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EDC= everyday carry for sure......

Good quote, mate. One point that I have to
wonder about is why the population isn't more
upset with a president who stole the election
and why no outcry to abolish the electoral
collage that makes our votes meaningless.

George Sr, George W, & Jeb all benifited from
rather unusual elections. Wonder ...

IMO the erosion of our personal liberty is
now in ful swing. The Bush dynasty will be
recorded as the one true killer of what our
constituion afford us. Terroism aside, liberty
is never really free. Fight for it yes..cower
before our new secret police.....bad news.

Hmmmm.. I'm not sure what relavancy my
occupation has on this issue. However, I
work for a large equipment manufacturing
company. As to the work "sheeple" it is my
Christian belief that makes that word so
demeaning and offenive.

There will always be people greater and lesser
than each one of ...

I'm gonna get flamed but this time I don't
really care.

Of the list there is one term that bothers
the heck out of me......."sheeple"

To me that's no different than "spic,wop,kike,
nigger,homo, queer etc.

Why? they all serve just one purpose. To
de-humanize a specifc group of people that ...

The secret behind TV hawked cheap knives is..
"Price Point"

There is a price level at which some folk's
will not go beyond. That level is dependent
on the customers knowledge of the product
or "what they are told".

If you offer a dozen knives at $40 most folks
will risk the money thinking they ...

Sure, we welcome positive discussions of all knives.

The cold steel knives you mention have what's called "eye"
appeal to some folk's. As to are they good knives, I'd say
yes..... in the right application. What you might want to
consider is ......are you collecting them or going to use them ...

OH my! Now that I can breath again and have stopped laughing,
well sorta, I feel sorry for this poor bloke. It only points out that
your day really wasn't all that bad after all.

Other than a bit of toy factor auto's offer little over
a spyderco or many other quality one hand knives.

No spring to break , no cops to dodge. Gimme a spydie
anyday!!

A more direct answer to why more than one knife is easy.

Every tool has a distinct purpose. So it is with knives. No
one blade can do everyting well and different blade shapes
do more work easier. If you make a practice of carrying
more than one knife you will soon learn that the blade shapes
had ...

Instead of wasting development dollars on a "new" clip design
spend them on a new way to carry your spyderco's. Look for ways
to carry your spydie such as a clipped sheath with magnets or sticky
rubber inserts to hold the knife in a pocket pouch as an example.
Experiment with embedded magnets to ...

No, I didn't forget that some spyderco's are ....designed...
to have a clip both sided. They are mostly the volumn leaders
in the spyderco lines in a controlled molding process that will limit
the opportunity for scrap. Therefore the risk (cost) is lower.

For the hi end spydies that require a ...

The main reason most knives don't have clip hole on both sides
is the cost of another operation to pu them on both sides. That
extra operation means more scrap for the total operations count.
With the market for lefty knives being so small it is not good
business to support the extra scrap rate ...

How many lefty spydercos you ask? Easy!
ALL of them! No really. I'm a lefty and have yet
to fine a spyderco I couldn't handle.

As to the clip......I always leave mine on the right side.
Now ask yourself .......why in the heck would you want
a darned ol' clip diggin into yer palm when you use the ...

Hope you wife enjoys a speedy recovery.

One lesson that can be drawn from this incedent is
that there is no such thing as a harmless knife. Kitchen
tools often are overlooked for the danger they pose.
From a table dull butter knife to the sharpest knife in
in the rack all must be respected.

Yes, by all means go to Sears for your tool needs. If you
can't find it there then it's what's called a specilty tool.

One other place for anything "gun" is..........

http://www.brownells.com/index.html

If they don't have it they know where to get.

I've been slobbering over an original Al Mar Eagle for months now.
Finally settled for a modern day micarta version finding it to be be an
excellent everyday work knife.

I say that because I can't bring myself to put my (2) large Calypso to
the hard work tasks I do. Besides I really like Aus-8 ...

The issue of very large folders has been around for centuries.
Over time the number of them has always been small due the
fact that much beyond 4" a fixed blade is much safer. Experianced
knife users (Not collectors) will bear witness to that fact.

So my only comment on a very large spydie is ...

As a general rule I've found that in areas I don't know what the carry
laws are ........smaller NON- serrated is a winner. That is usually and easy
sell to an LEO or anyone else as to why you have it. No sping assit, or
butterfly need apply as they won;t get carried. Remember, no matter what
you ...

One it comes to the meanest and the baddest of anything it will
usually be the one you least suspect and selsom think of.

So in terms of sheer cutting power (that's what a knife is all
about, right?) my vote will always go for the large Calypso.
Other than the chinese none of the other spyderco's ...