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by ekastanis
Sat Feb 24, 2024 6:24 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Community Sharpening Journal
Replies: 2317
Views: 299523

Re: Community Sharpening Journal

What is meant by RA surface exactly? I recall hearing Sal state at some point that the fine/ultra-fine is the exact same stone but one gets surface finished to a fine surface. Ra is one of a number of metrics to quantify surface roughness, as defined in ISO 21920. Essentially it is the average of t...
by ekastanis
Mon Feb 19, 2024 1:27 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Spyderco 2024 Lists: Delivered & Upcoming
Replies: 150
Views: 42184

Re: Spyderco 2024 Lists: Delivered & Upcoming

Interesting that the black blade C101PJGRBK2 appears to be screwed construction whereas IIRC the satin blade C101PJGR2 was pinned.
by ekastanis
Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:41 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Does anyone 3D print scales or accessories?
Replies: 15
Views: 1160

Re: Does anyone 3D print scales or accessories?

Injection molding isn’t an additive manufacturing process and is even more out of reach to amateur makers than forging or stock removal. Injection molding is absolutely additive and it’s not that out of reach. Some of older TheCrafsman videos on YouTube show some pretty low end production of molds....
by ekastanis
Sun Feb 11, 2024 11:48 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Does anyone 3D print scales or accessories?
Replies: 15
Views: 1160

Re: Does anyone 3D print scales or accessories?

Injection molding isn’t an additive manufacturing process and is even more out of reach to amateur makers than forging or stock removal.
by ekastanis
Sun Feb 04, 2024 4:20 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Crazy Good Deals Part 2!!
Replies: 1839
Views: 378872

Re: Crazy Good Deals Part 2!!

weeping minora wrote:
Sun Feb 04, 2024 2:38 pm
(Dack) in fact do carry on-hand inventory.
I stand corrected, they actually do have a storefront. And I found a photo on Google of their Spyderco inventory

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by ekastanis
Sun Feb 04, 2024 11:50 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Crazy Good Deals Part 2!!
Replies: 1839
Views: 378872

Re: Crazy Good Deals Part 2!!

Dack doesn’t have inventory, they’re a drop shipper.
by ekastanis
Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:19 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Science of sharp 15v analysis
Replies: 16
Views: 1323

Re: Science of sharp 15v analysis

What did you think about the images? The images are excellent as usual from Science of Sharp. Always particularly interesting to me is the sectioning of the edge by focused ion beam, and more recently the elemental analysis by EDS. This photo set and its subject steel might be the most captivating ...
by ekastanis
Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:16 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Could this Delica 4 be a fake? (apparently not)
Replies: 19
Views: 838

Re: Could this Delica 4 be a fake?

Any chance that it's a C11SFG?
by ekastanis
Fri Dec 29, 2023 6:38 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Spyderco Byte December 2023 Feedback
Replies: 10
Views: 1892

Re: Spyderco Byte December 2023 Feedback

December 2023 Byte wrote: while [Magnacut] is not as tough as H-2, its toughness is impressive and outshines that of LC200N
by ekastanis
Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:54 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: A copper spyderco
Replies: 87
Views: 24478

Re: A copper spyderco

Danke wrote:
Mon Dec 11, 2023 11:37 pm
2) Copper in not a substitute for lead in bullets.
It can be
by ekastanis
Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:56 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Janisong not available in US?
Replies: 59
Views: 21538

Re: Janisong not available in US?

It is restricted from being imported due to the Federal Switchblade Act of 1958. Until that law changes, or unless production is moved to Golden, I don't think it will be for sale in the US.
by ekastanis
Sat Oct 28, 2023 3:02 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Crucarta Manix 2
Replies: 33
Views: 4796

Re: Crucarta Manix 2

There was also the smooth carbon fiber, satin blade exclusive from I believe knifecenter around 2016. Neat, I either forgot completely about that one or missed it altogether. I’ve seen a few of the gray G10 on the secondary market but not the smooth CF I don’t believe. I have the Crucarta Shaman an...
by ekastanis
Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:22 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Crucarta Manix 2
Replies: 33
Views: 4796

Re: Crucarta Manix 2

Bolster wrote:
Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:15 am
While we're on the topic, what other Cru-Wear Manix'es have there been? I'm only aware of the purple G-10 but I'm sure there were others...
KnifeCenter smooth black G10 satin & DLC exclusives, and a checkered gray G10 sprint from quite a few years back.
by ekastanis
Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:22 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Will they ever have full Superblue again?
Replies: 21
Views: 2301

Re: Will they ever have full Superblue again?

The Itamae knives are clad, OP is asking about full super blue.
by ekastanis
Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:07 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Bodacious Discussion
Replies: 138
Views: 37723

Re: Bodacious Discussion

I allow myself limited redundancy these days but will be passing on one of my beloved Shaman variants to welcome the PJ version of this into my rotation. Nice work Sal.
by ekastanis
Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:43 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Reveal 14 Live!
Replies: 186
Views: 44780

Re: Reveal 14 Live!

Amazing Reveal, my wallet will take a beating. I hope the Spyderco crew took in good humor all the hand wringing and teeth gnashing over it.
by ekastanis
Fri Oct 06, 2023 1:34 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Why do knife enthusiasts frequently ignore kitchen knives?
Replies: 37
Views: 3616

Re: Why do knife enthusiasts frequently ignore kitchen knives?

+1 I have some Solingen-made kitchen knives (8" chef, 3.5" paring, 8" bread, soft 1.4116 steel with full bolsters, not really my preference), as well as Spyderco K04 & K05 PE utility knives and a K08 santoku, all of which get abused by other members of the household. Nothing fancy...
by ekastanis
Tue Oct 03, 2023 5:30 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Are We Witnessing The Death Knell of K390 In Production Folders?
Replies: 183
Views: 17407

Re: Are We Witnessing The Death Knell of K390 In Production Folders?

Araignee wrote:
Tue Oct 03, 2023 3:43 am
On Cl1ff's picture, the knife looks very different
I believe that’s a C209GS ClipiTool Rescue.
by ekastanis
Tue Sep 26, 2023 6:15 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: S90V & Blue G-10
Replies: 12
Views: 2131

Re: S90V & Blue G-10

You can pick up a C81GPTL2 and dye the scales for less money than a C81GP2.