Delight with sub $100 models

[dbcad]

In many cases it's sub $60 dollar models :eek:

The blade materials are fantastic, workmanship superb, and functionally beautiful :D The more I use these the more thankful I am to Spyderco for making top notch folders like this affordable :)

What are your favorite sub $100 models?

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[GoldenSpydie]

Top to bottom:

Salt 1 ($70) and really great
C05 Economy (about $40 used) a forgotten beauty
Mule Team 18 ($90) a great bushcraft blade
UKPK Drop Point ($40) a very ergonomic slip-joint version of the Delica

Others not pictured:

Delica 4
PM2 (can be had for just about $100)
C35 "Q"

and of course my $30 Poliwog and the $70 Blue Lum. :p

[gbelleh]

I love the Delica and Dragonfly. The Cat also sees quite a bit of use these days.

[bh49]

The only real with every day street price sub $100 knives, which I carry and use are native and Jester. I like a lot M2 LW, but I gave it away to a friend.
I am not sure if you will count, but I paid $75 for my C83 bolstered black micarta Persian, $70 for my lightly used Native5, $68 for my lightly used Caly3.5 (back-up knife). :)

[Ray Allen]

My Resilience was $42 shipped and is easily one of my favorites. Surprised more people don't have them. I guess a lot of people go with the Tenacious due to size, but the Resilience fits me like a glove. Great bang for the buck.

[ChrisinHove]

I picked up a 2nd hand Chicago recently and it has proven to be exceptionally useful. I can get it razor sharp, easy one hand open and closing with the liner - lock (which I far prefer to a back-lock), it was cheap enough to not be precious, and I don't have to worry about scaring the sheeple (and get arrested!) when I need to use it.

[twinboysdad]

my new Pingo is great, Ladybug Hawkbill SE H1 is my go everywhere, and my SS D'fly was a gift but a great tank of a gent folder...

But the Superblue Endura is the best in class for <$100. You get a tough user in a boutique steel that allows a direct comparison to the VG10 E4.

[xceptnl]

Almost all of my FRN models were sub $100 and they are among my favorites. The G-10 dragonfly and my Caly 3 CF were both under that magic number and saw loads of pocket time. The G-10 dragonfly still being one of my all time favs. I have not paid more than $100 for any of my secondhand Kiwis, but I don't think that was your question.

[bearfacedkiller]

I love my delica. I also carry a cricket sometimes.

[dbcad]

Just decimated an empty beer box with the Pingo, about 30 pieces :D Still shaving sharp :D

Forever curious why more folks don't seem to be able to grasp the real value in Spyderco knives :confused: After handling many others I always lean towards the knife with a hole

[Jax]

I only have 2 sub $100 spydies.
A dragonfly 2,and a ukpk.
I love them both..

[Tdog]

For under $100 hard to beat the Delica, se Pacific Salt , or Dragonfly.

[Ned]

Love my sub-100.00 Spydies!

Current favorites:
Manbug- ZDP-189 steel, gets carried every day on my keys.
Salt 1- so light, so sharp, so corrosion resistant, cool titanium clip; really like this knife!
Urban- Wharncliffe, Orange-G10, light weight, slipit.
Squeak-Small yet powerful cutter, slipit, deep carry wire clip.

[tlo14290]

I carry a PM2 or Domino every day, neither one of which is anywhere close to $100 in my world, but it's funny, when I have to cut something , 9 times out of 10 my little black Delica 4 comes out of my back pocket...

Kinda hard to beat that little guy, for me.

[BadFish]

Native xhp for less than 100 is almost always on me at work now


My other two favorites the od goddard and centofante are both -100 and a steal at that price. I just realized a lot of the knives I use are pinned also. Long live the pinned knives!!!

[tvenuto]

Delica 4, in VG-10 and Superblue.

[Blerv]

Stretch for me :) . The Lil Matriarch is super cool too.

[Zatx]

One of my favorite spydie's and the one that sees the most pocket time is my Tenacious. All of the advantages of a Para2, but none of the costs.

I own lots of Spydercos, including some very expensive ones, and that cost is the downside. When I go to reach for a knife that is going to be used for some serious cutting I don't want to mess up my really nice knives. In that instance out comes my Tenacious and I commence to cutting without a worry or care in the world. I can get the 8Cr13MoV steel hair splitting sharp and keep it that way with just a few passes on the ultra-fine sharpmaker stones. That edge also polishes up nicely and keeps it's mirrored edge.

[gull wing]

Yes, this thread makes me want to dig out my old Cento. :)

[The Deacon]

Of the ones that can be purchased new today for under a hundred, it would be the FRN/VG-10 Stretch.