Timestamps:
- Intro: 00:00
- Delica/Endela/Endura Family: 00:16
- Chaparral: 02:55
- Astute: 03:41
- UK Penknife: 04:56
- Para 3: 05:42
- Tenacious: 06:40
- Manix 2: 07:34
- Slysz Swayback: 08:35
- Atlantic Salt: 10:03
- YoJumbo: 11:00
I personally like the PM2, I have 3. Why does it get so much hate? Because sprints usually are only PM2s?
Agree 100%! More space for other great Spyderco knives!
let them. it keeps the manix a good value. :)nerdlock wrote: ↑Sun Nov 28, 2021 3:04 pm
I never said that I hated it...on the top of my head, not going to my knife boxes to count, I've had as many as 20 PM2s at some point, sold several, have about 5 BNIBs in storage waiting to be sold again in the near future, and trying to keep my collection to 5-6 PM2 variants. I don't think I would have bought much of it in the past if I hated it.
I think you mean dealer exclusives; yes, it does get annoying when dealers crank out several variations of the same PM2 in different blade finish and scale options. There are a lot of good Spydercos besides the PM2 and its a shame that because of Facebook collector groups, a lot of people are thinking that the PM2 is the be-all, end-all Spyderco and that it turn drives dealers to order PM2s while largely ignoring the other knives Spyderco has to offer.
Gotcha. Thank you for explaining it to me, wasn’t trying to sound rude or anything; just see other people making comments about the PM2, but what you said makes a ton of sense.nerdlock wrote: ↑Sun Nov 28, 2021 3:04 pm
I never said that I hated it...on the top of my head, not going to my knife boxes to count, I've had as many as 20 PM2s at some point, sold several, have about 5 BNIBs in storage waiting to be sold again in the near future, and trying to keep my collection to 5-6 PM2 variants. I don't think I would have bought much of it in the past if I hated it.
I think you mean dealer exclusives; yes, it does get annoying when dealers crank out several variations of the same PM2 in different blade finish and scale options. There are a lot of good Spydercos besides the PM2 and its a shame that because of Facebook collector groups, a lot of people are thinking that the PM2 is the be-all, end-all Spyderco and that it turn drives dealers to order PM2s while largely ignoring the other knives Spyderco has to offer.
Wartstein wrote: ↑Sun Nov 28, 2021 1:06 am- I always forget about the Atlantic. And when I get reminded always think of getting one and doing a wharnie mod (not MY idea at all, but I even started a thread about this: viewtopic.php?t=88063).
It looks to have really similar ergos to a PM2, perhaps just "better" due to the FRN chamfering and the backlock (closed back, no comp.lock cutout) - and it offers more blade, still shorter closed size, is much lighter and has thinner stock than a PM2 (and has the rustproof and very tough LC200 N steel)
- And it drives me a bit crazy when even knife dealers ("experts"??) state that one should take a thick 3.7 mm blade in a small folder if (quote) "a little bit heavier use" is in mind. Really?? I think I do use my Spydies pretty hard, and the 3.00 mm of an Endura or the 3.2 mm of a Manix are way thick enough on even that longer folders. Actually I can´t see how my 2.5 mm Salt ffg or even my 2.00 mm Chap would not take any harder use I put them trough.
This is not generally against thicker stock. Just against the reasoning that small folders would not be suitable for "a bit harder use" if they sport 3.00 "thin" blades. And "drives me a bit crazy" is actually really exaggerated of course - to each their own!
It is just that to a large part the market dictates what kind of folders are made.
Now someone not into knives and watching that vid might think: "Well, perhaps I´d better go for 3.7 mm stock than 3.00 in case I´ll do something harder than opening a package some day". And in consequence more thick bladed folders are sold and made. Though I think it is almost impossible to invent an even just remotely small folder -ish task, where a 3.00 Sage blade could not take what a 3.7 mm Para 3 blade can (or the tips or pivots break before the whole blade ever can).