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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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.
We could isolate Russia totally from the world and maybe they could apply for membership after 2000 years.
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.
Last edited by newyork; 05-10-2020 at 03:29 PM.
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.
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It's not a huge difference but noticable for me.
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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.
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.