Its looking like the actual street price is closer to $125-130. I am ordering one with my next paycheck, & I am confident that it will be worth every penny. Creatively unique designs like this are one of the reasons I love Spyderco & will continue to buy their products. The reviews I have read so far have ranged from mostly positive to unbelievably freaking amazing. The ergos, blade shape & size, & compression lock in particular all seem to be home runs. I can't wat to get my mitts on one!
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C150G - The Spyderco Junior by DiAlex
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Once you get used to it, you won't be disappointed. I've had mine for nearly a month, rotated my para2 out of edc to give this one a try. Some of the things that I didn't know until I had the knife in my hand:
- Very thin profile, maybe 3/4 or 2/3 the thickness of the PM2 handle/blade.
- Super fast deployment. I don't know if it is because the blade is shorter than the PM2 or the shape causes the weight to encourage faster opening, but it is very fast and very tight with no play in the blade.
- Easily the sharpest out of box spyderco I have. I can almost set it on top of a tomato and let it start cutting through with no pressure other than its own weight. The amount of edge space for the size, blade thinness (compared to others like the Endura and Para2), and potential for leverage with the grip make the Junior an edc home run for me.
- I think using this knife with its handle and blade shape has actually taught me how to cut better. Moving back to other knives, I'm more aware of using the edge to do more of the work and not working with the grind as much. In that sense, this knife really is a great "Junior"-purpose knife.
- Aesthetically, this knife has a very pleasing shape both opened and closed. For some reason, pictures didn't convey the sense of symmetry when closed that I noticed in hand.
- Very thin profile, maybe 3/4 or 2/3 the thickness of the PM2 handle/blade.
- Super fast deployment. I don't know if it is because the blade is shorter than the PM2 or the shape causes the weight to encourage faster opening, but it is very fast and very tight with no play in the blade.
- Easily the sharpest out of box spyderco I have. I can almost set it on top of a tomato and let it start cutting through with no pressure other than its own weight. The amount of edge space for the size, blade thinness (compared to others like the Endura and Para2), and potential for leverage with the grip make the Junior an edc home run for me.
- I think using this knife with its handle and blade shape has actually taught me how to cut better. Moving back to other knives, I'm more aware of using the edge to do more of the work and not working with the grind as much. In that sense, this knife really is a great "Junior"-purpose knife.
- Aesthetically, this knife has a very pleasing shape both opened and closed. For some reason, pictures didn't convey the sense of symmetry when closed that I noticed in hand.
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Spyderco prices their products at a certain percentage over what it costs them to produce the knife. I don't know what that number is but say it's 25%. If it costs them $100 to make then they sell them for $125 to dealers. If it cost $40 then they charge $50. They don't take into account what they think people will pay, they just mark them up the same for most of their knives. I say most because they are experimenting with a lower profit margin on some knives to see if the cheaper price results in more sales and the same profit in the long run. The Manix 2 and Para 2 are two of the knives that use this lower profit margin. There have been a few models that don't sell well and in this case Spyderco closes them out for probably close to what they cost to make. The Para 1 with CPM D2 steel was one of those knives and they closed them out for $99. Also, I'm fairly certain Spyderco has no stock holders and only a few dozen employees who I'm sure all get paid fairly. Charging a certain percent over cost seems like a fair way to price their products, IMO. There is no guessing what the market will bear and it is what it is.