What angle did you sharpen that zdp to? Very nice Job! I will have some that will eventually need to hit my Wicked Edge.
Please let me know how it holds up.
I just got my first Spyderco Knife…well…knifes to be exact..I went to the seconds sale and got some and I have been able to repair every one so far. I have a Stretch with the zdp-189 full blade and a Caly3.5 with a zdp-189 core and 420J2 folded over the whole core except for the edge.
The Carbon scales on my Caly were all scratched up so I refinished them and rounded all the edges. Lots of sanding! I left it a flat black look rather than a polished. Now it feels like satin in my hands.
The Stretch had some issues. It had bad liners and the holes for the pocket clip were dragging on the blade making it rough. I totally took that sucker apart and lapped both liners with the 800, then the 1000 WE stones until flat. Then I sanded the FRN scales down so they did not overlap the metal liners and rub on the blade. Now I can flick that sucker open. The edge grind on it is visibly bad. So I want to get that onto my WE as soon as I get my 800 and 1000 broken in.
I never owned a Spyderco because I never liked the looks of them and they did not have an assisted deployment version like I had on my Kershaw Leeks I loved so much. Now I am really liking these knives. The hole allows you to thumb flip them right open one handed easy! And they come very sharp. I was impressed. The more I carry the Caly, the more l like it!
They seem to know what they are doing there at Spyderco. Super glad I went to visit them. I will be keeping my eye on them.
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