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some pix from work
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broken lock line
preparing to splice
cutting "cowtail" twine from wires
a few on the barges. South Side, Chicago IL
Sorry for the poor quality, I took them with my cell phone. The Endura is serrated and VG-10 and I used the knife for 21 days without sharpening for everything. I carried the Atlantic Salt plain edge but did not use it this trip.
The serrated endura was used to cut nylon and nylon/poly lines of varying diameters, trash lines (plastic), plastic bottles, drill holes in a five gallon bucket, whittle points on pine shingles used for plugging leaks in barges, scrape and chip ice, and strip wire. It was dropped six or so feet onto a steel deck with no noticeable damage.
preparing to splice
cutting "cowtail" twine from wires
a few on the barges. South Side, Chicago IL
Sorry for the poor quality, I took them with my cell phone. The Endura is serrated and VG-10 and I used the knife for 21 days without sharpening for everything. I carried the Atlantic Salt plain edge but did not use it this trip.
The serrated endura was used to cut nylon and nylon/poly lines of varying diameters, trash lines (plastic), plastic bottles, drill holes in a five gallon bucket, whittle points on pine shingles used for plugging leaks in barges, scrape and chip ice, and strip wire. It was dropped six or so feet onto a steel deck with no noticeable damage.
Fred Sanford
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Dang man that's cool. Now I wanna know how to splice rope. I need to look it up. 
I think the pics are Jim Dandy.
Cheers!
I think the pics are Jim Dandy.
Cheers!
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Thanks.
David: its pretty easy. there are a few knot books that have pretty good demonstration pix. maybe if i can find some different colored tape i'll post a pictoral in community or something.
A.P.F.: I like to take a few knives along just in case one is lost or broken, or the edge is damaged beyond my ability to reprofile and resharpen, but I tend to use only one for the entire 21 days. Usually there is no time to stop and take pix but we had some flooding after Christmas day so I had some time to play around while we were tied up.
The Endura's Story:
The E3 is SE and VG-10 and I got it used with a pretty bad edge about 4 years ago. I could never get it as sharp as i liked it so i took it lobstering and used it as a beater. I retired it for a byrd raven and then the PE atlantic salt you see in the pix. Every so often I'd take it out, carry it, use it a little, but I could never get those serrations as sharp as I liked. (the previous owner had apparently tried to sharpen them freehand. Well, the fix was so easy I was overlooking it. I switched from sharpening on the 30 degree setting to the 40 degree, used the grey stone on the scallops and the white stone on the flat, then switched to using both white stones, and voila, hair shaving sharp. And so I took it, and it stayed that way for about 19 of the 21 days I used it.
It is a tough knife. I've always been a proponent of buying used on the secondary market, esp. for users who are short of funds. Even someone else's bad beater can be pressed back into service and brought back to useable condition.
The blade above looks new, but that was because about 3 or so years ago (right after I got it) I was practicing free hand mirror polishing and took all the scratches and whatnot from the blade. It is even less corrosion prone now (what little rusting vg-10 gets) and the blade appears LESS likely to scratch. plus i like mirror finishes
thanks
pete
David: its pretty easy. there are a few knot books that have pretty good demonstration pix. maybe if i can find some different colored tape i'll post a pictoral in community or something.
A.P.F.: I like to take a few knives along just in case one is lost or broken, or the edge is damaged beyond my ability to reprofile and resharpen, but I tend to use only one for the entire 21 days. Usually there is no time to stop and take pix but we had some flooding after Christmas day so I had some time to play around while we were tied up.
The Endura's Story:
The E3 is SE and VG-10 and I got it used with a pretty bad edge about 4 years ago. I could never get it as sharp as i liked it so i took it lobstering and used it as a beater. I retired it for a byrd raven and then the PE atlantic salt you see in the pix. Every so often I'd take it out, carry it, use it a little, but I could never get those serrations as sharp as I liked. (the previous owner had apparently tried to sharpen them freehand. Well, the fix was so easy I was overlooking it. I switched from sharpening on the 30 degree setting to the 40 degree, used the grey stone on the scallops and the white stone on the flat, then switched to using both white stones, and voila, hair shaving sharp. And so I took it, and it stayed that way for about 19 of the 21 days I used it.
It is a tough knife. I've always been a proponent of buying used on the secondary market, esp. for users who are short of funds. Even someone else's bad beater can be pressed back into service and brought back to useable condition.
The blade above looks new, but that was because about 3 or so years ago (right after I got it) I was practicing free hand mirror polishing and took all the scratches and whatnot from the blade. It is even less corrosion prone now (what little rusting vg-10 gets) and the blade appears LESS likely to scratch. plus i like mirror finishes
thanks
pete
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Its a fine knife for the price. The steel takes a good edge and holds it for a reasonable amount of time, mine developed some play and I lost a screw in the handle but i used it for some tough cutting among other things. Don't let the country of origin fool you, all of the byrds I've handled have been up to spyderco par for fit and finish, ergos, and would make fine EDCs for people who are short on money
Pete
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Excellent pictures. Nice to see Spydercos at work in the real world.