So, you bought a Mule Team? Congrats! Are you looking for a little inspiration to personalize it? Are you interested in testing the steel and comparing it against another? Or have you already personalized and tested multiple Mules, and you want to share...
There is a previous thread about a larger Mule Team that ended up with some prototypes being made and tested.. Thanx Al. There seems to be some interest in this being a larger version available. So with that thought in mind, I'm trying to determine if...
With the handle finished the knife is more usable now, but it's still hard to leave the house with it until I have a sheath. So, now I'll spend about 2 hours and make a Kydex sheath for the Mule.
I know much of the Mule Team program was designed towards knife steel discovery and testing. Along with the great discussions we have here about steel qualities, sharpening, and handle/sheath making, I thought a thread with a user-oriented tone could...
I shaved down the scales and reground the blade on my oldest manix 2 to make it match its bigger fixed blade brother more. Still need to make a new/nicer set of scales but here's a couple of pics of my folding MT modified manix 2. It has about 3.4 of...
As you know, MT45 has been announced in Z-12Ultra BQ @ $95. What do we know about this steel, beyond what we've discussed in an older thread? I've read it's comparable to CPM 10V. If so, that might (?) mean CATRA around 750 and toughness maybe around 8...
We have a problem with goat head weeds growing in very hard, sandy / rocky soil.
I've tried things like dandelion diggers / hand weeders and cheap Hori Hori style garden knives. They work, but dull very quickly and require a lot of effort to sever the...
Can't leave well enough alone so I took it straight out of the box and batonned it into a log 🤣
Well actually first things first, the nub gets neutered and the edges of the handle get beveled and then on go the Hapstone scales. I also blended in that...
First proto for a SPY27 mule, one of many I'm sure. Long way to go till its useful.
Used the slicer to split down the center of the blade cutout & flip one side over.
Otherwise the blade cutout volume would have been a hot mess.
Took about 95 mins to...
I've noticed that steels typically aren't re-released in the mule series but it seems that Z-wear is coming out again. Only difference being BQ blade quality. Does the BQ make enough difference to justify a re-release? If not what was the reason behind...
For anyone who's used one, how do you like the mule team leather sheath? As the upcoming HIC mule will not fit the standard Boltaron sheath, I was considering purchasing one of the leather ones rather than the HIC mule-specific Boltaron model, my thought...
I had a friend contact me today. We had a conversation about several things, and then up came the subject of Spyderco knives, and Mules. He then asked me if I knew when the MT33 (Rex 76) came out. I did not, right off of the top of my head, so I went to...
Has anybody adjusted (increased) the retention of their boltaron sheaths? I was considering adding electric tape to the blade end of the handle to increase the diameter & theoretically the tension as well. This seems like the only option aside from trying...
Well the curiosity about theseMT40 HIC Mules in particular has been eating away at me all I could bare lol. I just ordered one of these to check this all out myself.
Got one of the cool perfect fit G10 scale assembly for it as well. I am so old school...
I have seen 3D prints where the print is stopped and something added then the print continues, capturing the object. Being that the dimensions are a known thing, couldn’t you print a one piece handle? The break would happen after all the hole voids were...
So I got my first mule team ever in Magnamax and immediately knew I had to see what she could do..I had a pile of misc cardboard boxes in the garage (some double some single corregated, some with tape some had adhesive some completely bone dry) so I cut...
Well the title says it all. Was playing around today with my mules and I figured out if I should try to use magnets instead of the standard fixings - barrel and screws. The original fixings works as they should. The problem is on my side. As someone...
Curious if anyone here has used the scales produced by Chroma on their Mule? I like some of their designs and colors, and the price seems fair for an additive-manufactured product.
On the MagnaMax testing front. I'll be using it just as I did the...
My FedEx guy just dropped off my MT46P and I couldn't be more excited to stay playing with it! A G10 scale kit and boltaron sheath showed up yesterday so I've got a complete setup to work with. Before we get into it, I want to give a caveat - this is my...
I'm in the process of putting a handle on my Z-max mule (I'm a bit behind) and was wondering why z-max hasn't been around much. Then I saw Cedric's post on zapp z12 Ultra. Sal, any chance of a taste this stuff? It sounds right up Spyderco's alley.
This was posted over on Blade Forums, but I thought it might be worth cross posting here too.
A new vendor is making MT scales and sheaths, and they're pretty sweet. I don't know if I can mention them here or not, but the company name is StonerCNC. I...
Was thinking it’s possible to make a swappable butterfly knife with interchangeable modded mule blades. Just need a few tools and some good diamond drill bits.
What about rare earth magnets glued in the scales instead of using screws to clamp the scales on the knife where the holes are. This way you could have one scale set for all the mules, minus the ceramic one but that could be a special dedicated one. This...
About a year ago a friend on this forum sent me some compost scales to try from G.L. Hansen. I have always used stabilized wood so this was a first time for me.
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I won’t go into the total build but highlight the two main lessons I...
I’m excited about the new steel, so I decided to pick one of these up. Not without making my own changes. Reground to about .008” behind the edge, no finger guard, smaller ricasso, different handle shape, hidden pin/partial tang.
Yesterday I received notification that Boltaron sheaths were again available. Last night I put one in the cart, but didn't have my credit card handy. I went to pay this morning, but it was too late. Sold out.
This is a tough question and I'd like for you to share your thoughts. If we make too man, they sit for months, which was not part of the original plan. We used to make 500 pcs . Now we're making close to 2,000 and now we're adding teeth to some of the...
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