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- Tue Jul 30, 2013 5:06 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Reecommendations: The Native or Manix)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3889
Rather than the Native, I'd look at the Caly 3. The Native platform suffers from the same problem as the Superleaf, in my opinion - too much choil on the blade, which in turn results in a weirder grip that you have to adjust your hand forward more to use the choil after opening, plus less cutting ed...
- Tue Jul 30, 2013 5:01 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: No! My PM2!
- Replies: 56
- Views: 10122
- Mon Jul 29, 2013 4:22 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Forum Native 5 - modification?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4520
- Mon Jul 29, 2013 4:14 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: No! My PM2!
- Replies: 56
- Views: 10122
- Mon Jul 29, 2013 1:13 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: No! My PM2!
- Replies: 56
- Views: 10122
Hardened knife blades aren't meant for prying things unless they have geometry that allows them to handle lateral forces. Most knife blades are too thin to handle large lateral forces, which is why people snap tips so easily. Applying a load to a thin cross section of hardened blade steel is asking...
- Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:08 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: S90V Military!!
- Replies: 519
- Views: 66793
One note on that - Howe's and BBS have the same return policy on this knife, which is to say: none. ;) Where did you see this? I saw nothing on Howes that looked ANYTHING like the paragraph-long description from BBS that detailed exactly how little customer service you could expect, and if you didn...
- Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:42 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: S90V Military!!
- Replies: 519
- Views: 66793
sold out on Howe's allready!I guess the people who want bento to get stuck with allot of them might be dissapointed. As far as I know, Howe's only got a couple of collector numbers, since these are a Bento Box Shop exclusive. Using Howes, a company that actually respects its customers and treats th...
- Sun Jul 28, 2013 7:02 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: No! My PM2!
- Replies: 56
- Views: 10122
- Sun Jul 28, 2013 6:37 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: PM2, Emerson Wave, & Sprint steel.....
- Replies: 50
- Views: 12404
Much less hassle and much less of a production for me to just pull the knife out of my pocket and thumb it open. In doing a lot of repetitive tasks, a second faster is not always better than being consistent and reliable. Yep, a tool needs to be reliable and controlled, not flashy and finicky, and ...
- Sat Jul 27, 2013 6:44 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: New Forum Native5 - What was your first "legitimate" or interesting use of yours?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3979
- Sat Jul 27, 2013 7:11 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: PM2, Emerson Wave, & Sprint steel.....
- Replies: 50
- Views: 12404
I think the wave/Emerson opener looks ugly as sin and doesn't match the rest of Spyderco's design philosophy. Also, after owning a CQC-7 I found the wave feature to be entirely unnecessary, as heater hose/cardboard/paper/tags/vegetables/envelopes/branches/etc can't run away that fast and don't mind...
- Sat Jul 27, 2013 6:36 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: PM2, Emerson Wave, & Sprint steel.....
- Replies: 50
- Views: 12404
The same thing could have been said back in 1981 about the pocket clips and holes...Why would you need 1 hand opening and easy access to your ''tool'' -oh wait!- because its a weapon. Thats some bullcrap argument i expected from NKP, not fellow spyderlovers. Erm, no. One hand opening and easy acces...
- Sat Jul 27, 2013 5:10 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: PM2, Emerson Wave, & Sprint steel.....
- Replies: 50
- Views: 12404
ya, not a fan of the wave and the meaning behind it. Tool > Weapon a big +1 to this. I want opening a pocket knife to be an intentional, deliberate act. This is the same reason I hate autos, gravity knives, and assisted opening knives. I don't even really like it when a blade has weak retention - o...
- Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:29 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: New Forum Native5 - What was your first "legitimate" or interesting use of yours?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3979
I have sliced a bit of paper with mine to check sharpness (it was pretty good), but otherwise haven't used it, and probably won't. After comparing it side-by-side with my Caly 3, I still prefer EVERYTHING about the Caly - the ergos, the cutting-edge-to-handle ratio, the clip, the bulk in pocket. At ...
- Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:26 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: could someone compare the Para 2 to the Manix 2
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3815
While all of those above are good selections, I'd recommend either a Sage (any of the series, depending on your lock and handle material preference), or a Caly 3 or Caly 3.5. Both will be more pocketable than the Manix series or Para-2, and give you a taste for the awesomeness of the smaller Spyderc...
- Fri Jul 26, 2013 1:01 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Forum knife quality control
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6607
- Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:05 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: spyder-drop opening....a novelty?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4677
- Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:03 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Why Doesn't Spyderco Publish Rockwell Hardness?
- Replies: 74
- Views: 20623
As just one example, in the late nineties there was interest in the US and on-line forums on single bevel knives, this very quickly turned into an opportunity for makers/manufacturers to exploit and in a short period of time you could find those knives everywhere. Oh man, I remember the chisel grou...
- Fri Jul 26, 2013 8:10 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Headin' West to Golden!
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6618
Enjoy the vacation. And while you are there you should go on the Coors tour as well. Or, you know, seeing as how you're in Colorado, you could tour some GOOD breweries instead. ;) Head to Longmont for Left Hand and Oskar Blues at bare minimum, at least. There's also a new brewery that opened up a s...
- Thu Jul 25, 2013 5:53 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: 2013 Forum Knife C41GPGR5 - Usage?
- Replies: 98
- Views: 11719