Smaller Manix 2 please

[savage170]

Love the Manix 2 I have 4 of them and 1 Manix 2 XL I love that lock sometimes I need something in the just under 3" blade size right now the sage 6 is filling that role but that ball lock is still my favorite locking mechanism

[Infinite Zero]

I’m all for a Manix 3/Micro Manix/Lil’ Manix/Minix, preferably in a variety of blade steels.

All I ask is that the model keeps the Caged Ball Bearing Lock. The Lil’ Native Wharncliffe being Compression lock only is a real bummer for my lefty self. I’m glad the lightweight went back to a backlock.

[Mage7]

If I remember right when I have seen this brought up before, the basic problem was that the dimensions needed to provide clearance for the CBBL lock on the blade make it difficult for the knife to be any narrower.

[Red Leader]

Here is a Manix 2 modified in more ways than one, but I did resize it to fit more of a medium size role. Some find the Manix 2 ‘a little big’ for pocket carry, and while it does nothing to decrease height, it does seem to get sort of shave off that ‘a little big’ feel the Manix had, while keeping the same ergos.

And the ergos are a big deal when it comes to the Manix design, because of how contoured the grip is to the hand. You can’t simply scale that down and have it work the same. So I took off what to me was excessive or unneeded length in the handle and blade, retapped for a pocket clip, and it has become one of my favorites. I think I lost more than 1/2” in total length. The blade ended up around 3.2” I think, and should be taken down just a hair more because it is too close to the end of the knife for most. It bit me twice on closing before muscle memory took care of that problem.

[Pacu0420]

I’m all for a Manix 3/Micro Manix/Lil’ Manix/Minix, preferably in a variety of blade steels.

All I ask is that the model keeps the Caged Ball Bearing Lock. The Lil’ Native Wharncliffe being Compression lock only is a real bummer for my lefty self. I’m glad the lightweight went back to a backlock.

Micro Manix has a nice ring to it. And it goes along with the Yojimbo/Microjimbo theme.

[gooeytek]

I grab my Sage 2 or 5 when I want a smaller version.

[Bolster]

I grab my Sage 2 or 5 when I want a smaller version.

Same here. For all intents and purposes, the Sage is a smaller Manix (except for the CBBL). The disco'd 3" Caly is also a very good 'smaller Manix.'

[NJCutter]

Didn't the patent for the lock end in 2023? Maybe the market wants more compression style button locks vs ball cage and axis style?

But I would prob buy a 2.8" blade micro manix

[Stas]

Pretty happy with my Sage 3…

[aicolainen]

I hear quite a few say the Sage is like a mini Manix, I see some similarities, but I don't quite see Manix ergo's. I still believe it's a good knife though, and feel a bad for not having gotten around to it yet. So I've long since concluded I should try one whether it fills the role of a mini Manix or not. The challenge nowadays is deciding which one to get.

I still wouldn't discourage development of a real mini Manix though, but I'd want it to be in the form of a backlock. I know many love the CBBL, but to me it's the least appealing part of the current Manix iteration. I think CBBL would be even less ideal in a smaller frame.