Delight with sub $100 models
Delight with sub $100 models
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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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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Charlie
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- GoldenSpydie
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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
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
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). :)
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). :)
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My top choices Natives5, Calys, C83 Persian
My top choices Natives5, Calys, C83 Persian
- ChrisinHove
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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.
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Military Kapara, Brouwer, UKPK (GIN1 CE, HH g10 & s110v), Delica IV SG, Caly 3 SE, Kiwi4, Lil Matriarch, Endura SG & SEW, Dragonfly Hap40, Manbug ZDP189 & SB, Ladybug 2, Vtoku & HB, Stretch HAP40, Squeak, Squeak Ti, Chicago440C, Ikuchi, Byrd Tern, Watu, Chaparral Stealth Ti, Manix XL & Rex45 G10, Shaman ZCarta, Wolfspyder, NC cf, N5 M4,
Military Kapara, Brouwer, UKPK (GIN1 CE, HH g10 & s110v), Delica IV SG, Caly 3 SE, Kiwi4, Lil Matriarch, Endura SG & SEW, Dragonfly Hap40, Manbug ZDP189 & SB, Ladybug 2, Vtoku & HB, Stretch HAP40, Squeak, Squeak Ti, Chicago440C, Ikuchi, Byrd Tern, Watu, Chaparral Stealth Ti, Manix XL & Rex45 G10, Shaman ZCarta, Wolfspyder, NC cf, N5 M4,
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- xceptnl
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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.
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- bearfacedkiller
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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
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
Charlie
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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.
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.
:spyder: C101PBL2, C54GPBN, C154PBK, MGREP, JGGYP, C75P3, C36TIP, C113GPGY, C127GPOR, C85GPBL, C11SBK, C10SBK, C11TR, C10TR, C28S (Wharncliffe mod), C11TIPD, C12GS, FB15P, C110GPBL, C85GP2, C141CFP, FB14P3Z, C123GPBL, C88PYL, KO4PBK, C105BMP
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places...Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God." Ephesians 6:12-13
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places...Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God." Ephesians 6:12-13
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!!!
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!!!
~~~~ USn Catcherman ~~~~ Tasman Se ~~~~ Centofante 3 ~~~~ UKPK blue SE ~~~~ Goddard OD Sprint Pe ~~~~ Ambitious Pe blue~~~~ Zdp Ladybug ~~~~ Manix 2 lwt Pe ~~~~ Delica orange Pe ~~~~ Swick 3 fb ~~~~ Native brown xhp ~~~~ Persian 2 ~~~~ Tenacious green ps ~~~~ Drangonfly Sb ~~~~
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.
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.
“Open, close, cut, clean, oil, cut, cut, cut... To a Spyderco, that is living. Letting it die in the box is to lose 75% of what we put into it." -----Sal Glesser
- The Deacon
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Of the ones that can be purchased new today for under a hundred, it would be the FRN/VG-10 Stretch.
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