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- Fri May 10, 2024 5:02 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Is Spyderco missing out on the fixed blade market?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1188
Re: Is Spyderco missing out on the fixed blade market?
I remember the first time I saw a Worker, and it was so different to other brands, but when I was shown how to open it with my thumb, I was hooked, and I bought a SE Mariner as my EDC. I am guessing that most folk see Spyderco as a Folder Company first and foremost, as folders are easier to carry, a...
- Wed May 01, 2024 10:12 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Bead blasting G10
- Replies: 6
- Views: 358
Re: Bead blasting G10
It was talcum powder, and I have just tried finding it online here in NZ.
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- Wed May 01, 2024 8:34 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Bead blasting G10
- Replies: 6
- Views: 358
Re: Bead blasting G10
I had an old cheap airbrush and backed off the needle a to allow thicker paint to flow. It was worn enough to throw away, so I tried talcum powder on a higher pressure than I used for paint. I blasted a piece of cardboard, then balsa wood then 7075 aluminum. I was impressed enough to try micarta and...
- Wed May 01, 2024 7:17 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Bead blasting G10
- Replies: 6
- Views: 358
Re: Bead blasting G10
I have used talcum powder for a great finish.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:42 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: H1 Fixed blades
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1995
Re: H1 Fixed blades
The Ti coating will act as a guide, so no worries.
Use whatever you want to use...this is a "see what happens" trial?
Use whatever you want to use...this is a "see what happens" trial?
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:43 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: H1 Fixed blades
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1995
Re: H1 Fixed blades
Al
I would suggest using a black marker pen to blacken the area that you want to cut.
Start with a tri-angle file to get the position, and file to almost the desired depth you think you need.
THEN use the chainsaw file to get the profile.
I would suggest using a black marker pen to blacken the area that you want to cut.
Start with a tri-angle file to get the position, and file to almost the desired depth you think you need.
THEN use the chainsaw file to get the profile.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:53 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: H1 Fixed blades
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1995
Re: H1 Fixed blades
You can file H1 with a chainsaw file...but be prepared to take about 15 minutes for EACH large serrated concave profile.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:26 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: VG10 HRC
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3556
Re: VG10 HRC
Sorry to bore you all, but VG10 is still my favourite steel.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:10 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Spyderco 50th Anniversary Knife?
- Replies: 151
- Views: 8406
Re: Spyderco 50th Anniversary Knife?
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:26 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Spyderco coins
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3821
Re: Spyderco coins
I was due to go to Spyderco last October, and weird circumstances altered that trip. I am now booked to go October this year to LA for SIX weeks. THIS time, a trip to Golden is, well, Golden... :usflag :bug-red-white :winking-tongue :smiling-heart-eyes :smiling-hearts :cheap-sunglasses :star-struck ...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:39 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: thoughts on a Spyderco Machete
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1263
Re: thoughts on a Spyderco Machete
I made 10 Kukhris years ago, maybe for Sal's perusal... BUT, you can buy cheap machetes and kukhris, and Spyderco's manufacture might make the price a tad more for such a simple object. I have two other knives in Spyderco's queue, if ever that they decide to make them, so I gave a few kukhris away, ...
Re: Poetry
I have been writing poetry and various novels since 1975. Sometimes the poetry appears in Poetrysoup and elsewhere on the Interwebs... One about the waste of war. Poppies In Profusion Poppies in Profusion on the proud chests of the Brave Old and aging survivors, of a time when things were Grave Ston...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:55 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Autism awareness knife?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1588
Re: Autism awareness knife?
Here's a thing...
Spyderco cannot support ALL the health and mental societies..........we can actually donate to the charity or health awareness society with our own money at any time. As often as we want. When we want, As much or as little as we want...
Just saying...
Spyderco cannot support ALL the health and mental societies..........we can actually donate to the charity or health awareness society with our own money at any time. As often as we want. When we want, As much or as little as we want...
Just saying...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:29 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Lansky - What am I doing wrong?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 894
Re: Lansky - What am I doing wrong?
What Sal says...
What might help is to put a black marker pen mark on the edge as it exists.
When you remove metal, the black marker worn away will tell you where the steel is removed.
What might help is to put a black marker pen mark on the edge as it exists.
When you remove metal, the black marker worn away will tell you where the steel is removed.
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 4:46 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: My on going salt steel comparison journal
- Replies: 60
- Views: 46120
Re: My on going salt steel comparison journal
I need to get an LC200N blade at at some time, maybe when I get to Golden?
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:59 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: yojimbo trainers
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4665
Re: yojimbo trainers
Funny thing is, I traced my Yo2 a few months ago and made up some Pakkawood scales. Then a Pakkawood blade but with a big disc of Milliput putty on the tip. Pivot pin at blade pivot point of the blade, and another pivot pin at the rear of the scales. Small neobium magnet at the rear of the blade whe...
- Tue Dec 26, 2023 2:44 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Getting Full Value from Your Blade Length
- Replies: 45
- Views: 46192
Re: Getting Full Value from Your Blade Length
My main EDC for a long time now has been the Yojimbo, but before that was the Tenacious. If I go to a place where edges are frowned upon, the Tennie is my EDC. The reason is the length of edge, and the handle comfort second. The steel type is merely an academic exercise anyway. ( sorry to the supers...
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 4:43 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Browsing through the product guide: The two middle ground models that are still missing imo
- Replies: 69
- Views: 43766
Re: Browsing through the product guide: The two middle ground models that are still missing imo
I know it will never happen, but the original Worker in black FRN would be nice. FRN molds for the Delica or suchlike might be close enough? Call it the De-Worker? Problem is that folk will want a gazillion choices of color, and steel types that have not been invented yet, and assorted blade profile...
- Sun Dec 10, 2023 2:48 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: What knife do you actually carry and use the most?
- Replies: 104
- Views: 100378
Re: What knife do you actually carry and use the most?
Yojimbo 2 as utility, and food prep, as whatever grabs my attention.
The tip is still there, and the song remains the same.
The tip is still there, and the song remains the same.
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 7:45 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Spyderco Collaborators You Would Love to See Again?
- Replies: 114
- Views: 27230
Re: Spyderco Collaborators You Would Love to See Again?
BTW, there is also a folder in the queue... Comp Lock and G10