Hi Jason, I'm here, though not as often as I'd like. Other forums. Maybe you need to get some donations to maintain the site? salby sal - Announcements
Hi Alkali, Yes. From Switzerland. It was quite the project. The hole is elongated to be able to fit handles. salby sal - New Knives, and New to You Knives
Spyderco is creating a blade made out of a new High Impact Ceramic knife material,. The material is made in Switzerland and it claims to be a more Elastic ceramic that is less brittle than normal ceramic blade and less brittle than other ceramic knives . Spyderco Tooled up to be able to injection mold this material into one of our Mule Team Blade shapes hardened, ground and Sharpened. Someby sal - New Knives, and New to You Knives
Hi Jason, I'm at; Spyderco Attn: Sal Glesser 820 Spyderco Way Golden, Colorado 80403 Thanx much. salby sal - General
Hi Jason, You might move some of the topics you are finding here for us to see? I've pretty much kept the forum format which I think works best for me. I don't use any of the other social media platforms. Tazkrsty keeps me up to date on anything that happens on social media that I need to be aware of. She's special. salby sal - General
I see a market for a purpose built scale to set stones on to easily see pressure. One of you entrepreneurs care to sharpen you pencil? I'll buy the first 2. salby sal - General
Thanx Jason, Actually, I'm having a hard enough time just visiting the forums on which I am active. Only so many minutes in a life-time, and family/wife/work requirements all want a bite. I like the folks that visit here, which makes it easier to be here. salby sal - General
Sharpening edges can be a deeper rabbit hole than most would imagine. salby sal - General
finally back into being here. Been very busy. salby sal - General
Thanx for the input. I have all of the calibers and have generally gone to the micro nines. 43X current, though not really a micro 9. I have a Semmerling LM4 (.45) that I carried quite a bit in the early days. Fit in my right front pocket. Worth too much to carry now. I liked the size of the Kimber micro 9, fit in my .380 Glock sheath, but it's a 1911 and felt like a porcupine.by sal - Firearms
Do any of you have a Mako? Or any opinions regarding the model? salby sal - Firearms
Hi Jason, Kyley, Glad you like them. Yes Jason, we live and learn. salby sal - New Knives, and New to You Knives
Hi guys, As I said, "some" of the knives had a pop-up issue. The knives that we sent you were selected among the returns to have minimal to no pop-up. It was a bit if a bugger to correct though. very minor adjustments were made, but testing the solutions was necessary and takes time. I think the issue was not nearly big as it was made out to be, but you know how that goes. &quby sal - New Knives, and New to You Knives
Hi Jason, When it was learned that some of the Siren models had a "pop-up" problem, we solved the problem, though it took a year and a lot of testing. Once the problem was sorted, we offered to replace any of the earlier pieces. Of those that were returned, some were better than other. We selected one of the better ones for you to play with. salby sal - New Knives, and New to You Knives
Hi Jason, My assistant, Gail, said she sent one to you today. salby sal - General
Hi Me2, Tungsten. Just Talkin' Story: couple of decades ago, our Seki trading partner told me that one of the Masahiro brothers made a Sashimi style knife out of AUS-8W (Tungsten added). He said that you could lay a folded piece of rice paper on the edge at the heel, blow on the paper and the knife will cut the paper in half before it reaches the tip. Naturally I said Bullsh*t.by sal - General
We have used both grades. BTW, it's AUS-8 or 8A, not both. 10A Will get harder, hold an edge better and will corrode more easily than 8A. 8A will get sharper by a small amount. we've also used AUS-8W which will cut more aggressively, but not hold it's edge as long. salby sal - General
Hi Kyley, Email me at salglesser@aol.com salby sal - General
Hi Kyley, We notch the spine of the 2nds so they are easily identifiable. 2nds are sold at very low prices. Below our mfg costs. It's kind of a gift to the locals. salby sal - General
Hey Jason, We stand on the shoulders of others so we can see father. People like Goddard, Cliff, Juranich and Carter that focused on "the cut", are always an asset to the Knowledge bank". And there are many more in that group. salby sal - General Sharpening
Hey Wolfgang, Pressure is an interesting concept in sharpening. I wonder what type of measurable test could be done? I know too much pressure can roll an edge, tear the diamonds and CBN from their matrix and chip a very hard steel. Thanx. I think I'll mention that on the "Scope the edge" thread at Spyderco. salby sal - General
Hi Kyley, Thanx much for the kind words. We would have preferred not to have the issue, but the issue was there. In our value system, the only proper thing to do was to figure out the problem, solve it, and take care of the customer. It was a tolerance issue where very small numbers made the difference. We're still replacing knives. And we'll cover the replacements before we seby sal - General
Hi Kyley, Thanx for the input. History makes a difference. Glad to meet you. I agree that edge geometry and a friction free follow through will be the most efficient, at least until we get battery operated rechargeable pocket lasers. I learned a lot from Wayne Goddard, Ed Shempp, Cliff Stamp,et al. about edge geometry and how a small difference can make a big difference. Thanx for shaby sal - General
Hi Jason, Wayne Goddard, smart man. One of my mentors. Steven Dick also swore by the same stone. There's a guy on our forum, Vivi, A walking testing lab. He's been sharing his success with coarse stones. "Back in the day", when Gail and I were studying edges, we learned that a coarse edge cut better but a polished edge stayed sharper longer. That's how we got iby sal - General Sharpening
Hi Jason, I miss Cliff. I had a communication with Cliff going on since he was at Bladeforums. Very impressive man. I learned a lot from him. When he left Bladeforums, I invited him to our forum, which he hung out for a while. He really was great. I think about him often. Like have the prof in the next chair. Then he left (some folks can be ...) and it took me a while to find this placeby sal - General
Hi Kyley, Thanx for the plug. Lance has been a great ally and collaborator. His marketing aint bad either. He's a very bright guy. He and Lance Kelly are an asset to the group on the Spyderco forum. His knives are well thought out. A drag about the pop-up creating such an issue. We actually ended up having to do a great deal of change and testing to get it right. The questiby sal - General
Great thread Kyley. Lotsa good stuff. Thanx. I'l be studying it more closely over the next coupla days. Time's tight. Thanx Jason, I'll look into that. I'd like to scope it. salby sal - General
Hi Jason, Is that one with the triple bevel grind shown above? salby sal - New Knives, and New to You Knives
Hi Ryan, Thanx much for the feedback. Beat hell out of it and let us know. I designed that model 20 year ago. Then recently Eric tweaked it. He has a better eye. And we managed to get it into production. I. too prefer larger (4.") blades for daily chores. Hey Kyley, If we were just makin' them for you guys, I'd love 10 BTE. But we serve a larger market. We are beby sal - New Knives, and New to You Knives
Hi Ryan, Thanx for the test and for sharing your thoughts. I thought a bit of history might be interesting. Spyderco did the testing for Carpenter steel when they were developing their blade steels. I worked with Rick Gleisner, the head of the Metallurgy dept. He is a brilliant man and great to work with. Peter and I tested dozens of steels for them. Rick asked if we could do for Carby sal - General