Spyderco Forums

I'm just curious as to why blue/zdp189 when there is the blue/k390 available? One other potential benefit to ZDP-189 relative to steels like K390 is that its carbide volume is made up of softer chromium carbide instead of vanadium carbide or other very hard alloys. This means that it can be sharpen...

https://i.ibb.co/gtPSJSH/20231105-153314.jpg Puttering around the property getting ready for winter with these two and a Hultafors GK. Barely used it so far, but it seems comically solid and well-made for a $15 dollar fixed blade. There are "higher end" fixed blade knives I love for cutti...

I've swapped N5 LW blades into G10/CF handles before without issue, and have swapped blades back and forth between Seki nested-liner and linerless Salt models. With the Seki ones there are always little things to be aware of (e.g., Salt 2 lockbars are wholly incompatible with Delica 4 blades and vic...

https://i.ibb.co/yYhd8tL/20231011-185311.jpg K390 Delica wharncliffe : fantastic user/EDC knife in my favorite steel LC200N Atlantic Salt : bigger and easier to use in extremely slippery circumstances VG-10 Endura 3 SE : will always be my favorite knife K390 Police 4 G10 : long, comfy, great blade ...

Jazzlica K390 and Endura 3 SE VG10

The delica has nested liners that don’t extend to the edge of the scales, so I believe the color you're seeing there is actually just the inside of the FRN scales. https://i.ibb.co/VmV9V4K/SC11-FPSBKRD-98027.jpg This picture from Heinnie Knives shows that a little more clearly - if you look at the l...

Had to get one of these K390 wharnies. This is my first Spyderco wharncliffe and I'm loving it so far. As soon as you use it the whole design just clicks

I can see this turning into something bad. Guys destroying their knives left and right trying to follow vivi's lead! Definitely a totally different type of sharpening experience. I'd use cheap knives first to anybody considering it. Haha that's definitely a good plan. Not gonna try this on anything...

https://www.harborfreight.com/1-in-x-30-in-belt-sander-58359.html https://www.harborfreight.com/power-tools/sanding-discs-belts-sheets/sanding-belts/1-in/1-in-x-30-in-120-grit-sanding-belt-5-pack-69846.html That's my setup. I recommend getting belts from Tru Grit abrasives because of the wide selec...

I may have missed it earlier in the thread, but what specific belt sander do you have? It seems like a really quick, handy way to sharpen once you get the hang of it. You're putting some really nice edges on these, and I similarly have drawers of older knives I'd love to put new edges on but don't ...

one of my favorite hard use folders

https://i.ibb.co/4j79w7S/20220717-145944.jpg One of my favorite knives! I have a couple Pro-Techs which are excellent autos, but the Autonomy does a lot of things even better. The lock is more robust, it has essentially zero play after a couple years of use, the firing button is more accessible, an...