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Screenshot_20240528_073238_Gallery.jpg I did some thinning on my rex45 chief yesterday. I dont have the right sized sanding rolls to cut test this particular blade length. So I decided to just thin it out on a few stones and jack up the performance. Here's a side by side with my leafjumper. I could...

Screenshot_20240525_082151_Gallery.jpg Finished testing this k294 mule today. This thread is a central hub for my recent testing results for anyone curious. First I forced a vinegar patina on the mule. And after I was done, I cut the edge off and started cut testing. First edge I got was 190, then ...

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If your paying for someone's "expert" knowledge or skill set it's human nature to be suspicious. In my walk with faith I understand everyone has their own cross to carry. I am who I am from carrying my own. I sometimes need to sit back and recognize others travel different terrains when th...

Shawn I believed did the catra coupons. I'm not sure he did everything for Larrin. My backyard bro science is more flexible. I let larrin do his thing, and I do mine. There's many in this hobby who use fixed systems like hapstone, kme, wicked edge etc who get great results. To me that's better suite...

I don't use strops for testing or my own personal carry. I have even been gifted free leather strops and compounds from Max aka stroppystuff. I have always endorsed that these would be the edge I would use and carry. With or without a blindfold I can get clean cuts across the grain on newspaper with...

After 3 to 4 edges performance hits a plateau. Happens on every production folder I have ever tested. Sometimes happens on customs/midtech if I chose to cut test them or not. Most armchair quarterback reviewers read the script from the same fortune cookie anyways. Right now we haven't reached the pe...

The plain edge leafjumper has been my favorite carry as of late.

Screenshot_20240521_151425_Gallery.jpg Very cool! I hear there may be a linerlock made out of Golden one day that looks very similar to that one. I was at bladeshow last year, and the prototype for Shawn's folder was on display. I might have been one of the first 5 ppl to find out spyderco and him ...

Screenshot_20240521_151425_Gallery.jpg Very cool! I hear there may be a linerlock made out of Golden one day that looks very similar to that one. I was at bladeshow last year, and the prototype for Shawn's folder was on display. I might have been one of the first 5 ppl to find out spyderco and him ...

Screenshot_20240522_083100_Gallery.jpg I cut off the factory edge, and put 1 of my own. The burr cut off very easily from what I saw. The result was only 190 however I usually see a performance increase in more testing. I believe my 10V pm2 and Para 3 both hit 375 when it hit their peak. The magnac...

Got around to testing the buck clone and the leafjumper. I goofed on the 2nd edge of the clone, but the 3rd edge confirmed the 1st edge. At 40% of 70 I did 28 slices, followed by 14 chops on ice to reach 60% It passed, so I did 5 more slices and it failed at 47. In sharpening it sounds like a squeak...

K294 mule.

M398 doubled my Aeb-l test cut numbers. Makes perfect sense to me seeing those results with feathersticks. I define toughness as the steels ability to absorb impact, and it's effect on edge retention. I lock my wrist when feathersticking, so I will assume your not twisting or hitting rocks.

I gravitate more towards custom work when it comes to fixed blade options. I do feel spyderco has a good prescence in the fixed blade market, just not as dominant as they are in others. The mule team endorses the fork around and find out mentality which I appreciate alot.

Spyderco leafjumper in k390. One of my favorite carry knives. I have cut tested seki k390 before, but nothing for this thread. 475 is right where my stretch and delica tested before.

Yojimbo or stretch 2.

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