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I'll take your word for it. I've never watched a YouTube knife review. I prefer to form my own opinions Same here, obviously. ;) Occasionally watching Youtube knife "reviews" (mostly not "reviews" to me anyway as I tried to explain) of course has nothing to do with not "for...

I had a girlfriend tell me "It's not fair that your hands can be that soft. I know what you do for a living." And yes, if I pick up a knife or other tool and immediately feel sharp spots digging into my hands, I have enough experience to know what those spots are going to do when I start ...

Mat_ski wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:13 pm

Fascinating and insightful thread!

Agreed, thanks for sharing @Deadboxhero

I don't watch much YouTube reviews. The one's that I watched were not very knowledgeable about knives, at least by my standards. ... I really don't mean to bash on anyone, but I think many Youtube "reviewers" should just call themselves what they actually are: "First impression of kn...

I bought this OG Catcherman back in the mid-90s for, I believe, $49.95, and used the heck out of it for many years. It's easily my most abused knife, left in the tackle box or ice chest with saltwater and fish blood on it for months at a time. Action is still pretty good, and it sharpens up as well...

3 tests; Average = 59.7 This is typical. Old and new VG-10 the same. sal Thanks, Sal! So obviously my "unscientific gut feeling" that "new" VG10 has a bit better edge retention than "old" one is not grounded in reality. Perhaps it is just that cause my older Seki VG10 ...

The blade is now 3” from tip to the scales, and the handle is now 4”, making the full open length 7”. It is definitely a choil only knife now if you want to have all four fingers on the handle. https://i.imgur.com/q1UIyNV.jpeg Thanks for the info! Again, these looks give the "Shaman" (not...

I use a deep carry on this knife for a very specific reason and its not to conceal the knife. When wearing my rifle on a shoulder sling, I found the butt end of my rifle stock would tap against the top of the exposed portion of the knife when using a regular clip. Using this deep carry clip elimina...

Thanks! I’ve been really surprised with the VG10 on my Delica I bought last year. No chips or rolls and the retention has been really good. Interesting you'd say that: I always have the feeling that "new" VG10 (so on my newer Seki Spydies) holds an edge longer than "old" VG10. C...

SaltyCaribbeanDfly wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:04 am

Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 11, 2024 6:19 am

That’s a good pic Dan and I gotta get one of those clips

You really don´t!
( ....Just kidding of course, more power to all who (unlike me) enjoy deep carry! )

And yes, nice knife and pic indeed!

I would be using it mostly for gutting and cleaning up deer and larger game. I used a Shaman S30V to gut and clean last fall's deer and it made short work of it. I like to cut thru the sternum to remove the upper chest organs. It takes a hefty blade and you really have to battle with it. My only fe...

Nice knife indeed (except I personally am not into deep carry clips), thanks for sharing! :clinking-mugs But for hunting: Wouldn´t the thinner Bodacious blade be even better? (I am not a hunter (harder to become here in middle Europe than in most of the US), so this is really more a question than a ...

For an uninformed European: What are we talking about here - ?

I like my Manix 2 BBL exactly the way it is, thank you. I almost 100% refuse to buy lockback knives. Why? (Honest question, out of interest!) The backlock has an even stronger closing bias than the CBBL, is very versatile in the ways it can be closed one handed, can do that "fingers out of the...

Knifewing wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:25 pm

It already exists in yellow H-1, BUT I've been waiting a LONG time for a Dragonfly Salt SE in GREEN FRN with LC200N blade steel.

I on the other hand wait for the H2 SE with a wharnie blade... this would be the Dfly I'd actually and finally get.

How are the serrations on a Stretch 2 XL salt SE ? Welcome to the forum! .. and you might want to post your question here https://forum.spyderco.com/viewtopic.php?t=95991 too, I figure more people would get aware of it that way (I can´t answer it, don´t have a Stretch XL Salt yet. But if I get one:...

...A SE Manix 2 LW in Magnacut would make for a great camping/backpacking knife. Agreed, and I was so hoping that with the Manix 2 LW Salt finally an ffg SE version would come too... But that said: The Endela SE could be a nice alternative for you: About the same size (slimmer in pocket, actually),...

Just to close the loop, I ended up ordering a PM2 today. I’m excited about it! I definitely don’t need it and could absolutely live with this Delica but what fun is that? 😉 Perfect choice! I think everyone should try a PM2 at one point, and it is a great knife no doubt! And for you it also means yo...

Stretch 1 for today, one of my all time favorites. Did not carry it much lately, but there were times when this model even competed with the Endura 4 for my favorite folder ever out of all brands (and I guess overall it will always be in my top three). Seen here with another favorite of mine, the ol...

.. Again, many thanks for the input. I LOVE the Delica. Against the advice of others, I ended up going with a SG. My Pac 2 is a SE. So I can definitely see something like a PM2 in my future. Or at a minimum, a FFG Delica. I prefer the ffg Delica as a cutting tool, and its blade imo is still easily ...