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My review of the Tuff is here: http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?58441-Spyderco-Tuff-Review-5-months-in-WARNING-HUNTING-pics&highlight= My opinion is unchanged and it remains corrosion free: not even a patina. It is stiffer to open than most Spydies, though I have never had a problem...

Mr Blonde wrote:I would actually like to see a Salt Slipit, it would be the perfect vacation or travel folder. It's good to go on either land, water or legal surroundings.

Excellent - I'm not alone!

I would campaign for a sub-3 inch Slipit (eg UKPK, Bob T Slipit, Pingo, Squeak). I would have no objection to this being a "gent's" knife. Serrated option, preferably. This is a rather selfish request but in the UK these are the specs required for legal carry should I not have "good r...

I agree. It's an excellent and informative review. It shows that, in the right hands, the Warrior can perform tasks other than those for which it was designed. However, it does not change my opinion that, if someone is only looking for a camp knife, the Schempp Rock would be a more sensible choice....

The pronounced belly of the blade doesn't favour whittling, but the point is still almost on the axis of the handle. This makes the tip controllable and much more useful than the blade shape would suggest. The guard and finger grooves are a mixed blessing- limit grip options but very secure.

Here you go- some more detail:

http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthre ... ini-review

Warning- some hunting pics lower down in post. At some point I'm going to do an in-depth review of the Warrior, based on the last few years I've been using mine. Since someone asked if the warrior could be used as a camp knife, I decided to post a quick taster of the (relative) versatility of this &...

I use mine for everything except its primary raison d'être. The serrations are useful for de-legging deer but not much else for me. H1 is very tough for a stainless so you can bully the knife within reason. I don't like the sheath- made my own kydex item.

Easy to sharpen with sharpmaker.

I have the plain edge Pacific Salt and like it. However, I'd second the comment about serrations above. The serrated H1 behaves differently to plain in edge retention. The FRN handles are the same as on the Endura and the Spyderhawk. I exploited this fact, making a single Kydex neck "sheath&quo...

Thanks Kristi. Any possibility of using FedEx or UPS instead of USPS? Even though the Native 5 is legally on sale in the UK, our customs tend to seize Spydercos under the spurious justification that they are gravity knives. This doesn't happen with the other carriers. I can't risk ordering the forum...

Thanks for sharing your experience: nice edge. I went to about 7 dps with the M4 mule but ended up putting a 30 deg microbevel on it. The latter in the hope that it will survive my wife's tendency to cut onto plates instead of cutting boards. The knife has been used for field and kitchen and I just ...

Thanks to all at Spyderco for making this happen.

Now I just need to work out how to get one into the UK without customs seizing it (even though it is a legal knife to buy in the UK...!)

Phew! I've been away from the forum for a few months or so (new job, house move etc) and came back to all... This?

Glad to see some wounds healing- this is a good place.

It's one of the greats; you won't be disappointed.

Personally, I like the blade shape. The thickness hasn't impaired performance, except at the tip, where a bit of thinning down on the coarse stones was required. I can now touch up on the SM (not that it needs it often).

ow much harder is this steel than ZDP (on a pecentage scale not on the Rockwell C scale)? That depends on the HT of the ZDP in question. The original ZDP mule was around 66-67 HRc but was reportedly too unforgiving at that hardness. Most knives in ZDP will be less than this. Farid reckons this K2 i...

Amazing knives using a steel only Farid would take on. :) Are those the remainder of pitting from the Rex 121 stock? I noticed from other super high speed/high carbide steels like Rex 20/M62 a tendency to pit where it just looks like a small point of rust, it's really pitting underneath. It does it...

I received this knife today, from Farid. It is one of his K2 folders in CPM Rex-121. I believe his use of the Spydie hole has Sal's blessing. http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/xavierdoc/Farid%20Mule%20CPM%20REX%20121/IMG_7406.jpg iPhone for scale: http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/xavierdoc/...

Haha, very true. It could also be the desires of certain designers. The original bushcraft in O1 is somewhat similar, but yeah, 3V would be interesting as well. It could respond very different. I have the Bushcraft (and have made similar O1 knives) and two other fixed blades with similar grind in 3...

Xavierdoc, Thanks for the comprehensive review. I appreciate that you put the knife through many tasks over a period of time. The pictures were very good. I hope the piece serves you and yours for many years to come...Take Care...Ed You and Spyderco did a good job on this knife, so thank you, too. ...

Any features of the Tuff which made it stand out to you for the type of work it was used for? The fuller was surprisingly useful as a grip aid when choked up for unzipping the belly. Despite the fuller, the blade is quite weighty, aiding chopping of material like brambles and other vegetation of ap...