Earth brown/dlc or Blue/dlc bento para 2?

[ncvarmint]

Hello all,
I am in the market for a new para 2. I have the black/dlc and the grey maxamet versions now and am debating on the bento blue/black or the earth brown/black s35vn version. I like em both but can only afford one at the moment

Thanks for all input

[Dazen]

Get the M390, awesome knife all around! I’m surprised that they are even still around.

[ncvarmint]

Thats what i am leaning more toward. Love the blue/black combo and since it is an exclusive it may not come back later on

[kennethsime]

Vote for M390 here. While I don't love the blue (just too bright for me) of the BBS exclusives, you can always pick up aftermarket scales for much cheaper than you can buy an upgraded blade. Or ****, throw them in some RIT dye.

[ZMW]

The blue is so bomb! Love my M390 dlc BBS

[bearrowland]

I love the look of the blue!!

[Ric]

Blue.
s35vn Is similar to s30v.
M390 is a steel you should have experienced.

[jdw]

Blue.
s35vn Is similar to s30v.
M390 is a steel you should have experienced.

I wonder what you and others see in M390 that I don't see? M390 seems a lot closer to S35VN than S90V to me and other than it being in the extreme stainless range I don't understand the claims of its superiority over S30V or S35VN, but I may very well be missing something.

[soc_monki]

Blue for me. That's why I had to buy one, otherwise I'd only have 1 pm2 because S30v is fine with me.

I also got my custom crooked river in blue and black, and just ordered a mini Crooked River in the same scheme... Lol

[Doeswhateveraspidercan]

M390

I own S35VN only because it will not sell for what I have in it.

I sold my M390 because it was not much better than S35VN and was able to break even selling it.

I would take a Maxamet model over both of these steels or wait for S45VN that is soon to come out.

[SpyderGrill]

i dont have a dog in the steel fight but i have a manix 2 earth brown M390 with black DLC and its beautiful to me

[Mickiratt]

I don't have a Spyderco in M390 yet. I wouldn't mind it at all if they made it more accessible and decided to use it in regular production runs, especially in their Flagship models.

I have an Earth Brown PM2 and a Para 3 in S35VN and I like those both just fine. Being new to Spyderco and knife collecting, I don't see much of a performance difference between S30V and S35VN but I really enjoy the brown G10 handles!

[Doeswhateveraspidercan]

Remember there are 2 steels nearly identical to M390 CTS-204P and CPM20CV