Another story of Spyderco forum member generosity.

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Another story of Spyderco forum member generosity.

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A very generous forum guy saw my thread about making scales for my new super blue Stretch and offered to give me a CF handle which had a damaged blade. It was just laying around he said. I replied "sure, I'd love it". :) I now have my SB blade in a carbon fiber handle. I've been thinking and thinking and I can't think of anything better in life than a Spyderco Stretch with a carbon fiber handle and super blue blade. :D :D :D Here are pictures.

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I thank the generous individual as well as being grateful for a computer place where people are so eager to be generous and helpful. :D


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Super! :D
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Congratz. Its looks good. And way to go to the generous member that donated those.
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That knife looks ready for work. How much did you thin the edge?
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Good stuff, congrats.

I'd "wake up" that CF scale if I were you. Spyderco CS recommends a generous wiping of WD40 but I use Ballistol (keeps it looking real nice). Or you can just use it for awhile and your hand oils should eventually stop it from looking tired. That's if you care of course. I mention this because peel ply CF tends to look awry lol.

I own a couple CF's and a SB, I was gonna switcheroo one like you but nah, CF and ZDP is just fine for me!
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Very nice!
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Looks good! :)
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Excellent job and a nice story to go with it.

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Kudos to all involved. This forum really gives me hope about my fellow humans.
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That looks great Jack. Enjoy it.
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Awesome!
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Excellent swap and story Jack, kudos to generosity of our fellow forumite! I was really hoping to see what you came up with crafting your own, but you can't beat this alternative! :)
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Nice to see it paid forward. Generosity reaps generosity. That is a great looking franken-spydie Jack.
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Daaaaaaaaaamn!
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That's one of the things I love most about this Forum. :)

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Very nice!

I was thinking about doing the same a while back after someone else posted on their own "FrankenSpydie CF Stretch". But then I thought that I would just wait for the redesigned CF Stretch with deeper choil that was mentioned on the forums. If after the new CF version is released an older version becomes available for a great deal then I might do the same but right now I already have the Green FRN ZDP Stretch so I don`t really need another ZDP FRN lying around after doing the switch.
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Very Nice! :D
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great! very nice!
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That looks really good! Way to go, whoever gave it to you. Love this place. :)
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Very nice. We are a pretty good group. :)
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