What Spyderco is in your pocket today??

[Wartstein]

Brewing morning coffee on the (for mountain hut standards) quite "luxurious" shelter I work for right now. Has even solar power if the weather is not really bad. But not for cooking, just for lighting, warm water and a fridge.

Goddard with me as my only knife up there.
Don't feel "underknived" at all, and miss the "teeth" of my SE folders not too much.

Mountains, coffee and a good knife. You’re living the good life, bro!

I do - most times - and I am grateful that I live in the for me best place for that and that my body, fitness, health, developed skills, mind set, the opportunities I get, and so on... let me

And yes, a good folder on me (in my case these days exclusively a Spyderco) is always part of it!
And I love when I get to use it a lot, like up here working on a hut.

.....With all that anticipation and a packed backpacking/hunting schedule in the upcoming weeks I almost feel like I have one foot partly on the mountain already. So in total I figure I’ll score about 2.5/3 on Gernot’s good-life-scale today :D

Sounds good!
As you know: Backpacking / multiday hiking in your part of Europe is what I did a lot as a younger man and absolutely loved it!
Actually around where you live would be my second best choice right after Salzburg

Not a hunter myself, but perhaps you could give some folder that originally was designed and named just for that a try in that capacity...

And getting paid too!!!

Actually not really, or mostly not in money, but "just" for free meals and free accomodation - for one hut I also have the main key and can stay there also in the off season pretty exclusively, this is worth a ton to me

These are just more or less voluntary side jobs :

- For one mountain hut I am mainly a carrier of various supplies (on that particular mountain I am somewhat famous as the "man who can carry 400 eggs over a vertical distance of 1000 meters (3300 feet) without breaking a single one" )

- For the hut mentioned above I do some minor maintenance, split wood,and so on and look after guests (it is actually mostly a concept where the hut is run by the guests themselves. Very rare in middle Europe, quite popular in Scandinavia, where aicolainen lives).

You can see it here https://www.leopoldhappischhaus.at/ (give it time and there´ll come several pics) and here https://www.leopoldhappischhaus.at/huet ... ergalerie/ (picture gallery)
- unfortunately no English version.

[aicolainen]

Not a hunter myself, but perhaps you could give some folder that originally was designed and named just for that a try in that capacity...

This year I’m lucky enough to finally have that option, so that’s certainly what I have in mind :)


This thing defies physics. Almost the same blade/edge length as big bro, but much less handle length.
Can’t wait to give it a spin at its intended purpose!

[Wartstein]

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This year I’m lucky enough to finally have that option, so that’s certainly what I have in mind :)


This thing defies physics. Almost the same blade/edge length as big bro, but much less handle length.
Can’t wait to give it a spin at its intended purpose!

Yes, and that DESPITE the big bro is really efficient in blade to handle ratio already!

As I´ve said via pm already: When compared to the Stretch 2 instead of the XL, the Stretch 1 REALLY shines - a lot more compact, but clearly more cutting edge ( and a for me better, cause "higher", shorter, but wide - radiused choil).

The Stretch 2 is a great model in itself, but can´t replace the Stretch 1 with the distinct qualities the latter has (does not mean that there are not reasons for some/many to prefer the "2" of course! I am clearly in the "1" camp though.. that´s why I still have three...)

[mikey177]

Endela

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

Hi Gernot, really liked how you described what you do with that particular job and how the hut thing works…so it’s kinda like a primitive Airbnb? which is awesome!!! and the egg thing blows my mind

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

Endelaendela_knifejoy_damascus_02.jpg

Diggin’ this photo

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

Pickin’ em off the deck

[Manixguy@1994]

Dead tree shot . MG2

[Michael Janich]

Dear Huntallday:

Welcome to the Spyderco Forum.

Stay safe,

Mike

[mikey177]

Endelaendela_knifejoy_damascus_02.jpg

Diggin’ this photo

Thank you. It was difficult catching the Spyderco logo and the Damascus pattern at just the right angle.

[TkoK83Spy]

[Mrj]

That’s says hard work!

[Airlsee]

Nice!

[Mrj]

[Sharp Guy]

[Bolster]

I like this photo! Very authentic.

[TkoK83Spy]

Thanks fella's! I felt like those colors all went together well in that lighting. Hard to get a bad pic of such a great knife anyways though

[JSumm]

My Dad just retired from Martin (box in the back). After about 30 years and about 40 in that industry.

[TkoK83Spy]

My Dad just retired from Martin (box in the back). After about 30 years and about 40 in that industry.

Small world! We get a lot of sheaves and bearings from them.

[ladybug93]

carrying mine today too.