A pocket-sized knife isn't always the best choice in the kitchen, but for cauliflower, the Stretch 2 XL is right about perfect.
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- Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:30 pm
- Forum: Spyderco Picture Gallery
- Topic: Food!!
- Replies: 118
- Views: 65679
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 1:51 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Upping the price.
- Replies: 366
- Views: 21301
Re: Upping the price.
Knives will be rolling in here.... all of you cry babies keep on crying about something even Sal and Eric are powerless to change. i.e. INFLATION! I hope that somebody cans your tears. I'll buy those too and drink them while I fiddle with my Spydercos. 😭😂🤣 Dude! You're cracking me up. Be careful ab...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 1:37 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Looking For Tips to Darken Micarta with Oil only
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1110
Re: Looking For Tips to Darken Micarta with Oil only
Linseed oil and tung oil will work satisfactorily and will dry so it won't stain your clothes. Drying can take days, or as much as a week. Apply sparingly, and wipe off as much as you can. Then set the knife aside until this time next week. Both oils have a distinctive aroma. Word of warning about ...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 1:25 pm
- Forum: Mule Team Discussion
- Topic: T15 Testing and Pondering About CATRA (BESS Data Included)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1791
Re: T15 Testing and Pondering About CATRA (BESS Data Included)
In a way, and at the risk of sounding like I am disparaging the CATRA test--which I am not--it seems like that test doesn't test how long it takes a knife to get dull, but rather tests how long it takes a knife to stop cutting at all, even after it would be called dull. Yet I think that's the point...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:30 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Looking For Tips to Darken Micarta with Oil only
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1110
Re: Looking For Tips to Darken Micarta with Oil only
I've used quite a lot of linseed oil on my restorations over the years. Invariably it gets darker over the space of a year. Is the darkening due to oxidation of the oil? Is it because my projects get contaminated with other oily filth? That I don't know. But if you want to lay down a finish that wil...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:18 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Looking For Tips to Darken Micarta with Oil only
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1110
Re: Looking For Tips to Darken Micarta with Oil only
^ Good advice, and if you happen to store shop chemicals like I do, hedge your bets by using fresh oil, say less than a year old. (Ask me how I learned about that....no wait...don't.) Do tell! Do tell! My homeboy gave me an ancient five-gallon can of linseed oil. I had it for about ten years, and f...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:11 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Looking For Tips to Darken Micarta with Oil only
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1110
Re: Looking For Tips to Darken Micarta with Oil only
Linseed oil and tung oil will work satisfactorily and will dry so it won't stain your clothes. Drying can take days, or as much as a week. Apply sparingly, and wipe off as much as you can. Then set the knife aside until this time next week. Both oils have a distinctive aroma.
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:20 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Upping the price.
- Replies: 366
- Views: 21301
Re: Upping the price.
Only minutes ago I was over at the mountain bike forum. A couple guys over there are complaining about the high prices. Think about how bad it must be for people who play with both knives AND mountain bikes!
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 11:26 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Upping the price.
- Replies: 366
- Views: 21301
Re: Upping the price.
I know, right? Spyderco's prices are absurd. That's why they can't sell any knives. They have so much excess inventory that all hourly employees have been cut to three-day work weeks. I hear it's so bad that the new building next door is being converted vollyball courts. Renting out the courts will...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:32 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: S110v to delicate more of a safe queen???
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2931
Re: S110v to delicate more of a safe queen???
If you draw a graph showing the strength of the knife blade along its length, you'll see that as you get closer to the tip, the strength approaches zero. There are only a few choices available: bend it, chip it, wear it away, or don't use it.
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:21 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Knife Missile, the Hellfire R9X...!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 390
Re: Knife Missile, the Hellfire R9X...!
The bigger question is when the Hellfire R9X Sprint with Magnacut blades will drop. Hopefully Kristi will give us a heads-up. Personally, I can't wait to test how the brown Sharpmaker rods work on the six blades. How many Al Qaida leaders will it slice through before becoming dull?
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:34 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Super Bowl LVIII Commercials
- Replies: 12
- Views: 945
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- Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:41 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone want to see Vanax in the salt series?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 6709
Re: Anyone want to see Vanax in the salt series?
I wouldn't consider Chad Kelly Just "a guy from California." I'm just a guy from California. And while I don't own a race car, I sometimes drive my truck over the speed limit. Last week I was hacking away at what was to become my dinner using one of Chad's knives. Although I've had the kn...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:09 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Vote: Kick? Choil? Forward? Other?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 2538
Re: Vote: Kick? Choil? Forward? Other?
The Native 5 without a choil would offer a longer cutting edge and a good sized grip area on the actual handle That is true. But for me, and maybe for the designers, there is another consideration. The main reason for the pointy blade is not slicing cardboard and wet rope. It's for poking things wi...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:12 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Vote: Kick? Choil? Forward? Other?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 2538
Re: Vote: Kick? Choil? Forward? Other?
I find a choil to be necessary on a tiny knife like the Dragonfly or Native 5. I never use the choil on the Manix 2, but integrating a kick might negatively affect the aesthetic appeal of the knife. I'm happy the way it is.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Frankenscope
- Replies: 7
- Views: 257
Re: Frankenscope
The Mrs is a entomologist so has a beaut microscope for looking at hairs on a moth’s anterior Your wife gets PAID to look at bugs? Sounds like a sweet gig. I enjoy visiting the insect fair put on by the kids at a local university. They always have interesting stuff to teach us civilians... like how...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:19 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Lansky - What am I doing wrong?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 866
Re: Lansky - What am I doing wrong?
I don’t really want to drop $250 on these Edge Pros I hear about I might get a Sharpmaker. I did find a “Crock Stick” sharpener in my sharpening box. Neat. I bought a "Crock Stick" sharpener in the early 80's. It preceded the Sharpmaker, but Sal and Gail improved upon the idea. I still ha...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:03 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Frankenscope
- Replies: 7
- Views: 257
Re: Frankenscope
I have a variety of magnifiers. For everyday sharpening, I don't need anything. But if I'm getting serious, I like to wear a 4x OptiVisor. It's low enough that I can keep it flipped down while working, but if I need to walk around, I can flip it up. Microscopes and higher magnification is just for p...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:33 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Frankenscope
- Replies: 7
- Views: 257
Frankenscope
I'm jealous of you guys with your fancy scanning electron microscopes. I have neither the budget nor the space for such contraptions, so I've tried to be content with my $40 Amazon USB scope. A couple weeks ago, I spotted a binocular microscope that my buddy had. He handed it to me and said it was ...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:16 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Different knife different day, or one knife for life?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 6294
Re: Different knife different day, or one knife for life?
Will I be working in the yard?
Working in the garage?
Doing everyday stuff?
Going out to dinner?
Having sushi?
There is a different knife that is best suited for each task.
Working in the garage?
Doing everyday stuff?
Going out to dinner?
Having sushi?
There is a different knife that is best suited for each task.