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Will this be your first experience with a Persian? If so, you will be pleasantly surprised by the wonderful ergos, excellent fit and finish and great blade shape and grind. I too have the red Persian and it is my first of that type. Really a beautiful, useful knife.
As my grandmother used to say ...

Red Persian sprint on the way, first spydie purchase in over a year, yay!

Thanks Sal, Ed, and everyone who kept the Persian sprint request threads alive.

As I understand it zdp-189 and other steels are easily maintained (with practice) on the sharpmaker. Also there is, I think, an optional set of diamond stones for the sharpmaker.

Well, 3 years into my spyderco addcition and I FINALLY got a sharpmaker.

I spent 3 years using the crock sticks, the small set. I think it might be better to learn on a less sophisticated system cos when you switch up to the sharpmaker you'll be a sharpening god, like me.

I don't care about corporate interests, they don't care about mine. But some piece of trash broke into both my cars last night and stole two car stereos. That is simply not THE SAME as borrowing an image on the internet for not for profit use.

Argue until you are blue in the face IT IS NOT THE SAME ...

what a topsy turvy world

if you are prepared to defend yourself, you are a potential criminal

In America if you still care about the constitution and dare to defend your rights you will likely be perceived as a hater of freedom and potential terrorist.

All this doublethink makes my head spin ...

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ag419/i_gave_my_dutch_friend_a_pocketknife_for/

The comments that only a criminal would carry a knife make me sad.

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There is more of a social stigma here in Holland on knives and guns then anywhere else I've ever been (I consider it a good thing ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has granted thousands of patents on human genes – in fact, about 20 percent of our genes are patented. A gene patent holder has the right to prevent anyone from studying, testing or even looking at a gene. As a result, scientific research and genetic ...

The Deacon wrote:I'd be seriously annoyed if someone cloned me without my consent. I'd also pity the clone.

Haha, this is why he's The DEACON.

How do y'all feel about patents on your DNA?

those images aren't stolen, they are just backed up

There is a problem alright but don't say my generation is lazy! C'mon!!??

Why do we blame the little guy all the time?

Oh yeah the real estate crash was due to minorities getting home loans, that was a good one! It was the liberals fault, or it was the conservatives fault, this blame game is a ...

I can't remember where I put my superhawk, or where I last saw it, I am having separation anxiety and just knowing where it was would ease the symptoms..

A sprint persian? What a great idea!

you can't have peace without morality you can't have morality without truth... and truth is that this law won't do jack **** to reduce violent crime.. any debate about it is hot air.

I'm willing to bet the strongest supporters of this restriction are exempt.

it is your choice to obey it or break ...

ah yes , perception is reality, except it aint, and when reality bites your *** in half despite your perception you will agree.

Historically speaking, children are better off in the US than they have ever been. Anyone remember child labor?

There have always been children who have suffered and died due to uncaring, criminal and insane parents and other relatives, and there always will be. It is always horrifying but it is ...

Somewhere a government is dropping fire on children too.....

Humans, we have a LONG way to go to HUMANITY

Clawhammer wrote:It's because of people like that, that I can't use public transport!

I'm sorry I did laugh when I read this. So true.

advice received and acted upon, disputed w/ pay pal and I think I will get my money back. Sorry to bring this here but I was out of sorts.

thanks spydie-folk