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by SchoonerBum
Mon Aug 22, 2022 1:40 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Maybe Mules are not for me, but could be for you! GIVEAWAY!!! Winner…..
Replies: 124
Views: 9145

Re: Maybe Mules are not for me, but could be for you! GIVEAWAY!!! Winner…..

Awesome giveaway, Dazen. That was very cool.

Congratulations crazywednesday! Keep us posted when you do awesome things with them.
by SchoonerBum
Fri Aug 12, 2022 3:42 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Rockjumper steel options for this year
Replies: 76
Views: 5769

Re: Rockjumper steel options for this year

Everyone that any of us know needs to get a Rockjumper or Leafjumper for Christmas this year. :-)
by SchoonerBum
Fri Aug 12, 2022 7:09 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Swick Thoughts (with pics)
Replies: 88
Views: 11262

Re: Swick Thoughts (with pics)

Sal, That's awesome! What and where do you/have you sailed? I own a sloop myself these days and spent most of my professional career in square-rig, but I started on a 130' wooden schooner that needed the rig put back up after shipyard. We did a LOT of seizings and a Swick sure would have been handy ...
by SchoonerBum
Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:41 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Swick Thoughts (with pics)
Replies: 88
Views: 11262

Re: Swick Thoughts (with pics)

I wrote a few days ago in the "what's on the way" thread: Swick 5. I wasn't terribly interested in it until I read in the latest Byte about how Fred Perrin developed the finger hole while he was doing scaffolding and rigging work, so he could tie knots and such without putting the knife do...
by SchoonerBum
Sun Aug 07, 2022 4:02 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Which spyderco is in the mail?
Replies: 7705
Views: 1135626

Re: Which spyderco is in the mail?

Swick 5. I wasn't terribly interested in it until I read in the latest Byte about how Fred Perrin developed the finger hole while he was doing scaffolding and rigging work, so he could tie knots and such without putting the knife down. It sounds like it could be brilliant and I'm excited to try it ...
by SchoonerBum
Fri Aug 05, 2022 4:51 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Which spyderco is in the mail?
Replies: 7705
Views: 1135626

Re: Which spyderco is in the mail?

Swick 5. I wasn't terribly interested in it until I read in the latest Byte about how Fred Perrin developed the finger hole while he was doing scaffolding and rigging work, so he could tie knots and such without putting the knife down. It sounds like it could be brilliant and I'm excited to try it o...
by SchoonerBum
Fri Jul 29, 2022 2:46 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Going clip-less commando
Replies: 20
Views: 1516

Re: Going clip-less commando

The first bosun I worked for years ago had a very specific formula for carrying a knife clipless - it had to have a lanyard twice the length of the knife with an eye splice in the end. That way no matter how the knife settled the eye on the lanyard was always near the top of the pocket and easy to g...
by SchoonerBum
Fri Jul 29, 2022 2:11 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: What types of material do you cut the most?
Replies: 40
Views: 2679

Re: What types of material do you cut the most?

Rope varying from tiny to 4-5 inches, depending on where I'm working and what I'm doing. Food prep and small rope when I'm at home, along with some woodwork and fishing and such. About 10% is random stuff like zip ties, packaging, etc. Don't tell anyone but I actually use scissors for a lot of stuff...
by SchoonerBum
Thu Jul 28, 2022 12:03 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: sal can we get some new Lil Matriarchs?
Replies: 126
Views: 15514

Re: sal can we get some new Lil Matriarchs?

A Lil' Matriarch Salt would be fantastic.
by SchoonerBum
Thu Jul 28, 2022 11:51 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Please recommend 3x Endura 4s for my use
Replies: 35
Views: 2360

Re: Please recommend 3x Endura 4s for my use

20 CV "Ladybug Zome" DLT exclusive with TiCN blade (assuming they make it eventually to match their other exclusives)
OR
20 CV "Steel Blue" Knifejoy exclusive (if you don't want to wait)

VG-10 Damascus "Steel Blue" Knifejoy exclusive

H1 Pacific Salt 2 SE
by SchoonerBum
Fri Jul 15, 2022 11:06 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Aqua Salt with other steels? Would you be interested?
Replies: 52
Views: 3333

Re: Aqua Salt with other steels? Would you be interested?

I'll add another voice in favor of keeping the Aqua Salt around if it can be done. It was my first Spyderco, and at the time I thought it might be the last knife I ever bought. I didn't think that for very long, of course, but that's the only time I've ever thought that strongly about a knife. If th...
by SchoonerBum
Fri Jul 15, 2022 10:35 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: CONTEST!
Replies: 174
Views: 15131

Re: CONTEST!

18 please! :)
by SchoonerBum
Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:34 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: The Carry Conundrum
Replies: 55
Views: 4238

Re: The Carry Conundrum

I almost always walk out the door with my Pac Salt, but I just picked up a ladybug-flavored Endura from DLT and a Rockjumper and there is stiff competition among those three now. A Street Beat and SAK usually live in my bag if I'm carrying one. Before I found Spyderco I just carried a Mora and SAK i...
by SchoonerBum
Thu Apr 21, 2022 11:25 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Any more true MBC knives in the pipeline
Replies: 112
Views: 9041

Re: Any more true MBC knives in the pipeline

In the absence of any of the salt steels, a coated VG-10 blade would be wonderful. I'd prefer toothless.
by SchoonerBum
Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:27 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Coffee Pour Over Devices?
Replies: 60
Views: 4299

Re: Coffee Pour Over Devices?

I use either: -A stainless mesh pour-over filter that needs no paper filters -An AeroPress The AeroPress is my usual method and makes great espresso-like coffee if you're into that. It seems excessively complicated at first but it really isn't once you've done it a few times. As several other folks ...
by SchoonerBum
Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:15 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Future and (perhaps improvable?) marketing of the "handle forward design"
Replies: 58
Views: 3860

Re: Future and (perhaps improvable?) marketing of the "handle forward design"

Another input from me as a climber, mountaineer and I guess "outdoor guy". Perhaps with a Rock Jumper 2 (two) really follow through on that "outdoor / climbing knife" concept (so IF perhaps perceived as a "specialized product" anyway give it as much features for that s...
by SchoonerBum
Wed Apr 20, 2022 12:52 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Which spyderco is in the mail?
Replies: 7705
Views: 1135626

Re: Which spyderco is in the mail?

Delica Wharncliffe in 20CV, my favorite steel that's not a salt!
by SchoonerBum
Wed Apr 20, 2022 12:41 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Pacific Salt talk
Replies: 221
Views: 30160

Re: Pacific Salt talk

On the Endura - that's sort of what I was getting at - it's all kind of a wash, and I'm thinking it would be better to pass on the Endura for now. The added heft/sturdy feel of the liners would be nice occasionally, but it's just different from the lightness of the Pacific Salt - different, but not...