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The Chinook makes no excuses for what it is. An overbuilt, in your face heavy duty ergonomically superior folder, with one helluva curved blade to boot. There is no middle of the road here. Your either gonna love it, or hate it. As you might of guessed I love mine, and by the sound of it you'll love...

Hi All,
I've always loved that slightly "toothy" factory sharpened edge. My problem is that I've never been able to replicate it with my sharpening skills..or lack of...
Just how are the blades sharpened at the factory, I'd love to know what they use.

JEZ.

I bought a Chinook III recently, Awesome knife. Excellent ergo's, rock solid lockup and I just love that curved blade. One tough all round brute of a knife.

Bo.

Yeah it all starts with buying one little Native....
Sal needs to put a warning on these "Caution maybe addictive"

Jez

Is there a counseling corner any where round here?
I'm constantly chasing the magic Spyder...

Jez

Yes, Good folding knives are expensive here, but Spyderco are generally not too expensive... Basically think MSRP converted to NZD (currently NZD$1.00 = USD$0.54 ) so a standard Endura 4 retails here for about NZD120.00. - 140.00. There isnt enough competiton between stores here to get prices lower ...

Hi All, I've said before, there are still a lot of discontinued items floating about here in NZ. This is an example of what I stumbled across in one store earlier today :D C05 Standard G10 C20 PS Baby Goddard C22 PSBK Micheal Walker C24 Blackhawk C25,C25S,C50S Frank Centofane C28CFS Dragonfly Carbon...

I just purchased a Chinook III earlier this week, see thread http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35581 I primarily bought this as an HD knife for work. I'm not back at work yet so I havn't really given it a good work out yet. This fit's my largish hands perfectly and feels very secure, I...

Yeah I'm liking this a whole lot. I'm of work for a little while so wont be putting it to any real use for some time, will give me a chance to get used to this beast. I think I might have throw up some pics in the gallery later...

Bo.

Well I said I'd give you an update on how I went... Both my suppliers could no longer get their hands on a Manix after saying they had them in stock... :rolleyes:
Didn't end up going with the Millie either.
A picture says a thousand words so here she is... :) :D :)

My score from my local knife store... a new old stock black VG10 Caly Jr dated (2000) less than 3 months ago for NZD$120.00 ( about USD$60.00)
... still get a few discontinued items floating about down this way :D

Thanks for replies everybody. I'll let know how I get on.... My supplier supposedly still has a couple of manix Ce's left.

Cheers J.

Cheers Guy's I wouldn't have had to ask the question if a PE Manix was available, I suppose I'm mainly concerned about the combo edge of the Manix limiting slicing capabilities . I'll still be using the Caly Jr for delicate work, the Bm grip/ Native Se as my beaters and the box cutter for any situat...

Hi all, I sure a lot of you here have had to make this decision at some point in time. The Military or a Manix CE? I work in the Film/TV industry, my day can involve anything from carpet laying to food prep to bush clearing and everything in between. While at work I carry on me a Caly Jr, a BM Gript...