2025 Knives of the Year and Requests for Spyderco

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I'd been thinking of my favorite releases or 2025 production knives of the year. I already posted my favorite frame locks and fixed blades elsewhere. Here are two of the other folders that made it for me. One is a Spyderco and one is not, but this hits a couple of places where I wish Spyderco would go in the future.


First, the SPY27 Dragonfly might feel like a cheat in "release of the year" because the Dragonfly has been around so long. It's just so good though and it honestly deserves more love. Getting a SPY27 version is exactly the kind of love it needed. Now we just need Spyderco to show that love to a Wharncliffe version!


Second, the Vosteed Porcupine is awesome for what it is. I picked it up on a lark and fell in love with it. With an opening hole, half-choil, and wire clip; I find myself comparing it with other knives from from Spyderco. The big thing here is the top-liner button lock. It's similar to the Compression Lock but uses a button. It's easier to actuate and there is no problem with a nub protruding into the lock access. (I know the Sage 6 uses a button lock but I don't know if it is complicated by a secondary detent like the Smock.) It also runs wonderfully on bearings. I wish more Spyderco models would both use this kind of lock and run on bearings.


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Chronovore said:
I'd been thinking of my favorite releases or 2025 production knives of the year. I already posted my favorite frame locks and fixed blades elsewhere. Here are two of the other folders that made it for me. One is a Spyderco and one is not, but this hits a couple of places where I wish Spyderco would go in the future.


First, the SPY27 Dragonfly might feel like a cheat in "release of the year" because the Dragonfly has been around so long. It's just so good though and it honestly deserves more love. Getting a SPY27 version is exactly the kind of love it needed. Now we just need Spyderco to show that love to a Wharncliffe version!


Second, the Vosteed Porcupine is awesome for what it is. I picked it up on a lark and fell in love with it. With an opening hole, half-choil, and wire clip; I find myself comparing it with other knives from from Spyderco. The big thing here is the top-liner button lock. It's similar to the Compression Lock but uses a button. It's easier to actuate and there is no problem with a nub protruding into the lock access. (I know the Sage 6 uses a button lock but I don't know if it is complicated by a secondary detent like the Smock.) It also runs wonderfully on bearings. I wish more Spyderco models would both use this kind of lock and run on bearings.


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My vote would be for the military 2; probably my favorite folding knife. To be honest, I'm glad that spyderco uses washers. In my experience bearings are more susceptible to getting gummed up, but to each their own.
 
My favorite Spyderco knife for 2025 is the backlock version of the Lil' Native with CPM15V blade steel! My only request is a factory set of handle scales for the same knife in purple or dark blue.

I am exceptionally please with this knife, so much so I bought a second one in case I lose the first one.

 
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2025 was another great year for Spyderco
Acquisitions!

Tops for me:
Edgerati
Manix 2 Salt
Dyad Jr Spy 27
Sage 6
15V Sprints ..especially stated above Lil Native Lock Back.
 
carnifex knifeworks said:
My vote would be for the military 2; probably my favorite folding knife. To be honest, I'm glad that spyderco uses washers. In my experience bearings are more susceptible to getting gummed up, but to each their own.
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The Military 2 is definitely cool.

The gumming-up issue just doesn't happen to me on an EDC basis. I think twice before taking a bearing knife out into very muddy conditions but I don't do as much of that now that I've gotten older. BTW, bearings might have more space for stuff to get in there but on those extremely rare occasions, I've had an easy enough time cleaning them out. That spacing makes them easy to rinse or blow out. The most common offender for getting into things like that is pocket lint but it usually doesn't cause a major obstruction and is easy to remove. I think one of the benefits is that only the smallest surface of each bearing is actually touching down where it hits, with stability being in the matrix of those points.
 
Has to be the SE Chap. Lives in this pocket organizer in my daypack. So most always near me. Removed the clip, for extra slim profile.

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As for a request, I will always buy a non-FRN 3.5" Native.
 
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kobold said:
Has to be the SE Chap. Lives in this pocket organizer in my daypack. So most always near me. Removed the clip, for extra slim profile.

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As for a request, I will always buy a non-FRN 3.5" Native.
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Is that a vintage Koh-I-Noor mechanical pencil? What lead thickness? (I collect 0.3mm mechanical pencils)
 
I’m glad about the steel choices in Spyderco’s evergreen models.

I’m enjoying the Smock with aluminum handles way more than I thought I would. I’m pretty sure it was a 2025 Exclusive. I’m super glad I grabbed one on impulse.

A Spyderco request is easy. I would love for Spyderco to make a fixed Temperance in something very tough & stainless, such as Magnacut, AEB-L, etc. It would be a great knife for kayak camping.

I don’t have the ability to snap a pic atm, so I’ll recycle an old one.

 
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