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Conversely, are there issues sharpening softer steels on metallic bonded and resin bonded diamond/cbn stones? I remember seeing warnings from certain vendors about it.

Like will I cause accelerated wear from sharpening $10 Dexter Russell's on one?

More thin grinds please on whatever model. New models and designs are fun, but my preference is thin grinds

I want a stovepipe purely because it looks so cool. Definitely pocket jewelry for me

You can't preorder sprints in general

I like the k294 mule. Now you can complete your 10v/pma11 collection!

Xformer wrote: ↑

Sun May 14, 2023 4:47 am

Big_Tex wrote: ↑

Fri May 12, 2023 5:46 pm

Some helpful info from Larrin at Knife Steel Nerds

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It reminds us how fantastic m4 is.

The steel that started the tool steel revolution

What was the first sprint/exclusive that came in it?

Part of me wishes the G10 one would go on a diet and lose the aggressive jimping, but I'm sure die hard manix fans disagree

I thought Maxamet has a higher carbide volume

So what's left for Maxamet?

This just means that Spyderco finally made enough sprints for everyone to get one

There's 3 (?) versions of clamps available for the r2, each with their own pros and cons. Contact gritomatic directly, they're pretty helpful

Does the zdp/hap40 come laminated from Hitachi, or is it done by a processor like takefu ?

I'll take an exclusive delica/endela/endura in g10. I really wanted the g10 police 4 because I love full liners and backspacere, but I cannot use a 4"+ knife

I remember the urban not being that hard. Curious about this iteration

Man lots of these on the the Facebook/reddit/bladeforums classified sections

I expected the shaman to be the most popular one judging from the old cruwear sprint days

These do have black liners, right?

I like g carta depending on the pattern, but according to a chat I had with the trm/Halpern guy, they encounter lots of voids and delamination during the manufacturing so they gave up on it

Tristan_david2001 wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 26, 2023 2:15 pm

Super blue*

Blue super is the literal translation for aogami silver - it just makes more sense in English for super blue

I would like the strider stripes on a set of titanium scales though....

It's the opposite of little big knife for me. I can see the appeal of a chunky little guy, but not quite my cup of tea. I don't use clips, and it's a bit sketchy for a knife with no real closed bias. Also, the LW is blade heavy for me, compared to the native

Of all the blade steels that Spyderco ever used I found to be a monster to sharpen the older CPM-440V has to be my most dreaded of them all. There have been times I've even learned new curse words sharpening 440V. There is such a high vanadium content which I believe must contribute to being a mean...

Nope, Michael Christy is a good dude and expert sharpener, .......... He was a pioneer and getting steels like CPM S110V etc hair whittling sharp back when it was believed these kinds of steels were incapable of getting to such levels of sharpness. Can you point me in the direction to this info? I'...