Lil' Matriarch Review

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I would really like a Lil' Mat PE blade in a Caly3 frame. How does your PE conversion look?
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Not the prettiest, but not ugly either.

Check out the thread here: http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthre ... -Matriarch
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That looks awesome! Did you cut it to shape, or take it to a belt sander?
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Donut wrote:Not the prettiest, but not ugly either.

Check out the thread here: http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthre ... -Matriarch
Donut, that really looks pretty good. Nice knife!
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Rude_Dog_Racing wrote:That looks awesome! Did you cut it to shape, or take it to a belt sander?
No, I bought and used one of these. It was all done by hand.

http://www.amazon.com/DMT-DCLF-Tapered- ... 00004WFT3/

The funny thing about it is... DMT only makes those in "Fine", so it took me quite a while to do.


Thanks for the compliments. :)

I'm pretty sure Doc is enjoying it, I haven't heard about it in a while. I should probably work at finishing mine.
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Here's the current status of the one I was working on for myself. I'd say I'm probably 50% or a little more done. The deepest parts of the serrations are what seems like it takes the longest to get to because you're removing a lot more steel at that point.

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Yeah, there's a burr, every 10-15 minutes or so I take a couple swipes to take the burr off.

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You should finish yours, use it like ****, and tell us how it performs.
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...got one yesterday - like it much...
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Great necro thread review! I just ordered a pe lil matriarch yesterday. I love this knife and I'm pretty sure it's going to be my new everyday knife for the forseeable future.
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yer killin me lance…

MUST… RESIST...
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Surfingringo wrote:Great necro thread review! I just ordered a pe lil matriarch yesterday. I love this knife and I'm pretty sure it's going to be my new everyday knife for the forseeable future.
Is that the bento box shop version? That's the only PE version available right? If so, didn't want to pick up the Blue Domino?
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