Back Up Spydie?

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Anyone carry a backup to their main squeeze? What's your pick?

I'm carrying a PM2 (and may get a Military or GB) so I'm wanting to carry something small/light as a secondary.
 
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I quit carrying two about 6 months ago. When I did though my main knife was a Manix 2 LW and I would swap out a Native 5 lightweight and Stretch as a second knife.
 
Not always.

I do sometimes carry a full serrated knife along with my main knife.

Either a C07S Police in my waistband or a waved Matriarch 2 in my left front pocket.
 
Mine lately has been a PM2 or CF Chaparral. The chap really is an amazing thin light weight knife perfect for secondary, or just a gentlemans knife. But I waited too long to try out the PM2, and I just can't put it down. Since it's my first, I don't know if mine is just an amazing specimen, or if they're all like this. But mine has a super smooth action that allows fast firing, and blade drops free to close, with absolutely no blade play. So much more than I expected, so I guess I'm just a little weird pocketing a pretty sizable knife as my secondary.
 
Lately I have been leaving my SAK behind for my Dragonfly SE Salt to back up whatever I am carrying that day. Weird that I am losing that utility but... I am for some reason.
 
Usually have a 2nd folder in a zipped vest pocket, something lighter like the 707 Sequel or Delica SB or 790 Subrosa or 940-1.
That's always very sharp, not so much a backup to whatever's clipped in my pants pocket but for more precise or delicate cutting tasks.
 
Native 5 LW SE, in waistband. Still not sure if I really need to carry a backup Spydie, since I always carry a SAK to complement the PE Spydie I have RFP.

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I already have a SAK attached to my keys. However at the moment my main EDC isn't even a spydey its a CRKT. My spydercos are safe queens. I'm still in the market for a main every day EDC one. Haven't made up my mind. I'm pretty interested in this serrated ARK version coming out since I'm a big fan of H1.
 
needler420 said:
I already have a SAK attached to my keys. However at the moment my main EDC isn't even a spydey its a CRKT. My spydercos are safe queens. I'm still in the market for a main every day EDC one. Haven't made up my mind. I'm pretty interested in this serrated ARK version coming out since I'm a big fan of H1.
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Pacific Salt is my current EDC being backed up by a Salt Dragonfly. I feel the H1 love as well.
 
Ruarch said:
Pacific Salt is my current EDC being backed up by a Salt Dragonfly. I feel the H1 love as well.
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I also really love the Dragonfly Salt. It often gets dropped into my back pocket no matter how many other knives I'm carrying. It's thin, and weighs next to nothing. But pretty functional for its size. One I don't mind tossing to just about anyone that asks if anyone has a knife they can borrow.

And I haven't had the chance to even try sharpening one if my H1's. Guess that says something for edge retention since my DF actually gets used quit often.
 
The idea of a backup has come and gone with me over the years. First, I carried two blades, the 'backup' being a VG10 Dragonfly. Then, I got away from that for a while, feeling content that one blade was all I needed. Now, I'm back to carrying two, a large-ish EDC blade like a GB or 940-1 or similar and this...

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...not because I feel I need two but because the SE Hawkbill Ladybug provides such a complement to my 'primary' in my everyday tasks...along with burying in a pocket, weighing nothing and being surprisingly innocuous. Two knives is probably here to stay with me.
 
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