The Grail Quest

[tonydahose]

. A favorite is a Spyderhawk SE w/ endura handle , sorry Tony ! Others would be my CF lefty Police and Delica . Regards MG2

well when you see another one give me a heads up :)

[MG_Saldivar]

Just got my Sage today. I'm hardly the first one to say this but (ta da!) this may be THE perfect Spyderco for me (and I didn't think it got better than the Caly III).

The Sage has the deep choil and broad/wide handle of the Native, the hump of the Caly/UKPK, awesome textured CF scales, the Caly/UKPK/Urban wire clip, and a linerlock. I've long avoided linerlocks but given Spyderco's ability to make vault-like locks, I'm happy to have this Walker-inspired model.

[tomoto]

just got my caly3. its absolutely amazing!

[The Mastiff]

No grail for me. No matter how much I like my knife, there always is a new one I just have to have. Some are pretty close. I've carried an Endura since 92. It hasn't stopped me from accumulating several boxes of knives of varying brands and types despite the fact that realistically I could get along swimmingly with just one endura.

[Don Ellis]

Stretch.

In photographs, it never impressed me that much. But after reading some comments on this forum and remembering that Sal designed it for himself, I finally ordered one. Once it arrived, I ordered a second one almost immediately.

Had I ordered the Stretch first, I would not have bothered buying a Phoenix and two Lums... nice as they are. Stretch is the one... for now and quite possibly forever (keeping in mind that I'm no longer 20, so "forever" is a shorter time for me. :D ).

Don

[pantopop]

PE harpy,PE matriarch,PE civilian

[telemeister]

My grail is the Howard Veile designed Phoenix. Unfotunately, due to current economic circumstances, and a lousy Aussie dollar, I just can't get it , but i looks like a great knife.

I also regret not buying a Spyderco Catcherman.

[Bluntrauma]

For me it would have to be the Caly III and the mini Manix. The Caly III opens smoother than any knife I have ever held. It's lines are simply beautiful. I love this knife.
The mini Manix fits my hand like it was made for it. For such a big knife it feels perfect in my hand although my hands aren't that big. I have yet to find a knife that compares to these two knives.

[dangerouscold]

my white whale was the SS PE ATR, but the girlfriend picked me up one for christmas on ebay. Totally overengineered.

DC

[catamount]

The JD Smith sprint run ended my grail quest :)

[duff72]

green jester and matriarch -very elusive the other is a dodo :D that one might be close at hand

[MCM]

Remember, its only a grail, until you get it.

Then its on to the next one........ :p

[Domino]

I would definitely have to go with the Folding Lum Tanto. Second to that would probably be the Sage. The Caly3 is up there as well. When I think of it, I could probably make a list :/.

[amen74]

In no particular order. I just want these!

Large Persian
Lil Temp
Smallfly
Lum Chinese
Large Manix

There's more...I'll check back later...

[Ookami]

I had a lot of Holy Grails, and I do own most of 'em now.

Civilian
Worker
Shabaria
Gunting
Lil'Temp
P'kal
...

Two are still eluding me in terms of both money and availabilty:
Anniversary Delica
Worker Evolution Edition

ohter not-so-holy-grails are:
Perrin Bowie
Black Police
...
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I4 DOHC ENGINE

[duff72]

recent find- stumbled across this one in a dealer that discontinued spyderco - sterile no markings on the blade or clip :eek:

[duff72]

this was in my top 5 grails----and a valentines gift to boot :D :D :D

[Doc Pyres]

This might seem lame to a lot of you longer term collectors or people with easy access to Ebay, but my grail knife is a C83 large Persian. I have a mini Persian, which is an excellent knife, but my collection will never be complete without a C83.

[Jay_Ev]

Right now it is a blue Lum Chinese folder. This thing is hard to get!

[supermatch38sa]

Mine is the plain edge dodo, but in a pinch the black one would do nicely!!!
Anybody want to get rid of his dodo? :spyder: