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gull wing

gull wing

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S30V Native FRN PE:
I have waited for the arrival of the Native with great anticipation and now, today it's in my hands.I had to look very hard to find it.

I could tell right away I would like it. It has the right size, weight, feel for a "likeable" knife.

Most of my knife use is light to medium duty so this is a great knife for this purpose. The heavy duty chores fall to my Lil Temp.

How does Spyderco sharpen knives? This knife is impressively sharp.
I don't know if I can match this edge when it comes time to sharpen.
I have a Lansky, but have never gotten a knife this sharp.

This knife operates smoothly, locks up tight, no blade wobble, just solid. I have yet to test cutting ability. Will soon. s30v good stuff.

I find it amazing that I can still be thrilled by Spyderco knives, I own half a dozen of them, you would think they would be ho-hum by now. I guess I am a knife nut.
 
Originally posted by gull wing
How does Spyderco sharpen knives? This knife is impressively sharp.
I don't know if I can match this edge when it comes time to sharpen.
I have a Lansky, but have never gotten a knife this sharp.
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On a belt grinder.
 
Hi Gull Wing. Thanx for the kind words. The new S30V Native has been re-engineered by our "home boys" (our previous engineer left the company). The new engineering team and the new mfg team is acutally producing a better Native than before. I'll pass on your comments, they'll be pleased to hear them.

A belt grinder and a very high standard, many years of experience, dedication and skill.

sal
 
Sounds like it's time to add a 5th Native to the collection - and a 6th when the Spyderco Forum Native III comes out :D

Love those Natives!!!!
 
Picked up a Native III today. If you like the Native, the III is definitely worth checking out. There are some significant but subtle differences between the standard Native and the Native III. The III's blade would appear to be more of a slicer that the original Native. I'm sure that VG-10 blade will get sharp as all get out if one works it just a bit on a Sharpmaker. The handle is defintely thicker with some nice grips. It's hard for me to describe. Ihope some with good picture posting skills makes some posts with a Native and a Native III side by side so folks can see what I'm talking about.
 
If someone would like to give me one of each, I'd be willing to post some real good hig res pics.........;) :D ;) :D :D
 
Had my new Native near a week now, using it with a great deal of delite. Does everthing I use it for well. I will be keeping this one close by. I guess this will not be my last Spyderco either.

I have a question for the powers that be. The blade tip is quite slim and thin (for a 1/8" thick blade). I am very careful with my knives and I don't think I will break it, but still it's very thin.
Any reason for this?
 
Hi Gull wing. Tip breakage has not been a problem on the Native even with previous steels (GIN I & CPM-440V). S30V is probably the toughest of the steels we've used.

If we ever run into a problem with a tip (or anything else), we usually make ther necessary changes to solve the problem.

sal
 
I like the tip on the Native.
On of my early post, here on Bladeforums, was about the tip on my Native (FRN/440V); something about making the tip thicker, IIRC. Back then I was used to knives with thicker tips, so the tip on the Native seemed to be kind of thin and fragile.
But now, as I have advanced further into knife enthusiasm/insanity, I see the tip as being plenty strong for a general purpose knife, and a very good balance between strengh and cutting ability. Some knives, (M*l*t*ry?), might stand for a little thickening of the tip, but not the Native.
So, in my opinion/immutable statement of fact, the tip of the Native does not need changing. It's a little bit of alright.

I must be right, because I'm smart!
 
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