Try a Roadie Slip Joint with a 2.1” blade, one ounce, made in Italy for about $63. Comes in various colors. Current blade steel is N690 but it’ll become a much better M398 soon.
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- Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:47 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Any recommendations?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1274
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:25 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Masters of the Air
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2076
Re: Masters of the Air
The National WWII Museum in New Orleans is not only one of the best museums in the U.S. but a valuable resource and publishes many interesting and informative articles. One recent article is The 'Bloody 100th' Bomb Group: The Eighth Air Force’s hard luck unit was filled with colorful personalities w...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:32 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Godzilla Minus One
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9414
Re: Godzilla Minus One
I didn't watch the Oscars. I never do. I got disgusted with them years ago. I am glad it won and the affects were very good. I wish it had been nominated for more. Some of those actors really made you feel their pain and grief. The Oscars shows were overly politicized starting in 2016 but it has “n...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:32 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
- Replies: 175
- Views: 12407
Re: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
There seems to be an increase in unwarranted movements to “defeat” folders be that thin tip, thin stock, blade hole causing cracks/breaks, thumb studs causing cracks/breaks, harsh spine whacking to defeat locks and so forth. Just say no. Undoubtedly, you can defeat all folders given enough effort.
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:47 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Godzilla Minus One
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9414
Re: Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla Minus One (2023) just won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects!
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:21 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Masters of the Air
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2076
Re: Masters of the Air
I’ll check out the Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II book as well. It feels like it would make a great movie.
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:49 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Masters of the Air
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2076
Re: Masters of the Air
Read the great Oppenheimer biography last year. Great Christopher Nolan movie as well. Very smart, conflicted and complex character.
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:53 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Masters of the Air
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2076
Re: Masters of the Air
Good narrative Coastal. You should be very proud of your Dad. When I said air superiority in Spring 1944 I meant over France not Germany. The German 88mm Flak guns were formidable with a muzzle velocity of 2,690 feet/second. Fortunately, the Germans did not have our proximity fuses which was one of ...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:56 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
- Replies: 175
- Views: 12407
Re: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
The upcoming Charisma folder kind of reminds me of the Victorinox Swiss Classic Picnic knives which are liner lock folders weighing 1.5 ounces (42g). Blade steel is the German 1.4116 56 RC stainless steel (close in composition to 420HC steel), plain or fully serrated edge, blade length of 4.3" ...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:32 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
- Replies: 175
- Views: 12407
Re: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
The upcoming Catcherman LC200N Sprint Run also has a very thin blade of 0.07" (1.8mm).
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:53 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Masters of the Air
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2076
Re: Masters of the Air
It wasn’t until mid-December 1943 when P-51D Mustang fighters with the Merlin engine provided the US Army Air Forces with the high-performance, high-altitude, long range fighters which could escort B-17 bomber formations all the way to Berlin and back. Massive losses between June 1943 and December 1...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:49 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Masters of the Air
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2076
Re: Masters of the Air
Wonder how many episodes in series, saw 8 now anther preview. Thought series was only EIGHT. Nine episodes in all with the series finale airing next Friday, March 15th along with a one hour documentary about the 100th Bomb Group called “The Bloody Hundredth”. https://youtu.be/ZkYOtyp3hKU?si=X381Lpj...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:27 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: did somebody say magnacut manix...?!
- Replies: 515
- Views: 148630
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:33 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
- Replies: 175
- Views: 12407
Re: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
Looking at the prices of U.S. made folders with CTS-BD1N blade steel and FRN scales (Para3 & Native Chief) I’m guessing a street price of around $130-$140 for the Charisma. Ouch! Big money for a such a knife - I’d expect to be paying no more than $80. The Golden made Ukpk in the same steel with...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:41 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
- Replies: 175
- Views: 12407
Re: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
Looking at the prices of U.S. made folders with CTS-BD1N blade steel and FRN scales (Para3 & Native Chief) I’m guessing a street price of around $130-$140 for the Charisma.
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:36 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: What is your favorite Delica variant?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 3538
Re: What is your favorite Delica variant?
$200 in November 2016 dollars. Today, that’d be $275. Well they wanted it to be around $100 because "It's only a Delica". So maybe that was 1960 dollars. Spyderco folders made in Japan with liners and G-10 are too pricey which is why so few are made today. — Stretch2 XL with Satin Cru-Wea...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:32 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
- Replies: 175
- Views: 12407
Re: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
The Charisma with the thin blade, 3” blade length, light weight and slim & thin package is right up my alley. Nice!
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:12 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
- Replies: 175
- Views: 12407
Re: Spyderco Amsterdam Meet 2024 Report
Edge Retention of 15V is up there along with Z-Max, Maxamet and Rex-121 (coming in Sage 5). TCC is Total Cardstock Cut in millimeters in Larrin’s tests.
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:09 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: What is your favorite Delica variant?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 3538
Re: What is your favorite Delica variant?
The one that got away. https://massdrop-s3.imgix.net/product-images/spyderco-delica-exclusive/MD-26943_20161116173018_7fdc177ce0ba2025.png?auto=format&fm=jpg&fit=fill&w=820&h=547&bg=f0f0f0&dpr=2&chromasub=444&q=35 Cancelled since people felt $200 was too expensive fo...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:15 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Spyderco 2024 Lists: Delivered & Upcoming
- Replies: 174
- Views: 69164
Re: Spyderco 2024 Lists: Delivered & Upcoming
Looking forward to Reveal Volume 15.