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The knife looks great. Very excited!

I also suspect that our orders will get cancelled. Oh well. If the knives arrive though, it's going to be a good Christmas for my friends and family.

I'd be all over a brass or copper handled knife. They both look amazing when they start to oxidize.

Something like the Techno with a brass handle would be a dream come true for me.

When mine shipped, I got a message from Paypal with a tracking number.

Spyderco: sharper than your teeth.

My opinion:

A good handle shape and a good lock are the most important things if you're thinking of defending yourself with a knife. After that, plain edge is better than serrated and longer is better than shorter.

I personally stay away from the knives designed for "fighting" or "self defense ...

I always liked my Lum Chinese but I could never get to the "love" stage, so I got rid of it. The Caly 3 and me just didn't get along well at all.

Oh, and the Gunting. I loathed my Gunting.

I scored a bunch of cheap waved Endura trainers a while ago. I've also thought about grinding the wave off. Every time we go hard with them, someone will lose a chunk of skin. It's happened 5 or 6 times so far.

I see the wave being really useful for practicing deployment, if you carry a live ...

Another option is to go for the original Temperance. Somebody put a few of them up for sale on ebay for $95 with free shipping (it's not me). I've been using an original Temperance as a camp knife for the past 4 years or so and I love mine.

Not as nice looking as the Temperance 2 but it would save ...

I don't wear jewelery (other than my wedding ring), watches, scarves, hats, etc. Knives and flashlights are my accessories and they are typically much more useful than the average person's.

That question is usually asked by someone carrying a purse or wearing earrings that cost more than all my ...

I've wondered that myself many times. There's been quite a few knives that I've wanted to pick up, such as the Matriarch, where 1/8th of an inch made it illegal in Seattle.

Other knives, like the Chinook II, I've sold because I realized that it was just barely illegal. In St. Louis, while in a ...

I'd love to see Spyderco make another kerambit. I carry mine almost everyday and it is near perfect.

If Spyderco does make another one, I hope they keep the blade similar to the old one. The blade shape makes a kerambit more than the finger hole does; I have traditional Indonesian kerambits that ...

I always comply with blade laws.

I used to be big into modifying Mustangs. When it came time to do something about the cats, everyone recommended that I just get an H pipe and take the cats off. The typical response was, "Oh, don't worry about it. Everyone does it and no one ever gets caught or ...

EDCF is a good place; I've lurked there for about 3 years. The Manix 2 is one of my favorite Spyderco designs in a long time and I really hope this project becomes a reality!

I'm glad you like the Spyderhawk, Cosmo! :D

You should get a pack of Feather blades (made in Japan?). They're the sharpest I've ever found.

I actually have a box of those in my drawer but I haven't used them yet. I've been having good luck with the Persona Reds and I'm excited to try the Feathers. I tried some Astras last night and they ...

I vote for the Manix 2. The handle along with all the jimping gives it an amazing grip.

I moved to using a Safety Razor a few months ago and I love it. Way better than a cartridge razor, at least for me. I've always planned to use the Safety Razor as my stepping stone between cartridge and straight so we'll see if I ever take the next step.

I'm still trying different blades with my ...

I'd buy 1 or 2 of them especially if they were jazzed up with G-10 and a wave. I think that they are one of the best designed production karambits out there.

While not the best EDC blade, that could be said of all karambits. It is designed for a specific purpose and it excels at that. It really ...

I carry a Zebra F-701. It's a tough pen, refillable, writes well, and it only costs about $5. I lose way too many pens to carry a $100 one. Plus, if you ever do use it in a fight, it's not a "tactical pen" which could be to your advantage.

Kubotan stuff works relatively well. A lot of reverse grip ...