Centofante 4 sprint in H-1

hardheart

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It's already a hollow ground design made in Japan. Would there be any issue in changing the handle color to yellow? 2mm H-1 is used in the Ladybug Salt already. It seems there is at least some demand for an H-1 wharncliffe.
 
I love the idea. The cento 4 is one of my favorites. And I had actually thought about getting an atlantic salt, sending it in to Krein to be ground into a wharncliffe shape, and putting a higher, thinner grind on it. But just figured putting that much money into it wouldn't be worth it, even if it was a neat idea.
 
goodeyesniper said:
I love the idea. The cento 4 is one of my favorites. And I had actually thought about getting an atlantic salt, sending it in to Krein to be ground into a wharncliffe shape, and putting a higher, thinner grind on it. But just figured putting that much money into it wouldn't be worth it, even if it was a neat idea.
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After all of that grinding, the blade would be so dang hard since H-1 is work hardened. This is the key reason that Spyderco won't do a FFG on H-1; it would simply be too hard and brittle after all of the grinding.

On topic: a Centafonte 4 with H-1 would be cool. I'd buy it.
 
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Sounds like an interesting idea to me. A bit of a left of centre model that wouldn't have occurred to me as an H-1 variant. It continues the trend of H-1requests.
 
hardheart said:
It's already a hollow ground design made in Japan. Would there be any issue in changing the handle color to yellow? 2mm H-1 is used in the Ladybug Salt already. It seems there is at least some demand for an H-1 wharncliffe.
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Ole Frank, may he rest in peace, designed a hell of knife for Spyderco. My only quibble is lack of a textured surface on the handle. Otherwise the knife is great. It packs a lot of blade relative to handle size. The handle itself is remarkably neutral. Unless you have extremely large hands, the handle is a "one size fits all" truism.

Anyways, Mister hardheart, your suggestion is one of the best ones to hit these boards. The knife is visually appealing without affecting function. That little quibble of mine only affects drawing the knife from the pocket. Once drawn it offers a very secure grip and I got pretty big mitts.
 
Great idea.

The Liners will need to be rid of, and then the clip will be terminated because of that. There will not be a pocket clip on this model unless they elongate the handles to incorporate the Titanium inserts and the Salt/Pacific Salt's clip
 
somniloquist said:
I don't think the Centofante 4 had liners...?
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Indeed it does. It has to do with the clip since screws in plastic would just tear off.

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s.c. said:
and screwed construction, please.
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No offense but having a pinned construction is the only way to keep this knife from using moving parts. Moving parts trap moisture and even though it seems like it won't do harm, there is no O-ring to block water from seeping into the screw threads.
 
xtestifyx said:
No offense but having a pinned construction is the only way to keep this knife from using moving parts. Moving parts trap moisture and even though it seems like it won't do harm, there is no O-ring to block water from seeping into the screw threads.
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Help me understand about moving parts. I am not very familiar with the Centofante, so I appreciate the education.

I guess everyone knows by now that all the Salt series knives are moving to screw construction?
 
unit said:
I guess everyone knows by now that all the Salt series knives are moving to screw construction?
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I did not get the memo. Any chance I can see someone from Spyderco say it?

Screw threads aren't water-tight. I wouldn't say they are rust proof, as the Salt Series was meant to be.
 
xtestifyx said:
I did not get the memo. Any chance I can see someone from Spyderco say it?

Screw threads aren't water-tight. I wouldn't say they are rust proof, as the Salt Series was meant to be.
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I thought it was common knowledge. I will attempt to find the official announcement, but it was announced that the move to screw construction would be a rolling change on Salt folders.

There is an Orange Ladybug Salt available now that has screw construction...I have not seen any others yet.

I am still not clear on what you mean by moving parts though? Weather pinned or screwed, all the parts will shift to some degree, but are typically not considered moving parts except for the two pivots (lock bar, and main pivot)...which seem to move identically in both screw constructed and pin constructed knives.
 
I think he means the screws must be screwed in to a threaded mate to hold, while pins are just single pieces deformed on the end. With two components in the screw & nut, there is possibly a place for moisture to be trapped between them. Although I don't think this is the case for anything beyond the surface just under the screw head.
 
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