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I've had this puppy ever since Mike, Tom, Mary Beth, and Annie stocked it at NGK:
Lockup, fit, finish, and ease of carry were all very satisfying. The edge could've been thinner, but, well, they made it thin enough so fixing it with 120 grit hone was very quick. ZDP-189 takes a very polished edge and holds it quite well so long as you don't touch twist ties. It sails through cardboard, plastic from company ID cards, old shoes filled with dirt and sand, and more cardboard with ease and applomb. When the edge is thinner than its factory face and it's been blunted and dented from cutting twist ties without support, it still cuts with a fair amount of ease. The blade is laminated and the soft sides will show every scratch of every cut, but they polish flat easily enough. If you're a collector, you should nab the user and a safequeen.
The coppery, dark wire pocketclip is my favorite pocketclip among every production and custom knife's pocketclip I've ever seen or experienced. With the carbon fiber scales, it grips one's pocket without abrading it the way the G-10 of the VG10-bladed Caly3 can. Both pocketknives allow for fairly discreet carry although nested liners would be even less visible. Kind of like that blue FRN Delica 4.
So after cutting up old sneakers and plastic and cardboard, the edge was only shaving sharp, but it quickly went to tree-topping sharp with light stropping on polishing cloth (tried lapping film, but accidently sliced it
). Most of my high-carbide stainless knives need more intensive re-honing when they dull and tend to get duller than shaving sharp when it happens. I'm very impressed with ZDP-189 and very thin edges.
I am very pleased with Spyderco's Caly3 folding pocketknife and recommend it to people who like knives that cut with very little force. I prefer the ZDP-189 and carbon fiber scales version over the VG-10 and G-10 scales version, but both are great choices.
Lockup, fit, finish, and ease of carry were all very satisfying. The edge could've been thinner, but, well, they made it thin enough so fixing it with 120 grit hone was very quick. ZDP-189 takes a very polished edge and holds it quite well so long as you don't touch twist ties. It sails through cardboard, plastic from company ID cards, old shoes filled with dirt and sand, and more cardboard with ease and applomb. When the edge is thinner than its factory face and it's been blunted and dented from cutting twist ties without support, it still cuts with a fair amount of ease. The blade is laminated and the soft sides will show every scratch of every cut, but they polish flat easily enough. If you're a collector, you should nab the user and a safequeen.
The coppery, dark wire pocketclip is my favorite pocketclip among every production and custom knife's pocketclip I've ever seen or experienced. With the carbon fiber scales, it grips one's pocket without abrading it the way the G-10 of the VG10-bladed Caly3 can. Both pocketknives allow for fairly discreet carry although nested liners would be even less visible. Kind of like that blue FRN Delica 4.
So after cutting up old sneakers and plastic and cardboard, the edge was only shaving sharp, but it quickly went to tree-topping sharp with light stropping on polishing cloth (tried lapping film, but accidently sliced it
). Most of my high-carbide stainless knives need more intensive re-honing when they dull and tend to get duller than shaving sharp when it happens. I'm very impressed with ZDP-189 and very thin edges.I am very pleased with Spyderco's Caly3 folding pocketknife and recommend it to people who like knives that cut with very little force. I prefer the ZDP-189 and carbon fiber scales version over the VG-10 and G-10 scales version, but both are great choices.
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