One of these wonderful pieces of engineering just made its way to my hand today, and what a piece it is.
I'd always heard that the Mini-Manix was good, but this is ridiculous. It feels like each curve of the handle was made specifically to fit my hand, its one of the few "eureka" moments I've ever experienced in the knife hobby.
It's compact, aesthetically pleasing, incredibly ergonomic, low riding clip, way overbuilt lock. One of the things that really shot the cool factor though the roof, is with the jimping on the thumb ramp. With almost all Spyderco knives that have jimping on the spine, I have to round the corner on one side so it doesn't chew up my pocket as it's pulled out (the Military is really bad for this). I had just finished smoothing out the Centofante 4, when I thought "may as well do the Mini-Manix while I'm at it". Well guess what... The knife came that way. The corners on the thumb ramp are already smoothed out.
This is the enthusiasts dream knife, everything about it is nearly perfect.
The best part.
Now I'm really pumped for the Ball Bearing Lock version that Eric is working on. With the caged BB lock and hopefully a wire clip, that knife is going to be legendary.
If it gets some S90V treatment as well, I'd have to quit buying knives as it would be nearly impossible to make something better.
Here's some pics (along with the Centofante 4 and Superhawk that also just arrived).
The Superhawk.
and the Centofante 4.
I'd always heard that the Mini-Manix was good, but this is ridiculous. It feels like each curve of the handle was made specifically to fit my hand, its one of the few "eureka" moments I've ever experienced in the knife hobby.
It's compact, aesthetically pleasing, incredibly ergonomic, low riding clip, way overbuilt lock. One of the things that really shot the cool factor though the roof, is with the jimping on the thumb ramp. With almost all Spyderco knives that have jimping on the spine, I have to round the corner on one side so it doesn't chew up my pocket as it's pulled out (the Military is really bad for this). I had just finished smoothing out the Centofante 4, when I thought "may as well do the Mini-Manix while I'm at it". Well guess what... The knife came that way. The corners on the thumb ramp are already smoothed out.
This is the enthusiasts dream knife, everything about it is nearly perfect.
The best part.
Now I'm really pumped for the Ball Bearing Lock version that Eric is working on. With the caged BB lock and hopefully a wire clip, that knife is going to be legendary.
If it gets some S90V treatment as well, I'd have to quit buying knives as it would be nearly impossible to make something better.
Here's some pics (along with the Centofante 4 and Superhawk that also just arrived).
The Superhawk.
and the Centofante 4.
the knife is a perfect lite weight edc.
