X different steels in X different models

[PSquared]

204P - Southard
440C - S
440V - Gunting
8Cr13MoV - Clipitool
ATS 34 - JD Smith
ATS 55 - Delica
AUS 8 - Jess Horn lightweight
GIN 1 - Renegade
H1 - Catcherman
HAP 40 - Ladybug
LC200N - Tusk
PD 1 - Mule
N690 - PITS
RWL 34 - Lil Nilakka
S30V - Janisong
S90V - Native 5
S110V - UKPK
Superblue - Endura
VG10 - too many to choose from ..... lets say the Memory
XHP - Chaparral
ZDP189 - Caly 3

21 steels (107 knives)- I have a BD1 UKPK and a S35VN Native but according to the criteria they don't count ... truth be told they shouldn't because I hardly use them since getting the steels with more Vs

We can be very grateful that Spyderco spoils us with all this choice - just for fun, I looked at the same criteria for the other brand that dominates my collection - 10 different steels (53 knives) - not too shabby either. Spoiled for choice!!!

[PSquared]

Calling Messrs Blond, Reject, Deacon ......... come in and blow our minds away

[zhyla]

Ha ha my collection goes pretty much GIN-1, G-2, VG-10, VG-10, VG-10, VG-10, .., S30V, the end.

[wrdwrght]

Calling Messrs Blond, Reject, Deacon ......... come in and blow our minds away

:D

BFK has done a pretty good job.

[archangel]

S30V Szabo Folder
S35VN PM2
S90V Tighe Stick
S110V UKPK
H1 Pacific Salt
VG10 Centofante 3
XHP Slysz Bowie
ZDP189 Stretch
204P Bradley Folder
10V K2
20CV Mule Team 34
Cru-Wear Manix 2
K390 Police 4
N690Co Urban
Elmax Pingo
HAP40 Meerkat
M4 Advocate

[ThePeacent]

14 Spydies,

2 in 8Cr13MoV,
1 in VG10
11 in H1

[The Meat man]

14 Spydies,

2 in 8Cr13MoV,
1 in VG10
11 in H1

Wow! What are all the H-1 models?

[wrdwrght]

S30V Szabo Folder
S35VN PM2
S90V Tighe Stick
S110V UKPK
H1 Pacific Salt
VG10 Centofante 3
XHP Slysz Bowie
ZDP189 Stretch
204P Bradley Folder
10V K2
20CV Mule Team 34
Cru-Wear Manix 2
K390 Police 4
N690Co Urban
Elmax Pingo
HAP40 Meerkat
M4 Advocate

Thanks for chiming in, Michael. Your signature line is this thread's inspiration.

[archangel]

My pleasure. I'm honored. :)

With 3CR, 8CR and BD1 I could easily be at 20, but I rather try to get there with steels from the other end of the quality scale. I still don't have Maxamet or LC200N, and hope for more M390 and 52100 choices...

[kodai78]

S35VN Paramilitary 2
S30 Sage 5
8Cr13Mov Clipitool Standard
CTS XHP Chaparral
SuperBlue Dragonfly 2
ZDP 189 Delica
CTS BD1 Manix 2
LC 200N Spydiechef
VG 10 Superleaf
Elma’s Mule
MBS 26 Cook’s knife
H1 Ladybug
S110V Paramilitary 2

[ThePeacent]

14 Spydies,

2 in 8Cr13MoV,
1 in VG10
11 in H1

Wow! What are all the H-1 models?

5 Pacifics
2 Spyderhawks
2 Tasmans
1 Salt I
1 DF Salt
and I didn't include three H1 fixed blades :p

Old pics, some have changed hands

[polyhexamethyl]

in my case that would be:

vg10 endura/delica
k390 urban
super blue caly 3.5
cpm s110v military
cpm s30v military/para
gin-1 police
lc200n spydie chef
cpm s90v ppt
154cm manix2
elmax lionspy
n690co PITS
maxamet native 5

and a couple of mules in different steels

... that’s only possible with spyderco!
THX for that!

[toxophilus]

• 154CM/S90V

• 52100

• AUS-8

• CPM 10V

• CPM M4

• CPM S30V

• CPM S35VN

• CPM S90V

• CPM S110V

• Cru-Wear

• CTS 204P

• CTS XHP

• GIN-1

• HAP40

• K390

• LC 200 N

• M390

• MBS 26

• Maxamet

• Super Blue

• VG-10

• ZDP-189

Hmmm, took a rough count of the different types of steels in my collection, interesting that out of all of them I have the most in VG-10.
Grateful that Spyderco is my 'dealer' of choice for steel fixes... :spyder:

[bearfacedkiller]

This is a cool thread! It makes me realize that trying out new steels is a driving force in my purchasing decisions. Every knife on my list has been used and sharpened so I can experience the steel.

I doubt there is another company that could give me the plethora of steels that Spyderco does.

[Sjucaveman]

This thread is just giving me more ideas for spydies to get more steel types in my collection. Just ordered a titanium pingo for some elmax.

