Wanna remind that alcohol does no damage to non coated SS blades, just
affects Spyderco's black DLC coating for some reason. It has no effect on any of my CS black DLC knives. Hence, my original post of contemplating getting another PM2 wave in satin.
Thanks for the recommendation. I'm not sold on Janich's "tactical wharncliffe" just yet. Again, my humble opinion only. I know some of its tactical qualities have been proven through tests and research. Also, I've seen the wave mods and they make the already wide profile of a typical Spyderco knife even wider. No thanks. I personally think the manufactured wave design on the PM2 wave is perfect, even better than the original Emerson. Interesting note, I wear gym shorts primarily around the house and I like to carry a folder clipped to the waistband of my shorts, not pocket, and the PM2 wave actually waves open drawing from my gym shorts waistband. Love that bonus feature. I have a modded CS American Lawman that I preferred to carry in my gym shorts waistband but it doesn't deploy when drawing from waistband.
Awesome. Didn't know about the Native Chief till you mentioned it. Just wish it wasn't a

. Sorry guys. I mentioned I was picky right? Well for hundreds of dollars I think consumers can be picky.
- Sal, please make larger knives!!! No, people! Please buy more large Spydercos!! The Manix 2 XL is one of my all time favorite knives. IMO, it's Spyderco's best tactical design. The handle is fabulous in every way with every minute detail from the jimping in all the right places, the right texture of jimping, and the ergos, man...the ergos. Random question, but when in my packaging of the black PM2 wave, in the letter from Spyderco it mentions the tactical-minded design of that knife and the all black hardware for light discipline. I'm curious because it's not all black. The middle bar is uncoated as are the liners. First I thought, well it probably made some practical sense to not coat all the hardware black but then I looked at my black Manix 2 XL and all the hardware is black, that middle frame bar, even the liners. Just found it odd and wondering if there's a story behind it
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