Hello,
My girlfriend, me, and my girls brother are up in Mammoth CA for 5 days. About 6 months ago her father passed away and he wanted us to spread his ashes at his favorite lake. So we had about 4 day total of fishing, hiking, and other wilderness fun. My lovely girlfriend bought me a Spyderco para military 2 about a week ago for my birthday and decided it was going to be the only blade I was going to bring. I used it for everything, cutting spectra and mono, making y rod holders from dead hardwood, cleaning fish, food prep, and other random cutting tasks. The para 2 was great! I loved using it already but now its my favorite folder. The CPM S30V held its edge very well. By the end of day 4 it was still sharper then I thought it would be but I wanted to try some improvised sharpening. I took a coffee mug, flipped it over and tried sharpening it. I put a little olive oil on the exposed edge of the mug and sharpened it away from the edge. I got the edge back to shaving sharp in about 10 passes per side without a strop. It was incredible easy and produced a slightly toothy edge. I really didn't think it was going to work that well! Try it out if you don't have a stone or what ever you like to use.
Keep'em sharp,
Chris
My girlfriend, me, and my girls brother are up in Mammoth CA for 5 days. About 6 months ago her father passed away and he wanted us to spread his ashes at his favorite lake. So we had about 4 day total of fishing, hiking, and other wilderness fun. My lovely girlfriend bought me a Spyderco para military 2 about a week ago for my birthday and decided it was going to be the only blade I was going to bring. I used it for everything, cutting spectra and mono, making y rod holders from dead hardwood, cleaning fish, food prep, and other random cutting tasks. The para 2 was great! I loved using it already but now its my favorite folder. The CPM S30V held its edge very well. By the end of day 4 it was still sharper then I thought it would be but I wanted to try some improvised sharpening. I took a coffee mug, flipped it over and tried sharpening it. I put a little olive oil on the exposed edge of the mug and sharpened it away from the edge. I got the edge back to shaving sharp in about 10 passes per side without a strop. It was incredible easy and produced a slightly toothy edge. I really didn't think it was going to work that well! Try it out if you don't have a stone or what ever you like to use.
Keep'em sharp,
Chris
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