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I have 5 Spydercos that I am especially fond of and have not regretted buying. That is not to say I regretted any of the many others, but these are my favorites

Here they are in no particular order: Manix 2 BL, Delica, Urban LW K390, Dragonfly, Military.

I would (and have) buy duplicates of any of these.

What about you all. What top five do you have that you do not regret in the least?

Delica, Chappral, Pingo, CF Balance, Cat.. John :)

Delica. I have 7 :eek: :D

Slysz Bowie, Delica, Dragonfly, M4 PM2, and Ladybug.

Military, PM2, Delica, Stretch, Endura

Regards,
FK

Rookie G10
GB1
GB2
Chaparral
Sprig

Wegner Jr.
Orange Urban wharncliffe
Manix LW S110V
Superleaf
Dragonfly ZDP

1st generation Delica that got me into modern folders
Centofante 3 (and a pre needed replacement)
Caly 3 (ditto) although it took time to grow on me
Memory, initially I regretted it but love it after I gave I the Scotchbrite treatment to get rid of the blue
Enuff Salt that is on my diving harness

In no particular order, Millie's, Para's, Mantra, Caly's, Phil Wilson's, and Pacific Salt. I never learned to count. :p

Military 51200
Raven 2
Stretch Super Blue
Dragon Fly HAP40
LIL NIL Flash Batch

Yo2
Hap40 Delica
Hap40 manbug
RWL 34 mule
Ctsxhp m2 lw

I've only owned five and I like them all very much. I'd buy each again, for sure, although I don't yet have enough experience with my Manix 2 XL S30V to say that assertion is unequivocal. In alphabetical order:

Caly 3.5 - Lots of blade in the smallest possible package. Great EDC where discretion is necessary but so is a substantial piece of steel.

Dragonfly 2 - Easy to carry, big on utility. Everybody should own one.

Manix 2 XL - Big, burly camp knife. It'll handle anything you might want to handle with a folder.

Para 3 - I love this knife. Extremely capable with superior ergonomics, I don't think there is a better < 3" EDC out there for me. I just wish it came from the factory with either a different clip position or a short, deep- carry clip.
An extra $30 for an aftermarket clip makes it near perfection.

Para Military 2 - My favorite knife. A bit too big for an EDC in an urban environment but great everywhere else. The best ergonomics and great at every task I require of it. Blade shape and handle shape are perfect, IMHO.

The Military and a couple of Slysz designs are up next and also a Delica and Manix 2 LW. The above list might change with those acquisitions.

I 'only' have six different models, with no regrets about any of them. If all disappeared, I would only replace three of them, and try something different beyond that - 4 models on my list as of right now.

The three I would have to replace right away:

Military 204P
Paramilitary 2 M390
Native 5

My top 5, in no particular order: Kiwi, Stretch, Chaparral, K05 Small Utility, K08 Santoku.

Pattada
Nilakka
Military
Manix 2
Super Blue, all of them

The only Spydercos that have given me cause to wonder if they were a good purchase or not are a 440C Cat and a sabre grind BD1 UKPK. The rest are keepers without reservation.

Huh. I really love all of my knives and I don't regret any of them in the least. Most of these also have sentimental value, because most of them were for some sort of occasion (birthdays, Xmas, Father's Day, etc.) or a couple were random gifts from the wife. So I'll try, but this is hard.

Delica 4 HAP40: Surprise Xmas present from the wife; keyword is "surprise", which gives it a bit more sentimental value to me. Also, it's a Delica, in my favorite steel.

Dragonfly 2 HAP40: My first Spyderco was the ZDP DF2, and the design hooked me on Spyderco but good. But, I like HAP40 better. Either one could go here really.

Para Military 2 CPM CRU-Wear: It's a PM2, in what is rapidly becoming one of my favorite steels.

Techno: This was my first "nice" Spyderco. I fell in love with it the first time I held one, and lusted after it for a while before my wife bought it for me for Father's Day '15. It's still such a gem to carry, and now that I bought a KME I can really re-profile that edge down and have some fun with that.

Nirvana: This was a hard pick for #5. I managed to not pick any of the birthday knives (DF2 ZDP, Chap, Mantra, Sage 5) and I also could've picked the Sage 4 (which was a random surprise from the wife). But, it's the Nirvana, which makes it special on its own. I really enjoy carrying it, and it's just so nicely done. Also, this is the first one that wasn't a special occasion knife. That's special to me because it was the first one (and what a first one) that I acquired just on its own, for no other reason, and I was able to afford to do so financially. The wife and I are only in the last year to 18 months really getting truly stable financially (we just bought a house a couple of months ago, for example), and it means something to me that I was able to buy a Nirvana of all things just because I wanted it and I could. I bought a CRK Inkosi at Blade this year (thanks again to the wife!) in a similar fashion. You guys probably know of those "you've been pre-approved!" credit card offer letters, and when your credit isn't great like ours wasn't a few years ago, they come with terrible interest rates and no real perks like cash back or whatever. But as your credit improves, those letters improve, and I for one sortof enjoy getting them now for the satisfaction of knowing how far we've come. So too do I get a satisfaction from carrying the Nirvana unrelated to most other reasons for enjoying it.

Sorry for the wall of text. :p

• C01 Worker - Purchased it in 1981. It's what started it all for me.
• Caly 3.5
• Manix 2
• Massaad Ayoob Sprint

I list these because they were or are unique to Spyderco and I regard near perfect in design and function. I have many other Spydercos that I highly regard and EDC often, such as the GB2, PM2, Stretch, Pacific Salt to mention a few, but I sometimes wished they had slightly different features/materials/design which I've found on similar knives made by other brands. E.g. Like a flipper, different blade shape or grind, blade angle, etc..

Native 5 LW
Para 3
Manix 2 Backlock
Manix 2 BBL G10
Endura 4 FFG

Pacific Salt (big surprise huh?)
Cruwear Millie
Southfork
Hap40 Stretch
Paramilitary 2 (I have several but can't pick a favorite)