Police 4,and both stretch 2 xl’s are up my alley 👍🏻

Definite yes on the Stretch XL in K390. But I was hoping for BBB's 15V. Somewhere.

@StoneHands25

25 күн бұрын

Me too! I did see an interview 4 or 5 months back with Eric saying be ready for reveal 15 and seeing a bunch of 15v. I wonder what happened with that

Thank you, excellent review.

@CTKKnives

23 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I do agree that Spyderco lw models really shine when they contour the scales more than their g10 models. I think the para 3 LW is a great example of this. It feels superior in the hand to the standard para 3. Really the main thing that piqued my interest was the PD#1 sprints. I’ve had a dragonfly and endura but both in vg10 but never the highly acclaimed delica. As my first sprint it seems like a great choice. I like the color way pd#1 seems like a good steel and they are using that new coating that they teased at shot show. Also a good value in my books. Everything else in this run I don’t really care about.

@CTKKnives

23 күн бұрын

PD#1 is a great option for the Seki City models! Always nice to have a little extra toughness in a thin folder. :)

I'm a little disappointed that the Sage 5 seems to be the design of choice this year. I loved the compression lock until I tried the Sage 1 Maxamet. Spyderco's liner lock is absolute perfection and very strong. Instead, we have 4 of the Sage 5 this year. I would have been very interested in the Tenacious, but how could they waste that titanium?

@CTKKnives

25 күн бұрын

With the discontinuation of the Sage 1 Maxamet, I wouldn't be surprised if it was the last of the linerlock Sage we see in a while. Which is too bad because I agree - the liner lock Taichung put on the Sage 1 Maxamet is one of the smoothest and most pleasant to use on any knife I've handled by any maker - and it suits the format well. But I think too many folks enjoy the fidget factor of a compression lock!

@StoneHands25

25 күн бұрын

I prefer the "fidget factor" of the liner lock more TBH

I am one of the biggest spydie fans in the world and I own 21 of them, they are my favorite brand. That being said, I think if you take away steel types/handle colors and materials, their "Reveal" would look almost the same the last 4 or 5 years. I love how much they've put into trying different steels and their heat treats are on point, but they need to seriously reevaluate their R&D department and maybe look into getting rid of 8cr, also maybe quit charging out the azz for an entire series of 20 year old design lockbacks w/t frn handles and vg10 steel. Just my personal thoughts, if you look at my channel I've reviewed idk maybe 20 or so spydies, more to come for sure, and I love them. They are just seriously falling behind.

@MrDarrylR

27 күн бұрын

The number of designer collaborations has fallen greatly, used to be 4-8 models every through the last decade until 2020, then for 4 years since we've gotten a total of 2 new designer collaborations. Here's to hoping its mostly pandemic and the generational shift from Sal to Eric responsible.

@the_knights_edge

27 күн бұрын

@MrDarrylR I hope so, but the pandemic was officially ended like 2 years, maybe more ago. So....what are they waiting for

@CTKKnives

27 күн бұрын

So I was thinking about this comment. My first impulse is to agree. But whether or not it's fair, I don't think it's really in our best interests. Companies like CRK and Hinderer have changed their knives EVEN LESS than Spyderco over the years. Benchmade only slightly more. Higher end makers far less. I wouldn't want Spyderco to put out new designs just for the sake of putting out new designs. Just like the Sebenza or XM-18 doesn't need to change that much, the PM2 doesn't, the Native doesn't, etc. There aren't many needs that aren't being served by Spyderco's current lineup. And if you look at major new models, they're adding them at about the same rate as somebody like Hinderer, only a bit behind Benchmade, and half of Benchmade's new models are iffy these days. Pricing to me is a separate discussion, but if I have any qualm with Spyderco, it's that I wish they did put a little more effort into CQI, which seemed to happen more often in the past than it did now. It took longer than it needed to for us to get the Military 2. The Seki City models could use some small updates. I'm sure a lot of models could be modernized a bit, including some that didn't work in the past. If they don't want to make new designs, they could at least continue to iterate existing ones. Personally, I care more about them putting out good knives than new ones, and if that means their time is spent on operations and optimization, so be it. The challenge as a consumer right now is we're getting none of the above - not price control, nor new designs, nor refinement of existing designs. The ones doing that best are, somewhat ironically, the American makers one step higher - CRK and Hinderer continue to increase production and prevent price inflation more than the makers one step below them. If Spyderco ends up following a model like that, and we get 1 legitimately new model and 1 significant iteration of an existing model each year (e.g., like a Bodacious and a Stretch XL, respectively), I'd be happy. Personally, I don't need new, I just need good, and Spyderco's standard models remain very, very good.

@CTKKnives

27 күн бұрын

@@MrDarrylR Spyderco was a different company, and the knife market was a different place, back when they were doing those designer collabs. I think a lot of the folks who were doing those collabs 4-6 years ago are now doing then with Reate and WE and Bestech instead, and rather than doing the smart, interesting things Spyderco did - i.e., creating a design INFORMED by the maker but with Spyderco's touch - they're just making a direct replica of their customs. The market just isn't interested in that stuff anymore like it used to be. Marcin Slysz is an exception, in other words. Based on a few Spyderco forum threads I've read around SPK (Alex Steingraber) trying to get a collab done, it sounds like you're talking multiple years from initial contact to production, and that's hard to swallow given the alternatives. They'd need to make it a business priority and drive some operational shifts to re-open that market.

Underwhelmed.

Italian made Spydercos might be the worst made 😢

@CNYKnifeNut

28 күн бұрын

Hard to imagine you've handled many, if you're saying that. Only the Mamba has objectively higher build quality than my LionSpy and SpyMyto.

@MrDarrylR

28 күн бұрын

The Maniago knife manufacturers make good knives, but all have a history of softer heat treats for the same steels than industry averages (eg, by -1.6 HRC for Lionsteel), sort of the opposite of Spyderco''s usual approach of pushing steels towards the harder end. That said, I haven't seen any HRC testing for Italian contract manufactured Spydercos.

@CTKKnives

27 күн бұрын

I have had issues with some of them, but I just posted my SpyMyto review and was generally impressed. And across makers - i.e., including GiantMouse - I've seen a big step up in Italian manufacture in the last couple years. They definitely make design choices that don't feel as tight as what Golden or Taichung does, but when I try to look at it objectively, I can't see it as "worse" as much as different. The heat treat issues mentioned below have been real in my experience, but those are well-documented and again I've seen better performance in the last year or two with Italian M390.