Boy, this sure turned out to be a great thread. All kinds of new models and features.
The Spyderco Centofante looked to me to be the most interesting design in Spyderco’s catalogue, but it’s a little too long for me. I think that the limit for pocket knives here is 3″. More than that and a trooper could nail you for violating the concealed carry laws. A friend who went to the CC class here was told so by the instructor. Another friend who went to a different class said the length didn’t matter. I’m not sure what to believe, but I picked the Delica for the ZDP-189 and the shorter blade length.
BTW, ZDP-189 is 20% chromium. D2 is 11.5%. The thread on Spyderco’s forum of ZDP-189 vs S30V suggests that the ZDP stains more easily. With that much Chromium it’s hard to believe that it stains at all. It’s kind of cool to read how hard it is for those guys to sharpen it on their Sharpmakers.
I picked ZDP-189 not because I wanted a perfect knife, but because I wanted to get a feel for what the latest technology offered. I made a couple dozen knives years ago and used D2, which was well established as a good knife steel and hardenable at home. At that time, CPM-154 was considered the new super-steel and for all practical purposes, it was “unobtainium” as there were only a few shops in the country that could harden it.
I don’t have a contemporary frame of reference to compare the ZDP to (e.g. S30V) like some of the other gents here, so I’m easily impressed. Running the stones over the edge presents an entirely different feel for me. It’s clearly very hard; the stones do cut into it but just barely. Must be tough as hell. I’m a little worried about it being brittle, but I gotta get over that.
Have any of you gents heard anything about the 3-inch limit or pocket knives and concealed carry laws?
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