>>1805994That picture makes it look a lot more pronounced than it actually is, my calipers only measure them .05” proud of the scale. Most G-10 Golden Spydercos like the PM2, Military, Manix, ect... are like this. Idk why they chose to do this, but I’m guessing it’s to help keep the heads from getting built up with dirt. But that’s just a guess, as mentioned that particular photo just makes it seem more pronounced than it is. Oddly my Titanium military has its screws countersunk in, along with all the Taiwan ones with domed screws.
>>1806043>Spydercos made of ChinesiumWho the fuck told you that? They use the same steels as most other premium brands. Their Chines budget line tends to be Sanvick steel, 8Cr13MoV.
The Japanese line have a few different steels, VG-10 is their most common, but they have used a high performance stainless called ZPD-189 for some knives, and recently added in a super high performance tool steel called K390 (not to be confused with M390). The Taichung Taiwan line uses a lot of s30v (the first purpose built modern cutlery Steel and it’s still a good premium steel today 20 years later), but also s35vn, CTS-XHP (one of my favorites) and some more exotic stuff from time to time like 3V.
Their US line by far is the most diverse steel wise. Their default is S30V and they have probably One of the best production HT of it on the market, they have updated their HT a few times in the past 2 decades. Their budget US steel is BD1N which I have no personal experience with but get reviewed well. But the Spyderco Golden knives have always been about exploring some of the most advanced steels available, they have standard production s110v and s90v knives. They have been recently pushing out some Sprint runs and Exclusives with crazy steels that previously have only been seen on custom knives, like k390, Rex 45, Maxamet, 10v, ect... and they have not been joking around with HT either, I have a Maxamet PM2 and it’s 67.5 HRC.
