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I used my Millie to take a chunk out of the wood floor in my kitchen yesterday... after opening a box containing my new vintage #3 Favorite Piqua skillet. I fumbled the knife while closing one handed... knife seems fine.

Millie: 1, floor: 0

I’ve not heard the term “drivers hat” before. My dad called them cheese cutters

AH80s wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 09, 2020 8:16 pm

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I spy your Finn gas mask bag

Evil D wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 12, 2020 6:58 pm

Wow a sheepsfoot Military....I'm not sure what to think of that. I'd have to sheepscliffe the heck out of it.

“Sheepscliffe” - awesome

DoubleStuff 2 for $32.63

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B075X42WP7/ ... _lig_dp_it

My first spyderco was a Military Rex 45. I love it. It’s made me obsessed with spydercos 🤣 Also have a K390 paramilitary, but man do I loVe that rex45 Millie. I’ve really been looking for another Millie maybe in cruwear or if I ever get a chance to pick up a second rex45 would do that in a heartbea...

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/iconic-rock-guitarist-eddie-van-halen-dies-at-65/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=breaking&utm_campaign=newstrack&utm_term=21710873 A sad day for classic rock music lovers and his family. I guess this will happen more and more the older I get? I started listening to V...

sal wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 02, 2020 9:21 am

Eric said he was going to fit it into the Queue for US production. Will still be a while though as we're pretty backed up.

sal

That is a good problem to have! Keep on keepin’ on!

Very cool!

Very interesting! I’ve never tried the Native or s90v...

Purty bevels!

This could be a good deal or a poor one- but they don’t come up for sale often:

Urban Elmax
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Spyderco-Urban ... SwNcBfb5EX

M4 was my intro to “exotic” steels, and I still have much more time with it than either K390 or REX45. I sharpen on ceramic rods/stones, though I reprofile on CBN rods. Order of difficulty in my limited experience sharpening all 3 is M4 -> REX45 -> K390. K390 edge holding is better than either of th...

You know I saw the comment about "if you have the right tool for the job, you'll never break it". That is entirely true and some genuine wisdom for sure. Words well spoken. Someone else once said that experience is proportional to the amount of ruined equipment you have left behind. This is only tr...

Abyss_Fish wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:40 pm

If you have the right tool for the job you’ll never break it.

You mean I SHOULDN’T use a 10’ cheater on a 36” pipe wrench?!?

Yep. M4 > M2. M2 is as good as it ever was, but the constant march of higher spec steel leaves perfectly capable steels in the dust. I’m guilty of chasing a spec too, as long as the sharpening’s good

Nice! One of my last BMs is a 710HSSR, for a long time M2 was the bees knees

I learned the loaner lesson with a Benchmade auto. Loanee cut through wire ties on a child’s toy; I thought they were just zip ties. Big chip, lots of time on the stones to repair. Now I just say NO! I’ve busted fine tips off, but quit misusing knives this way some time ago :D I dropped my first Spy...

I am quite happy with cruwear. It is so easy to get great results sharpening with ceramics. I have the ladybug in K390 and reprofiling to 15dps was a real chore. The steel seems to perform well, but it’s the most work I ever want to put into sharpening. I do not want to get into new sharpening gear...

The Vicky is the lightest option, and the least expensive to replace.