Sal, and the rest of the Spyderco crew, what have you done to me?

[MacTech]

You've spoiled me, that's what you've done, after purchasing an Endura and a Dyad Jr, every other knife brand i try out just feels......wrong, the wrong shape in the hand, too much free play, side-to side wobble, too small, too large, too ungainly, uncomfortable thumbstuds, you name it

something about your knives just seems.......right, knives designed from the ground up to be *tools*, finely crafted tools that are a *pleasure* to use, form following function, looks being secondary (or lower), they may not be visually appealing to the "sheeple", but to those of us that value functionality above all else, they're works of art that just plain work

(truth be told, i think all Spydies are visually appealing, i happen to *like* "scary" looking knives that just plain *work* )

just like my other favorite company that has products that just plain work, simple, functional, reliable..... Apple Computer

i see Spyderco knives as the Macintosh of knives, and i mean that as the highest compliment i can make

(i guess that would make Smith & Wesson knives the micro$oft of knives then, right? )

 

[Sal Glesser]

Hi MacTech,

Thanx much for the kind words.

We soak the handles in endorfins before shipping.

sal

 

[MacTech]

Well, Sal, it worked *again*...., i swallowed my pride and entered the dreaded Wally-World (a store i *loathe* with every fiber of my being) to take a look at the Native, and compare it against a Buck 110 (the other knife i was looking at), and once again, the Spyderco just felt....right.

the Buck 110 was big, ungainly, and heavy (and seemed to be possessed, it tried to "bite" me every time i opened it), the Native was just right, and didn't try to bite me (you train these things well, Sal )

don't get me wrong, there was nothing wrong with the other knife (and i may end up getting one eventually), but the Native fit in my hand correctly, and felt more precise, more importantly, it wasn't out for blood.....

oh, and i think i may have found a good way to clean the Sharpmaker hones....

i picked up one of those cheap battery powered Oral-B toothbrushes, the one with a rotary head and sliding head, i held the hone under hot water and let the toothbrush "buzz" over the hone, it was slow work, but it *did* remove the metal residue

might be worth trying, once the head on my Sonicare wears out i'll use the old head as a hone cleaner, i think the faster vibration (30,000 pulses per second) should work faster

one last question, Sal, i noticed that the VG-10 steel on my Endura (i think it's a E3) has a much smoother, shinier finish, very bright and shiny, nice looking steel, the Native's CPMS30V has more of a "matte" or "dull" finish, also, the Natives on the Spyderco website seem to have a much shinier finish, why is that, are the wally-world Natives just not polished?

im actually finding i prefer the "matte" finish on the Native, as it doesn't show *every* cosmetic ding, scratch, or sharpener scrape....

just curious, is all

 

[zenheretic]

i picked up one of those cheap battery powered Oral-B toothbrushes, the one with a rotary head and sliding head, i held the hone under hot water and let the toothbrush "buzz" over the hone, it was slow work, but it *did* remove the metal residue

might be worth trying, once the head on my Sonicare wears out i'll use the old head as a hone cleaner, i think the faster vibration (30,000 pulses per second) should work faster

I love that idea...will have to try it, my sharpmaker is filthy.:thumbup:

 

[Sal Glesser]

Hi MacTech,

Thanx again.

I clean my sharpmaker stone with Comet and a 3m scotchbrite pad.

S30V won't polish up like VG-10.

sal