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Just to add to what @WilliamMunny has said here already. That Knife Center Shaman issue video is only 4 months old now.

Has anyone here taken their Rex 121 PM2 apart yet, and have seen that blade's date code?

Thank you @riclaw, I copy the September 2008 box date code on your C11SGRE.

Thank you for your replies everyone!

Yes, riclaw I would love to hear what that date code is on the box.

I have a sneaking suspicion that we are going to see more ZDP-189 from Spyderco, in the near-ish future. So I am going to #ZDP189 this post right now, for future reference. Maybe sal will have ...

Hello all,

I'm scratching my head a bit today, trying to remember when the last time Spyderco made a knife with Hitachi ZDP-189 steel in it?

Was it the Spyderco Caly 3.5 Folding Knife ZDP-189 / 420J2 Plain Blade, Carbon Fiber Handles, Lockback - C144CFPE, or? :thinking

What other knives did ...

Thank you @yablanowitz
Maybe my post will get noticed by @TazKristi and she'll have it added to the website.

Thank you very much for all of the 2025 updates, @Buddafucco !

Are you also going to be doing it this year, or?

This is quite interesting Sal, and to my mind, out of left field, for sure. :bug-red-white

So we are talking about a 10.25" - 10.75"+ oal MuleMax knife then, correct? :smlling-eyes

My first thoughts.

That size is out of the EDC realm for most.
That length would likely want to be a bit thicker ...

Shaman CPM-REX76 Black DLC Blade Denim Canvas Micarta C229MBLRX76BKP St. Nick's Knives (USA) - Run of 600 - is/was available at exclusive dealer.
https://www.stnicksknives.com/collections/spyderco-knives/products/shaman-blue-jean-canvas-micarta-cpm-rex-76-black-blade-plainedge


https://www ...

I had a friend contact me today. We had a conversation about several things, and then up came the subject of Spyderco knives, and Mules. He then asked me if I knew when the MT33 (Rex 76) came out. I did not, right off of the top of my head, so I went to Spyderco's own Mule Team project page to look ...

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 ...