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If you would be so kind : Direct me to the Maxamet Native
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Wowbagger
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Cool !
I'm off tomorrow so I know what I will be watching.
Side question : What patina's Maxamet the best ?
I tend to like the blue patinas even if blotchy.
PS : Mine arrived, been using it. Like it a lot !
Flawless = edge quality about the best I have seen out of Golden, blade drops if I get on the rear part of the dip in the handle for the lock bar, not hard to release / a very friendly knife to use, zero blade play (that surprised me considering how free the pivot action is, the blade finish was impressive and beautifully done . . .
( I feel a bit bad about patinaing it but once I saw that finger print on it from who knows what (might have had some meat juice on my fingers) then I started cutting lemons and got some blue and brown happening. I got a weird crescent around one side of the spyder hole that has a hard edge between patina and no patina though right on the edge of the hole it has some brown showing.
If I take Bar Keeper's Friend to it will it go back to the way it looked from the factory or is that gone for ever ? I have never used Bar Keeper's Friend but we have some at work.
I haven't tweaked the pivot at all and see no reason to if it stays like it came from the factory. I did remove the clip and relax the tension a touch.
Oh yeah photos :
Sorry for all the goofy off "colors'; of course the FRN is a basic light gray ( not sickly green or light blue). I'm totally happy with the clip; reminds me of the one on my Military which in my mind is a perfect clip. You can't see it here but where the patina is a bit blotchy it is a nice blue.
Yup just give 'er a gentle squeeze and the blade drops just the way I want it too.
One thing I particularly like about the Native is there is no notch exposed on the blade when the knife is closed. The handle comes up to meet that part of the blade right where the Little Monster's blade tip is pointing. The blade is a nice low profile when closed to, the spider hole doesn't make a big bump. Very nice and compact (for a Spyderco).
And lastly here you can see the crescent where there is no patina. I have concentrated on rubbing stuff there and letting it stand and rubbing thinking there was some kind of residual cutting fluid from machining the hole out though I know that couldn't be after all the tumbling the blade did to get the finish from the factory.
Weird huh ? The other side has patina there.
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It's actually kind of interesting because I haven't really been able to get mine to patina much through normal use. I cut up some chicken with it once or twice and let it sit for hours and got 2 or 3 really small spots that are like a light brown. I've seen some great looking patinas from other people though.
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My only Native is the S110V lightweight, but it quickly became a favourite. It's a solid little knife, with good egos, and it just works well for all my daily cutting chores. For a long time I've been thinking about getting another one & since DLT is really dragging their feet on coming out with a red one in M390 yet, (Hint, Hint!
), the Maxamet looks like a pretty good choice. I like my Manix2 in Maxamet, but it's a bit of a pocket hog at times.
), the Maxamet looks like a pretty good choice. I like my Manix2 in Maxamet, but it's a bit of a pocket hog at times.
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Not the first time we've seen a maxamet knife with the halo around the hole. Still not sure how or why it happens with maxamet.
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Oh thanks. I don't feel so alone now.
I left a hunk of apple sitting on it for a while and hardly anything if anything happened.
Fascinating to find out why though.
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I'm kind of surprised they put Maxamet on the Manix since it is definitely a hard use configuration. I'm thinking Maxamet could literally snap in two if one were really getting in there on a tough job.
LOTS of people love the Manix2 so I suppose the thinking goes give 'em the handle they want with the steel they want . As long as they are a bit careful . . . or maybe I don't know how tough Maxamet is.
Happy to have the Native !
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Some how with one thing and another I got started late on your videos.
Six minutes into the first one I had to stop and say
:I'm impressed ! 
Excellent recount of your experience with various sharpening techniques. Can't wait to hear more.
I'm always a perpendicular to the edge sharpener (with a jig) so I'll be right at home.