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Keeping it cheap and ugly to match my style. I dream that I can leave it on a picnic table and no one would steal it, unless they knew what it was. Made from leftover leather, cord and too much time. For the record, cord wraps suck. I am saving for a...
Ok Team. Here's the dream. I'm hoping for an Aeb-L Mule baton sample of more than one ;) . So, who is up for it? Aeb-L is a tough steel, machete steel, I dare say bushcraft steel. Hit it!
Or, add to the sensible list of why one should not use a knife...
needed a dock for parking 7 mules, my new 3D printer answered the call.
FreeCad -> PrusaSlicer -> AnyCubic Kobra 2 Pro -> AnyCubic std PLA
Done in PLA thermoplastic, it's too brittle for the long term but ok for prototype.
Took 3H 15m, used up 135 feet of...
I’ve seen a couple threads for the K294 mule but none dedicated to performance testing. So I guess I’ll start this one. I’ll admit I overlooked this one for a while due to how well the AEB-L mule performed. It was just really hard to transition on from...
I was not happy with many of the 3D printed scale designs I found online as it seemed many did not use the available holes on the tang to index on, or at least did not use many of them. I designed these to be as hard use ready as I can.
So I’m a little confused on where to post any performance reports on the last several mules. Seems reports are spread across multiple threads with no clear threads to post in. Maybe that’s a byproduct of how close the last several mules dropped? No clue...
I've been carrying my new Electric Blue Mule recently and like it so much I thought I would dress up my PM2 to match. It took a bit of tweaking to dial itnin but I'm really happy with my new matching set.
My buddy is a deer hunter and was asking me to help him find a good fixed blade. I would appreciate thoughts on a current or recent Mule steel to build him a knife from. I know this topic has been brought up before, but not since many new mules have been...
Hello guys. Those are in my house currently.
Red/black is my personal mule in magnacut, purple one i made for my wife....etc... IMG_20231224_171218_147.jpg
So I was thinking of hunting down some mules I don’t have but that would mean buying used mules or flipped ones. Not sure I want to support the practice of buying a mule just to sell it, but…….. at least the mule should be all shiny and nice???? Used...
I will try to wrap my coming MT23 with some paracord I have at hand. Obviously there are different techniques how to do it, with different results. How did you do yours? Feel free to post pics, maybe even a link to a video showing how to do it in that...
Playing the game of whack a mule hot spot. Trying out this mod to see how well it performs with hot spot reduction. So far so good. Adjusted thumb ramp and finger guard with some success
I finished up my first Mule, as I posted in another thread I'm working on 3 (now 4, ordered a SPY27 for a son in law) Mules. 2 T15, 1 K294 and, once it arrives, a SPY27 MULE2.
I used Ultrex SureTouch with blue G10 and black rubber layers on this one....
So I took on this little comparison, mostly out of boredom, and party because I wanted to test assumptions that Kizer probably didn't do a good heat treat on their 10V. Considering that I could probably count on Spyderco's, I figured a comparison between...
Next Tuesday will wrap up the 1st 39 mules with K294. Sal mentioned 19C27, so that could be MT40 and as we've seen drops or announcements are not always sequential with their numbering system. There is also elastic ceramic that is, hopefully, coming soon,...
I plan to cut out the metal between the large holes of a mule, creating one or more ovals and lightening the knife. I've done this before by first rough-cutting the area between holes with a Dremel-style cutoff disc, then smoothing the edges with a small...
Dear all,
This is my first Mule project.
I used an M398 (MT38) blade paired with Cuscadi G10 glow in the dark scales and a Francesco Nova custom leather sheath.
Choose this setup as a to go companion hunting knife:
1) M398 steel because it is a stainless...
Shot this cow elk with my 50 cal muzzleloader at about 180 yards. It was about 5:00, so I knew I'd be skinning and quartering her mostly in the dark. I proved that PMA11 steel holds a VERY sharp edge for a LONG time. Even though I skinned the cow,...
Any way to non-permanently attach Mule scales w/o gluing them? Planning on picking up a HIC, and have ordered Ultem scales for it. Thought it might be cool to have a knife with zero metal components.
Does anyone here use an affordable CNC machine to shape hardwood scales? I'm thinking of getting a small CNC machine (SainSmart Genmitsu 3020 Pro) and one of the purpose is to shape mule scales for my use.
I think I had more of these........ maybe around here somewhere. Anywho, firing up this old project again. These will be finished out with 1 of kind scales and mosaics. I have a box of very rare and unique blocks / scales I have also been collecting....
Curious if it's just mine or if anybody else has observed it. I am grinding at 15 degrees per side (12 degree wedge plus the 3 degree primary blade grind) and on an Atoma 140. It seems to settle out when going up to a higher grit, but with a 120x loupe I...
It is rare that I start a thread here and this will be a first of sorts for me. I purchased 4 (yes boys, four) AEB-L Mules to back up my sentiments in asking Spyderco to introduce finer grained and higher hardened low-end steels into their...
I'm curious how the steel evolved between the mule and the production model. I just found my magnacut mule, which I'd lost. Does spyderco change things (e.g. heat treat) based on data from the mules?
Well I bought my first spyderco Knife and it was a mule. I was impressed. I decide to try make handles for it shaping pins for it. It was going to till everything went out control. Sad to say my mule is snapped in half and I got 10 stitches.I do say...
Hey guys, I'm pretty new to the forum and new to different knife steels. So far, I've got experience with some lower quality steels and some experience (little) with higher quality (CPM D2, H1, VG-10). I'm looking at buying my first mule team knife, but...
I've been using this M398 Mule for a few months now and the edge retention is awesome but the blade chips very easily. I have been cutting every cardboard box I can get my hands on with it and it will cut them forever without dulling but was...
With over 50 suggestions in play, there can be no doubt that y'all are passionate about the Mule Team! I have narrowed the options down to 9. Please vote for your favorite!
Names were removed from consideration for various reasons, but if your past...
My first time posting here so please forgive my ignorance?? Has 8670M Steel ever been used for a Mule ?? I think that’s something I would definitely be interested in owning. Thank you
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