HELP NEEDED! I can't decide a companion knife

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First off, hello! Long time lurker in this sub-forum, first time poster.

I have a Spyderco Military on the way and I need help with a companion knife. I always carry (at least) 2 knives on me and with the Military on its way I need advice on what else I should carry to compliment it. I plan on carrying and using the Military only in emergencies (be it when I need a longer blade or if I run out of bullets for self-defense) with that said, I would like to carry another Spyderco that would fill the role of "the" edc knife that I will do the majority of cutting with (breaking down cardboard, using it in public, cutting packages open, zip ties, etc). I do not want it to be too close in size or intended use as the Military. So far I am looking at the following:

-Caly 3 Super Blue (although I am worried it may be closer in size to the Military than others listed)
-Spyderco Chaparral
-Spyderco Sage 1

I absolutely love the Endura 4 but that is definetly too close in size to the Military. My least favorite Spyderco is the Delica as the ergonomics are just too cramped/wrong for me. Weird since the Dragonfly 2 works well ergonomically for me but is just a little short in the blade.

So first, out of the above 3 which would you choose? Second, are there any others you think I should consider?

and as a side note (and I realize this may be blasphemy - I do not care for the Paramilitary 2, I have had 4 of them and could never warm up to them)

Thanks in advance!
 
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I'd try out the Caly Super Blue while it's available.

Later this year the carbon fiber Chaparral will have the CTS-XHP blade which should be a pretty nice little EDC.
 
Any of the knives in you're list would make a fine edc but I'd buy the chaparral...
 
So hard to say. I really like my Sage1, but it's so close to an ideal EDC size that, if I had a Mili (or my Para2) on me at the same time, I'd want a tad smaller, and thinner/pointier/slicier.
I think I'd go Ti Chaparral, which looks awesome and has CTS-XHP already.
 
tjswarbrick said:
So hard to say. I really like my Sage1, but it's so close to an ideal EDC size that, if I had a Mili (or my Para2) on me at the same time, I'd want a tad smaller, and thinner/pointier/slicier.
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You summed it up exactly how I was thinking. I feel like if I had a Sage 1 or 2 I would look at the Military and ask myself why carry this? I want something kind of the opposite of the Military
 
Any of the three would work.

I regularly carry a cat with my military. If I carry anything larger, I feel like the smaller knife could do everything. It would make the Military redundant.
 
Since around 2004 I have carried some type of Spyderco Hawkbill with my main EDC. Currently my main Spyderco EDC is the Sprint Run, G-10 handled Ayoob model with a plain edged VG-10 blade that performs great.

Now each day I always have some sort of a Companion Blade with me>> and most of the time it's one of Spyderco's great Hawkbill blades. The Harpy is by far my favorite to carry with whatever great conventional type Spyderco blade that I might be EDCing at the time. I find that a fully serrated Hawkbill blade is so unbelievably handy and is capable of doing so many different cutting jobs. A plain edged Spyderco model like a Military, Endura or in my case a C-60 Ayoob model is a realy nice thing to have.

I also find that some of Spyderco's "reverse S" type blades are great companion blades as well. AT one time I carried a Dodo model as a companion blade.

I will never give up carrying one of Spyderco's great conventional designs but having a full Spyderedged Hawkbill gives you a tool set up that will come in so handy that you will wonder how you ever got by without it.
 
I carry a SS Cricket SE with my M390 Military. A PE blade is most versatile but having the SE Cricket allows for a smaller and more discreet, yet still very effective, cutting tool.

Oops......Just noticed you weren't too happy with the Dragonfly blade length so the Cricket would definitely be a no go. Of the three you have, I'd go with the Sage....awesome blade, very comfortable handle grip.
 
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I always have a full size Matriarch in an accessable pocket for a backup. I always like to carry one PE and one SE to make sure that anything that needs to be cut will be.
 
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