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by MacTech
Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:29 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Logan's first whittlin' knife, and he wants it to be a Spyderco.....
Replies: 5
Views: 1022

Oldsar , good point, the time spent is the most important thing, material possessions are just things and less important in the scheme of things And especially due to some family issues which I'd rather not go into detail on, I've sort of been nominated to be the official male role model for both h...
by MacTech
Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:50 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Why new guys are silly...
Replies: 61
Views: 7249

What a perfect excuse to buy that Dragonfly Salt I had my eye on…
by MacTech
Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:52 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Logan's first whittlin' knife, and he wants it to be a Spyderco.....
Replies: 5
Views: 1022

Logan's first whittlin' knife, and he wants it to be a Spyderco.....

My nephew, Logan is 10 years old, and has expressed interest in getting his first lockblade pocketknife, and hes adamant that it has to be a Spydie, after all, it's what Uncle Russ (Me) uses, he's been on the Spyderco website, perusing the catalog, as well as handling my small collection of knives, ...
by MacTech
Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:47 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: My co-workers finally understand the importance of EDC gear
Replies: 15
Views: 3964

Today's interaction with co-worker 2; "I really love this little knife, it's a great little tool" a few minutes later, he brings over one of the dental pick-type tools** with the tip broken off.... "can you re-sharpen this for me?" Out comes the Sharpmaker, and using the fishing ...
by MacTech
Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:48 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: My co-workers finally understand the importance of EDC gear
Replies: 15
Views: 3964

My co-workers finally understand the importance of EDC gear

A couple months ago, we hired on two new techs at work, both hard working, intelligent, analytical guys, it's not enough that we can make something work, they share my desire to know *WHY* it broke in the first place and *HOW* the fix worked... The only flaw here is they were constantly bugging me t...
by MacTech
Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:34 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Cricket bites kan be pretti nastiÂ…
Replies: 11
Views: 2514

Exact same for me, except I was swinging, missed the paper, and cut my left index instead. Ran right down the side, from the middle of the finger to the fingertip. Only thing is... my fingernail stopped growing. :eek: Maybe one day... Anyways, is there any blood on the blade? I noticed I cut myself...
by MacTech
Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:47 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Cricket bites kan be pretti nastiÂ…
Replies: 11
Views: 2514

Cricket bites kan be pretti nasti…

Yesterday afternoon, I got a first....hand (pun intended) look at how nasty the innocent looking little cricket can be… It was a crisp fall afternoon, I had driven my old Kubota G-5200 garden tractor into the old orchard, and picked a fresh McIntosh and Red Delicious apple, the cricket made short wo...
by MacTech
Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:24 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Patience pays off (CF Delica SE....)
Replies: 3
Views: 1226

Patience pays off (CF Delica SE....)

Over the past month or so, I've had my eye on a used SpyderEdge CF Delica at my local Spydieshop (Kittery Trading Post, Kittery, Maine), it's about 96% of new, a couple extremely minor scuffs on the CF scales, but still has the majority of the factory edge, the CF looks great, has a depth and shimme...
by MacTech
Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:27 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: H-1 Spyderhawk, a great gardening knife
Replies: 6
Views: 1942

It's a SE, I need to add a PE to the collection as well
by MacTech
Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:25 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: H-1 Spyderhawk, a great gardening knife
Replies: 6
Views: 1942

H-1 Spyderhawk, a great gardening knife

My veggie garden is starting to produce edibles, and I've found that the Spyderhawk makes a stellar garden knife, my plants are very closely growing, creating a near impenetrable thicket of greenery, hiding Sunsugar cherry tomatoes, Beefsteaks, a Pineapple tomato, green beans, broccoli, and cucumber...
by MacTech
Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:56 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: I feel vaguely...dirty...
Replies: 10
Views: 3329

rycen wrote:Would you happen to be from Maine?
Ayuh, I could say I've lived there all my life, but I ain't dead yet....
by MacTech
Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:39 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: I feel vaguely...dirty...
Replies: 10
Views: 3329

I feel vaguely...dirty...

I feel a little guilty, and a little dirty, I've been momentarily..... "unfaithful" to Spyderco.... I've picked up a Benchmade 551 Griptilian.... ....*HOWEVER*, it didn't cost me a thing, I traded in some old knives that I never used (non-Spydie) for store credit, got more than I paid for ...
by MacTech
Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:51 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: H-1 Spyderhawk, perhaps the *perfect* Spydie?
Replies: 5
Views: 1949

H-1 Spyderhawk, perhaps the *perfect* Spydie?

It's been a while since my last Spydie purchase, I've actually been trading them off for store credit at my local sporting goods store, as I've gotten back into shooting sports, thankfully, Spydies are one of the few things that actually *retain* value (maybe the U.S. treasury should switch to Spydi...
by MacTech
Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:00 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: The Dodo (and the Novatac 120P) "saves" dinner
Replies: 10
Views: 2312

The Dodo (and the Novatac 120P) "saves" dinner

Last night, the family (my parents and my niece and nephew) went out to a local seafood restaurant for dinner, when the waitress brought the kids their colouring placemats and crayons, they were a little dismayed when they opened the crayon boxes and found that a couple of the crayons had the tips b...
by MacTech
Thu May 07, 2009 8:46 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Finally got up the nerve to cut something with my Civvie
Replies: 3
Views: 1704

Finally got up the nerve to cut something with my Civvie

No, I didn't cut myself, nor did I cut anyone else, but I did cut something roughly analogous to human flesh, at least in terms of consistency I was lounging in the bedroom, watching Red Dwarf on my MacBook, with a small bag of kumquats beside me, Civvie on the computer desk I had been using a Case ...
by MacTech
Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:40 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Practical Tactical Pens?
Replies: 51
Views: 32920

They're getting hard to find, but one of the best "self defense" or "tactical" pen is the Rotring 600 series, it's available in clicky ballpoint, capped rollerball and fountain pen formats the pen body is a solid piece of brass, and has decent heft, it's machined with six flat si...
by MacTech
Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:01 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: I have been diagnosed with AAADD
Replies: 20
Views: 3786

I started to read the thread, then I got distract.....

Wow, a *BLUE* car!

anyway, who likes chocolate?
dontcha just hate....stuff

now where was I...
by MacTech
Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:27 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: how to oil dodo
Replies: 16
Views: 4039

Should The ball bearing and the spring wiggle at all between the g10 at all while the blade is closed?? Because mine does..but still has solid lockup when open. I can move it a bit left and right with my fingers while the blade is closed..is this normal? the ball and spring both move while its clos...
by MacTech
Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:46 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Finally started USING the Lum Chinese
Replies: 14
Views: 2983

It took me a while to get past the "It's rare, don't risk it" phase, but I've been actually *using* my blue PE Dodo, and loving every minute, the Dodo was built to work, and letting it languish in a collection unused is not doing it justice....
by MacTech
Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:29 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Your Ideal Battery?
Replies: 21
Views: 6145

My current battery; Ruger 10/22 .22LR for varminting and practice (honorable mention to my NEF single-shot .22 that can handle everything from BB caps to full-power hyper-velocity .22LR) Mossberg 500 pump for birding/practice/general use/home defense Kimber Custom II .45 ACP for general use/home def...