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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 8:56 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Community Sharpening Journal
- Replies: 2337
- Views: 375892
Re: Community Sharpening Journal
https://youtu.be/jXt_dXhpCAs?si=oQ17vRPGqEQb2kzl Interesting comparison and very close up videos of cuts. The grit progression didn’t matter as much. More about getting a correct apex with the coarse stone. Stropping is optional but can be good. I don't think it's really an accurate comparison give...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:27 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Review: Murray Carter Minarai Petty
- Replies: 5
- Views: 541
Re: Review: Murray Carter Minarai Petty
I’m certainly not a chef or expert on kitchen knives, but aren’t most kitchen knives ffg? I’m not an expert but I’ve made a bunch of Japanese style kitchen knives. I’ve never heard of convex grinds on them. There is a concept of a concave grind on the food side of the blade to reduce friction in ce...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:47 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Review: Murray Carter Minarai Petty
- Replies: 5
- Views: 541
Review: Murray Carter Minarai Petty
The knife Spyderco Murray Carter Collection Minarai Petty https://i.imgur.com/ebow8FP.jpeg Presentation The box and packaging here leave a great first impression. You get the sense you've purchased something that's very high quality. Custom fit box so the knife doesn't move around. Plastic sheeth o...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:48 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: VG10 HRC
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3421
Re: VG10 HRC
Saw a thread recently from circa 2001 comparing the “new” VG-10 to ATS-55 and touting it as a “steel of the gods”. Funny how things change.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:47 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Tax day MAP sale!
- Replies: 104
- Views: 9816
Re: Tax day MAP sale!
OpticsPlanet and KnifeJoy have some good deals on the Murray Carter kitchen knives.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:57 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: VG10 HRC
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3421
Re: VG10 HRC
I believe I've read on some threads around here it's 58 HRC, but I don't have a definitive source.
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:58 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Community Sharpening Journal
- Replies: 2337
- Views: 375892
Re: Community Sharpening Journal
In the video he claims the angle is fixed. If it's not, the angle markings wouldn't make much sense. Well if you watch the demonstration the vertical shaft clearly moves in use. If the rod was fixed the edge angle would change when moving the knife in the clamp. After watching it a few times it's s...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:25 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Community Sharpening Journal
- Replies: 2337
- Views: 375892
Re: Community Sharpening Journal
Is there anyone here smarter than I am who can explain how this could possibly work: https://youtu.be/dTyeLn7kt08 I get how it could work on a knife with axe-like geometry (like the ER he demonstrates it on), but Im not seeing how it could work on a knife meant to function like a knife. It does loo...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:16 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Your favorite exclusives
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2308
Re: Your favorite exclusives
This currently.
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:48 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: New Manix 2 with Uneven Bevel
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2920
Re: New Manix 2 with Uneven Bevel
Many of my Spydercos have uneven bevels from the factory. Not a big deal for me because I like to reset the bevel and put my own edge on it. What's worse is when they have an uneven grind. This happened on my 204P Military. I thought it was an uneven bevel at first, then sharpened at 15dps on my Edg...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:18 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Weird streaks/scratch in DLC?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1053
Re: Weird streaks/scratch in DLC?
Oof. And they didn't even do a good job on the sharpening.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:00 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: K390 vs S110V - Some Observations
- Replies: 8
- Views: 944
K390 vs S110V - Some Observations
I thought it'd be interesting to compare these two steels, since they're both offered in high performance production variations of several popular Spyderco models. This isn't going to be terribly scientific, just some things I've noticed in sharpening and use. I recently sharpened both my K390 Polic...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:37 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: S110v to delicate more of a safe queen???
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3014
Re: S110v to delicate more of a safe queen???
This steel is very unique. I sharpened mine at 17 DPS on diamond plates for the Edge Pro, which was a pretty close match to the factory bevel. Microbeveled with Shapton Glass 2k, then on to 5 micron diamond loaded leather strop, and finished on bare leather. Edge would pop off arm hairs and easily p...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:08 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Military Sprint Runs No More?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2784
Re: Military Sprint Runs No More?
Would love to see either one. I imagine a Maxamet Milly (or even Milly 2) is unlikely given how difficult it was to work with even in the PM2 platform.
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:43 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Military Sprint Runs No More?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2784
Re: Military Sprint Runs No More?
While I like the new Military 2 version, to me it’s a larger PM2 and not so much a “Military” anymore. I’m not writing this to provoke a discussion about their relative merits or how one can’t stop the flow of “progress” — just a personal opinion from someone who’s a huge fan of the original. Absol...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:15 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Military Sprint Runs No More?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2784
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:01 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Military Sprint Runs No More?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2784
Military Sprint Runs No More?
With the advent of the Military 2, will we see any more sprint runs in the venerable OG Military platform, or are those days long gone?
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:19 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Community Sharpening Journal
- Replies: 2337
- Views: 375892
Re: Community Sharpening Journal
Not to be annoying: but how large of a burr do you need? I saw some YouTube videos where the burr is so big they can break it off with their fingers. Mine never gets that large, no matter how much I sharpen on one side I don't need a burr at all to get a knife sharp, technically nobody else does ei...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:15 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Community Sharpening Journal
- Replies: 2337
- Views: 375892
Re: Community Sharpening Journal
https://i.postimg.cc/c42kMXPj/20240130-012654.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/L6n01rQL/20240130-012719.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Vs7V5Ygz/20240130-013300.jpg Finally stopped putting this one off. S35VN Recon 1. Took the shoulders off the bevel on my sander with a 120 grit belt without hitting the apex. Fin...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:58 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Delica 4 in 2024?
- Replies: 228
- Views: 430344
Re: Delica 4 in 2024?
Fun fact, if you clean your VG-10 Delica 4 blade and angle it in the light just right. You can see the chromium carbide banding flowing parallel with the blade. https://i.imgur.com/33JOrDg.jpeg How about that. I've always wondered what that wavy pattern was. At one point I thought it was a defect u...