What Spyderco is in your pocket today??

[vivi]

[Wartstein]

I know that gets said all the time about your edges anyway, but regardless: They look amazing!

You know, there is something about some knives general designs / grips that makes one immediately want to grab and use them.
It´s kind of the same with those edges you share: Looking at them just creates an immediate urge to go and cut something with the knife they are applied to...

[kobold]

[M Sea]

[ThomC]

I've seen that cover art somewhere...

Today's a Police day. Put the C36 in the kitchen drawer on a whim yesterday evening. Getting used to switching between both, though the Millie's sturdiness still sways me.

[TkoK83Spy]

[VashHash]

[Wartstein]

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Great pic!

[bearfacedkiller]

[TkoK83Spy]

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Great pic!

Even better knife though

[TkoK83Spy]

You know you could pay off your mortgage with that knife thanks to Shabazz!?! :p

[vivi]

I've seen that cover art somewhere...

Today's a Police day. Put the C36 in the kitchen drawer on a whim yesterday evening. Getting used to switching between both, though the Millie's sturdiness still sways me.

Nice seeing so much Police love today!

Book of Words trilogy by jv jones.

[bearfacedkiller]

You know you could pay off your mortgage with that knife thanks to Shabazz!?! :p

Ha, this is a K2, not a Slysz Bowie. I didn’t know the Shabazz liked the K2. It doesn’t seem like his style. The K2 isn’t really anyone’s style. It is just a big knife with a crazy steel. I mostly carry it for novelty since it is so different.

[TkoK83Spy]

Ohhhhh, wow...shows how much I know about the past! I've never seen knife before. Should have realized it was a dead giveaway as well with it being 10V! Interesting, Spyderco ran a knife with 10V some years ago and then didn't do so again until those PM2 exclusives?? (could be wrong here as well)

Pretty cool though, and glad I learned something new today :)

[ThomC]

I've seen that cover art somewhere...

Today's a Police day. Put the C36 in the kitchen drawer on a whim yesterday evening. Getting used to switching between both, though the Millie's sturdiness still sways me.

Nice seeing so much Police love today!

Book of Words trilogy by jv jones.

I think my childhood town's library had those with the Everlance and Salvatore's books. Talk about a throwback...

[5-by-5]

You know you could pay off your mortgage with that knife thanks to Shabazz!?! :p

Ha, this is a K2, not a Slysz Bowie. I didn’t know the Shabazz liked the K2. It doesn’t seem like his style. The K2 isn’t really anyone’s style. It is just a big knife with a crazy steel. I mostly carry it for novelty since it is so different.

I bought my K2 as my exclusive steak knife. :D

[5-by-5]

[attila]

^^ There he goes again! Another great one Darby!

Decided to carry my Crucarta Shaman with all the craziness of the Z-Wear drops...going with the OG :cool:


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Hey Rick, how many times have you sharpened this Crucarta Shaman?

How much would you say the steel’s performance has improved since you sharpened it?

Thanks!

Hey bud! I've given it 2 sharpening sessions since I initially used it for my first week of at work use, when I was doing that thread comparing all the different steels. I remember that first week being a bit surprised when I had a few minor chips/rolls. I gave it a fresh edge to repair the factory damage, starting with the CBN stones and worked down to the Fine stones with a few passes on the Ultra Fine stones. No microbevel. That improved the performance immensely! I only needed a few minutes of touch up and it was back to that hair popping edge after using it after that first sharpening session. Granted, I still think that run of Cruwear was a little softer than other models released with Cruwear, but that's fine because it was extremely easy to work with.

The second time I suppose wasn't really a full sharpening because I only used the brown rods and then followed up with some stropping. That fresh steel from the prior sharpening held up very well, I just wanted to see how sharp I could really get it off the brown stones alone. So it was a more advanced touch up I suppose haha! Even since I've used the same brown rods with some stropping (no fancy compounds) or sometimes a few passes with the Fine or Ultra Fine rods...that's about as fancy as I get :p

It's never got to that dullish point that it was at from the factory edge after my initial use, so I think I've found success :)

Thank you again for the opportunity to get this knife, one of my favorites...clearly as a user, but also the sentiment of your kind gesture!

Thanks for the thorough response.

I fully sharpened mine once and have been maintaining my edge with low-grit diamond stropping. This has been sufficient, since I have so many knives, that I haven’t put much use on this one.

Honestly, I was disappointed with the relatively low hardness of this run of Cruwear, having seen it measured at a paltry 59.5 HRC. I was hoping for ~63 HRC like the old checkered-grey G10 Cruwear Manix sprint, but i don’t cut much hard or abrasive stuff, and it still works well as an outdoors knife.

I’m pleased that that Crucarta Shaman is still one of your favorites, and I’m glad that I was able to help a fellow member out.

[RLR]

Brass keeps pockets from fraying.

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[przemekspce]

Very cool!
Old version of the Juice CS4, best small outdoor leatherman (together with the KF4, which is hard to find for a decent price these days)!
Here's mine (not a recent pic, but from last summer):

Beautiful landscape photo! My CS4 just went to a friend for a little mod. When it is ready, I will show it here

Really?! You mean like in giving it alternative tools?
This is something I´d definitely be interested in! Normally one disadvantage of the otherwise great Juice series is the pinned construction, so taking apart and modding is not a real option...

It will only be a change of scales. The tools will remain the same.