SPY27 and Rosewood

[lorne]

This is the first time I tried a Mule Team blade and I was so pleased with the result. I really like the blade shape & am a bit disappointed that recent offerings have rounded the back of the blade. I love my Maxamet Sage (like the newer shape), but I think I like the "pointy" Para 2 like shape more .
Picture of these for comparison.

comparison of two Spydercos

Didn't see much data on SPY27 but having tried, I find that I like it a lot. Gets very sharp easily, and stays sharp longer than my S35VN.
Attached a shot of the construction.

Epoxy & brass

And finished product.
I shaped it for my own hand respecting the shape of the original tang and that turned out to be a good shape.
A bit of Lignum natural finish & some polishing, and it feels nice in the hand.

[sal]

Hi Lorne,

Welcome to our forum.

The regular Mule Team shape is more like the Sage in your picture. The Mule Team customers asked us to produce a Mule team model that would be available all of the time instead of just when the particular steel in offered. So we responded by making a mule Team model in SPY27, but we changed the shape to the straight spine to differentiate it from the regular Mules.

sal

[bob-atlatl]

Well done Lorne, also like the natural look of rosewood & welcome aboard..

[sal]

Hey Lorne,

Forgot to mention that your handle was exceptional. Sorry.

sal

[Nottoby]

Great job looks very expensive !

[Nottoby]

Thanks sal for the mule that all can afford and enjoy

[bobartig]

Very nice handles! I had a question about working with rosewood. I read that it's an irritant on the skin/eyes, etc. any experience with that? Any precautions/advice?

[legOFwhat?]

Very nice Lorne!

[lorne]

Thanks for the comments!
Nice to be here.

About sensitivity. No, I didn't notice any reaction with Rosewood, except when I was sanding with a #3000 spinning at 2000RPM. The very fine dust is bad for lungs (all dust is), which I noticed once when I forgot the mask. I usually keep a shopvac running and often wear a mask if I'm power sanding.
The fine dust was like smoke floating & gets in the eyes without something to suck it out of the air, hence a vac is important.

[mooniesdl3]

Beautiful, very well done.