What did you use your Spyderco for last?

[legOFwhat?]

Since you've already cleaned it, for the next time I'd recommend a bath of white vinegar. It worked wonders on the used Millie I bought, as it hadn't been used or properly cleaned in a while. One hour did it for S30V, I'd guess a couple more would do it for a tool steel.

Wouldn't that force a patina? Wouldn't be a bad idea

I meant to write minutes instead of 'more'...because a couple hours would definitely force a patina

Forcing a patina on the handle could be a good idea anyway, that would help limit corrosion.

Might be a nice little trial/experiment I can do with two matching PMA11'S. Ordered some Bar Keepers Friend so I should be able to clean up any mess I create. :)

[Pokey]

I used the Utility Knife to cut up an apple, my Endura to slice an onion, avocado, and tomato, and my K390 Ladybug to cut rotisserie chicken. (to force a patina)

[Woodpuppy]

To open a new 2.5l Osprey water bladder! The original in my old narrow gauge camelbak was... gross. Pleased to report the Osprey fits my old pack just fine, the fill mouth design I think is better than anything with a cap or plug, and the bite valve rocks!

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Osprey packs and bladders are great. The key for me with hydration bladder hygiene is to have the long skinny hose brush to clean inside the hose.

I’ll be looking into that. My original was probably around 20 years old!

[Lilypad87]

Used my DLT Manix 2 (in 20CV) to chop veggies for dinner; I'm finding that it ends up in my pocket more than any of my other knives.

[The Meat man]

Used my DLT Manix 2 (in 20CV) to chop veggies for dinner; I'm finding that it ends up in my pocket more than any of my other knives.

Very nice! Welcome to the forum!

[PeaceInOurTime]

Ladybug just zipped through ~50 linear feet of cardboard. :)

[Bloke]

Ladybug just zipped through ~50 linear feet of cardboard. :)

Peace, that’s pretty cool!

The little SE, HB is likely the most underrated yet handiest little knife on the planet.

It’s all I’ve carried in many months now and never found it lacking. Petite as it is, for my daily requirement it’s handier than any other knife I own.

It’s taught me how to sharpen SE’s and how well they can perform, given me a great appreciation of FRN’s virtues and just about made every other pocket knife I own redundant. :eek: Ah, hahaha, ah, hahaha, ah, hahaha!

From where I’m standing, I’d reckon it’s the best small folder on Earth, the Universe and maybe even the Cosmos and you’d surely have to say, Mr Glesser does better than average when it comes to knife design. :)

[AHarbuck]

Ughhhhh I hate moving. Except there’s always cardboard to break down. I think I plunged into the fancy steels waaaay too early especially once I got a Sharpmaker and found out how easy and quick blindingly sharp edges are with VG10 and S30v. I’ve been on a plain jane PE Delica kick and while it looks like **** but l couldn’t be happier. Will touch it up again soon with some paint thinner to get the goo off and the brown rods to get it back to sticky sharp. Long live VG10!

[PeaceInOurTime]

Ladybug just zipped through ~50 linear feet of cardboard. :)

Peace, that’s pretty cool!

The little SE, HB is likely the most underrated yet handiest little knife on the planet.

It’s all I’ve carried in many months now and never found it lacking. Petite as it is, for my daily requirement it’s handier than any other knife I own.

It’s taught me how to sharpen SE’s and how well they can perform, given me a great appreciation of FRN’s virtues and just about made every other pocket knife I own redundant. :eek: Ah, hahaha, ah, hahaha, ah, hahaha!

From where I’m standing, I’d reckon it’s the best small folder on Earth, the Universe and maybe even the Cosmos and you’d surely have to say, Mr Glesser does better than average when it comes to knife design. :)

I've been nothing but impressed with it! It has a permanent place on a lanyard around my neck and gets used fairly often. It's my first experience with H1 and I like it alot. Such a useable design for being so small. :)

[gbcaffee]

Used my Manix 2 LW S90V to cut up some thin cut pork loin chips and pineapple I grilled last night. The high vis orange and black dlc on the blade added to the feel of the meal.

[Pokey]

I handed a coworker my Ladybug to cut the plastic wrap off of a few equipment racks yesterday. I had to scold him, of course, for not carrying his Dragonfly 2.

[JustinB]

Cut up some boxes for recycling with my Shaman :spyder:

[RustyIron]

I like big knives. My favorite kitchen knife is an eight incher. For me, using a typical folder when there is a real knife available, is both silly and tedious. Recently I’ve been carrying this Spyderco behemoth (which might actually be a cool name for a knife). It’s kind of on the small side for kitchen work, but isn’t so small as to be problematic.

This afternoon, Mrs. Iron and I wanted sinh tố bơ on the patio, so I whipped out my M2XL. Lunch was delicious, and the dogs enjoyed licking the glasses afterward.

[Red]

I opened a beer bottle and cut off a slice of two day old pizza, I am a bachelor.

[TkoK83Spy]

To kill some time and take pictures of! Of course the day I bring a knife that really wants to work...I don't have much cutting to do at all. Go figure!

[JuPaul]

Took my kids to visit their grandma today, and brought the sprint rex45 shaman (yeah, yeah, I got one) to tackle the small mountain of cardboard boxes she had "saved up" for me. This was the first real use this knife had seen, and the factory edge still cleanly slices printer paper, but snags on newsprint now.

[JustinB]

Rex-y native processed a bunch of cardboard this afternoon

[attila]

Took a walk with my smooth green G10 S90V Native through my back acres. I have been curious as to what species of trees I have, so I started collecting the various types.

Clockwise from top left: 7 types of oak, sycamore, pear, red maple, hickory, unknown, sassafras, another unknown, and black locust.

I forgot to make an effort to grab a poplar leaf, but I definitely have some of those. There’s more tree species back there for sure, but these are the only species I found the leaves of.

With regard to what I used a Spyderco for, the only thing I had to cut was an immature pear from one of the two pear trees I found.

[Woodpuppy]

Did some yard cleanup yesterday, including removing the 3 dividers from a 4-run dog kennel. I’ll eventually demo the whole thing and build a shed on the slab. Baby steps... the bottom bars were overgrown with roots so SE Salt 2 got a workout cutting brambles and kudzu roots away from the chainlink.



Now that those dividers are gone, I can get after it with a flat point shovel, and scoop up all the soil and organic debris from over 13 years of home ownership and however long it languished before we bought the house. The back yard was so overgrown when we bought the house we didn’t even know the kennel was there!

[JuPaul]

People ask why I carry a knife when I go for walks or bike rides in the city...this morning I took my sons for a bike ride in a big local park with several lakes where people fish. When we were riding the trail around one lake, my son managed to ride through a big pile of fishing line that some inconsiderate person left on the ground. Took about 10 feet for it to get completely tangled around both his wheels, his pedals, and his chain. Luckily, I had my se hawkbill dragonfly, which made quick work of the line. You just never know when you'll need a knife!