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I looked at my small persian, caly 3's, and forum Native 5.

It looks to be pretty common, but most of my Japan lock backs don't have a large section where the spring sits on the lock bar. The ones I'm looking at, the spring sits on unfinished steel and almost immediately after the end of the ...

If you don't already have one, and still want a slim 3" wharncliffe, you might consider grabbing one of the discontinued Des Horns before they disappear.

Quite nice! That's a lovely wharncliffe styling. Consider one grabbed. Seriously. I just ordered one.

I do know the Kiwi is made by Moki and ...

It's also possible that each knife has a very tight F&F timeframe and details like sanding the other side would add to the bottom line (and be passed to the customer). It's a stretch of course but one of those details, along with the costs associated, that separate high quality production from ...

The Deacon wrote:The lockbars of both of my Kiwi 4's look exactly like yours. And yes, I've notices spots on other internals that were not finished more than necessary for them to function properly.

Very helpful intel. Thank you.

Deacon, have you noticed this finish on any other Spyderco internals?
If it is part of the functional design and was left rough on purpose, I would be interested in hearing confirmation from the company. However, if you look closely, it appears that someone may have made a pass at grinding the ...

Yes. I don't really care what the parts I don't see look like. I guess some people do.

I fail to see how the response quoted above adds value to this conversation or to my question, other than to deliver a passive-aggressive swipe in my direction.

Thanks to everyone else who replied in a ...

rycen wrote:That's fairly normal.

Truly? If that's the case, I may simply ask to return the knife. No point in exchanging it for one that's the same.
Just my opinion, but finish ought to be better on a knife that costs $100+. I do not own another Spyderco with parts that look unfinished.

I bought it from NK. I've contacted the dealer, but it was the last Kiwi 4 in stock, so if they allow an exchange, a replacement might take a while.

I own and have owned a lot of Spydercos, and fit and finish tends to be really high for production knives IMO.

However, I recently purchased a Kiwi 4, and while the knife functions just fine, one part of the locking mechanism looks pitted. Or it may simply be that the part wasn't finished out ...

NK was fast. Ordered last night and already have a tracking number.

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Hi Suv,

Spoke with Charlynn. She says the knife is still at customer service. She said the problem was just lint in the lock (a common problem until one is edge-u-cated to clean out the lock). I guess you are now Edge-u-cated. she also said you buggered up the edge with a "drag through scrape ...

Moment of weakness...I picked up two knives I've been contemplating for a long while. Caly 3.5 and Kiwi 4.

I am finished.

P.S. Ha! It just hit me now - Spyderco recall Mule 12 for poor performance. This performance statistically same as CPM S30V performance. So CPM S30V is "Golden Standard", but if other steel cuts like it - should be recalled right away whole bunch...

This is one reason why you got ...

I was was banned from bladeforums because of my edge retention testing which show real value of steel.

Official reason for ban by Bastit was - "Enough of your garbage here".

No, nozh2002, you were banned from Bladeforums because you don't have the slightest clue as to constructive social ...

I used to own a CF Dragonfly. Nice knife.

I've got one with the upswept tip.
I need to pick up a drop-point before they're gone.

I'd been meaning to get an Aqua Salt since handling the model at Blade '07 or '08... can't remember which.
A few weeks back, I saw something about the knife and thought, "I need to finally get one of those."
Imagine my embarassment when I found out the knife was discontinued. :eek: :o

So I searched ...

I've been looking for a Yellow PE Aqua Salt for about two weeks now. Just missed some that sold on fleaBay.
Only ones I've found are in Canada, and they have a durn postal strike holding everything up.
Anyone have intel on other sources? Feel free to email me.

Going deep sea fishing at the end of June. Just wondering if the H1 Utility blades might be available before then...

At Blade 2007 perhaps???