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Well, we seem to have an example of a back lock Polestar made of acrylic.

The Bow River isn't a filet knife. I'm not sure why the Bow River price matters if you're shopping for filet knives.



They're both made in China with basically the same steel, a G10 handle, a leather sheath, designed by the same person, and both sold by Spyderco. They're nearly identical aside ...

$90 Chinese Spyderco fixed blade is cheap .


But not cheap when compared to the Bow River at $52.50. I'm struggling to see how this is nearly double the price. 8cr17 instead of 8cr13 and the G10 is more contoured. Yea it's longer, but it's also thinner blade stock. Does all that really add ...

I don't know if you read the room. They're not making those knives in China because there are no other factories. They're being made there to meet a price point. Bringing on a new US factory would just result in more knives like they make in Golden. Expensive ones.


Right. Maybe he doesn't ...

sal wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 10, 2025 11:05 pm

We do have protos of Polestar and Alcyone models in back-lock, Compression Lock and Cross bar locks.

sal

A compression lock Polestar is alive. Knowing that possibly the most perfect knife already exists as a prototype in Sal's possession makes me incredibly jealous.

James Y wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 16, 2025 2:55 pm

I like the tall HG. I'm not certain how it cuts compared to a FFG, like on the FFG Manix 2, or the PM2.

If by HG you mean hollow grind, the Shaman isn't a hollow grind. It is full flat grind, at least that's what reveal 19 says.

Mrj wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 12, 2025 7:46 am

If 300<400+ then why couldn’t they ask 300 of them to watch and search for fakes?

Ok so you're thinking they just asked all employees "please keep an eye out". I can see that happening. That's different from 300 people hired to chase down fakes, though.

Mrj wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 11, 2025 7:43 am

I was told Benchmade has around 300 employees actively chasing down fakes.

Their LinkedIn page says they have "400+" employees total. No way they hire 300 for chasing fakes.

The average tariff on US exports was less than 2% before the tariff war.


The median tariff rate worldwide is currently 2.6%. The US tariff rate is 1.5%, which remains one of the lowest in the world. If you remember, in 2018, all non-sanctioned countries were offered a zero tariff deal where if ...

Snacktime wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 08, 2025 11:41 pm

This whole idea that Tariffs will strengthen USA manufacturing is complete garbage.

So then why do other countries tariff us so much? Are they really just sabotaging themselves? Are all other countries just incompetent and misguided? Or maybe there's a reason for it...

Cold Steel explored that concept with the Click N Cut. It's very inexpensive and nobody talks about it. I assume it's impossible to have tight tolerances so the only category it makes sense in is with super cheap China knives... which is what Cold Steel is doing.

At that time I will need to dremel the knife so that it can drop further to hit the stop pin. But this will then make the hole sit further into the scales causing it to be occluded.


It's more complicated than that. On a compression lock, there is a detent ball on the lockbar and a detent hole ...

Danke wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 27, 2025 2:08 pm

I hope it's this.

I've been holding out for a carbon fiber and s90v version for decades.

Ow!Icutmyself! wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 24, 2025 5:20 pm

Not a troll, either.

Ahhhhhh.... that makes it clear. The cropping in the original picture didn't do that knife any favors. lol

Well, it's a counterfeit. So....

I think it's crazy that they'd be so brazen as to counterfeit a MAXAMET model. There's no way they could even come close.

Kinda seems like a troll post?

I actually wonder, since there is no production capacity available in Golden, is the plan to wait until there is or is this one slated for China regardless of the lock type?


But they've never made a compression lock in China, at least not successfully. Wasn't that the problem with the first run ...

Eric thought that the models might sell better with Compression Locks, so we made Prototypes with Compression Locks with the edge to the handle



I think Eric is correct here. This sounds great. A Polestar compression lock made in Golden could be the most perfect Spyderco ever made. The only ...

I bought a Green Bow River Exclusive, haven't bought another Spyderco fixed blade since. Handle is to slippery and it dulls to quickly compared to a Mora. Very nice looking design, which is why I bought it in the first place. Not something I want in my hand when dealing with fish or processing ...

There are only really 2 kinds of fisherman. Those who buy what works and those who have to have the best. Shelter Cove doesn't satisfy either group.



But by that logic, the Bow River also doesn't satisfy either group, yet I still bought one to take with me fishing at my local rivers and streams ...

A knife is a tool. I would use the one that makes you happiest that day.


This is really the truth. Given that he's new to hunting, his time would be much better spent reading about hunting techniques, studying a map to learn the exact boundaries of the property he's hunting, shot placement ...