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Clips can be changed painted or sanded, rivets reversed or colored, lanyards and sheaths can be added, etc. But you are essentially correct with your liner lock observation. The BIG tell is the fact that the Gunting has a compression lock, and not a liner lock. Once one realizes this, all the other ...

All true, but you are missing the BIG one!

Two Spydercos, Three others. http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q8/Darkfin1/Long%20Term%20Links/IMG_1139.jpg http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q8/Darkfin1/Long%20Term%20Links/IMG_1154.jpg http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q8/Darkfin1/Long%20Term%20Links/SFsurv.jpg http://i132.photobucket.com/album...

i'd like to see some pictures of these fake spydies... might be a good resource for us to have around here, to keep people aware of the counterfeits out there. Here is one. Was being offered by an Australian ebayer last year. I asked him to send me a couple of more pix as I suspected it was a fake,...

markg wrote:I think collectors should get one with their number embroidered on them...

Maybe the engraving guy could do this in his spare time! :D

In any statute relating to knives and weapons in NYC or NYS, is the word "lock" or "locking knife" defined? E.g., §xxx.1 c. For the purpose of this statute, a locking knife is defined as one whose blade can not be closed without the manipulation of a button, lever, bar or some si...

Well give that guy a raise! :D

I would love to see some of the detailed logos y'all engrave, do you keep a photographic record?

Still, Wouter's photo is of a prototype, and he did not mention if he confirmed with Sal that the production models had been switched to ZDP, or what the new MSRP was going to be. I had been hearing that the G-10 Delica and Endura were going to be coming out in ZDP as well until they came out in VG-...

sal wrote: He's just swamped.

sal

Yikes...only ONE PERSON does ALL the engraving?

Senate wrote: the Lum ZDP isn't gonna be cheap.

The Black Lum due out this year is VG-10, and its MSRP is $199.95 (Street ~$130-175ish). Is there a future Lum expected with ZDP?

YXR7 is used in Rockstead knives in some models. They zero grind it and mirror polish it. They're awsome. Oh yeah! Saw them at Blade '07. Rockstead has a Cricket too! http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q8/Darkfin1/Knives/cricket1lgjpeg.jpg And here is a pretty amazing demonstration of edge holding ...

Thanks folks!

I am no steel expert, but if this chart is accurate, the YXR7 is the best of both worlds (Note: it is not "Y RX 7" as previously reported in this thread, folks must have Mazda old Sportscars on their brain. :) ) But apparently if corrosion is a big concern, the ZDP247 would win. Anyway, ma...

JOE! DUDE! where have you been? :D

lol for some reason I thought you were referring to my best friend's sister's new boyfriend--the "mouth of the south." No joke, Ted's new GF is my best friend's sister--and her ex-husband is a Pulitzer literature winner too! It is a crazy world!

Steve, I am humbled by your taking the time to reply to my tiro thread, and I thank you! With what you, Paul and the other great folks have said hereon, I am confident that my usually well informed friend has been misinformed.

I do thank you all very much for taking the time to edujabicate me!

Thanks guys, so thus far the consensus seems to be that lockbacks will not experience appreciably more blade play over time than frame locks? That was my intuitive conclusion, especially because of what Paul said about metal wearing. Does anyone else have any thoughts? Or loosey goosey framelocks? :p

Greetings knife experts. A friend of mine and I were recently discussing the merits of Lockback vs Framelocks and while the conversation's particulars are unimportant, his conclusion was something I have never heard before, and I am hoping some of you good folks would offer your opinions. ...but the...

Someone needs to go to Knifeholics Anon!