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Just finished my first mule team project with the Micromelt A11. The smaller one is for myself and larger one for my dad's birthday. They are made from osage orange and desert ironwood. After rough shaping on a belt grinder, i finished them with progressively finer sandpaper and 0000 steel wool with...

Just finished up with my first Mule Team project in the micromelt A11. The smaller one is for myself, and the larger one is for my Dad's birthday. I purchased the steel mainly for the reported excellent performance for skinning big game from Phil Wilson's articles. As we both will typically use our ...

I’m in as well for the filet or the kitchen knives.
Username: Skinner

I’m in. My grandfather is the hero i would like to recognize for his service as a paratrooper in the pacific during WW2. I am named after him, and he died the same year I was born. While the war affected him greatly, his sacrifice as well as those of many others are the reason that I am privileged t...

Hi Skinner, Welcome to our forum. sal Thanks Sal, and thanks for making quality products. If the amount of time that it took me to grind the handle is any indication, the reshaped A11 should take care of quite a few deer and hogs at a time as intended. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rlVBuB1KjkSs...

curlyhairedboy wrote:If all pans out, I should have a Zulu coming in today. I'll let you know how it works out!

Please do. Looks like a winner

Now I'm thinking about sprints with more belly for skinning and skin work. We've seen the Ouroboros, and the Parata is hopefully going to hit this year. Both have a very healthy amount of belly, but currently use a more EDC-focused steel, VG10. I'm wondering if there's any interest in, say, a maxam...

Hey Skinner, welcome to the forum. I don’t personally have any experience with a11 but I’ve used an m4 fixed blade that Phil made me quite a bit for heavy fish processing work. I really like the steel and I pushed it especially hard to see if the thin edge would hold up on heavy spines and rib bone...

I have not done any skinning with them, but honestly my Maxamet and A11 Mules both seem to hold an edge the same--that is to say practically forever. That is great news. Looking forward to some field work next season, but I am also looking forward to what I am sure will be a challenging project gri...

Mastiff, Thanks for the reply. I have always used carbon steel for processing as I enjoy the feel/bite and ease of attaining high sharpness. I use a skinning knife for just that, skinning so it is never in danger of bones/etc and is cleaned promptly after use. I use carbon steel boning knives for th...

Hello everyone. First time poster but long time admirer of spyderco. I was hooked ever since purchasing a delica combo edge in 2003 or 2004 from a local hardware store for a summer job. All of my coworkers thought I was crazy for spending “so much” on a pocket knife but I quickly became enamored wit...