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kirilpetkov wrote:I apologize for my bad English. I've done tuning on my manix. I changed the metal ball with ceramic balls -Silicon-Nitride Ceramic https://www.mcmaster.com/#ceramic-balls/=1a9quhn , I also changed the spring with the same but soft

OK then, I understand why it's so smooth, nice job :)

Gerard

kirilpetkov wrote:https://youtu.be/H6sF05dI5C0

Cannot do that with the Cruwear (one finger unlocking) - definitely need two fingers, but one handed operation is fine, I don't feel like I need to use excessive force.

Gerard

??? Can't remember having an issue with my first Manix 2 (G10 / 154 CM, I don't own it any more).
Never had a problem with the CF / Cruwear, just firm enough to avoid accidental unlocking.

Welcome, great start!

Gerard

No way that I am going to use one of my knives in a plate, ever, just thinking of it makes me cringe. Absent the kitchen knives, I'd still prefer to use fingers and teeth. Or I eat from a wooden board, especially stuff from the BBQ.

Gerard

I am using mine in alternance with the CF/Cruwear version, and it's such a great knife (both are). That you cannot flick it is irrelevant to me.

Gerard

There is a Maintenance, Tinkering & Embellishment forum on Blade Forums where you should be able to get some additional good advice.

Gerard

Let me answer your question no I never suggest to break the law insurances get paid every month so is completely ok if you lost your knife at work or somewhere like school or church where yo go every day or so and you have your knife signed someone found it and didn't return it to you that's theft ...

Let me answer your question no I never suggest to break the law insurances get paid every month so is completely ok if you lost your knife at work or somewhere like school or church where yo go every day or so and you have your knife signed someone found it and didn't return it to you that's theft ...

Welcome to the forum, congratulations on your choice(s).

Gérard

So that's it? We now need an Apple & Knife SOP to slice and eat an apple? Any relevant federal regulations to include?

Gerard

Like the OP, whatever variant of whatever model is in the making, I wish Spyderco would lose the unfortunate press-fit lanyard tubes found on some models...

Gerard

I don't think that the Millie or PM2 blade shapes (or Police for that matter) lend themselves well to a sheepfoot variant.
Manix or Shaman or Native blades would be more easily redesigned into a sheepfoot IMO.
Just my 2 cents :)

Gerard

http://knifenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Spyderco-from-Alistair-620x400.jpg http://knifenews.com/compression-lock-food-prep/ Alistair Phillips (Cubane on this forum) put this together for kitchen work. Looks nice! But from extensively using my Manixe's in the kitchen I find that a blade in t...

bearfacedkiller wrote:Police4 or bring some stones and do your friends a favor and sharpen their knives.

Yes I was also thinking Police 4, with its 4.4 in. blade - Must be a good slicer? (I don't own one).

Gerard

Cruwear is quite stainless and more so than D2, CPMD2 or PSF27 in my experience. I have yet to see Cruwear rust, pit or discolor and have used it for a lot of food prep, gardening (plant goo) and I even left it sitting in a glass of white vinegar for over two hours and nothing. I have seen more cor...

Bodog wrote:A shaman with polished marble carbon fiber and M4 would be a must have.

+1

Gerard

1 - Shaman (which I consider a new design, although it is based on the Native 5)
2 - Manix 2 Backlock (second to the Shaman only because it's a variant of an existing design)
3 - Darn Dao (exceptional, but won't be as easily used or widely sold as the two others).

Happy New Year to everyone.

Gerard

Here it is: The current Military and Para Military blade profiles and point profiles are too thin and too narrow for my tastes. That's exactly why I am sticking to the Manix and never took the leap of buying a Military, even though I have been looking for long for a Spyderco with a longer blade (ye...