thanks for the Stretch

[Bloke]

I was very pleased using my S110V Mule this year on a Muley doe. I don't own a Moran but if they ever did a sprint in another steel I would give it a try. I have a bunch of Mules which is the only reason I haven't given the Moran a try. They have been serving me very well as field knives. They basically have the same grip as the Stretch which for me is great.

Darby, I want your knife! :cool:

[bearfacedkiller]

That one is the MT18 which is a little hard to find now but there are still quite a few mules that are available. The RWL34 version is still available and should be a good option for a field knife. Check it out. :)

https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/detail ... roduct=978

[Bloke]

Thanks, Darby

Another fixed blade won't go astray! Ah, ha ha ha! Plus I don't have a fixed blade Spyderco. :)

[anagarika]

Getting my HAP40 Stretch.

[Bloke]

Only had my Stretch four days and liking it more and more! Yesterday, I walked past a young seaman at work, cutting up condemned and out of date synthetic lifting slings. I said hello and watched him sawing a Chinesie knock off of a big Buck style folder through these things with considerable effort and little progress. I couldn't help myself and offered him the closed Stretch which he accepted gingerly and opened with both hands, touched the blade with his thumb and said "It's sharp!". "Yeah, it's not bad, give it a whirl." He folded the sling (about 3/8" x 2") and slipped the blade up in the loop tilted the knife back and pulled. The sling separated cleanly, effortlessly. He looked up in disbelief and said "$@?&#%* sharp, ay?" I chuckled and told him to toss the Chinesie overboard and buy a Spyderco! Ah, ha ha ha! :cool:

[ronT2]

Got my hap40 Stretch earlier this week. It's a really nice knife, the sharpest knife I've ever had out of the box. Hopefully I can maintain that.

[tripscheck'em]

Got my hap40 Stretch earlier this week. It's a really nice knife, the sharpest knife I've ever had out of the box. Hopefully I can maintain that.

does your Hap 40 Stretch have an abnormally thin grind?

I received one a few days ago from knifecenter and the blade grind was thinner than a delica, far thinner than my main super blue Stretch, I returned it for an exchange.

[bearfacedkiller]

The thinner the better if you ask me. That is like throwing away a winning scratch off lotto ticket. My Hap40 Stretch and Delica were both on the thin side and I like them a lot.

[ronT2]

does your Hap 40 Stretch have an abnormally thin grind?

I received one a few days ago from knifecenter and the blade grind was thinner than a delica, far thinner than my main super blue Stretch, I returned it for an exchange.

I didn't notice anything that really stood out as far as the grinding goes. The layering is very even side to side, this ones a keeper.

[The Deacon]

The thinner the better if you ask me. That is like throwing away a winning scratch off lotto ticket. My Hap40 Stretch and Delica were both on the thin side and I like them a lot.

I'm with you 100%, but it's a true saying that "there's no accounting for taste".

[Knutty]

The Stretch is my favorite overall knife, but I won't be buying a Stretch2, even in FRN, which is my preferred scale material. The main reason is that at 3.57", the blade is barely but definitively over the 3.5" blade length limit in Charlotte. (And no, let me preemptively reply to the sarcastic remark, I wouldn't grind off enough of the tip to bring it down 0.07".) I also dislike ZDP-189. In G-10, the Stretch2 is a disaster for me; all of the above plus extra cost and an extra ounce of weight for absolutely no benefit, wrapped up in a boring color.

[sal]

Thanx Knutty.

I've to measure mine. They're supposed to be 3.5 and if they're too long, I'll fissit before the 2 comes out.

sal

[sal]

FRN versioin is 3.5" G-10 version is 1/16th over. We'll make sure the new FRN version is 3.5".

sal

[murphjd25]

Holy smokes this is a bad boy!!! Sharpest spydie I've gotten yet! Hap40 seems to be pretty awesome so far!!! Super stoked I was able to get my FIRST sprint of something!!! The addiction is real folks.

[DougC-3]

Sales were not very brisk with the Stretch. We've been trying to figure out why as being between the Endura (which is now a large knife) and the Delica, we thought it would be better. The tentative conclusion reached was; the general market doesn't like finger-choils and prefers the straight spine.

I've considered designing a choil-less straight spine version as a test, probably in slab construction first? I did that with the Raven and the upcoming "Polestar". But there I just got rid of the finger-choil and left the blade the same.

sal

Hi Sal

I hope you'll also consider trying a straight spine test version that keeps the choil, maybe like Paul's mockup:

Perhaps this mockup will help:

(This might need a name change, since it wouldn't really be a Stretch without that distinctive blade shape... or maybe Stretch 3 would be OK.)

Or better yet, bring back the solid blade R, which fits in perfectly between the Delica and Endura but has a more substantial handle: