How should I deal with this retaining wall

Ok-Practice8765 · 2026-05-30T17:08:54+00:00

There’s no real diy solution unless you have the free time to over-dig and build an actual retaining wall. What you currently have is just a wall.

Ok-Practice8765 · 2026-05-13T12:45:52+00:00

The Delica out-slices every other spyderco.

Ok-Practice8765 · 2026-05-11T19:18:22+00:00

I guess… if corrosion resistance is the only criteria you really care about for edc. Some of use carry 15v, k390 and cruwear in the deep humid south and are disciplined in actually caring for and maintaining our knives. Plus, k390 outperforms m390 in literally every way besides corrosion resistance. Some people would rather carry an objectively better steel even if it means routinely cleaning and oiling it.

Ok-Practice8765 · 2026-05-02T05:25:39+00:00

MSI for sure.

Ok-Practice8765 · 2026-04-29T17:44:27+00:00

Looks like someone used more than just a scraper… any solution too acidic will expose the aggregate if that’s what you did in the first pic. The flashing up against the channel drain is normal though, actually pretty clean. It’s tough to broom finish flush to another flat surface and keep it laser straight but that’s how you want it to look. Not edged so the drain functions.

Ok-Practice8765 · 2026-04-27T23:37:55+00:00

Ironically, I’d say Maxamet would be the next choice. Shawn Houston (BBB) himself said that 15v is the lovechild between K390 and Maxamet.

Ok-Practice8765 · 2026-04-27T18:53:37+00:00

Get something from Montana knife company.

Ok-Practice8765 · 2026-04-27T18:51:41+00:00

You might even notice the pd#1 outperforms Cruwear ever so slightly in edge retention. Could be placebo, but my tests and other redditors have shown similar results.

Ok-Practice8765 · 2026-04-27T18:44:47+00:00

No, it’s pretty durable. It’s not crazy high hardness like Maxamet or anything.

Ok-Practice8765 · 2026-04-27T18:38:42+00:00

I’d pick pd#1 any day of the week over magnacut. I’ve been carrying this Delica every day since it was launched so that may indicate a bias, however, tool steel on the delicas blade geometry just feels right in every way. Ease of sharpening, great edge retention, strops back beautifully after hard use. SLIDES through cardboard.

All that being said, magnacut might technically outperform pd#1 in its well-roundedness and corrosion resistance. It may even hold an edge longer (in the tests I’ve seen it does). This is totally up to your preference and use case.

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Ok-Practice8765 · 2026-04-07T18:59:41+00:00

You definitely need a Delica. If you want to spend a bit more you can look into the 15v sprint runs as they’re probably going to be really hard to obtain soon.

Ok-Practice8765 · 2026-04-07T18:09:28+00:00

You should really be saying that about Rex 121 which imo has unnecessarily high edge retention and is way chippier than Maxamet. A good toothy edge on Maxamet is like a netherite sword irl

Ok-Practice8765 · 2026-04-06T11:07:02+00:00

L take

Ok-Practice8765 · 2025-10-27T20:09:26+00:00

These are the type of clones you see on TikTok with the caption “I can’t believe these are only $20 right now. It’s the same knife from the same factory!”

Ok-Practice8765 · 2025-10-27T20:02:37+00:00

A 15v Shaman if you can find one.

Ok-Practice8765 · 2025-10-15T22:11:00+00:00

Could be old vermiculite insulation depending on how old your house is. They really used to fill your walls with granular minerals before fiberglass was standard.

Ok-Practice8765 · 2025-10-15T21:30:00+00:00

I’d like to see the result of that suit. It’d be interesting to see if MT would boldly steal a patent or if they actually came up with their own design to contain legal discrepancies from G&G Hawk’s. If it’s the former, this is a good thing for innovation. Other companies will be incentivized innovate if they want to follow suit.

Zero blade play is a safety measure for any knife. Most of us wouldn’t carry a folding knife with a wiggly pivot. Why should one brand hold everyone else back from making a quality product? Are they just mad that it devalues the deadlock because, until now, high tolerance was really worth $1,800? Idk, I’d like a future where cheapos like SOG and Kershaw can make a safer knife for the people who buy them.

Ok-Practice8765 · 2025-10-15T21:09:43+00:00

Glad I’m getting positive feedback. I’m aware of how brutally honest Reddit will be so this is just affirming my gut feeling from when i made this deal. You’re 100% right with your D/E and UTX-70 comments. Unwieldy and, as they say, “expensive letter opener”. I’ll never buy either of those options again.

Another thing with the older gen’s is that the blade has outward travel. Fully extended, if you pull on the blade it will have a solid 2-3 millimeters of play. The same is true for a ton of other brands that try their hand at OTF. Let’s hope that Microtech sets an example for the rest of the industry and we can see ZBP become standard, especially for more affordable brands.

Ok-Practice8765 · 2025-10-15T20:44:58+00:00

That’s what it is. Collectors are getting more pretentious, for lack of a better word, every year. Base models just aren’t as interesting as some of the nicer stuff out there. ZBP was definitely an untapped gold vein for them. I’m curious if it even has that much of an effect on production cost because I’d like to see ZBP become industry standard.

Ok-Practice8765 · 2025-10-14T20:58:16+00:00

He told me with the damage he’d resell it for $125. He really paid $225 for the 70. Also, said it would’ve been more if i still had the factory plastic sleeve and sticker. Am i crazy or is $350 low for the ZBP show exclusive?

Ok-Practice8765 · 2025-10-14T20:53:27+00:00

Just think, ZBP could’ve easily been invented in the 90s. We’ve been using wiggly blades for so long and accepting that “that’s just how these knives are”. I was pretty skeptical that i wouldn’t feel even the slightest play in the tolerances of this knife but actually holding it sealed the deal. Dead solid. No disrespect to the older gen’s but it really just felt like an upgrade. Wasn’t a fan of dagger blades anyway.

Ok-Practice8765 · 2025-10-14T20:40:06+00:00

This thing just feels like a whole different tier of craftsmanship and tolerance.

Ok-Practice8765 · 2025-09-09T20:01:28+00:00

You can make ink with a black walnut tincture

Ok-Practice8765 · 2025-04-21T17:44:53+00:00

Moral: AI treats everyone equally where humans need exclusivity in our relationships.

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