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Bobby3326

Bobby3326

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Well honestly I've never really been into folders, I've mainly only acquired fixed blades with an occasional beater $12.99 folder for opening boxes at work. Well while visiting SMKW in tn. I started looking at all the varieties of folders on display thinking maybe I'd get a quality one this go round as my beater has about run its course.

Going case to case looking nothing really jumped out or appealed to me, that is until I crossed the spyderco case. From the second I laid eyes on the pm2 I was drawn to it, then after holding it I knew it was the one. Well I don't like making impulse buys as I usually regret it lol so I began my research which led me to the pm2 s110v that I received a few days ago.

I absolutely love this knife, after a day's use cutting open cardboard boxes then breaking them down with my 440 beater knife it would be dull as a butter knife and desperately needing sharpened. Not this pm2 going on 3 days now and still shaving sharp.

I just ordered my wife a purple Delica4 last night since she really liked mine but wanted smaller. Now I've already begun searching my next purchase, which I believe will be the translucent manix2 lw, or the manix 2 s110v....Then I'm sure I'll see another one I want/need after that one arrives....

This is gonna be bad for the wallet adding folders into the mix with my fixed blades lol


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I personally prefer the manix 2 g10 version. The handle on the lighweight manixs just seem way too light for my tastes. Also since you already have an s110v blade you could give the s30v manix 2 a try. The manix 2, delica 4 and PM2 are my go to spydercos.
 
Armenate said:
I personally prefer the manix 2 g10 version. The handle on the lighweight manixs just seem way too light for my tastes. Also since you already have an s110v blade you could give the s30v manix 2 a try. The manix 2, delica 4 and PM2 are my go to spydercos.
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Does spyderco's s30v differ much from benchmade's s30v? If so better or worse?
 
Another knife to look at would be the spyderco dragonfly (I like the H1 serrated version). It is very compact and can go with you about anywhere. Also, the H1 steel is rust proof so no worries about taking it with you wherever you go.
 
Armenate said:
I do not own any benchmade s30v blades. I enjoy the spyderco s30v it is really good stuff.
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I was only asking bc of you saying to try it over s110v. I've found the fixed blades I have in s30v to hold a working edge forever it seems, but loses that fine edge relatively quick. The S110v from what I've experienced so far is holding a fine edge incredibly well, if it holds a fine edge this well I'm eager to see how long the working edge lasts.
 
I have the Manix 2 BD-1 with the translucent handle, and I really like it. It may be a light knife, but it slices really well and the wide blade gives a lot of positive feedback cutting through things. A lot of folks say it is too light, but I have never felt that it couldn't handle a task. And the handle is just downright cool.
 
BitingSarcasm said:
I have the Manix 2 BD-1 with the translucent handle, and I really like it. It may be a light knife, but it slices really well and the wide blade gives a lot of positive feedback cutting through things. A lot of folks say it is too light, but I have never felt that it couldn't handle a task. And the handle is just downright cool.
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How's the steel holding up?
 
It's nice steel, and it came hair-popping sharp. It holds the edge well, and only really needs some occasional passes on a kitchen steel to keep it tuned up. Boxes, food prep, and misc daily things don't really dull it. The one time I did need to put it on the sharpmaker was after I used it to knock down a knot out of some seasoned, desert-grown ash. I was curious, my carving knife had gotten dull, and I only had a few minutes left to whittle. It's a little big for that, but it worked. The "light" handle took a good dose of torque, and it was impossible to tell that there is no steel in it--no flex at all. Now if I could only get one in translucent purple.....
 
BitingSarcasm said:
It's nice steel, and it came hair-popping sharp. It holds the edge well, and only really needs some occasional passes on a kitchen steel to keep it tuned up. Boxes, food prep, and misc daily things don't really dull it. The one time I did need to put it on the sharpmaker was after I used it to knock down a knot out of some seasoned, desert-grown ash. I was curious, my carving knife had gotten dull, and I only had a few minutes left to whittle. It's a little big for that, but it worked. The "light" handle took a good dose of torque, and it was impossible to tell that there is no steel in it--no flex at all. Now if I could only get one in translucent purple.....
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I'll have to try finding a place that has one in hand to compare with a regular one. I don't think I'd mind it being so light . That's one thing I love about my pm2 s110v it's so light, especially compared to the heavy clunky cheap folders I've always used...can barely even feel it in my pocket.

It also responds really well to stropping, after a couple days of use it was still shaving sharp, but for general maintenance I stropped it this morning and this knife is screaming sharp now. It responds much better than s30v from my experiences.

I absolutely love this knife.

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Congrats on your new found performance tool!
If you say you're cutting lots of cardboard daily, then you pretty much started at the top of the ladder with S110V.

