serrated Pacific Salt 2. Originally bought it for a blade swap, but decided I wasn't as big a fan of the serrated wharncliffe Endura as I thought I'd be, and therefore didn't want to go to the effort of performing the swap to create an uber-lightweight serrated wharncliffe Endura. I'd al...

Amalgam. I almost didn't buy it, was more interested in the Brouwer and ended up buying the Amalgam because it was a similar shape to the Brouwer and I figured it'd be cool to have a "matching set" of similar knives in different sizes. Ended up disliking the Brouwer enough that I gave it to my dad, ...

I love this handle and would be very interested in any alternate bladeshapes that utilize it. It's very similar to the handle of my '98 Rescue, aside from the shackle key, and the '98 Rescue is the ergonomically best of all the Spydercos I've had a chance to check out. I'd be happiest to see it in a...

Lightweight serrated sheepsfoot Amalgam with thinner bladestock, no liners, gray FRN, and DLC coating. I'd take it in a plainedge version as well.

I like the Boye dent on most knives. Some, like the Native 5, look better without. I won't be too bothered either way though; even if they remove it, that's nothing that can't be fixed with some power tools.

Hello and welcome! Nice to see another person around here who appreciates the old Rescues. Mine is the slightly newer version with the metal clip, but it's still old enough to have the patent info stamped into the clip, and it's my coolest knife. :) :spyder: Looking forward to seeing the next additi...

My Police LW and my serrated Pac Salt 1 live in my work bag. The Police is thin and zips right through cardboard, and the Pac Salt mostly sees use as a makeshift screwdriver unless I come across some tough fibrous material that a serrated edge would work best on. For home carry, I have the Amalgam a...

Looks like you enjoy larger knives with broader blades. In that case, everyone's suggestion of the Manix XL is probably a good one, although I can't speak to it myself because the handle ergonomics just don't mesh with my smaller hands. The Amalgam is an excellent knife with a cool backstory, and is...

Hello and welcome! :spyder: As another female person with very petite hands, I've found that the size of the overall knife doesn't matter to me as much as the ergonomics of the handle. I wanted to love the Manix, but the contouring and finger choils were just set too wide apart and I couldn't get a ...

Sheepsfoot PM2?

...This might actually convince me to buy a PM2. Sheepsfoot blades are so useful and awesome.

You can always grind a blade shorter. How about pick a knife based on the handle ergonomics and the other aspects you want, and then shorten the blade to your liking, if necessary? Got no advice about the Southard-vs-Advocate question, just wanted to point out that knife mods are a thing that is pos...

https://i.imgur.com/WLmT0cQ.jpg The serrated one is an early edition of the Spyderco Rescue (released in 1998, I believe); the other, the Spyderco Amalgam, was released 20 years later. I bought the Rescue a couple years back, and it arrived brand-new, in the box, with all the original paperwork, an...

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Wed Jun 10, 2020 9:27 am

What IS this??! I've never seen this Spydie before that I can recall.

Went looking online for a serrated knife because serrated knives are epic, and also I knew I liked knives but really wasn't feeling the Benchmade my Dad had bought me a few years back. Read lots of reviews, discovered Spyderco, decided on the full-serrated blackout lightweight Native, traded the Ben...

After seeing the awesomeness of this and that other knife you did the mini-skinny chop to, I need to get an extra Amalgam and send it to you I've been wanting a sheepsfoot Amalgam so bad, and this would be a way to sort-of get one.

After buying a few Spydercos last year I find that I mostly carry the PM2 S35VN and the Endura SE Wharncliffe depending on what I am doing. During the rainy winter working outdoors I was often carrying my Pacific Salt SE. I have a PM3 S35VN but the blade seems too stubby. The PM2 feels like the per...

:D Thank you! Congrats JuPaul, I really like the green light reflected on the blade and the tree trunk. For my submission this week I'm using another photo from the same session as my last photo. I'm very happy with the way the dramatic shadow makes a second line of teeth on the wall behind the Resc...