What Spyderco is in your pocket today??

[Wartstein]

The Chef arrived today, what a beautiful and well-made knife!

Nice, congrats! Hope you'll let us know how you like it after some use. :)
I'd be especially interested what you think about the positive blade angle (I personally prefer a bit more negative ones tbh).

[TKCSA]

The Chef arrived today, what a beautiful and well-made knife!

Nice, congrats! Hope you'll let us know how you like it after some use. :)
I'd be especially interested what you think about the positive blade angle (I personally prefer a bit more negative ones tbh).

Will definitely share my thoughts! Thank you. :) Initial impressions are very positive and I like the aesthetic of the blade angle. Will see how it does during use!

[JonesE]

Went with a Delica today.

[TKCSA]

Went with a Delica today.

Great choice! It remains a perfect balance between cutting ability and carry profile.

[SG89]

[Wartstein]

Went with a Delica today.

Nice scales!

[przemekspce]

Very cool!
Old version of the Juice CS4, best small outdoor leatherman (together with the KF4, which is hard to find for a decent price these days)!
Here's mine (not a recent pic, but from last summer):

Beautiful landscape photo! My CS4 just went to a friend for a little mod. When it is ready, I will show it here

[PStone]

In a sheath, but still counts. If not, I got the Native Salt SE on me too.

[bearfacedkiller]

[PeaceInOurTime]

Peace, it was an honor to serve as your spokesperson, even without your consent! :p

No, honestly,hope I was not cheeky, just happened to know the answers to both... :o

Haha! I didn't take it that way at all! :D

[Granoo Fink]

Manix and its new dress first time out

[Enactive]

The Sage 5 LW is such a well made knife! If you like comp locks and bushing pivots, this is just a fantastic model. My biggest concern with detent based locks is them opening unintentionally in the pocket. This knife has a detent strong enough for the light blade, enough so that i can not purposefully inertia open it as i can with some other models.

The Sage 5LW might be its own worst enemy. It is so good that it is kind of boring. :cool: :spyder: You know, like shoes that fit so well they go un-noticed?

The build is superb. The pivot action is lovely if you like low-friction pivots. The blade is ground very well, nice and thin behind the edge. I tend to prefer the wire clip. The size is great, just little bigger than the perennially favorite Native 5. I like the Taichung FRN texture visually and it feels fine. As others have commented it feels like "the" quintessential modern Spyderco. S30V hasn't let me down, but if the Sage series gets other options, could be cool.

We'll see. I don't always love FRN though. I have a set of micarta scales ordered for this one, which will be a first for me with aftermarket scales.

These are my most thinly-ground from the factory PE Spyderco folders.

[PeaceInOurTime]

[GiftedMisfit]

[Wartstein]

The Sage 5 LW is such a well made knife! If you like comp locks and bushing pivots, this is just a fantastic model. My biggest concern with detent based locks is them opening unintentionally in the pocket. This knife has a detent strong enough for the light blade, enough so that i can not purposefully inertia open it as i can with some other models.

The Sage 5LW might be its own worst enemy. It is so good that it is kind of boring. :cool: :spyder: You know, like shoes that fit so well they go un-noticed?

The build is superb. The pivot action is lovely if you like low-friction pivots. The blade is ground very well, nice and thin behind the edge. I tend to prefer the wire clip. The size is great, just little bigger than the perennially favorite Native 5. I like the Taichung FRN texture visually and it feels fine. As others have commented it feels like "the" quintessential modern Spyderco. S30V hasn't let me down, but if the Sage series gets other options, could be cool.

We'll see. I don't always love FRN though. I have a set of micarta scales ordered for this one, which will be a first for me with aftermarket scales.

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I don´t have a Sage 5 LW (yet...) but from all I know I totally agree!
And: Perhaps you say a bit what I stated in another thread (viewtopic.php?f=2&t=88896#p1495713)
that the Sage 5 LW probably is a knife really many could "agree on" (as platform for different steels or whatever). Many who are into Spyderco will even love it, and not many really DISlike it... ?

[anycal]

[Mushroom]

[Cheddarnut]

[Wartstein]

The Chef arrived today, what a beautiful and well-made knife!

Nice, congrats! Hope you'll let us know how you like it after some use. :)
I'd be especially interested what you think about the positive blade angle (I personally prefer a bit more negative ones tbh).

Will definitely share my thoughts! Thank you. :) Initial impressions are very positive and I like the aesthetic of the blade angle. Will see how it does during use!

Looking forward to it!
Where the positive angle will definitely shine is obviously when cutting on a board. Which is somehow what a "Chef"(-knife) should be designed for anyway.

[Wartstein]

Very cool!
Old version of the Juice CS4, best small outdoor leatherman (together with the KF4, which is hard to find for a decent price these days)!
Here's mine (not a recent pic, but from last summer):

Beautiful landscape photo! My CS4 just went to a friend for a little mod. When it is ready, I will show it here

Really?! You mean like in giving it alternative tools?
This is something I´d definitely be interested in! Normally one disadvantage of the otherwise great Juice series is the pinned construction, so taking apart and modding is not a real option...