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I think they have snuck it out in one model, here a few months back. I can't remember which one now, but I was at a friends house who is a Spyderco Collector Club member, and we were opening up all of his boxes that he got in that month, and one blade (coated) was definitely not like the other DLC ...

I don't think we will lose sight of M4. Such a great steel! Even with the Crucible . . . . . bankruptcy, many, many other companies make it.

Bring it on, at 64.5 hrc+! :bug-red

Proprietary Equivalents
Akers - Supra1
Akers - Alpha4
Allegheny Ludlum - DBL4
Assab - ASPM4
Atlas Steel - Atlas M4 ...

Weird. When I opened mine, flashed a light in the handle and pulled back the cage, I was able to see a silver/metallic ball sticking out of the black cage. I was curious about this, and checked right when the knife showed up about a week ago. I've already gone and purchased a ceramic ball from ...

Thank you very much for finding and sharing the video, w3tnz :smlling-eyes

You're right of course, RustyIron, but at least this time no one can go buy another version! :open-grin
I'm guilty of selling off my nearly new Kapara, once the new CQI version came out. Yet everyone was happy in the end ...

Thank you w3tnz, I was sure I had seen all of the videos too though, but I must have missed it somehow. If you ever run across that video again, please let us know here. :cowboy

I'm sure you're right, weeping minora. Just a CQI change that has gone unnoticed until now, and unannounced.
Not much if ...

Did I miss a memo somewhere? :thinking

A Reddit user has just recently done a scale swap with his new LW Manix 2 15V, and found a black ceramic ball bearing inside.

I remember hearing about this becoming a possibility , before the Manix 2 Salt was going to be produced. I never heard that this ...

Do we think that opening up my now used FY and finding a black ceramic ball bearing inside, really tells us for sure that the AY's were also all this way?



I just finished looking at all my Manix's from the outside. All the older ones have a steel-colored ball. The 15V looks black.


Manix ...

I look forward to getting in on this Sal, and it's going to a great cause!
Thank you for doing this. It's a great idea.

Did I miss a memo somewhere? :thinking

A Reddit user has just recently done a scale swap with his new LW Manix 2 15V, and found a black ceramic ball bearing inside.

I remember hearing about this becoming a possibility , before the Manix 2 Salt was going to be produced. I never heard that this was ...

Manix 15v LW just arrived.

Date is 1.25 B
Box code is AY

QC is excellent. Very sharp from the factory.

Switched the clip, ECDIed it and Voilà:
https://i.postimg.cc/XqHpgTxf/IMG-7123.jpg

Thanks Spyderco and Shawn!


Thanks for giving us the Box and Blade Date Codes jwbnyc ! :bug-red ...

If the Spydiewiki is correct it says there was only one drop and ~425 made. Is that correct? No wonder I can’t find one! Been searching forever.


That sure could be possible. Back in early 2020, St. Nicks only offered up about 500 Manix 2's for sale. Spyderco normally asks for minimum order ...

I will provide this link for validation.

https://arcticknife.com/blog/goodbye-cpm-15v/

The just of it, 15V is going down with Crucible. No more 15V will ever be made. Another interesting tidbit, it's quite possible SPY27 will suffer the same fate.


There is one major problem with that ...

I will provide this link for validation.

https://arcticknife.com/blog/goodbye-cpm-15v/

The just of it, 15V is going down with Crucible. No more 15V will ever be made. Another interesting tidbit, it's quite possible SPY27 will suffer the same fate.


There is one major problem with that article ...

Manix 15v LW just arrived.

Date is 1.25 B
Box code is AY

QC is excellent. Very sharp from the factory.

Switched the clip, ECDIed it and Voilà:
https://i.postimg.cc/XqHpgTxf/IMG-7123.jpg

Thanks Spyderco and Shawn!


Thanks for giving us the Box and Blade Date Codes jwbnyc ! :bug-red-white ...

Thank you WilliamMunny, Red Leader, and RustyIron for those added data points! :bug-red-white

I noticed today, that Spyderco has not mentioned/written what the blade finish is on this 15V LW Manix 2.
https://spyderco.com/products/manix%C2%AE-2-lightweight-cpm%C2%AE-15v%C2%AE-sprint-run%C2%AE

So ...

Thank you WilliamMunny What is the Date Code on your Box? :thinking

Mine arrived a couple of days ago, and the Date Code on the box is 'AY' (January 2025)
My blade code is 1-25 B

I texted a couple of other friends of mine, asking what they received. :bug-red-white

1) Box 'FY' Blade 1-25 B
2 ...

Sal, when looking for 'high performance' steel to purchase and use in making Spyderco knives, and one that can run with the Maxamet, 15V, Rex 86, Z-Max, 10V, S125V class steels of the world. We have Vanadis 60/ASP60/PM60/HS-60 etc.. A steel that is made by 15 different steel companies from around ...

For the 15V Lightweight, I have only seen date codes of DY and FY. Has anyone here seen any other dates yet? :thinking


I have code AY.



Wow, thank you weeping minora

That's likely a first batch knife then. Nice! :bug-red-white

When you get a chance weeping minora - Peek in through the ...

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Spyderco Manix 2 Lightweight - Brown FRN - CPM 15V Blade - Sprint Run is now back in stock and we thought you'd like to know.

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I have one on the way! . . . I've been waiting a long time for this one. We saw a production sample, on video, how far back? . . . . good grief . . . .



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