Anybody convex their Spyders?

Yes and yes. On all the Spydercos that I keep I thin out the edge and then convex the shoulders of the edge bevel. I have a really strange way of sharpening most my knives. I take the secondary bevel down to no greater than 20 degrees inclusive, sometimes much more acute than this, then convex the shoulders and use a roughly 30 degree inclusive microbevel for touch-ups. I also leave the tip a few degrees thicker to keep it more robust for digging around in wood etc. For smaller knives I don't do the tip thing though.
 
I just did my Byrd Robin. Of course, that's a long way from s30v, but it looks fine. I was just very careful not to scratch the top sections of the blade. I knocked the bevel off, going through 400, 800, 1000, 2000 grits. I can honestly say that it is now sharper than when I got it. I love CONVEX!
 
Again yes and yes, did my VG-10 Calypso a few years ago. thinned out the tip a little too much, but it slice's like a mo fo.
 
since i strop a lot on leather/cro2 quite a bit, I guess i am convexing all my edges slowly but surely... they sure push cut better this way ;)
 
I canneled my endura 4 about a year ago and never looked back. I did it by hand on a belt grinder.

- Chris
 
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