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Pelagic wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 18, 2019 6:13 pm

This is one of the oldest ones ever.
"Sharp knives are more dangerous than dull ones"

Absolutely. In fact it would be interesting to hear if anyone can actually justify that oft-quoted claim from their direct experience. I've seen plenty to contradict it.

Always. I've never received a new knife (or wood working tool) that I'd consider sharp. I must admit to some disappointment when my first Spyderco was not sharp out of the box, given all the posts about receiving their's "shaving sharp". However now I just assume that's a little bit of exa...

ZrowsN1s wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 02, 2019 6:24 pm

Ya k390 and abe-l are in different leagues.

In which ways? I guess I'm seeing a lot of interest in AEB-L but it's not clear what exact advantages it gives. Or more to the point if someone already has the Urban in Elmax and in K390, what's missing if they pass on the AEB-L?

crazywednesday wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 03, 2019 12:28 am

Over the years I have realized that people have different interpretations of what it means to fillet a fish.

I agree, for example back when I had a dedicated filleting knife it was a cheap kitchen knife with a rounded tip and not particularly sharp edge.

UKPK is available with G10 scales https://www.heinnie.com/spyderco-heinni ... nknife-g10

One criticism of the leaf is that the point could become exposed when closed after several sharpenings. Anyone know if the drop point has the same potential or is better? As a matter of fact the drop point actually curves up more than the leaf. The point is actually less "dropped". So in ...

Interesting poll results so far. I noticed that all UKPK specials so far have only been made in Leaf, so I had assumed that was the best selling shape. I very much prefer Drop and for that reason I almost passed on the HH special.

I think they should do one in a different color and steel rather than rerunning the red/s30v. grey g10 with Cruwear would be a hit i bet. As I understand it this is a deal exclusive, giving them the continuing right to reorder batches of this exact design. I would guess that changes in steel or col...

Were the current Mules all made in the US, or were they made in the country where that particular steel is most readily available?

By the way, when you guys say "tip down" or up, are you referring to where the tip points in it's folded state, or where it would be if you stuck the knife in your pocket unfolded? Thanks.

OK it's coming back to me, there was an idea to produce something with a 2.75" blade to go between Urban and UKPK, and a further suggestion to downsize the Urban to 2.5".

Could someone remind me, is this the slightly larger blade version that was being discussed?

Jazz wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 15, 2019 7:44 am

Still hoping for the 52100.

Same here

None of my Spydercos have come sharp from the factory. Some needed their bevels reset, others just needed a touch up to get the edge I wanted. For any tool or knife I expect to give it a few sharpenings before it settles down.

Drop point for choice.

Cheers everyone. My preference is partly aesthetic, I prefer the look of a slimmer blade, and partly public relations in that the wider leaf blade looks more threatening as it's so different from everyday knives. I'm not sure I'm convinced by the functional arguments, for example carving knives and ...

Hi, Just a thought, maybe completely impractical but prompted by the UKPK options produced or speculated about in leaf and not drop point format. Is there any reason why an end user couldn't reshape the back of a leaf blade to match the profile of the drop point? I've not compared them first hand, i...

sal wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 21, 2018 7:04 pm

Hi Jazz,

I'm pushing for a 52100 UK.

sal

Sounds brilliant, I hope it goes ahead and hope some make it across the pond.

jabba359 wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:51 am

The Edge Matters forum exclusive included a thumb stud. While the stud probably didn't come from the factory, I believe it was included with all the knives from this run.

Correct.

Hi, I don't think anyone's specifically mentioned sharpening gear, but I recommend that you get something at the very least to touch up these edges. You may have this covered of course, but I'm just aware that we're discussing pretty fancy steel's that won't be that easy to sharpen say with conventi...