Super Blue Stretch

[MCM]

Am surprised this one is still readily available!
Great news for those who have not been paying attention!

Here are a couple pic's. Still a huge fan of the early CF model for its thinness, ZDP and dinosaur jimping.
Have had both styles of jimping on the CF ZDP run. So I call it Early / Late. Course early, fine late run.

But I think most folks like the new thicker scales better.

 

[tap78]

MCM, great set of Stretches
CF ZDP supposed to be one of my first spydercos (127$ online price) but at that moment in the past I didn't know much about Spyderco sprint-runs.
Finally I bought Camo Military, but even though Mili it is a great knife I still regret I didn't buy CF ZDP Stretch. Now I'm waiting for reedition of CF ZDP Stretch with modified choil
And one more thing... Spyderco backlocks with full steel liners are masterpieces in my opinion... they are solid, classy and they last forever

I think that those SB Stretches are fantastic but for non-collectors the are not so attractive becouse of funny FRN handle colour, easy scratchable 420J blade cladings...

 

[copperrivermetal]

I just sent mine back today as it was very off center and had lots of blade play, wanted to check with you guys, is the off center blade just a problem with this production or do you guys have centered blades? thanks

 

[nccole]

I just sent mine back today as it was very off center and had lots of blade play, wanted to check with you guys, is the off center blade just a problem with this production or do you guys have centered blades? thanks

In my experience, unfortunately this seems to be either a Seki City, FRN, or back lock problem, or possibly some combination of all three. My SB Delica went back and they replaced it with a new one. My SB Stretch is solid side to side and is centered, but does have a little vertical wiggle. That slight vertical wiggle is the nature of the back lock as far as I know so my Stretch isn't going to be sent in. My VG-10 Stretch also has a tad vertical wiggle. I think the only back lock that doesn't have any play is my Caly 3 CF/ZDP-189.

 

[Cynic2701]

Mine is just a hair off-center, but pretty close.

 

[Screwdriver]

Mine has zero play in any direction and the blade is centered. Only issue I have, or had was the FRN rubbing one side of the blade by the pivot.

 

[Peroni1973]

Mine is ever so slightly off-centre, I actually polished the contact points and the centreing is slightly better.

As for the sharpness mine came literally hair-popping sharp but relatively course. I have taken it to the Sharpmaker but have also found that it seems to strop up really well. I was so impressed with the steel that I scoured to find a Caly 3 in SB (which I'll be picking up next month when I'm back Stateside).

Ben

 

[Rasco]

Just an update;
I had NO luck on the SharpMaker, but the Edge Pro Apex put a ridiculous edge on this thing.
My only regret is I got a tiny smudge on the Super Blue portion of the edge where some steel shavings seem to have embedded themselves.
Looks kinda like a pencil lead smudge(?)

Anyway, the thing is sharp beyond belief. Can't wait to mix it into the EDC rotation

 

[Filoso]

Mine arrived yesterday, very very sharp!!

 

[rpn]

Bump for a great knife! Why I waited so long for a stretch is beyond me...it's a must have spydie. :thumbup:

This little fella got hooked in the eye so became a keeper and I was curious how the stretch would do with a much smaller fish. Not bad! Better with larger fish for sure- but not bad!

 

[skyhorse]

Trout season! For anyone that hasn't used a strop,I highly recommend trying one with black & white compound.