Which spyderco is in the mail?

[Spyderchick]

An og baby Goddard! Love those minis :)

Is this the one with the burgundy/brown smooth micarta?

Nope, It’s the black original one, from the 90s

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

An og baby Goddard! Love those minis :)

Is this the one with the burgundy/brown smooth micarta?

Nope, It’s the black original one, from the 90s

OG baby Goddard…

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

Manix 2 m390 brown g10

[olywa]

Endura 4 SE Wharncliffe. Got a set of Denim Micarta scales coming from Ukraine for it, along with a Flytanium titanium backspacer. Should be a sweet combo. I've really been enjoying good ol' VG-10 in SE.

[VandymanG]

Lil’ Native all black CruWear well I got the knife and unboxed it. It was the sharpest knife out of the box that I have ever gotten. It’s a beautiful knife for its size. But then I made a mistake! And no I did not cut off a finger. I showed it to my daughter. Why, why, why…. Why would I do that? She said “oh that’s cute” and promptly claimed it as hers. Sometimes I think I’ll miss her when she leaves for college in August. Other times I think I’m going to miss my knives.

[Erion929]

— Shaman, M4
— Para 3, Maxamet
— Manix 2, Green 20CV


Currently have Manix 2 DLC S30V….PM2 Cruwear….PM2 M4 Fatcarbon
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[Spyderchick]

a pearl Spyderkey, (my grail!) and it just arrived! I’m in love

[z1r]

Got a replacement Spy27 N5 inbound.

[HolySteel]

Unfortunately, I fear it's a Chinese clone of a PM2 Tanto in the mail for me. Advertised as a 'Factory 2nd', after I paid for it I revisited the photos and something just didn't look right. Checking the seller's history, he's been selling Tantos right and left - probably bought a pile of them at $25 each and is slowly releasing them on ebay as 1st quality, but I guess he decided to try one as a Factory 2nd, and I swallowed the hook ...I have taken worse screwings and ebay usually takes care of such problems.

[HolySteel]

The one on the right arrives Saturday and I'm done with kitchen knives for a while!

[buckleys]

Received all my summer sale buys. Stretch 2 XL is by far my favourite

[z1r]

Received all my summer sale buys. Stretch 2 XL is by far my favourite

What a haul you made. Yes, that Stretch @ XL is a great one! Enjoy. I'd love them to make that version in LW FRN as well.

I had that PM2 in my cart but they sold out before I completed the transaction. I may get the Purple DLC Cruwear version instead.

My Spy27 N5 was delivered and is waiting for me at home! Yay!

[skeeg11]

The one on the right arrives Saturday and I'm done with kitchen knives for a while!

Normally I'd say that someone with two Fish Hawks is kinda greedy, but seeing as how one of 'em could tell war stories and the other more refined use, I say congratulations.

[vivi]

Those carters sure are nice, aren't they? Great balance and wonderful blade grinds.

[HolySteel]

Those carters sure are nice, aren't they? Great balance and wonderful blade grinds.

They are incredible - I just used the medium one for the first time, to slice vegetables. It was a dream!

I don't need the other two, but if they go on sale for a similar great deal, I'm sure I won't be able to resist.

[HolySteel]

Normally I'd say that someone with two Fish Hawks is kinda greedy, but seeing as how one of 'em could tell war stories and the other more refined use, I say congratulations.

So here's the story: The nice-looking one has a thinner handle, better wood, stiffer thicker blade all the way to the tip - it's made by Moki and is great quality. It is the only Moki-made FishHawk I've found and it's a superb knife.

You will see a few on ebay, made by Suzuki - some are NOS. I wanted to buy one for my brother, but found this used Suzuki with box, sheath, papers, so I figured I'd give it a try. It turns out to be a piece of garbage. The papers say it's SS, but no way - there were rust bumps and pitting all over it. The end of the blade is very flexible - they say so that it fillets better, but it's really not so great. The quality just isn't there. I spent hours sanding and sharpening. There were chips all along the edge - I sanded many of them off, but decided to just use the knife and let the remaining edge issues go away as I sharpen it. The knife works fine, but just not as good as the Moki.

So now I know - avoid the Suzuki-made Lakota fishhawks. I think Lakota contracted out to ~4 different Seki knife-makers over the years. I can only vouch for Moki.

[HolySteel]

Unfortunately, I fear it's a Chinese clone of a PM2 Tanto in the mail for me. Advertised as a 'Factory 2nd', after I paid for it I revisited the photos and something just didn't look right. Checking the seller's history, he's been selling Tantos right and left - probably bought a pile of them at $25 each and is slowly releasing them on ebay as 1st quality, but I guess he decided to try one as a Factory 2nd, and I swallowed the hook ...I have taken worse screwings and ebay usually takes care of such problems.

The Tanto just arrived, and is a clone. I posted photos in the 'Counterfeits, Clones...' sub-forum:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=95214

[skeeg11]

Normally I'd say that someone with two Fish Hawks is kinda greedy, but seeing as how one of 'em could tell war stories and the other more refined use, I say congratulations.

So here's the story: The nice-looking one has a thinner handle, better wood, stiffer thicker blade all the way to the tip - it's made by Moki and is great quality. It is the only Moki-made FishHawk I've found and it's a superb knife.

You will see a few on ebay, made by Suzuki - some are NOS. I wanted to buy one for my brother, but found this used Suzuki with box, sheath, papers, so I figured I'd give it a try. It turns out to be a piece of garbage. The papers say it's SS, but no way - there were rust bumps and pitting all over it. The end of the blade is very flexible - they say so that it fillets better, but it's really not so great. The quality just isn't there. I spent hours sanding and sharpening. There were chips all along the edge - I sanded many of them off, but decided to just use the knife and let the remaining edge issues go away as I sharpen it. The knife works fine, but just not as good as the Moki.

So now I know - avoid the Suzuki-made Lakota fishhawks. I think Lakota contracted out to ~4 different Seki knife-makers over the years. I can only vouch for Moki.

Oh, wow. I know they used several Japanese makers, but didn't know about the Suzuki POS. I thought they only used some pretty distinguished makers of that time period. Mine is Sei Kanematsu, Seki City. Appreciate the info and history lesson.

[JAfromMN]

I got a decade long grail coming soon. I'm very excited. It's been quite awhile since I got myself something .

My first Civilian. I've gave a matriarch 5 years or more of hard use and i trust the blade shape way more than I did. It works better than it looks and it looks dam good.

I'm glad I wanted and used a matriarch first.

I'm actually going to edc it most of the time. I'm disabled and I don't use my gear very hard I plane to pair it with a sak that will see most of the use and the civilian will help me feel a little more confident when I'm on dog walks etc.

Man I hope that mail travels fast...

[Paul Ardbeg]

My seconds PM2 Maxamet. Still with USPS but no scan for about 4 days now. And then it needs to ship to the Netherlands.