kriezek wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 1:24 amWhen purchasing, I base my sizing upon both blade length as well as handle length. Everyone is different, but this works for me. But simplicity sake, I usually look at things about like this:
Xtra Small - Less than 2.5" (Lil Native, Lady Bug, Cricket, Manbug, etc.) - good for car console
Small - 2.5" - 3.0" (Native 5, Delica, Para 3, Sage 5, etc.) - good for LW shorts, backup EDC knife, or house carry knife
Medium - 3.01" - 3.5 (PM2, Stretch, Manix 2, Centofante 3, etc.) - good for EDC knife
Large - 3.51" - 3.99" (Amalgam, Stretch 2 XL, Manix 2 XL, Endura 4, etc.) - sometimes good for EDC knife (may be too big)
XL - 4.0" - 4.5" (Police 4, Native Chief, Military 2, Resilience, etc.) - good for outdoors
XXL - Greater than 4.5" (Nothing regularly available from Spyderco)
Not how it is for me personally, but I feel like this is about how the Spyderco product guide can be read (to be clear: Still just a subjective opinion!):
Knives like Manix, PM2, Endela: "Full size right in the middle" - and starting from there getting large(r) (Endura, Chief...) or small(er) (Delica, Native 5, Para 3)
(In my own personal use as said Endura-size is "regular", everything below it in size starts to be "small" for me).