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What's this about all Manix2's going FFG? Even the CE/SE versions?

I would imagine a LEO would be most likely to use a knife in a rescue situation (cutting people out of cars, cutting off clothes for CPR, ...) than as any kind of weapon. I've never heard of an officer drawing a knife in my entire life. There's a lot of things they're trained and authorized to use h...

I'm wondering why Spyderco chose to go with a reverse S for their self defense knives then. I think this is a misconception. There are many types of self-defense knives. The Matriarch/Civilian and Yojimbo are the only models Spyderco advertise as strictly for defensive use, but I don't think that's...

I won't dispute the sturdiness of the Manix 2 but to me "hard use" means "fixed blade with beefy carbon steel blade". Especially for the situations you're describing, I think you want to carry knives that lack screws, springs, and doohickeys.

heimerdingers cutlery and that it was almost 2 hrs from us and and the other please SHOOTERS SUPPLY & LAW ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT and that on the opposite side of town and that's like 3hrs away and there's no kind of central location Heimerdingers and Shooters Supply are less than 3 miles away fr...

Wow, this combines two of my favorite things - spydercos and fancy wood. I have some gorgeous caribbean rosewood about the right thickness, couldn't think what to do with it. I should give it a try...

I suspect it's about as suitable as any 3.5" blade with a normal blade shape. It's as good as it gets for something you're likely to be carrying on you when something bad happens. I'd much, much rather have a machete with an extra 18" of reach but that won't fit in your pocket nearly as we...

I would guess it's just carbon steel residue from tooling.

One reason the blades are ground only on one side MAY be it's just easier or faster for manufacturing. I'm not 100% sure about that but I believe if putting a bevel on both sides of a serrated edge would perform better that's what Spyderco would do. I think it's actually extremely difficult to grin...

One thing I miss about my Rescue was being able to pry on things with the back side of the blade. From a utility knife point of view it's really nice to have the full thickness of the blade there. I think most of the ~.125" blades are plenty thick enough in this context, but many (like the Nati...

I'm not here to sell any knives but every man has his price, wink wink.

Ok so who are the two knuckleheads? :)

I've got a couple Natives, you won't be disappointed.

So the new S30V Manix2 is shipping now? Sweet.

Yeah non-stainless perks my ears up too. But I want a combo edge too, which never seems to be offered for sprint runs as far as I can tell.

Blerv wrote:By $170 do you mean $112 (Cutlery Shoppe) with free shipping and up?

Whoa! Amazon usually has decent prices on Spydies but for some reason not on the Native 5. It's still nearly double what a Native Lightweight costs, but definitely more palatable.

I've EDC'ed a Native -- 1st gen, then more recently a the FRN/S30V model -- for I dunno, 10 years? It's a great knife. I don't own a Native 5 because it's $170 , way more than what I want to pay for a knife. Another reason I don't own one is my others are still kicking just fine. I'm not saying I do...

I had the thought BD1 was just ok in the edge department, from what he says it's around and near VG10 and I love VG10. I don't have an opinion on this but let's just say his edge holding opinion wasn't exactly scientific. Well, maybe the last TEN MINUTES of his video goes into this in detail but I'...

If anyone can shed some light on the quality of the Resilence G10, that would be appreciated. I bought an Ambitious for somebody and handled it quite a bit. Same construction as the Resilience, just way smaller. I was very impressed with it. I don't think you'll regret it unless you just like the E...

I always want to read about a steel when I see a spydie with a steel I haven't heard of before. But unless it says something like "very hard to sharpen" it doesn't really matter to me. Steels and their usage is VERY complex if you're not into metallurgy. I haven't been disappointed even wi...