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Fastidiotus wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 20, 2025 10:03 pm

My mated and often unpleased female has voted Tiffany/robins egg blue or a light lavender color.

I like the Tiffany blue idea, and I'd pair it with navy or gunmetal blue.

I keep seeing comparisons to Chris Reeve's knives; What do they charge for their REX-121 models?

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Nice. Point taken. :grin-smiling-eyes And I get it. I've bought many, mostly higher-end, Spydercos over the years, and will continue to do so. My tastes and needs just lie elsewhere from ...

The biggest hindrance for me playing in that price range is simply that I use my knives and I don't like the idea of having that much $$$ tied up in my pocket to risk loss or damage with...it is the mental game. It is simply too much for me to consider carrying a $300+ knife because what happens ...

To put it more bluntly, if I'm going to pay small Sebenza money ($425.00) for a Sage 6 Rex 121 ($427.50), then I have to expect small Sebenza fit and finish. IMO Spyderco already wins in ergonomics and blade steel, but if this is the direction that prices are heading then expectations are going ...

I have no interest in either a Shaman or a coated blade, but I love to see denim micarta scales being used. I hope that continues.

I like this idea as long as it's done right, meaning with decent scales, and not that horrid FRN.

Nothing, at the moment. It takes something with serious "wow factor," like the Paysan, to catch my interest now.

That's a shame. I loved many of his designs.

StuntZombie wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 13, 2025 5:48 am

Most complaints I see about FRN are about how it feels cheap. I guess because it's plastic and light.

Yes, that's my issue. I'm not a hard user, and my knives are mostly pocket jewelry, so I'm focused on the aesthetics over the functionality.

I want another G-10 type Manbug. I don't particularly care what steel is chosen, as long as the scales are G-10, micarta, or carbon fiber. I just despise FRN.

I’ve definitely sold some over the years that I regret (I’m looking at you numbered Lum titanium tanto and titanium ATR), but I just remind myself that I had a reason. Not necessarily a good one, but a reason. It’s usually been because I get bored and shift back and forth among a handful of hobbies ...

I simply don't care about sharpening. I work in an office and my knives are more pocket jewelry than tools. I enjoy them more for what they are than what they do. I might actually cut something with my pocket knife once a month. Might. So, my original factory edges last for years. Also, I'm one of ...

I kind of regret not buying one, but that's probably just because they're no longer available. I'd never carry the thing. I learned that lesson many years ago with the REKAT Sifu. Bought a couple and they just sat in the drawer and were ultimately sold. I'm happier with knives half that size now.

If you're limiting this to Spydercos, it's the Techno 2, but it's actually the small 21 insingo micarta Sebenza that's usually in my pocket.

I'd like to see something with leather inlays, similar to what CRK did with the Sebenza many years ago.

I actually prefer small knives. I absolutely love my Techno 2, and am surprisingly fond of my Emerson Dragonfly, despite the FRN scales (I generally hate FRN). I also greatly regret selling my G10 Manbug. I’d love to see that, and the micarta Jester, be rereleased one day.

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How do you like the CBBL then? (Assumed you have tried one (yet), which practically means some Manix variant)
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I like it. It’s my preferred Spyderco lock.

I like Spyderco more as a company, and have owned more Spydies than Benchmades, but I strongly prefer the Axis lock. The compression lock just doesn’t work for me, ergonomically.

It’s the Kris or Ocelot for me.

Very nice! I always liked the G10 on the old school Police and Rookie models. Wish I'd never sold my Rookie.