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Nice collection

As a Ex-butcher. That still has all my dads stuff and mine. 1) steels are all good as SAL explained above. 2) You should use straight dishwashing liquid withe the stones for best effect. Rinse with water after 3) If the stones are old like my dad’s, they are good stones and worth keeping. If they ha...

1095 and 15n20 steel make a mighty fine Damascus

VandymanG wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:25 am

standy99 wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 19, 2023 3:19 am

362x …AEB-L mules
and
264x …K294 mules

So plenty

How do you figure out how many are remaining and thanks for the information.

You just go to checkout and try to buy 1000 of them and they say only 362 left

362x …AEB-L mules
and
264x …K294 mules

So plenty

Have the GB1 but would pick the GB2 in M4 of the two. The old M4 is hard to sharpen myth still gets banged around, but compared to several newer steels it’s a breeze. M4 wins on edge retention over Cruwear. But either steels is a winner in a GB2 it’s is basically what you prefer. Zwear GB2 would tak...

Got my $250 box, not the Shaman I was crossing my fingers for but very happy. The cheap Uptern is surprisingly a neat little knife. The Manix will be an immediate user to test SPY27. The PM3 I am not sure what I will do with, already have two PM3s and it seems almost too nice to use. Thanks for the...

Pretty much you can search google and get a YouTube video and pictures on any 2 or 3 models.

Police v Endura etc…

Last time I wanted a quick reference for two models there was 10+ videos on the topic, some 17 minutes long

Spyderco makes a lot more knives I don't like than knives I do like, so buying a mystery box was never even a consideration for me. I do think it was a bit misleading on Spyderco's part to say the $400 boxes would contain a premium knife when the majority of the $400 boxes I've seen posted do not c...

VandymanG wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:53 pm

All I want for Christmas/The Holidays is a drop date. Maybe December 17th? It’s my birthday

Usually announced on a Tuesday with a 14 day notice to the drop….So looking like end of January now.

Just my thoughts.

Spyderco makes a lot more knives I don't like than knives I do like, so buying a mystery box was never even a consideration for me. I do think it was a bit misleading on Spyderco's part to say the $400 boxes would contain a premium knife when the majority of the $400 boxes I've seen posted do not c...

Bet the lucky punter that gets the $400 box for $250 doesn’t complain

Go through long stages with a knife, could be a year or more.

Current Native 5 Maxamet - though using a Salt 1 last few weeks due to wet season here.
Previously Delica 4 in green
Previous to that, Para 3

Think people are expecting Mystery boxes to be magical boxes.

Basically $400 worth of seconds knives.

Not a better test than to give a knife to a non knife person. Sharpen a knife everytime that was new many years ago, for a fella at work. The condition this guy gives it to me everytime it needs a sharpening. :woozy (Good kid but he is “passed the teaching to sharpen threshold” as he has the attenti...

Try a local knifemaker who can make a kydex sheath. Or just look for someone that works in kydex.

Amazed at the colours and prints you can get nowadays.

Not a Spyderco but one I got recently

I will never forget creating one particular piece of trash pictured below. I cut multiple pairs of :winking-tongue jeans into dozens of swatches, made my own denim "micarta", stabilized some cocobolo (or, tried...that was a separate learning experience), worked it all into a handle with 3...

I have a done it wrong draw :shush Assuming you meant drawer, (I am not fully fluent in Australian yet :winking-tongue ) I too have one of those. It's overflowing with handles and a few blades I messed up along the way, and the bottom is probably still wet from the tears of the first few times I th...

Araignee wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 15, 2023 5:24 pm

Striple765Rider wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 15, 2023 7:44 am

I think he meant like looks and design.

Well, in the very next sentence he proceeded to write :

And they look way nicer too.

Which is where he supposedly opined on the design
Very confusing.

He’s only just seen the light but still in BM fanboy mode.

That's years of experience packed into a few sentences and I'm very grateful. Man, you've managed to put words on a feeling I've always had when talking with Chad ! I can't say how grateful I am for every bit of knowledge he kindly shared with me, and everyone else here. Thank you both, sincerely. ...