Manix Vs. Skirmish

Ming65 said:
My beloved long suffering Military must be getting very worried indeed.
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I bet your beloved long suffering Military is very proud of his strong young grandson taking on some of the work the family is known for! :D
 
630 IS my edc. Not to big, and carries with comfort. I'd actually like something bigger. Feels small after a while. A great knife, tough and strong lock. Even pryed a door open with it....with no problem.
 
What I like about the Skirmish is that it feels like a folding pocket clever and performs like one too. Also if I carry it around and play with it a bit every week then my real EDC the Sebenza feels even tighter and lighter in my hand.
 
I like the Skirmish a lot, it has excellent ergonomics and cuts like a dream, and the point is acute enough to safely snip zipties around live powercords (just did it). It fits my medium sized hand well, but fills my whole dang pocket. Or feels like it :) The clip is flimsy as well, I'm tempted to send mine to Pontiaker for one of his nifty timascus ones.
Other than the Sebenza, I'd say it's the best production folder I've used; they topped the Camillus Maxx in my book. Haven't played with an ATR yet however.
 
Angelus1781 said:
630 IS my edc. Not to big, and carries with comfort. I'd actually like something bigger. Feels small after a while. A great knife, tough and strong lock. Even pryed a door open with it....with no problem.
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I agree. EDC is a skirmish. But then again, I have large hands and long fingers so it fits me well. I love my skirmish over my Maxx 5.5 which is carried E.D. as well. Go with the one that feels best in your hand. Either way, you can't go wrong :cool:
 
dont have a manix, do very much like my skirmish though, have been carrying some rather than my spec war CQC8 or crawford perfigo, 2 custom knives, like large knives and this is a big one, good lock up, good steel, whats not to like? am impressed with mine to say the least, would like to pick up a blackwood model, he told me he is discontinuing the skirmish though.

i dont think i would like the manix i like larger folders usually, am sure its a good one too though
 
Its neat cause if I'm working, I got SOG tool...630 and howling rat. I think if I need more than that I should be there.
 
judging from pix, the spyderco looks more utilitarian & just has more of a "do me rough" vibe about it. the handle looks a little more secure in terms of ergos. it's also not as "pretty" as the skirmish, meaning i personally would be more inclined to really using it, versus tiptoe-ing around the possibility of scratching it up. i'd probably go with the spyderco.
 
Skirmish, too big?? I don't get it. I have pretty small hands, and the 630 feels like it was made to order! Yeah, the blade is big and heavy, but it sure doesn't handle as big as you'd think. I'd loooove to EDC it, but unfortunately it's just too dang purty, AND the most expensive knife I've got!

Can't help with the original question, I don't have a Manix. Yet. Shoping around for a deal on one, though!
 
I love and EDC a Manix. My favorite knife with the Lil'T a close second.

The recurve on the Skirmish put me off. I was never a big fan of recurves, but I have come to use more and more benchstones instead of the sharpmaker and decided to even stop looking at knifes with recurved blades.
 
We can talk much about sizes, looks, leftie friendlyness aso. but he wants to know which one is the stronger.

You may consider the different locks, blade shape, edge.....

All together i say the skirmish is the stronger knife.

The sabre ground blade is stronger by its fat body, the framelock may or may not be stronger, but after reading a comparision between a Strider GB and a ER Fulcrum II i would say the frame lock has the higher strength in general.
 
Without wanting to pick a fight over this topic again *yawn*: I doubed that in principle a practical frame lock will ever reach the strength of a back lock. Different qualities and executions excluded and not comparing the two knifes in discussion in particular.

Aside from that, I believe in the two knives in question this is a mood point anyway. The Manix is together with the Chinook II the strongest knife in Spyderco's entire line up and they really pulled out the stops for those two designs. Even IF (and I am not stupid enough to say that it is) the Skirmish is a good deal weaker (no strength published as far as I know, and I don't believe Cliff Stamp got his hands on one yet :D ), it will still be plenty strong enough.

So lets go back to looks, sizes, weights, lefty friendlyness etc. Besides, the original question was not only about strength.
 
HoB said:
Without wanting to pick a fight over this topic again *yawn*: I doubed that in principle a practical frame lock will ever reach the strength of a back lock.
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The General said:
The Manix has the stronger lock, no question.
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I would have to firmly disagree with both of the above quotes. A lockback is a very strong lock mech indeed, no argument there. However I feel a framelock can easily equal/exceed the strength of a lockback if properly executed.
 
Ashes said:
I think the Skirmish is awesome-looking, but I could never handle a knife that big! Any possibility that they will come out with a mini-Skirmish? That would be cool.

~ashes
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I was told in October last year by a rep that BM had a smaller version in the works.

I wouldn't hold my breath though.
 
I don't really know which is stronger perse, it would depend on what you are doing with it. For prying I think the 630 would win because of it's thicker blade and stronger grind. The locks should both be plenty strong, I really don't know which one is stronger, but if I had to guess I would say the Manix. I own a 630, and while I do not EDC it, it would be quite possible. It's not really that big, and it fits my hand perfectly, better than the Manix. If I had to choose between the two I would choose the 630, but I think that the Manix would also do you well.
 
I'm skeptical about a lock back being as strong as a framelock. I've had a few lock backs fail on me including an old Puma and a fairly recent Benchmade Eclipse. Never had that with a framelock, or a liner lock, for that matter. The framelock puts a great big wedge of titanium behind the blade and your grip only reinforces it. As long as you've tested a frame lock for a bad grind angle by whacking it etc, I have far more confidence in the framelock.
 
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