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Spyderco Tuff: 5 months use.
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Nice work. Question on exposure to blood: how carefully and how promptly did you clean the blood off the blade? Did you see any corrosion? Blood is one of the best oxidizersthat I know of.
As per my original post, I cleaned the knife when I came in from a shoot, often 3-4hrs exposure to blood. In similar situations I have noticed staining on K294, Superblue and O1. No staining on the 3V so far. I would suggest it is somewhere between M4 and D2 for corrosion resistance (one of my M4 blades stained after blood contact -see my Manix II M4 review.)
Fantastic review! Honestly one of the best I've ever seen on the forum. You did yourself and the rest of us a favor giving it such a workout before writing the review.
The only thing that has kept me from purchasing this blade has been it's unconventional design, however your review puts those concerns to rest.
The only thing that has kept me from purchasing this blade has been it's unconventional design, however your review puts those concerns to rest.
Sonnydaze
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Thanks to your GREAT review, I have a TUFF coming to me in the mail. Your review is one of the best I've seen, and obviously gives one plenty of helpful information about the usefulness of this design and blade-steel. I'm sure that Spyderco is also proud.
Sonnydaze
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Thanks for all that work pulling this together, one of the best reviews I have ever seen.
No, the bowl hollowing and concavities were done with crook knife, gouges etc.
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This is a fine review. I love that it is based on real world use. Destructive tests or simply cutting cardboard say little about actually using a knife day in and out.
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Yup. Too often knife reviews are just superficial "overviews" of the subject knife and not really indicative of true performance.
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Sorry to get to the party late. Schemp is a favorite designer of mine. My question: At this price point, would you recommend it over the ZT 0560. All things being equal, another hard use folder in Elmax steel. Like the tuff, over built as well.
I tend to like larger folders due to my large hands. I have a job in the city. White shirt and trousers attire. I bought a bm 940 for edc I want it to be low profile,-out of sight, out of mind type philosophy. Unfortunately, my wife thought it was perfect and it's hers. I was leaning towards the bm 810, zt 550, or zt 560. However, after reading your outstanding review, I am re-evaluating my decision. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
I tend to like larger folders due to my large hands. I have a job in the city. White shirt and trousers attire. I bought a bm 940 for edc I want it to be low profile,-out of sight, out of mind type philosophy. Unfortunately, my wife thought it was perfect and it's hers. I was leaning towards the bm 810, zt 550, or zt 560. However, after reading your outstanding review, I am re-evaluating my decision. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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Great review - and good work on the ladle! It seems to me you would greatly benefit from a machete or kukri for all that brush. But I guess the Tuff will do in a pinch! 