[Jefft51]

S110v Manix 2 LW
Hap40 Manbug
H1 DF2 hawk, Spyderhawk
ZDP189 Delica
VG10 Lil Lum, Firefly
N690Co Pingo
M390 (red)PM2
8cr13 Spyderthrowers, clipittool rescue
Mbs26 Kitchen knives (5)
PMA11 Mule

So that's 10 unique steel/model combos and 19 total (there are 3 throwers)
I've been trying to cover different steels and models when I can,
Bought my first Spyderco last September (2017)

[PayneTrain]

Gin-1 Endura
H1 Pacific Salt
S35VN Position
M4 Gayle Bradley
CTS-XHP Foundry
VG-10 Delica
CTS-204P Southard
S30V Sage 3
CTS-20CP PM2
S90V Native 5
Cruwear Military
S110V Manix 2 LW
Super Blue Caly 3
ZDP-189 Stretch
HAP-40 Dragonfly
PSF27 Mule

I got 16! My collection is more than twice that, but VG-10 and S30V come up a lot. :)

[Reject]

Keep in mind; :D this list was done late at night after a few beers.

G-2 Worker
VG-10 Dyad JR
Aus-8 Salsa
Aus-6 Endura 11
ATS-34 J D Smith
ATS-55 G-10 LUM
G-2 93mm Rescue Orange gen1
ZDP-189 Dragonfly Nishijin
ZDP-189/420j2 Calypso JR Light weight
GIN-1 Jot Singh Khalsa
SB/420J1 Endura Super Blue
Hap40/sus410 Dragonfly
VG-10 Kopa Black Micarta
VG-10Damas Caly 3
LC 200 N Spydie Chef
LC 200n/300 Tusk
DPS VG10 Endura Fol Grn Damascus
SB/420J1 Stretch Super Blue
CPM S30V Des Horn
H-1 Pacific Salt
S110V Para-Military2
440C Pkal Trainer
CPM D2 Pygmy Warrior
CPM-S30V Dodo
BG-42 Military
CTS-XHP Chaparral
440A Native brk
AUS-10 Native Gen2 Stainless Steel
PSF27 Bradley Bowie
CPM S35VN Native 5
CPM S110V Para-Military2
8cr13MoV Kiwi
S110V Para-Military2
CTS BD1 Yojimbo 2 trainer
CTS-801 UK Pen FRN BLK
N690Co Volpe
154CM Manix2
3Cr13 Honeybee SS
ELMAX Pingo Ti
CPM 4M Mantra
RWL34 Lil’Nilakka
H690CO Forester
O-1 Bushcraft
CPM-440V Temperance Leaf
Cast 440C Serrata
CPM S90V Sprig
PSF-27 Junction
CPM 20CV Sustain
CPM 154 Darn Dao G-10
MBS-26 Mini Paring Knife
D2 Szabohawk

[The Meat man]

Keep in mind; :D this list was done late at night after a few beers.

G-2 Worker
VG-10 Dyad JR
Aus-8 Salsa
Aus-6 Endura 11
ATS-34 J D Smith
ATS-55 G-10 LUM
G-2 93mm Rescue Orange gen1
ZDP-189 Dragonfly Nishijin
ZDP-189/420j2 Calypso JR Light weight
GIN-1 Jot Singh Khalsa
SB/420J1 Endura Super Blue
Hap40/sus410 Dragonfly
VG-10 Kopa Black Micarta
VG-10Damas Caly 3
LC 200 N Spydie Chef
LC 200n/300 Tusk
DPS VG10 Endura Fol Grn Damascus
SB/420J1 Stretch Super Blue
CPM S30V Des Horn
H-1 Pacific Salt
S110V Para-Military2
440C Pkal Trainer
CPM D2 Pygmy Warrior
CPM-S30V Dodo
BG-42 Military
CTS-XHP Chaparral
440A Native brk
AUS-10 Native Gen2 Stainless Steel
PSF27 Bradley Bowie
CPM S35VN Native 5
CPM S110V Para-Military2
8cr13MoV Kiwi
S110V Para-Military2
CTS BD1 Yojimbo 2 trainer
CTS-801 UK Pen FRN BLK
N690Co Volpe
154CM Manix2
3Cr13 Honeybee SS
ELMAX Pingo Ti
CPM 4M Mantra
RWL34 Lil’Nilakka
H690CO Forester
O-1 Bushcraft
CPM-440V Temperance Leaf
Cast 440C Serrata
CPM S90V Sprig
PSF-27 Junction
CPM 20CV Sustain
CPM 154 Dao G-10
MBS-26 Mini Paring Knife
D2 Szabohawk

Good grief!

Do you really have 3 CPM S110V PM2's?

[wrdwrght]

The "challenge" here is not to list your all your steels, then all your models, impressive as such lists may be. Instead, it is to declare how many steels you have WITHOUT counting a given model more than once.

Means you may need to make some choices, which is sort of painful but revealing. By making your choices, we'll arrive at an index (one of many we might concoct) to show in a comparative way what kind of a steel junkie you really are.

Yes, you could collect just PM2s and wait for the next great steel (I've gotten a bunch this way), but what kind of a steel junkie are you? You're not "desperate" enough to try new models just to get a steel. Some here are, especially the ones whose entire Spydie collection is nearer their "steel junkie index".

Turns out I am, comparatively, a moderate steel junkie because my 16 steels in unrepeated models occur in a collection of 50ish Spydies. But I am afflicted, and satisfyingly so.