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- Wed May 29, 2024 5:59 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Coated Seki K390 knives?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 688
Re: Coated Seki K390 knives?
I’d love it if my K390 had a DLC-coated blade. I own zero coated blades now, but would buy one on K390 in a heartbeat.
- Wed May 29, 2024 1:18 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Tell Me About The Serrated Z-Cuts
- Replies: 23
- Views: 972
Re: Tell Me About The Serrated Z-Cuts
I have a serrated Z-Cut that I auditioned in our kitchen for a few months. I didn’t like how it steered in cuts and how whippy the blade was. I suspect I’d like a plain edge Z-Cut better because of the symmetrical edge.
I use a very thin Victorinox paring knife (PE) and love it.
I use a very thin Victorinox paring knife (PE) and love it.
- Wed May 29, 2024 1:05 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: SE performance is more than simply teeth vs no teeth.
- Replies: 707
- Views: 210113
Re: SE performance is more than simply teeth vs no teeth.
I don’t have much experience cutting fish, so cannot comment on that with any authority. Hopefully Lance (Surfgringo on here) can weigh in on the fish question. Cutting cord/rope is generally superior with serrated edges, that task I have done enough to know about.
- Sat May 25, 2024 7:55 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: SE performance is more than simply teeth vs no teeth.
- Replies: 707
- Views: 210113
Re: SE performance is more than simply teeth vs no teeth.
My wife and I visited a friend today at her new home. We helped her load a bunch of corrugated cardboard into her car. A few very large boxes needed to be cut up to fit in her subcompact vehicle. I used my K390 SE Endura to make swift work of these. As I had noticed with my Endela SE, Spyderedges ar...
- Wed May 22, 2024 11:30 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Grit estimation on Soyderco Benchstones
- Replies: 14
- Views: 838
Re: Grit estimation on Soyderco Benchstones
Mine behave like about 1500 and 3000 grit.
- Mon May 20, 2024 9:57 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Any Double Bladed Desires?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1254
Re: Any Double Bladed Desires?
Isn’t it interesting that the majority of traditional pocket knives featured multiple blades (usually 2 or 3), but modern folders are almost exclusively just one blade? It’s as if all modern folders are descended from the Buck 110 folding hunter, or maybe the Gerber LST. I really enjoy a folder with...
- Mon May 20, 2024 9:40 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Best spyderco sharpener for serrated knives
- Replies: 16
- Views: 803
Re: Best spyderco sharpener for serrated knives
Yes, most versatile but is it the best for serrated knives? I am only looking for the best sharpener for serrated. I've tried various alternatives but to me the Sharpmaker is by far the best. It is very easy to keep a SE knife hair popping sharp with one and makes SE sharpening easier than PE. If y...
- Mon May 20, 2024 9:09 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Smock: new style pivot
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4000
Re: Smock: new style pivot
The new pivot screw is very handsome. Is the pivot screw’s shaft a larger diameter than the shaft of the older pivot screw?
- Wed May 08, 2024 10:02 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: clip for Spyderco Civilian
- Replies: 10
- Views: 509
Re: clip for Spyderco Civilian
Clever solution!
- Wed May 08, 2024 9:58 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Salt steels for pool/chlorinated water.?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1395
Re: Salt steels for pool/chlorinated water.?
Chlorine is highly reactive. Regular stainless steels (300 series, etc) corrode easily. I think it’s because it reacts with more than just the iron and once the iron is isolated it can oxidize. But I’m no chemist. Chlorine disrupts the chromium oxide layer that protects the surface of stainless ste...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:26 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone else have rusting issues on their H2 knives?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 789
Re: Anyone else have rusting issues on their H2 knives?
If you are able send it in. They have the capability to figure things out and if there is a problem solve it not only with you but anything that has to do with manufacturing or materials. I'm sure they would like to know what is going on. Joe I agree with Joe. Sending it in will help the whole comm...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:34 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Catcherman LC200N Sprint Run
- Replies: 235
- Views: 95133
Re: Catcherman LC200N Sprint Run
Bingo! Anybody know what angle this bevel is ground at? Got this to go with it... We'll start on the shoulders of the bevel wit first sharpenings... 20240328_170543_copy_4000x2252.jpg I can check the edge bevel on mine later. I imagine 15-17dps like most Spyderco's. Galley V is 10dps, so you'll be ...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:28 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Thin for the win. I'm back in.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 66938
Re: Thin for the win. I'm back in.
I was never tempted by the Para3 because of the overly-thick blade. It is useful on its bigger brother the PM2 in certain tasks. The 2.5mm FFG Delica blade is plenty thick for my uses.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:17 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: VG10 HRC
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3642
Re: VG10 HRC
VG-10 is the Rodney Dangerfield of cutlery steels. It doesn’t receive proper respect for its many sterling qualities.
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 6:42 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: EDC Hygiene: Fixed Blade VS. Folder
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1824
Re: EDC Hygiene: Fixed Blade VS. Folder
If we could see with unaided eyes the microscopic organisms in, on, and all around us, we would experience profound gratitude for our miraculous immune system. I often cut food with my EDC knife when out and about, but not if it’s unacceptably dirty.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 4:06 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: My First Bento Box Shop Experience
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2123
Re: My First Bento Box Shop Experience
Bento Box Shop’s service has been fine for me. By having somewhat higher prices, they function as a reservoir of new old stock long past the time when the lower price sellers are out of stock.
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:00 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: PM2 liner lock
- Replies: 7
- Views: 488
Re: PM2 liner lock
In a sense, the compression lock is a type of liner lock. The lock bar is part of one liner, it’s just not a Walker liner lock.
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:54 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Experienced Serrated Edge K390 users wanted.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1532
Re: Experienced Serrated Edge K390 users wanted.
From experience I will say this: when the CBN grinding on the shoulder reaches about halfway to the edge, you are about a quarter of the way done with reprofiling the knife. The reason for this is that you are removing progressively more steel as your reground bevel grows wider. The last millimeter ...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Experienced Serrated Edge K390 users wanted.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1532
Re: Experienced Serrated Edge K390 users wanted.
My K390 Endura was reprofiled on the 15 dps Sharpmaker setting and has taken no such damage. Maybe I’m just more careful? It could also be that reprofiling got me past the weaker steel affected by heat during the grinding of the serrations. K390 seems to be very tough for a steel of its wear resista...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:15 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Another run of Whale Rescue Blade is needed.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 2749
Re: Another run of Whale Rescue Blade is needed.
Thanks for that observation. I have a backpacking “cutting board” as a liner inside the tubular nylon, folded where the blade is. I bought a sheet of kydex to make a sheath but it did not work out. To this day, I carry the Aqua Salt on our nightly dog walks. Neighbor about a quarter mile away: http...