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My buddy is a deer hunter and was asking me to help him find a good fixed blade. I would appreciate thoughts on a current or recent Mule steel to build him a knife from. I know this topic has been brought up before, but not since many new mules have been...

Plasti-Dip seems to offer some good and cheap benefits for mule handle needs. This is after 5 dips. Gives lots of grip.

I will try to wrap my coming MT23 with some paracord I have at hand. Obviously there are different techniques how to do it, with different results. How did you do yours? Feel free to post pics, maybe even a link to a video showing how to do it in that...

Playing the game of whack a mule hot spot. Trying out this mod to see how well it performs with hot spot reduction. So far so good. Adjusted thumb ramp and finger guard with some success

I'm kind of new here and would like to invite all of you to show off your Mule team scales, either custom or purchased. Such an awesome customizable aspect to the whole mule team concept. specify if custom or purchased and where purchased... Maybe suggest...

I finished up my first Mule, as I posted in another thread I'm working on 3 (now 4, ordered a SPY27 for a son in law) Mules. 2 T15, 1 K294 and, once it arrives, a SPY27 MULE2.

I used Ultrex SureTouch with blue G10 and black rubber layers on this one....

So I took on this little comparison, mostly out of boredom, and party because I wanted to test assumptions that Kizer probably didn't do a good heat treat on their 10V. Considering that I could probably count on Spyderco's, I figured a comparison between...

Wow! People love mules. 1000 threads on Mules. Time to celebrate! Need some festive mule pics to honor this milestone.

Next Tuesday will wrap up the 1st 39 mules with K294. Sal mentioned 19C27, so that could be MT40 and as we've seen drops or announcements are not always sequential with their numbering system. There is also elastic ceramic that is, hopefully, coming soon,...

Sal, Can we see a mule in this?
I did a pre order of one. I will let you know how I like it.

Hey gents,

Those of you that own and use the T15 Mule. What's your overall opinion on the steel? Sharpening, edge retention, toughness, etc.

Thanks!

I plan to cut out the metal between the large holes of a mule, creating one or more ovals and lightening the knife. I've done this before by first rough-cutting the area between holes with a Dremel-style cutoff disc, then smoothing the edges with a small...

Dear all,
This is my first Mule project.
I used an M398 (MT38) blade paired with Cuscadi G10 glow in the dark scales and a Francesco Nova custom leather sheath.

Choose this setup as a to go companion hunting knife:
1) M398 steel because it is a...

Shot this cow elk with my 50 cal muzzleloader at about 180 yards. It was about 5:00, so I knew I'd be skinning and quartering her mostly in the dark. I proved that PMA11 steel holds a VERY sharp edge for a LONG time. Even though I skinned the cow,...

My first ever regrind. I think it came out pretty good. Slices real nice. :smlling-eyes

Any way to non-permanently attach Mule scales w/o gluing them? Planning on picking up a HIC, and have ordered Ultem scales for it. Thought it might be cool to have a knife with zero metal components.

TIA

Chris
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I just saw the newest issue of the Spyderco Reveal 14 catalog and it lists a new High-Impact Ceramic 'HIC' Mule Team MT40P blade is coming soon!

MT07 was the only Damascus blade and I've drooled for years now looking back at pictures. If you could get your way, what pattern would you want?

May be a few years down the line but I'm willing to wait if we could get another Damascus Mule! Who's with...

Their TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS from BOHLER website states from:
54 (heat treatments 565 to 1010 degrees)
TO 64 (heat treatments 565 to 2150 degrees)

I remember reading about V15 and BigBrownBear being a gentleman and always giving us the insight on...

Since I had the mules corralled up and finished working on the Z-max, I thought I'd share a photo. :squinting-tongue

I'm to try to turn this thin-blue-line sheet of Kydex into a sheath but I'm not sure how to get the most effect out of it...

Ok Team. Here's the dream. I'm hoping for an Aeb-L Mule baton sample of more than one ;) . So, who is up for it? Aeb-L is a tough steel, machete steel, I dare say bushcraft steel. Hit it!

Or, add to the sensible list of why one should not use a knife...

Does anyone here use an affordable CNC machine to shape hardwood scales? I'm thinking of getting a small CNC machine (SainSmart Genmitsu 3020 Pro) and one of the purpose is to shape mule scales for my use.

Did anyone keep a record of sold out by dates for Mules? I'm curious which mule releases sold fastest and slowest.

EDIT: Great responses received, assimilated below. Goal is to keep the Blue Mule List updated under the stickied Past Mule Teams thread....

I was not happy with many of the 3D printed scale designs I found online as it seemed many did not use the available holes on the tang to index on, or at least did not use many of them. I designed these to be as hard use ready as I can.

The next...

I think I had more of these........ maybe around here somewhere. Anywho, firing up this old project again. These will be finished out with 1 of kind scales and mosaics. I have a box of very rare and unique blocks / scales I have also been collecting....

So I was setting up to sharpen a T15 mule and before I started I wanted to clean her up. It still had whatever coating(oil?) they had put on it from the factory(I didn't clean that off first) so I put barkeepers friend on it, scrubbed it down, and it has...

Looking for a little guidance on how to handle rust underneath scales.

Located in warm coastal area with higher humidity (five miles inland) and they are stored in climate controlled area. Mules are used in kitchen work, box cutting, woodwork, camping,...

Curious if it's just mine or if anybody else has observed it. I am grinding at 15 degrees per side (12 degree wedge plus the 3 degree primary blade grind) and on an Atoma 140. It seems to settle out when going up to a higher grit, but with a 120x loupe I...

Hello All,

It is rare that I start a thread here and this will be a first of sorts for me. I purchased 4 (yes boys, four) AEB-L Mules to back up my sentiments in asking Spyderco to introduce finer grained and higher hardened low-end steels into their...

I'm curious how the steel evolved between the mule and the production model. I just found my magnacut mule, which I'd lost. Does spyderco change things (e.g. heat treat) based on data from the mules?

Hey, everyone!
We're happy to announce the MT36P – K294 MICROCLEAN Mule Team® will be released on Tuesday, 22-Aug-2023 at 09:00 am MDT .

MSRP: $95.00 (USD) ( Additional Discounts Do Not Apply )

Mule Team handle scales ( MTGBK ) and sheaths ( MTLSH...

Well I bought my first spyderco Knife and it was a mule. I was impressed. I decide to try make handles for it shaping pins for it. It was going to till everything went out control. Sad to say my mule is snapped in half and I got 10 stitches.I do say...

Hey guys, I'm pretty new to the forum and new to different knife steels. So far, I've got experience with some lower quality steels and some experience (little) with higher quality (CPM D2, H1, VG-10). I'm looking at buying my first mule team knife, but...

Hello all,

I've been using this M398 Mule for a few months now and the edge retention is awesome but the blade chips very easily. I have been cutting every cardboard box I can get my hands on with it and it will cut them forever without dulling but was...

My first time posting here so please forgive my ignorance?? Has 8670M Steel ever been used for a Mule ?? I think that’s something I would definitely be interested in owning. Thank you

Nothing too flash yet. Sanded a rough shape and drilled for a few Mosaic pins.

Most of the work was done on a disk sander and a drill. Made the scales a bit thinner after the below shots.

Got my hands on a MT01P 😁 😁 .
I talked about trying to find some Westinghouse micarta for the handle and immediately got a reply saying It is very collector and you're still gonna use it?

Yes 😁 🤩