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The Millie sold me on tip down, at least in a back pocket. The Resilience is neat in that it excels in either configuration, because the two I owned previously I carried tip up, and wave modded, and it was perfectly fast and functional that way.
I decided to get another one and make it "perfect" with what I had learned from the Endura, the Sliverax, and the Military. The Millie taught me to appreciate tip down carry in a back pocket as a great option for speed, and offers an added advantage better control of deployment than the tip up wave method.
On this Resilience, I brought down the gimping on the lockbar and opened up the choil some more, for a bit lower tip presentation. It also doesn't have the "clenched grip blade wiggle" that I would get from my finger slightly moving the lockbar on the Millie.
I rounded the sharp transition point on the thumb ramp so I can bear down hard on the blade in choked up carving and slicing cuts, which will make cardboard cutting and bushcraft tasks more comfortable.
I filed, and sanded the handle contours so that an extreme grip does not cause the scale edges to bite sharply into the hand.
I opened the Spydie hole a bit with a dremel and diamond bit, but comparing with the Manix 2 XL, it is still pretty small, so I will hit it again Monday or thereafter, and smooth out the curve in the lock bar as well.
The bevels were unevenly satin finished from the factory, with shallow divots in the finish, so I cleaned them up with a handful of passes on the fine scotchbrite belt.
I subtly reprofiled the blade to refine the tip, and improve the lines, and I might yet bring the tip down and possibly reprofile the belly a bit more like the Sliverax, retaining ~3 3/4" of cutting edge. What do you think, should I turn it into the Sliv-Resiliax? At any rate, if nothing else, I still see some lines and curves that still need to be refined by some more hand sanding.
But I now think the Resilience is my favourite folder platform. Given my previous experiences with 8Cr13Mov, and the thinness it can support without taking damage in moderate use, it's ease of sharpenability, excellent easily attainable sharpness, and its resistance to any corrosive factors it is exposed to in Ontario, Canada, where I have had great luck with 8Cr and Aus8, I think I might finally be approaching the time to part ways with most of my other folders. And with the price, I could pick one up easily and do it all over again if I lose or break it.
I decided to get another one and make it "perfect" with what I had learned from the Endura, the Sliverax, and the Military. The Millie taught me to appreciate tip down carry in a back pocket as a great option for speed, and offers an added advantage better control of deployment than the tip up wave method.
On this Resilience, I brought down the gimping on the lockbar and opened up the choil some more, for a bit lower tip presentation. It also doesn't have the "clenched grip blade wiggle" that I would get from my finger slightly moving the lockbar on the Millie.
I rounded the sharp transition point on the thumb ramp so I can bear down hard on the blade in choked up carving and slicing cuts, which will make cardboard cutting and bushcraft tasks more comfortable.
I filed, and sanded the handle contours so that an extreme grip does not cause the scale edges to bite sharply into the hand.
I opened the Spydie hole a bit with a dremel and diamond bit, but comparing with the Manix 2 XL, it is still pretty small, so I will hit it again Monday or thereafter, and smooth out the curve in the lock bar as well.
The bevels were unevenly satin finished from the factory, with shallow divots in the finish, so I cleaned them up with a handful of passes on the fine scotchbrite belt.
I subtly reprofiled the blade to refine the tip, and improve the lines, and I might yet bring the tip down and possibly reprofile the belly a bit more like the Sliverax, retaining ~3 3/4" of cutting edge. What do you think, should I turn it into the Sliv-Resiliax? At any rate, if nothing else, I still see some lines and curves that still need to be refined by some more hand sanding.
But I now think the Resilience is my favourite folder platform. Given my previous experiences with 8Cr13Mov, and the thinness it can support without taking damage in moderate use, it's ease of sharpenability, excellent easily attainable sharpness, and its resistance to any corrosive factors it is exposed to in Ontario, Canada, where I have had great luck with 8Cr and Aus8, I think I might finally be approaching the time to part ways with most of my other folders. And with the price, I could pick one up easily and do it all over again if I lose or break it.
