Just got my Caly 3!

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Just got my Caly 3!

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I ended up getting the Damascus and Carbon Fiber Version! :D

[video=youtube_share;aZHMf04eTTQ]http://youtu.be/aZHMf04eTTQ[/video]
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It's a great looking knife. I was on the fence for quite a while and eventually they got hard to find and more expensive, so the temptation is pretty much gone. Anyway, I already have a Caly 3 and I try not to buy multiples of the same model. Now, if they offered this combo on the Caly 3.5 (which I do not have), then I'd probably bite. Congrats on your acquisition!
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Congrats BT. I love all of my Calys and that one is on my list to get, but it may be too pretty for me to make a mess of. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks! I ended up getting the ZDP-189 Caly 3.5, but it hasn't arrived yet.
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Awesome choice! amazing looking knife!
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Dang! Now I want one. Very nice!
Time for another :spyder:!

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Holland wrote:Awesome choice! amazing looking knife!
Thanks! :)
Spydersense wrote:Dang! Now I want one. Very nice!
LOL! That's how I ended up getting one! This is an expensive forum to hang out in! :)
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Very nice piece, congrats!
I only wish Spyderco would make the Caly with a real damascus blade, Hakkapella or Odins Eye would be awesome.

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beautiful knife, congratulations!
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Nice video, nice knife!

BT-Blades, is the carbon fiber handle flat? From the video it seems the handle is very slightly contoured (which is a plus to me).

Between this knife and the fluted titanium native, which do you like more, and why?

Thanks.
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Congrats on the new knife. You have a fine taste in knives! :D
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BT-Blades wrote:Thanks! :)



LOL! That's how I ended up getting one! This is an expensive forum to hang out in! :)
It's the amazing pictures that get me! :)
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BT-Blades wrote:I ended up getting the Damascus and Carbon Fiber Version! :D
Congrats. It is great knife, which also looks great. I hope that Spyderco would make at least one more variant with natural scales
jabba359 wrote:Caly 3.5 (which I do not have)
Excuse me????????????????????? :confused: :confused: :confused: :( :( :(
How can you live without Caly3.5????????????????? :) :)
You have to get one today.
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BT-Blades wrote:Thanks! I ended up getting the ZDP-189 Caly 3.5, but it hasn't arrived yet.
I received mine last week. The blade is quite thin and well grinded = also thin being the edge. It's a beautiful slicer even if some materials stick a bit due to the important blade width. Alas it doesn't "shine" for its carbon fiber scales quality. It looks like a bit cheap but i'm OK with this.

A sprint run of a caly 3.5 like the caly 3 damascus (center layer in zdp189 instead of vg10 (?)) + carbon fiber...pleeeeease. Image
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Congrats and greetings to a fellow /r/knifeclub member
Current EDC rotation: Southard, Paramilitary 2, Sage 1, G10 DF2, Techno

On deck: Military, Caly 3.5, Air

Wish List: M4 Military, S90V PM2, Superblue Caly 3.5, G-10 Jester
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Congratulations on that rare knife.

I like my Caly 3 CF/ZDP very much...

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I've gone CF only: C94CFP UKPK (many thanks to Donut), C113CFPE Caly 3 ZDP189, C144CFPE Caly 3.5 ZDP189, C41CFP Native 4, C123CFP Sage 1, C134CFP Gayle Bradley, C152CFP Chaparral 1, C131CFP Bob Terzuola, C116CFP Superhawk, C101CF90VP2 Manix 2 S90V :)

exceptions: C113GPGY Caly 3 SB, C144GPGY Caly 3.5 SB, C10FPGY Endura SB, C11FPGY Delica SB, 2 x C36GPGY Military Cru-Wear, C154PPN Squeak Pink, MGREP Manbug ZDP189, C12PBN Matriarch brown, C94PBK UKPK

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bchan wrote:Nice video, nice knife!

BT-Blades, is the carbon fiber handle flat? From the video it seems the handle is very slightly contoured (which is a plus to me).

Between this knife and the fluted titanium native, which do you like more, and why?

Thanks.
The handle is contoured. I do like the fluted ti native. Both knives are "gentleman folders", so with that being said I'm probably only going to do light cutting task with them. The Fit and finish of the native is much better!
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bh49 wrote:Congrats. It is great knife, which also looks great. I hope that Spyderco would make at least one more variant with natural scales


Excuse me????????????????????? :confused: :confused: :confused: :( :( :(
How can you live without Caly3.5????????????????? :) :)
You have to get one today.
LOL! And this is how it starts!!!!
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I love my Caly3. Itis one of the best knife designs anywhere.
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