Spyderco fanboy thread

[Exiledviking]

One more. Ulize; Street beat:

I wish I had kept the Ulize I had a few years ago. A cool knife.

[BluGrass]

My only Spyderco at the moment but carry it everyday for a good 2 years now

Manix 2 XL

And yes that is an ESEE 4!


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[5pins]

After trying the Para 3 for a week I think I'm going to go back to the PM 2. Carrying it reaffirmed my feeling that it was too small for me.

[Clusterfrack]

After trying the Para 3 for a week I think I'm going to go back to the PM 2. Carrying it reaffirmed my feeling that it was too small for me.

The PM3 seems like it has a large handle:blade ratio.

[newyork]

I find myself wanting a nasty super slicer Spyderco because I’m spoiled by their incredible edges. Then realize it’s not so great at construction sites. Fragile tips and thin edges. Hence me looking at a manix and shaman instead of a pm2, military or watu. That molecule slicing sharpness is addictive and hard to not pick.

My heart wants a Watu, PM2 or some other super slicer. My job wants a shaman or manix.

[blues]

I find myself wanting a nasty super slicer Spyderco because I’m spoiled by their incredible edges. Then realize it’s not so great at construction sites. Fragile tips and thin edges. Hence me looking at a manix and shaman instead of a pm2, military or watu. That molecule slicing sharpness is addictive and hard to not pick.

My heart wants a Watu, PM2 or some other super slicer. My job wants a shaman or manix.

NY, the Manix 2 is actually thinner stock than the PM2, though the leaf shaped blade may be slightly less vulnerable at the tip. I can't quantify that, however.

The Manix 2 has a heavier duty frame, though. What that adds, I'm not certain.

So, I think if robust build and perhaps more durability at the tip of the blade is more important, I'd go Shaman. Just my opinion.

[5pins]

The PM3 seems like it has a large handle:blade ratio.

It's not a huge difference but noticable for me.
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[Wyoming Shooter]

Genzo HatchetHawk
Yojimbo 2
Ronin 2
PM 2

Spyderco makes good stuff, at good prices. The Yojimbo gets the most use. All are very sharp. The HatchetHawk compels me to grow a beard and pillage something.

[Navin Johnson]

The PM3 seems like it has a large handle:blade ratio.

It sort of does but the handle is far more important than the blade length.... Even a two or so inch blade with a usable handle is far better than a 3-in blade with a small s***** handle.

Spyderco designs a lot of its blade lengths to fit into jurisdictional laws.

Janich carved a number of paramilitaries into two and a half inch blades for federal buildings and for Chicago laws..... Still have a large usable handle that gives you a lot of leverage

Many people complain that the delica needs a bigger blade because of the handle....... However then you would take a knife with a great usable handle and move it up a size that would make it illegal in many places.

I have a PM3 and even if blade lengths were only allowed to be 3 inches here ......hard pass...... It's now a car knife or garage knife.

if I lived in a 3-in jurisdiction I would likely take an endura and carve the blades down to 3 in..... Way better handle with gloves etc than a Delica.

[newyork]

NY, the Manix 2 is actually thinner stock than the PM2, though the leaf shaped blade may be slightly less vulnerable at the tip. I can't quantify that, however.

The Manix 2 has a heavier duty frame, though. What that adds, I'm not certain.

So, I think if robust build and perhaps more durability at the tip of the blade is more important, I'd go Shaman. Just my opinion.

What about the Manix 2 XL vs the Shaman? Tips, edge etc


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