modifiedbrowning said:
hso, I thought Spyderco made some of their knives in Golden,Co.
That is absolutely correct. Yojimbo, Chinook, Military, Native, Paramilitary, and others are all made in Golden, CO. Basically, if the steel is foreign, then the knife is usually made in that country (ie. VG-10 is Japanese, and the knives using it are assembled in Japan. S30V is made by Crucible, so the S30V knives are made in Golden).
Gorgoroth,
The CRKT knives I’ve had with AUS-6 have had terrible edge retention, and aren’t worth much IMHO because of it. If your M-16 has Zytel scales, then that is probably why you have that problem with it. Their AUS-8 isn’t bad at all. I wouldn’t buy a knife with AUS-4. VG-10 is better than all three.
BTW: those CS knives you were talking about were most likely made by Camillus, as were anything with “Carbon V”. Camillus went under in February, so if any of you like the Carbon V, or any of those CS knives, you’d better get them before they dry up.
Best way to reprofile an edge of a difficult knife is to get the coarsest hone you can find. Diamonds work well, but can wear out after a while. A good way to go is take a flat board and glue coarse sandpaper to it. There are many other ways to get the angle down on the edge.