Originally Posted by
Duelist
I don’t know about superior - that looks like a very good knife. I find the Benchmade minis too short in the grip for an EDC *for me*, but the one I bought last year suits my daughter (small hands) perfectly and she loves it.
Comparable? Yes, there are comparable knives in the Spyderco catalog: Chaparral, Sage, and Native can all hit your list, with comparable, or higher end steel. S30V is a very good, capable stainless tool steel, though. You don’t really need anything “better”’ for an EDC, and both companies seem to make good knives in it.
I usually carry a Sage 1 or 2 in S30V - those are liner and frame locks, though. The Sage 5 is a compression lock, and you might find a different generation with a non-liner/frame lock.
Chaparral uses a compression lock, and most Natives use the back lock.
Most of those are fairly thin in the pocket, but the knives in the Spyderco catalog are not going to be as narrow folded from blade spine to back of the grip due to the blade geometry necessitated by the SpyderHole. I prefer the hole to thumb studs/rings/whatever, though. Protrusions for opening can get hung up in things in use.
ETA: Oh, and the Para 3 - that’s about the same size, drop point, deep clip, compression lock.
The Manix mentioned above is a *great* knife, but quite a bit larger than the Bugout.