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Here's what I carry as a gent's knife - a gift from my wife last year.

My MOP Kopa is my EDC. It was a gift from my wife for our 20'th anniversary. I carry it in a small sheath to keep its clip from scratching up my cell phone, which I carry in the same pocket. That has the effect of keeping the knife from getting scratched up too. No, I've never heard of beausage. Bes...

I think Tricod is on the right track. DMT makes good stuff. A lighter, cheaper, alternative is something like: http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_43732?cm_mmc=froogle-_-400-13-6-_--1-_-38-477-443-00&hvarAID=froogle&mr:trackingCode=B207FCE1-FD74-DC11-BE2A-00142210...

Here's hoping!

Thanks to all the gang at Spyderco.

Ron

That was engraved by Fred Carter of Wichita Falls, TX. There are photos of some other :spyder: he has engraved if you search through the Forum. Jurphaas has a Kopa and a couple of Crickets engraved by Fred that were inspirational for my wife and I in deciding on this as an anniversary present. Fred ...

The engraved Kopa my wife gave me for our anniversary is my EDC. I was a little worried about scratching it up, but a few scratches over the next 20 years will just give it some more character for when I pass it along to a grandson or granddaughter. I am more worried about it scratching up my cell p...

... I don't think there's any real middle ground between "that guy has a dangerous-looking knife" and "that guy doesn't have a knife", or if there is, you're not gonna get there by waiting to open it. Looking for that middle ground is part of why my EDC is a fancy engraved Kopa with obvious sentime...

"Sleepingrobot" came about when trying to come up with a domain name. It came out of a session of nonsensical name parings with the family. The other leading candidate from that session was yuckyoatmeal.com (which is still available, have at it!). My wife and I got a good laugh but the kids nixed th...

I think you will be safe with Kopa. Sadly, no. My Kopa spydie-drops better than my Native, because of the extra mass in the liners and the smoothness of the action. But it looks less threatening ( http://spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26507) . Of course, if security at a baseball game wants t...

Congrats to OutofGum!

On the subject of bagels - back in college a friend of mine turned up with a bandaid on his left index finger. "What happened Eric?" I ask. His roommate jumped in to say "He was slicing a bagel with his finger through the hole!".

Best regards,
Ron

OutofGum wrote:Its from cutting bagels in half while holding the bagel in hand.

OutofGum beat me to the bagels.

How about cutting themselves doing yardwork?
That's sort of the bane of my Sunday mornings.

Best regards,
Ron

Yep, I fell for it too. Good one.

Very nice! I'm very impressed by Mr. Montejano's work. A truly special addition to your collection.

Best regards,
Ron

I kind of like the dent. I don't see it as a big necessity - I've never had my locks disengage during typical use (which, I admit, is pretty light-duty). But I don't see them as destroying the aesthetics of the knife either - even on a Kopa.

what about the H1 chokwe folder under development? [...] 1. developed in part on the forum 2. nothing else like it out there 3. it's for a good cause [...] I think that would be great, assuming that the project comes to fruition this year. In fact, I had been thinking I should have added a caveat t...

UK KEN wrote:With respect.....if we are going to have a Spyderco Forum Knife, let it be a Spyderco knife.

Agreed. I would also prefer something affordable
by as many of the forum members as possible.
My vote would be for a Cricket, possibly one of
the upcoming etched ones if they can be
engraved OK.

Ron

wonder what some of the other, more silent forumites think of the design/project? I think this is great, for several reasons. Having an ethnic-inspired design and contributing to the region sounds great. I can't guarantee I'll buy one now, but I will sure look into it if/when it becomes a reality. ...

John G. wrote:Does anyone know if the non-prototype version will have a solid ZDP blade, rather than a laminated one like the prototype ?

According to other posts in the forum, it will be laminated.

Ron

JspyEDC wrote:I guess if it ever makes it to eBay, we'll know it didn't work out!!

Just kidding. Happy 20th, just celebrated our 22nd!!

Congrats, what a gorgeous KOPA!

Thanks JspyEDC, I got a good chuckle out of that.
Congrats on your 22'nd too!

Best regards,
Ron

Thanks eveyone for the kind words and thoughts. KSDbass: The engraving was done by Fred Carter in Texas. Jurphaas: Thanks for all the info - originally as well as the latest update. Glad to hear Fred seemed pleased. Deacon: Yes, I'm anticipating this being something with a lot of sentimental value o...