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Joe, I am going through a reality check of my own. Keep in mind there are people worse off than you. Every time I start to feel sorry for myself I recall the guy I saw in the hospital whose body was rotting off and all they could do was saw off the part that was rotten. If you have your health you h...

Dambit Zen. I must know! Joe

Here's to another year Arend. Happy birthday, and I hope this next year is a good one for you and your family. Joe

A group of friends of mine would meet at the gunshow, assign tasks and split up things to look for. One of the guys found a knife dealer ( not as common at gunshows back then) that had the new enduras that we had seen in magazines. I'd only seen the stainless ones before that and they were too expen...

I'd say the sharpmaker if you're just starting out. I wish I would have had one when I began a few decades ago. Joe

That is good work Arnon. I don't think my hands are steady enough to do that kind of work anymore. I'd bet it makes a big difference. Joe

About a year and a half ago I had a new, plain edge knife chip from cutting open a plastic blister pack of the kind you commonly see at stores. This was the first, and only experience I've had with S30V chipping in a slicing type situation where I thought it shouldn't. I now have almost 10 S30V kniv...

Those same knives can be bought in country at canadian knife stores so it's trade protectionism rather than a anti knife issue IMO. Joe

When I started this thread, I certainly didn't intend for it to turn into something devisive and you better believe I had no intentions of stirring the pot or causing problems in Spyderco's forum. I didn't think it that big of an issue. Funny thing is I still don't. I do regret beginning this thread...

E3 SE always in RFP E4, BRG ZDP PE BG42 CF millie Stretch PE ATR SE Steel ( Ti is PE but I don't often carry it) MT Socom elite S90V PE Blur SG2 PE Police SE I always have an endura, then pick one other from the list, or more if needed and one is in a pouch, or jacket pocket. These are the most ofte...

I don't have a single carbide.....ahem*, atom of good luck anywhere in me but I'll play. Cool prize though. Joe

(Under my breath) Lions heh. I'm an old lions fan too Gollum. Since the middle 70's. The panthers are my other team nowadays. I used to be a big Denver fan from the first game Elway started after his trade. Something happened after they changed uniforms and won the superbowls. I lost interest. That...

Thanks Tony. You know, I didn't even know there was a cranberry Chinese Lum. Knowing my luck I'll see one for sale at a gunshow some time I have no money. Joe

congratulations and good find. They're pretty scarce. I was wondering if the Blue ones like I have are more or less common than the green ones ( or the same?). I see these even less often. I believe there are a lot of people hoarding these knives. When they show up it's not uncommon for them to be L...

After 17, 000 some posts they finally did it. I'm a neutral party on this but I thought it was notable. Everybody knows him. I have personally learned a bunch from him, yet seen abrasive behavior. He was always very nice to me. No all good or all bad. Does anybody know if he can get his membership b...

I guess the answer lies in how much you value the friendship. I would gift him the knife, build a stronger bond. I hope you value a good friendship at more than $200. I think he already knows he screwed up big-time. This guy is totally unworthy of a friendship and should not even be allowed in the ...

BH49, SG2 compares pretty well with ZDP 189. I didn't do the testing nescessessary to find out which is better at what but I do think it is close to ZDP by my initial impressions. ZDP has a slight edge especially at the higher RC's it's capable of. The Blur was clad so I don't know about corrosion r...

Thanks for the pictures of that wonderfull knife. It's very well done, and the damascus pattern is beautiful. I like carbon damascus better. Enjoy your knife! Joe

Any idea what steel the blade is made of? Is it Aus8A? Joe

Very cool pics eastr. You are another one of the talented photographers we are lucky to have here. Joe