Your Most Recent Spyderco Acquisitions

Planterz said:
PE Tasman Salt I lost recently.
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Which I just found.

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Not by just the old style handles, battle damage, and blade wear, you can also tell how old and used it is by the faded yellow. The butt of the handle is even more faded from the sun where it sticks out of my pocket. The handles are noticeably smoother than my old, less used Atlantic Salt.

I think I prefer the old pinned handles over the screw fastened ones, at least for this knife. I keep it in my left pocket and find it easier to whip open with my left hand (I'm right handed) compared to the screw handle knives of this line. There's still no blade play after all these years of use, yet opens freely, while I have to loosen up my new wharncliffe Salt to the point of having a lot of blade play to open as easily.

I'll continue to use the Tasman Salt even though I've bought its replacement(s), but I'll probably be less cautious with it.
 
Planterz said:
I think I prefer the old . . .
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I prefer that old "Volcano" style handle ; they have the non biased squares that grip in all four directions.
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not wanting low / hidden carry I MUCH prefer the Titanium pocket clip . They are so adaptable to pocket thickness I can clip it to slick / thin dress pants or to an elephant's ear . I don't have to "tune" the clip tension just use them .
 
Sage 5 LW SPY 27. I ordered it from one of the major online retailers at the Father's Day sale price of $129.
It was my most satisfying out of the box experience so far, except maybe my first knife purchase with my own money as a kid.
I only had a few minutes the afternoon I received it, then put it in my knife cabinet next to the PM2. The next morning I moved the PM2 to pick up the new Sage and bumped it. The knife fell from head level and landed on the ceramic dog dish and it opened. A small ding on the tip of the blade and shiny spot on the spine. The quickest drop of new knife dopamine in my life.

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