Urban K390 in stock

[Doc Dan]

Tried to buy one from New Graham but the shipping was the same cost as the knife! I tried to buy one from National but they do not take credit cards. I am out of luck.

National knives has an eBay store and has the K390 urban in stock and says they ship worldwide. Could you try PayPal that way?

PayPal is funny. If you are overseas they make you open a new account there and the US one is no good. The problem is you buy in local money and not USD that way. Far too expensive.

[SG89]

Tried to buy one from New Graham but the shipping was the same cost as the knife! I tried to buy one from National but they do not take credit cards. I am out of luck.

National knives has an eBay store and has the K390 urban in stock and says they ship worldwide. Could you try PayPal that way?

PayPal is funny. If you are overseas they make you open a new account there and the US one is no good. The problem is you buy in local money and not USD that way. Far too expensive.

I didnt know that. Thats no bueno. Seems like paying the expensive shipping costs would be punishment enough.

[VG-10]

I just received my K390 Urban and I like it so much I ordered two more. I really like the dark gray handle scales. I would like to see a K390 Urban Wharncliffe with dark gray G10 scales.

[kbuzbee]

Is in the house! Woot! Working on the patina now! Thank you KC

Ken

[Sharp Guy]

Mine arrived today too! I like it and I think it's definitely worth the price of admission. Mine came with a pre-patina. That is....after I wiped off the oil that the blade was covered in there was staining over the entire blade where the oil was beaded up. It took quite a bit of rubbing with a cotton cleaning patch to get rid of it. No big deal but I've never had that happen with any of the other tool steel blades I have. I'm not a big fan of patina but I think I'm gonna cut a bunch of fruit and veggies with this one and let the patina do it's thing.

[Sharp Guy]

Nice article on K390 in the February edition of Spyderco Byte.

[Nate]

Mine came with a pre-patina. That is....after I wiped off the oil that the blade was covered in there was staining over the entire blade where the oil was beaded up. It took quite a bit of rubbing with a cotton cleaning patch to get rid of it.

-I think mine had the same thing you're talking about from the oil, but I just washed it in hot water and dish soap and it came right off. (Carefully, to avoid getting water in the pivot on day one :))

[kbuzbee]

Patinaed, sharpened and ready to rock and roll.



Ken

[Doc Dan]

What did you use to force the patina?

[kbuzbee]

8 hours in white vinegar. It turned very quickly, compared to many others.

Ken

[vilePossum]

We also have more K390 sitting at the factory in Maniago. I'm trying to decide what else to make?

sal

Well, anything, but I would love to see a pingo in k390 made available to the general public or a spy-dk or a roadie...all of which are legal to carry over here

[sal]

hey Possum,

Where are you?

sal

[vilePossum]

hey Possum,

Where are you?

sal

Me? I live in Germany. So that's the reason for crappy knife laws and hard to get sprint runs. So happy that I actually managed to order one from a dealer.

-Florian

[sal]

thanx. Yes, knife laws are an interesting concept. We follow these laws closely internationally. Like the Nuns running the whorehouse.

sal

[cali]

How strong is a slipjoint spring in an Urban? I have bought a Penknife once, no tension at all, I returned it. Was it a bug or a feature?

[sal]

As the designer, I would say that "it is no more than necessary and no less than perfect", but I'm biased Your mileage may vary.

sal

[TomAiello]

The spring in my Urban is much better than "not tension at all".

But I have a UK penknife that's much better too, so I'm guessing you saw a bug.

[cali]

That was the first version of UK-PK, hollow ground blade. I have read that flat ground Penknives have stronger springs. I have to check an Urban myself

[Sharp Guy]

I have a orange G10 UKPK, foliage green G10 Urban, and now the grey FRN/K390 Urban. All 3 have similar spring tension that I think is ideal. Not too strong yet not too weak.

[Liquid Cobra]

The Cosmopolitan is on hold for now, as is the Navigator.
sal

Sal, is the cosmopolitan on hold because it was to be a two handed opener for the Denmark market? Now that their laws changed to allow one handed openings,is the model not needed?