Spyderco Paramilitary blade steel

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mrandolph

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Good morning. Looking for some advice re: the Spyderco Paramilitary. For outdoor/ utility use; could get abused a bit- should I pay approx. $100 for the S30V version or would I be better served by spending $250 or higher on a disc. version with S90V steel? Thanks.
 
id also go with the s30v. the only reason the s90v versions are commanding a high price is collectability and the fact theres limited supply. if you went by real worth the s90v might be worth $50 more than the s30v versions. but for a user its the same knife with a minor difference imo. at least for real world edc.
 
bada61265 said:
id also go with the s30v. the only reason the s90v versions are commanding a high price is collectability and the fact theres limited supply. if you went by real worth the s90v might be worth $50 more than the s30v versions. but for a user its the same knife with a minor difference imo. at least for real world edc.
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Not really....

S90V costs a lot more, is more involved to HT and is MUCH harder to grind and finish than S30V, almost nobody will even work with S90V and that includes Custom Makers because it's so hard to work with.

Carbon Fiber is more expensive than G10 also.

The only reason they were that cheap is because they were a sprint run and Spyderco kept the cost down.
 
S30V is a good steel, I have myself the Para2 in that steel, haven't used it for hard work tho.

mrandolph said:
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The Para2 has a quite thin tip, it's a great slicer and cuts amazingly well. I wouldn't put it to any abuse specially on the tip.
 
tonijedi said:
S30V is a good steel, I have myself the Para2 in that steel, haven't used it for hard work tho.


The Para2 has a quite thin tip, it's a great slicer and cuts amazingly well. I wouldn't put it to any abuse specially on the tip.
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It can take it as long as one doesn't do any serious prying with the tip, the Spine thickness is good as is the thickness of the blade behind the edge for general field use, the lock will hold up fine also.
 
Ankerson said:
It can take it as long as one doesn't do any serious prying with the tip, the Spine thickness is good as is the thickness of the blade behind the edge for general field use, the lock will hold up fine also.
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Agreed. I just warned about the tip because "abused" usually means prying or batoning, which are tasks that are beyond hard-work itself (for a folder)!!
 
Despite the temptation to use the fancier steels that I have, I've never really felt underequipped when I'm working with Spyderco's s30v.
 
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