Native 5, I have to apologize to you

I hadn’t thought of that. I’d be curious how much you can take off before you lose tension on the back spring.
 
Chase_ck said:
I really like this knife, but have one gripe about it.

Don’t y’all feel like the tip is too close to being exposed? It seems that after 10-20 sharpenings you’d have to grind the spine down to drop it below the handle again. Maybe it wouldn’t bother “you” but it did enough for me to sell mine.
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Outdoor55 recently did a video complaining about that exact issue. 🤨

Never sharpened a spyderco enough to have that issue myself. There are tons of people who have carried VG-10 knives for decades and still have safe functional knives. For modern super steels, with regular use, I wouldn't think you would ever get that far up the blade. Your behind the edge thickness would also be significantly higher than original. Design is a balancing act and Sal does a great job meeting my needs and preferences. Do you have pics of the knife with a tip sticking up past the liner I would be curious to know more about the question you are posing.
 
Chase_ck said:
I hadn’t thought of that. I’d be curious how much you can take off before you lose tension on the back spring.
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Take very little off at a time. My experience with slipjoints in the past, (only a couple of times), was that a little goes a long way.

You can do it carefully by pulling along reasonably coarse quality sandpaper and test frequently.
 
Thanks Blues Blues , I will have to try this out.

I am not trying to poopoo this knife. I really liked it when owned it. Like I said I sold it because this was enough of an issue for me.
Good to know that if I end up getting another I’ll have a way to alleviate this.
 
Chase_ck said:
Thanks Blues Blues , I will have to try this out.

I am not trying to poopoo this knife. I really liked it when owned it. Like I said I sold it because this was enough of an issue for me.
Good to know that if I end up getting another I’ll have a way to alleviate this.
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I haven't tried it on anything but a slipjoint, so no promises. Might be worth trying on something less dear to experiment with. But hope it does help.
 
I really like the Native 5, no issues here. Got it in Spydercos proprietary steel, CPM-Spy27. It has become a favorite steel in my collection of users. Like the size of the piece too, my kind of pocketknife. I did get am aftermarket clip for this one not shown here.


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Liked the steel so much that I added another Dragonfly in Spy27 for my ultralight hiking kit. With the half and half choil I can get a full four fingers on this amazing no nonsense cutting tool. Got this one from DLT, zero blade play, zero lock rock, just perfect. I like a lot of their models and am a real FRN junkie, strong, weather resistant, very good grip and makes the folders very lightweight which is a must for my preferences. I would definitely buy Dragonflies in other steels if and when. My K390 model is superb. Still like the Spy27 for this the best.


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Always love the Native 5, but no way in hell can i use a sub 7 inch knife. Almost every blade i own is over 8 , so this would feel like a keychain.
 
I tried to love the Native 5 for a long time, but the FRN models just really don't do it for me (I love Seki FRN though. And the new PM2 in FRN is about as perfect a knife as has ever been made).

I had an older G10 version with the full liners that I liked just OK. Then one day, by chance, I decided to make my own FrankenNative, and it has become one of my favorite EDC users.

I took an S35VN Spyderedge blade and lockbar with DLC off of a LW with a beat up handle and put them into my linered G10 handle. Now I have a G10 DLC Spyderedge Native 5. As far as I know, this version was never produced by Spyderco, but it definitely should have been.

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S35VN_DLC said:
I tried to love the Native 5 for a long time, but the FRN models just really don't do it for me (I love Seki FRN though. And the new PM2 in FRN is about as perfect a knife as has ever been made).

I had an older G10 version with the full liners that I liked just OK. Then one day, by chance, I decided to make my own FrankenNative, and it has become one of my favorite EDC users.

I took an S35VN Spyderedge blade and lockbar with DLC off of a LW with a beat up handle and put them into my linered G10 handle. Now I have a G10 DLC Spyderedge Native 5. As far as I know, this version was never produced by Spyderco, but it definitely should have been.

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That's pretty cool. I like the contrast of the lockbar & liners.
 
If anyone is interested, here are a couple pics of my Spyderco Native collection that I posted elsewhere on BF some time ago & that has not changed since then:

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From top to bottom:

Native I Black FRN PE GIN1
Native I Black FRN PS GIN1
Native 2 S/S PE AUS10
Native 2 S/S PS AUS10
Native 3 Black FRN PE VG10
Native 3 Black FRN PS VG10

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From top to bottom:

Native 4 Smooth CF PE VG10
Native 5 Black G10 PE S35VN
Native 5 Fluted CF PE S90V
Native 5 Fluted Ti PE S35VN
 
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The native feels great in hand and looks great, until you actually need some cutting surface length and then it kinda falls on its face. I liked the one I tried but could never love it since where I live there are little to no knife laws so it doesn't make since to not just carry a Millie or police.
 
stillshot2 said:
The native feels great in hand and looks great, until you actually need some cutting surface length and then it kinda falls on its face. I liked the one I tried but could never love it since where I live there are little to no knife laws so it doesn't make since to not just carry a Millie or police.
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I know how you feel. Where I live, any knife you carry is subject to the cop's opinion on if it's a weapon or not, which generally boils down to "were you doing something else criminal" when you got stopped. I'm carrying a military 2 crucarta and this native.
I tend to carry two knives anyways, with one being smaller for general little stuff and the larger one for food and things a longer blade is good for. That way I reduce how often I have to sharpen the larger knife as it's more time intensive, and I have an option when there are karens and other "erghmawgawd that's a big knife!!!" types around.

I used to only carry one folder, but as I get busier and older, I have less time for my own interests and hobbies and any time and way I can reduce ongoing/revolving needs and being able to shift them to when I have more time for me, I take those opportunities.
 
Y'all are awful, just terrible enablers! ;) After reading this thread, I could no longer contain myself. I went and ordered my second Native 5 (which I realize pales by comparison to some of y'all). I don't have it yet, but I'm looking forward to getting my Native 5 Salt in Magnacut!
 
Yes, the Tuf-Glide seems to have eliminated a good deal, or pretty much all of the grittiness thus far. It's still a little tight compared to the Leaf Jumper, but not to the point where it detracts from anything, if that makes sense.
 
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