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pulling my hair out stressing for an hour and fifteen minutes but I managed to get 2. Phew!!!! the website was like taffy. I got kicked out of the check out page probably a dozen times :zany

Hey, everyone!
We're happy to announce the MT35P CPM MagnaCut Mule Team will be released on Friday, 03-Dec-2021 at 09:00 am MST .

MSRP : $75.00 (USD)

Mule Team handle scales ( MTGBK ) and sheaths ( MTLSH ) and ( MTSH ) will also be available...

I thought id make a designated thread for people to vent into as to not disturb other forum members. Let's hear your tragic tale! I will be at my desk for the next 24 hours offering emotional support to whoever needs it. Complain away!

We are lucky things are the way they are.

The whole experience is like a cowboy western. The villain corners our hero at the edge of the cliff. Then forces him over! He hangs on the edge by his finger tips, and the bad guy stomps on first one hand,...

Hi Mule Team fellows!
Just a little poll on what new steels that Spyderco hasn't presented in it's knife line yet you would like to see and test on one of the upcoming Mule Team releases? If you could choose one steel only.
Vote and/or specify your...

Hi guys

Can anyone help out with a Magnacut Mule due to Australian and New Zealand shipping suspension.

Will be in the US for work in January for about 6 weeks.

Either order a second one and keep it for me ( if your only getting one ) or with a...

20+ minutes into trying to buy this and I still can't get anything to load. This is a bad experience. Please upgrade the server for the next one...

Frustrated by losing another Mule, and this time was really interested, I come to the logical question - why doesn't Spyderco allow pre-order for a specific Mule batch?

So far it's always been a massacre when the sales start - page blocked for an hour,...

Lets get this rodeo going!
I got my 2 Magnacut Mules in person at the store. I finally got home to take a look after work. Cool! I set one aside to determine what I am really going to do to it; the other got the g10 grips put on that where laying around....

Hi All,

Happy Valentine's Day. One of the days that you make the time to appreciate your loved ones.

Back on subject. The most recent Mule Team sale was off by quite a bit on the demand. We thought it might sell faster than the last one (years to...

It's happening, guys.

I have a question for those of you who have Mule Teams already--how wide is the blade? I don't see it in the official specs.

I plan to pick up an inexpensive, generic sheath for blades under four inches as a temporary sheath before I make my own, and...

Did the Mule Team program get put to rest?
I still have my K390 mule. That was such a great program.
Would've liked to have got the Cobalt Special and some others.
Wander if Sal might consider some re-runs of select Mules...

Since the mules are a symbiotic relationship, We get great priced knives for testing, What is the feedback? Please post your stories here so we can all learn. I know only a few have them so far but that will change quick.
What is the edge like?
How does...

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

Well I figured since everyone is starting to get their Mules. Handles and cord wraps are getting done. Lets have a picture thread. :)

So post your Mule :D :D :D

I'll start of course with mine.

Natural G-10 With an Anso texture. It looks...

I'm a poor drafter, but after clumsily poking around Fusion 360 for a few nights a managed to complete my first pass at mule scales:

Everything is held together by button head hex cap screws (M4x12) and embedded nuts. I think I'm going to...

Some of you may remember me from way back when, I was an early Forumite back when things got started, and have always been more of a lurker than a poster. Over my years as a collector of Spyderco knives of which there are somewhere near 100, I’ve stored...

This looks interesting…

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.

Stay tuned for more details next week!
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I'll be getting a MagnaCut mule one way or another so I'm already starting to think about carry options. If you've paid any attention to my Jumpmaster 2 thread, carrying a fixed blade has been a mix of awesome and aggravation so I need to put a lot of...

Hi guys! Mule Team™ 32 heads-up?
Anyone have any inside what's the next Mule steel will be?

In a way I wish I had saved the factory sharp edge for this project. Z-Max vs Moose hair/hide.

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Not much to say other than, it would be nice to have a Z-Max Ulu...

Speaking of mules how does everyone sharpen theirs? I use the Work Sharp guided system with reasonable results. Since this is pretty much free hand it is easy to be off on your angle by a few degrees. On the plus side there is something cool about free...

I’m very excited about the Mule Team concept. Where can find the knife blanks. It looks they’re all sold out. Is this something I can sign up for? Or is this a membership thing?

Thanks,
Dan Meyera

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...

Finally my Mule Team Z-Wear PM made it here all the way across the world to Russia
I've never owned that steel before, so I'm quite interested about it.

Let's open the box

The box sticker under the Mule Team Z-Wear PM steel marking has two...

Please share your Z-Max sharpening tips and tricks.
I am having good luck with diamond stones but not much with diamond paste stroping. A little is good but more seem to go south on me. I have 3,000, 15,000 and 50,000 diamond paste as well as green...

Hi All,

I don't know what Kristi decided to call the we Mule Team folks, but I would like to say that I think you are a special breed/group of folks. I'm impressed each day with what you are doing with the project. Thanx much!

sal

Hi guys, I've taken the audacity to add a small line to O. Henry's famous line to create a Mule Team slogan.
So, it becomes:

Bolivar cannot carry double. Mule can.
:cheap-sunglasses

Sounds like a good slogan for a Mule Team?
What do you think?...

I am creating this poll at Sal’s request to help gauge interest in Larrin’s new CPM MagnaCut. Please select if you would like 1 or 2 and if you are in the United States or not. Also, please do not vote if you are not interested in this upcoming mule....

Background
Before I post my experience with Z-wear, I would like to quickly share my overall knife/steel experience.

I have only used VG-10 (Delica/Endura) and CPM S30V (PM2) for 10 years or so in 'normal' EDC and work related use. I'm a paramedic and...

Howdy!

Any advice for a long time Spyderco fan who has had zero luck getting a Mule blank over the past 2 years?

Any helpful hints would be much appreciated.

D.

Hey, everyone!
We're happy to announce the MT31P CPM S45VN Mule Team will be released on Thursday, 22-Apr-2021 at 09:00 am MDT .

You'll find it and more details here .

Mule Team handle scales ( MTGBK ) and sheaths ( MTLSH ) and ( MTSH ) will also...

Well, no duh eh. Z-Max is not a stainless steel, it will corrode.

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This is the corrosion build up after 1 week of processing moose hide. Mostly cutting membranes and muck off, some shaving hair off, and lots being wet....