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by rwponline
Fri Jun 29, 2018 10:35 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Post up your Rit dye projects..
Replies: 515
Views: 112364

Re: Post up your Rit dye projects..

The orange was nice, but I already had the dye out...
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-rwponline
by rwponline
Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:05 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: C-60 Ayoob model: It's Way Past Time For An Upgrade
Replies: 34
Views: 6422

Re: C-60 Ayoob model: It's Way Past Time For An Upgrade

I would be all over any Ayoob reboot or just reissue... One of my all time favorites. Hey great to see you again "markg" :) I knew a thread on the C-60 Ayoob might just have a few of the old school Spyderville folks come out of the woodwork :D I wonder where our friend "Mark Greenman...
by rwponline
Thu Jun 28, 2018 7:05 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Space Corps knife??
Replies: 127
Views: 22095

Re: Space Corps knife??

What chores and functions might this space knife have to perform? sal For an EVA knife you'd want something with a serrated edge to cut through the beta cloth used pretty much everywhere exposed to space (a fireproof glass fiber cloth that can resist the UV and atomic oxygen present at orbital alti...
by rwponline
Thu Jun 28, 2018 6:48 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Space Corps knife??
Replies: 127
Views: 22095

Re: Space Corps knife??

I spent a few years working on Extravehicular Activity (EVA) hardware (spacewalk stuff) at Johnson Space Center, including the period after the Columbia accident. We didn't fly shuttles for a few years after that, and all our US spacesuits on orbit were taken offline due to the lack of maintenance p...
by rwponline
Tue Dec 26, 2017 11:19 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Grail discussions!!
Replies: 37
Views: 7361

Re: Grail discussions!!

ZrowsN1s wrote:So I guess I'd define "grail" as a knife you would like to own, but for any number of reasons... you can not. This could be too expensive, too rare, or in the case of the Janisong too illegal :D
Janisong would be my grail knife.
by rwponline
Tue Dec 26, 2017 11:01 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: VTOKU Sprint Run
Replies: 274
Views: 91795

Re: VTOKU Sprint Run

Over the years my Emerson Endura has probably had more pocket time than anything in my rotation other than the Caly3. So thin, light, and fast out of the pocket with the Emerson opener and the FRN texture. It's also a bit of a study in compromise, with the saber grind giving it a strong piercing tip...
by rwponline
Mon Dec 25, 2017 8:12 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Is it just me... ?
Replies: 56
Views: 10144

Re: Is it just me... ?

I started with backlocks in the 80s and then chased the locking system fads for a couple of decades (I'm an engineer, and enjoy the mechanisms). A couple of years ago I tried carrying a different blade locking system every day to work, and ended up going over a month before a lock was duplicated. Th...
by rwponline
Sat Nov 11, 2017 9:57 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Name a Spyderco knife you thought you would like but REALLY LOVED once you bought it.
Replies: 53
Views: 7894

Re: Name a Spyderco knife you thought you would like but REALLY LOVED once you bought it.

Police 4 K390 (back in my pocket after trying the M4 manix 2 much of the week). Honorable mention: Endura wave - I knew the saber grind would be poor at breaking down boxes or slicing food, but the wave, light weight, and slim feel in the pocket (front to back and thickness) won me over years ago. U...
by rwponline
Thu Nov 09, 2017 11:36 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread
Replies: 2832
Views: 811324

Re: Sal's Casual Bombshell Thread

A locking UK is a Caly 3. Certainly not an impossibility at this time. The Caly 3 sprint in an improvement. We've got a Caly 3.5 FRN model on the drawing board. sal :eek: :spyder: :eek: :spyder: :eek: ^^^ Linerless G10 Caly 3.5? ^^^ This is epic news Indeed epic. Count me in!! FRN Caly 3.5 would be...
by rwponline
Sat Nov 04, 2017 7:54 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: How did you discover Spyderco?
Replies: 67
Views: 12015

Re: How did you discover Spyderco?

The worker in the attached photo was actually my second, I had lost the first about a year earlier. Back in 1990, $64 for a pocket knife seemed crazy, but after trying a few 'cheaper alternatives', I gave up and bought this one. Little did I realize how much money I would spend on those goofy lookin...
by rwponline
Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:58 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Police K390...yea it's freaking awesome.
Replies: 59
Views: 11225

Re: Police K390...yea it's freaking awesome.

No patina yet (my blades usually stay lightly oiled to keep tape and cardboard residue from sticking), but I am enjoying my P4 immensly. It's surpisingly ellegant in hand. The thin profile and deep carry have even allowed it to sneek into (and for now dominate) my office carry rotation, which is nor...
by rwponline
Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:34 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Spyderco Photo of the Week Contest!
Replies: 10026
Views: 1237266

Re: Spyderco Photo of the Week Contest!

ZrowsN1s wrote:
rwponline wrote:IMG_1118.JPG
Welcome to the forum! Nice pair :D
Thanks! Just having a little fun with RIT dye... :)
by rwponline
Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:44 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: How have you preferences changed over the years?
Replies: 62
Views: 10738

Re: How have you preferences changed over the years?

It’s hard to overstate just how big an impact the original Spyderco models had on my knife preferences . It was truly revolutionary. I carried my first stainless ‘worker’ model in the 80’s until I lost it, then replaced it with another (for an outlandish $75 at the time). Since then I’ve gone throug...