I do think you'd enjoy the Manix LW S110V as well, not necessarily saying it is better or worse than you PM2, just a nice alternative, both in feel and lock design. The Manix definitely takes more break in to get the lock smooth though, from my experience.
 
SpeedHoles said:
Congrats on your new found performance tool!
If you say you're cutting lots of cardboard daily, then you pretty much started at the top of the ladder with S110V.

I do think you'd enjoy the Manix LW S110V as well, not necessarily saying it is better or worse than you PM2, just a nice alternative, both in feel and lock design. The Manix definitely takes more break in to get the lock smooth though, from my experience.
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Thanks, yea it's definitely in a whole different ball park than Made in China cheap 440 stainless lol
I work for a company that does a lot of fixture builds for under armour in places like dsg, bass pro, cabelas ect. Which usually means hundreds of boxes need opening and broken down each job. Using what I considered disposable folders they'd only last 4-6 months as they'd need sharpened daily. It would typically make it thru half a day before I was hitting it on a ceramic rod to bring a lil bit of edge back to it, then would need a full sharpening that night. As you can see after about 6 months it's edge has been ground pretty far back.
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S110v is awesome, it eats thru cardboard boxes like nothing, and could still easily shave afterwards. I've used s30v for boxes before and while it held it's edge it lost that fine edge after only a few cuts and was far from shaving sharp. It also could only be stropped back to shaving sharp once or twice. I think I definitely wanna stick with s110v thou I'd also like to try bd-1.
 
Bobby3326 said:
Thanks, yea it's definitely in a whole different ball park than Made in China cheap 440 stainless lol
I work for a company that does a lot of fixture builds for under armour in places like dsg, bass pro, cabelas ect. Which usually means hundreds of boxes need opening and broken down each job. Using what I considered disposable folders they'd only last 4-6 months as they'd need sharpened daily. It would typically make it thru half a day before I was hitting it on a ceramic rod to bring a lil bit of edge back to it, then would need a full sharpening that night. As you can see after about 6 months it's edge has been ground pretty far back.
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S110v is awesome, it eats thru cardboard boxes like nothing, and could still easily shave afterwards. I've used s30v for boxes before and while it held it's edge it lost that fine edge after only a few cuts and was far from shaving sharp. It also could only be stropped back to shaving sharp once or twice. I think I definitely wanna stick with s110v thou I'd also like to try bd-1.
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Wow, you sound like nearly the perfect candidate for that blade combo in the PM2.

BD-1 will be jumping to the bottom of the ladder as far as edge retention. Still maybe a good step up from 440, but opposite end of the spectrum from S110V.

That said, just last week I ordered my first BD-1 knife just for fun, a Byrd Crow 2!
 
SpeedHoles said:
Wow, you sound like nearly the perfect candidate for that blade combo in the PM2.

BD-1 will be jumping to the bottom of the ladder as far as edge retention. Still maybe a good step up from 440, but opposite end of the spectrum from S110V.

That said, just last week I ordered my first BD-1 knife just for fun, a Byrd Crow 2!
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I just like the scales on that manix 2 bd-1 lol figured it'd be a candidate for simply a collection addition. Combo pm2? I haven't come across that one yet, just half serrated?
 
Bobby3326 said:
I just like the scales on that manix 2 bd-1 lol figured it'd be a candidate for simply a collection addition. Combo pm2? I haven't come across that one yet, just half serrated?
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Ha sorry for the misunderstanding - just to clarify, I didn't mean "combo edge" in the PM2, I just meant the S110V blade combination with the PM2 platform. Like you can get the Paramilitary 2 in combination with a blade made of S30V, or S35VN, or Elmax, or soon M4, etc, etc. Not combination edge of plain edge and Spyderedge.
For your described tasks, it sounds like the PM2 combined with an S110V blade was a recipe for greatness!
...just gonna be a bit tougher to sharpen than others...


And yeah, Manix 2 LW has translucent blue or black FRCP in BD-1. You can get it in S110V with a blue lightweight handle though, which is probably one of the best values in the current Spyderco catalog, IMO.
 
SpeedHoles said:
Ha sorry for the misunderstanding - just to clarify, I didn't mean "combo edge" in the PM2, I just meant the S110V blade combination with the PM2 platform. Like you can get the Paramilitary 2 in combination with a blade made of S30V, or S35VN, or Elmax, or soon M4, etc, etc. Not combination edge of plain edge and Spyderedge.
For your described tasks, it sounds like the PM2 combined with an S110V blade was a recipe for greatness!
...just gonna be a bit tougher to sharpen than others...


And yeah, Manix 2 LW has translucent blue or black FRCP in BD-1. You can get it in S110V with a blue lightweight handle though, which is probably one of the best values in the current Spyderco catalog, IMO.
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Ahh ok gotcha...yea so far it seems about prefect.
 
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