EDC XIII Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

[Eliteone2383]

I love this knife I've tried to find one and very difficult to do.

Took me since it was released to find it. Ive only had it a year or so. Oddly enough I didn't find it in the states. I found it in the UK.

 

[Weiss]

This is the oldest “modern” folder that I still own. I truly carried it every day for years. Eventually, I decided to have it “professionally” sharpened by a local knife shop. No bueno.


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Back in my college days when I worked in a convenience store, an itinerant knife sharpener guy dropped by and made a bid to sharpen our deli knives. Since I wasn't in charge of making those decisions I said, sorry, no. He then asked if I carried a pocketknife, and offered to sharpen it if I did. Turns out I carried the same knife you have here. I asked to see a sample of his work. He handed me his $200.00 Spyderco. I don't remember the model, only that it had an OD green handle and one heck of a spring, and though it was certainly sharp, it looked like he had crudely sandpapered the entirety of the blade, not just the edge. I handed the knife back to him and said no thanks. Too bad. He seemed a likable enough sort, but unimaginably careless with the application of his grinder.

Your pictures make me wonder: did your knife start out with serrations that the local knife shop removed, or was that simply the byproduct of time and many previous sharpening?

 

[sharp image]

Took me since it was released to find it. Ive only had it a year or so. Oddly enough I didn't find it in the states. I found it in the UK.

Great score.

 

[rtc71]

 

[WValtakis]

Slim Sunday, checking out this classic Mercator "Black Cat" ️

 

[Murphjd25]

 

[EMCEE]

Back in my college days when I worked in a convenience store, an itinerant knife sharpener guy dropped by and made a bid to sharpen our deli knives. Since I wasn't in charge of making those decisions I said, sorry, no. He then asked if I carried a pocketknife, and offered to sharpen it if I did. Turns out I carried the same knife you have here. I asked to see a sample of his work. He handed me his $200.00 Spyderco. I don't remember the model, only that it had an OD green handle and one heck of a spring, and though it was certainly sharp, it looked like he had crudely sandpapered the entirety of the blade, not just the edge. I handed the knife back to him and said no thanks. Too bad. He seemed a likable enough sort, but unimaginably careless with the application of his grinder.

Your pictures make me wonder: did your knife start out with serrations that the local knife shop removed, or was that simply the byproduct of time and many previous sharpening?

Craziness ! It did originally have sedations which were quite worn down and beyond my abilities to repair, at the time. I didn’t think they’d make the damn things disappear though !

Also, and as you you may remember, that blade only had an edge bevel on one side, from the factory. They also took the liberty of adding a micro bevel to it. I visited that shop more times over the years…..but never again asked them for sharpening services.

 

[TheFactor]