File down your spidey hole?

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jasonbroni

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Got my dice a couple of months ago (love it), but noticed the spine and spidey hole were VERY sharp. So sharp that I noticed my middle fingernail was being scraped off little by little as I spidey flicked it. I have a very thin diameter round diamond rod and used it to round the edges of the hole and spine. Perfection!
Anybody else unsatisfied with the sharp edges of spydercos? (Wouldn't guess it's just the dice)
 
I don't use a file but I will take some 2000 grit sandpaper and a dowel to the edges of some more recalcitrant spydieholes.
 
I've used a cone type dremel sanding tool to soften spydie holes before.
 
If the sharpness bothers you go ahead, or you could stop flicking the knife open. I like the sharpness because it provides more traction to my thumb but I open mine in a slower manner with the pad on the end of my thumb.

Go slow though because if you take off too much material you can't put it back. Years ago I used to carry a knife from another brand with a hole in the blade, but this brand did round the edge of the hole a little bit. That much rounding made the blade hole in their knife almost ineffective. So you should keep as much sharpness as you can tolerate.
 
Some are WAY sharper than others, and I've knocked the edge off a few. I think a Dice was one that I felt would cut me with the wrong part too.
 
It depends. I have a para 2 and a delica, the para has a decent edge on the spydie hole but nothing too bad, the delica was really bad out of the box, like you could see the milling marks on the inside and it had a burr around the hole which cut my thumb once. I sanded my delica, but I do like the hole to be as sharp as possible. So if it's not cutting you I wouldn't worry about it.
 
I break the edges on all my Spydercos, but that's just the machinist in me, I only like sharp edges where they belong. That bein' said there's a difference between crisp grind lines and sharp edges. Pick up a set or rotary grinding bits from home depot and go real slow, I use the stones in my drill press so it's very controlled and I don't risk burning the steel. You could very easily do it by hand spinning it with your fingers and it'll take longer but you'll at least be sure you'll mess it up.

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You haven't bonded with your new Spiderco if you dont have a bleeding round circle on your thumb or missing half your middle finger nail!:D
 
I've found the Taiwan knives to have quite sharp spidey holes. I usually use a little wet/dry sandpaper and just barely smooth the perimeter, making a tiny chamfer. Secret is to go slow, and take as little off as possible.

I usually do this to the back edges of the blades as well. Just makes the knife feel so much more comfortable in the hand.
 
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