The Delica IS NOT a drill...

[vampyrewolf]

I was just helping my dad put up the extra storage area in our garage... well, he asked to use my knife, as his was in the house and he was in the attic. Handed him my Delica, and he used it to mark off holes in boards... <b>by twisting the <i>tip</i> in the wood!</b>



Broke off about 1/16", just enough to tell it's not needle sharp anymore... have to decide if I should have him retip the knife with the 204... yep, he's doing it...



Just a lesson for yah, the small tips are not for drilling in wood.



<img src=http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/372fcedb/bc/toys/samurai2.gif?bcDo_58A88UxWudf> We all start with 10 fingers. Those with Spydies have 9 to spare, Still need a thumb. Good thing I still have 8 to spare... <img src=http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/372fcedb/bc/toys/samurai2.gif?bcDo_58A88UxWudf>

[sam the man..]

Oh man! <img src="sad.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Sam

have bone implant will travel..

[Jeff/1911]

VM,

Ouch.

Hey, how do you go about &quot;retipping&quot; a Spydie on the 204? About all mine does is remove the tips, unless I completely avoid sharpening right to the end.

Jeff/1911.

[Cricket1]

Ouch.<img src="sad.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

~CFDragonfly

[jkc59]

Only a father can get away with that.....

[CalypsoKid]

I mark my holes with a punch awl, it's made for that kind of thing.

-C

[KBR]

That is why even my father doesn't touch my Spydies. I feel for you.<img src="sad.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

[dialex]

I've allways said that knives sholud be kept apart from children...and adults??? <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

[tbarahon]

Yep, but from children of any age!

-Be carefull, it is very sharp!
-Ouch! I got cut.
-What did you do? Didn't I told you it was sharp?
-Yes, But I just wanted to try the sharpness with my finger and I got cut!
-Doh! <img src="tongue.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

I can see }{ in my trousers

[CalypsoKid]

Stated in another way:

There's nothing boring about a Spyderco!

~C

[Spyderbyte]

Heh. Good one, CK!

[Brian]

You should get him a trainer, then tell him if he's really good this year, you'll get him the real thing.

Spydie, Spydie, Spydie...
Brian

[vampyrewolf]

for re-tipping:

1&gt; clean the flats of your greys.
2&gt; set your angle(I use 40)
3&gt; put your ~5lbs into the stones, and keep going on the last 1/2&quot;-3/4&quot;
4&gt; go from a small tanto-type, and round it out.

<img src=http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/372fcedb/bc/toys/samurai2.gif?bcDo_58A88UxWudf> We all start with 10 fingers. Those with Spydies have 9 to spare, Still need a thumb. Good thing I still have 8 to spare... <img src=http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/372fcedb/bc/toys/samurai2.gif?bcDo_58A88UxWudf>

[glasshartt]

That's why I got my dad a <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> of his own. If he messes it up, he only has himself to blame, and I don't get mad at him for messing up my <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>'s. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Linda

<img src="http://www.spyderco.com/forum/spyder.gif" border=O> Integrity is being good even if no-one else is watching <img src="http://www.spyderco.com/forum/spyder.gif" border=O>

[Blades]

I have used the grooves im my old 203 stones to reprofile tips. It works well for me.

Glasshartt,
I bought my Dad a Spyderco also. I've redone the tip on his Delica twice now. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> Something about dad's and tools.


Blades



Edited by - Blades on 5/9/2002 12:26:39 PM

[4 s ter]

The solution - buy Dad a Lum Folding Tanto. He'd REALLY have to work at snapping the tip on the Lum Tanto!!

"Not all who wander are lost"

[vampyrewolf]

I'm sure he'd find a way to break the tip on a tanto if I gave him one... engine repair?

Might have to buy him a jester, or give him my small(2&quot;ish) tanto folder(beater for $10)...

<img src=http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/372fcedb/bc/toys/samurai2.gif?bcDo_58A88UxWudf> We all start with 10 fingers. Those with Spydies have 9 to spare, Still need a thumb. Good thing I still have 8 to spare... <img src=http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/372fcedb/bc/toys/samurai2.gif?bcDo_58A88UxWudf>

[4 s ter]

vw

You may be right. If ever there was a customer for the $3.95 Maxam ripoffs of <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> designs <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

"Not all who wander are lost"

[Sword and Shield]

Never, ever drill with a knife blade! It becomes an awl too easily and will happily take a chunk out of you.

Keepin' it real...real sharp, that is.

[sal]

Hey Vamp. What steel was in that Delica? Can you tell which grind, hollow or flat?

sal

[vampyrewolf]

Sal, it was my ATS-55 Delica, hollow grind, purchased in Aug '99... I sent the box to J Smith with my(now his) Wegner Jr in it, so I can't tell you the 'birthdate' on it.

<img src=http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/372fcedb/bc/toys/samurai2.gif?bcDo_58A88UxWudf> We all start with 10 fingers. Those with Spydies have 9 to spare, Still need a thumb. Good thing I still have 8 to spare... <img src=http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/372fcedb/bc/toys/samurai2.gif?bcDo_58A88UxWudf>

[J Smith]

VW if you need to know I sent that box with a worker in it to Glasshartt.

}{ Jeff }{ One does not greet death,One punches him in the throat repeatedly as he drags you away

[glasshartt]

Vamp,

The box has been relabeled for the Worker, I took the Delica label off. Sorry <img src="sad.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Linda

<img src="http://www.spyderco.com/forum/spyder.gif" border=O> Integrity is being good even if no-one else is watching <img src="http://www.spyderco.com/forum/spyder.gif" border=O>

[sal]

Thanx Vamp. That's why we changed to a flat grind and VG-10. We believe the new combination provides for a stronger tip.

If you send it back to us, we'll re-tip it for you.

sal

[vampyrewolf]

I re-tipped it, just made a small tanto to get it sharp again, then smoothed out the bottom. Only a bit shorter than before, but no biggie...

re: Flat grind vs Hollow for tip strength... so thats why I haven't had any problems with the tip on my Dragonfly! I've twisted with light pressure and it's still good...

<img src=http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/372fcedb/bc/toys/samurai2.gif?bcDo_58A88UxWudf> We all start with 10 fingers. Those with Spydies have 9 to spare, Still need a thumb. Good thing I still have 8 to spare... <img src=http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/372fcedb/bc/toys/samurai2.gif?bcDo_58A88UxWudf>

[Knife Knut]

The flat grind also makes the tips of the serations stronger.