What Spyderco is in your pocket today??

[sok]

Not decided yet... :o

Awesome!

[bearfacedkiller]

Not decided yet... :o

Awesome!

Whichever one gets the sharpest! :)

[Wartstein]

Not decided yet... :o

Awesome!

Whichever one gets the sharpest! :)

:p Right now it's the Pac Salt. I'll follow your advice and carry it today...:)

[Wartstein]

Awesome!

Thanks. Awesome KNIVES. All of them 100% keepers forever. :)

[bbturbodad]

2 Pac Salts and I know you have a Chap FRN too: From a practical point of view (which luckily no one really has on this forum... :D ) you could sell all your other knives and still would be good to go...

Oh we're way past practical at this point! :o ...and I blame this forum, I used to perfectly happy with just a single knife. :D

[Shadowcutter]

PM2 with a Dragonfly2 in ZDP-189. I rotate my EDC knives depending upon where I will be. Usually the Dragonfly2 is in my pocket no matter which bigger knife I choose to carry for the day.

[GiftedMisfit]

[prndltech]

[The Meat man]

Don't jump into this leaf pile!

[bearrowland]

My PM2

[vivi]

Don't jump into this leaf pile!

Nice edge! Not very often I see someone take a knife thinner than I do. Puts mine to shame, gonna have to thin it out some more :D



Think I'll carry mine too, and give my lightweight a rest.

[Wartstein]

Live pic: Nightly winter-trailrun with the Chap (it's 10:30 p.m. here in Austria) :)

[bbturbodad]

[The Meat man]

Don't jump into this leaf pile!

Nice edge! Not very often I see someone take a knife thinner than I do. Puts mine to shame, gonna have to thin it out some more :D



Think I'll carry mine too, and give my lightweight a rest.

Thanks! Yeah I took it down to - I'm guessing - around 10 dps. This may or may not be too thin though; I've had some slight roll/ chipping when cutting through thick plastic banding, even with care. But for all my other uses it's great. And since experimenting with slightly higher grit finishes (up to 1200) I feel like I'm finally beginning to experience K390. (Probably because with higher refinement comes smaller burrs and more room for inexperience.)
I cut up a bunch of cardboard the other day at work (2 5'x10' sheets, filled a 35 gallon trash can) and it still sliced and pushcut phonebook paper with ease.

[TkoK83Spy]

That's definitely an impressive edge Connor! Can't imagine how great that baby slices!! Now you pressured Vivi to go to something crazy like 6dps...probably grinding away at this moment :p

[JuPaul]

First day carrying the Crucarta Shaman!

[TkoK83Spy]

First day carrying the Crucarta Shaman!

What's your take on the feel of it compared to the St Knicks model? I know you're one for the VERY lucky ones to get your hands on both!!

[JuPaul]

First day carrying the Crucarta Shaman!

What's your take on the feel of it compared to the St Knicks model? I know you're one for the VERY lucky ones to get your hands on both!!

Man, I do feel so, so lucky to have those two! For a hefty outdoor folder, both the 4v and the cruwear have proven to be awesomely tough already (on the shaman and on my manix). I finally reprofiled the 4v down a bit to around 17dps last weekend, and when I do the same on the cruwear I can really compare the two on the same platform. I do think I'm going to prefer the dlc on the st. Nick's shaman for the reason you pointed out earlier - protection from scratches on the blade. Today my kids asked me to "cut open" a big very rotten log in the woods, which required some light prying with the blade. Nothing the shaman couldn't easily handle, but I found myself feeling a little squeamish about scratching up my pretty new satin blade (it was fine). On the other hand, you know I reeealy like micarta, so I prefer the feel of the scales on the crucarta. Imo, they're just textured enough to add some grip while still being easy to get in and out of your pocket. And I had a minute today where I needed it with wet hands, and that's where the micarta really helps. So it's a toss up for me - love them both!

[Crow2012]

[The Meat man]

That's definitely an impressive edge Connor! Can't imagine how great that baby slices!! Now you pressured Vivi to go to something crazy like 6dps...probably grinding away at this moment :p

Thanks Rick, it really is a cutting machine!
Interestingly, for as much (well -deserved) praise as the P4 gets for being a slicey dream, in my opinion it is slightly beat by the Autonomy 2. The A2 has a measured stock thickness just under the P4 (2.8 mm IIRC) and also seems to have a slightly thinner grind. Both knives are outstanding Sal Glesser designs and true workhorses.