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Happy Birthday Sal!

Wartstein wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 07, 2023 5:06 am

Anyway: I do hope the Mini Siren is a genuine Lance Clinton design and he´ll get some credit for it

The mini Siren is indeed Lance's design, that he submitted to Spyderco after the release of the original.

Hearing that a mini Siren and a BBB folder were spotted is very exciting news to me! Both are knives I look forward to carrying!

…we went straight to the prototype section in the corner and the Manix 2 lw salt was the first knife I held and it was SWEET, then the Para 3 lw salt caught my eye as well as the mini Kapara and Chad Kelly Piute…the Bodacious was off the charts good too…wasn’t allowed to take photos but still an Aw...

Ramonade wrote: ↑

Fri May 26, 2023 10:14 am

Here's a second AEB-L Mule...

Looks beautiful Robin! Great job!

Why don't I baton? Two reasons, 1) I live on the treeless praire where there is no bush to craft. 2) My problem solving skills surpassed "beat it with a stick" when I was five. Thanks for the reply. Both very valid reasons not to baton. And, yeah I am not trying to solve a problem either....

RustyIron wrote: ↑

Fri May 26, 2023 12:19 am

Good on ya. I'm glad you're able to put the sine plates to good use.

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I think of how nice you were to give me those sine plates each and every time I use them. Your kindness and generosity will never be forgotten. Thank you again!

Chad, I reread this thread. What a great collection of pictures, kind words, and stories from you and Sal. What I liked most was your walking through of your thought process on features of the knives. I had no idea back locks were that challenging. Back on Page 4, you talked about changing the lock...

I'm curious if anyone here has broken a knife or hurt themselves as a result of batonning. I've taught my kids how to split wood with their knives. But, I can't say I've ever used a Mule for this purpose. Here's my daughter learning to baton in the John Muir Wilderness (just below 10,000' where fire...

ChrisinHove wrote: ↑

Wed May 24, 2023 3:17 pm

I am simply awestruck by the quality of that Heron. It is stunning. Congratulations to both artisan and owner!

Thank you very much for such a nice compliment!

Hi Chad, Eric has the proto and he said he's been carrying it for a while. I get to play with it when we're back in Golden mid June. Spyderco has had numerous ups and down over the years. Came close to closing at least 3 times that I can remember. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"...

...Beveled bolsters has been a feature I've admired on a lot of great knife makers' knives for a long time. I just didn't have the tooling set up to confidently and consistently achieve the precision I wanted so I didn't do it.... Now I'm curious what additional tooling was necessary. I've been try...

Love the "locking bolsters." You keep finding ways to make a better knife! Very clever. Thank you Bolster! Beveled bolsters has been a feature I've admired on a lot of great knife makers' knives for a long time. I just didn't have the tooling set up to confidently and consistently achieve...

Hi Chad, Glad you sorted out your issues. Persistence is king. So is your ability to overcome adversity. We're proud of you. We're still planning on your knife when our world get's sorted. Looking forward to receiving the new proto and Gail's knife. sal Thank you Sal! I hope you and Gail are doing ...

Another outstanding knife Chad….even though I own one of your knives I get jealous of all these new owners of one of your creations…. :worried Thank you very much Andy! That is a tremendous compliment. I'm proud to have had the opportunity to make you a knife and your Osprey is another one I did no...

Haven't tried to buy a Mule in a while. So, this morning I put a 15V in my cart and tried to log in and it said my account is inactive :') I reset my password and tried again, still inactive. Oh well. I look forward to seeing what you guys do with your 15V Mules. I got 2 mate ;) we can work somethi...

My Heron just arrived. ... I'm very happy to hear your new Heron is safely in your hands Marius! Thank you for your patience! I'm happy you requested an Ivory substitute. This was an opportunity for me to research all of the materials that emulate ivory and I always enjoy digging deeper into knife-...

Haven't tried to buy a Mule in a while. So, this morning I put a 15V in my cart and tried to log in and it said my account is inactive I reset my password and tried again, still inactive. Oh well. I look forward to seeing what you guys do with your 15V Mules.

Happy Birthday Darby!

Happy Birthday, Tom!

Chad