Well, it worked so well I spent the last half hour on several of my other Spydies. I know it's not a secret and plenty of folks have done it, but can't get over how well it works on every single one! I've tried them all multiple times and haven't had one fail to open quick and solid yet. I even broke out the ole' stainless Delica II and moved the clip for tip-down carry so I could tie mod her also. Post by polkhigh » Sat Nov 13, am Jakemug wrote: It's in the photos forum, but I decided to do a zip tie wave on my new Tasman Salt after receiving it in the mail today.
Post by Jakemug » Sat Nov 13, am polkhigh wrote: I see you are over on this forum as well Glad you got the knife. Looks great with your collection. I have zip ties on my Stretch and Cat and they work great. Doc :D. Post by Jakemug » Sat Nov 13, pm Dr. Snubnose wrote: Ay Jake just wait till you get the waved Endura Post by Evil D » Sat Nov 13, pm I came real close to dremeling my last Delica but after comparing the two blades i realized that it's not quite that simple You can probably still make it work but i didn't wanna risk it.
Snubnose » Sat Nov 13, pm Evil D wrote: I came real close to dremeling my last Delica but after comparing the two blades i realized that it's not quite that simple Post by Cave Dave » Sat Nov 13, pm I tried it and didn't care for it because it would catch and partly open even if I didn't want it to. On the other hand, I put some zip ties on the subpar oval openers of a Buck Vantage and AG Russell to act as a thumbstud and that worked great. Post by Jakemug » Sun Nov 14, am Dr.
Post by gb » Wed Dec 29, pm Has anyone tried a metal alternative to a zip tie? I love the the quick deploy, but haven't found a more aesthetic version of a zip tie mod without the cutting yet. Post by delicafreak » Wed Dec 29, pm I too have suffered from a little zip tie madness! If you can not stun them with brilliance , then baffle them with BS. Post by Blerv » Thu Dec 30, pm There are few knives that don't work well with the zip-tie.
Heavier blades also aid the process. Pressure draw in stress defensive scenarios, no one could get it to work reliably, so we abandoned it on those knives. Post by Domanfp » Fri Dec 31, am A waved ladybug? How did that work out for ya? They're the low priced crack samples that'll get you hooked on spyderco! Feed the need! Post by SolidState » Fri Dec 31, am I did a mod on my delica a ways back and posted it on here.
The Spyderco Endura has been around for a very long time now and currently in its 4 th generation. The current standard models are either in VG and the superior ZDP stainless steel that is the focus of this review. ZDP is a Japanese made steel by Hitachi that has an insanely high carbon percentage at 3. All this makes for high wear resistance and impressive cutting performance.
Normally ZDP is run at extremely high Rockwell hardness in the 64 to 68 range. So, it must be impossible to sharpen right? Not quite. It is notable that with the high hardness and the thin blade geometry of the Endura at. Although it does take a light touch on the stones for best results, not really all that bad however, but it can take some getting used to. Touch ups can be done on the Spyderco Sharpmaker or your standard silicon carbide bench stones.
ZDP also responds well to stropping with various compounds, diamond stones and various ceramics. Spyderco rounded the edges nicely while providing generous jimping and two way texture on the main body of the handle. That provides a good non-slip grip while not being too aggressive. The handle is narrow and not too fat so it rides nice and small in the pocket.
It tends to be a little less grippy than G if not properly textured. With 4 way carry, right or left hand, tip up or tip down you have every possible choice of carry positions. Lockup was solid throughout the testing. The Endura uses a back lock , also called lock back or mid lock. Jimping on the blade was well done and clean. The handle also has jimping on the top to help with grip which seemed to work fine.
Overall the Endura was well within quality standards for knives in its price range. Before starting I reprofiled the Endura to 15 degrees per side using a Moldmaster grit Silicon Carbide stone and finished with a grit 40 Micron Moldmaster Silicon Carbide stone.
The edge has to be both sharp and aggressive to cut rope cleanly. My process is to use draw cuts, I put wood on my scale and cut the rope on the wood and keep track of down force. I check the starting down force and then check every 20 cuts until 20 lbs is reached and the process is over. It cut very aggressively with the grit edge I put on it for testing. It remained sharp enough to slice phone book paper until the end and still had some bite. I re-sharpened the edge after the rope cutting stage to finish the rest of the testing, from this point on the edge was not touched up or sharpened in any way.
Next up was cardboard. It can be very abrasive and kill the edge very quickly on less wear resistant steels. Cardboard can also be somewhat unpredictable, having clay or other random junk in it. My process is to cut linear ft of cardboard and check for both sharpness and edge damage. The Endura cut 3, linear ft of cardboard before it started having issues cutting the phone book paper.
It would still cut it, but would start to hang up sometimes so I decided to stop at this point. I noticed some minor edge wear which was the cause of it hanging up on the phone book paper. The edge still had good bite and was more than sharp enough to easily slice printer paper and news print. Here I use wood to test the edge stability because I cut deep and shallow along with snapping the edge out sideways on a 45 degree angle.
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