What are your three favorite Spyderco blade designs?

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Not entire knives, just the blades. Which blades seem to be the best designed in your opinion? Maybe you like a blade but the handle is not all that ergonomic or maybe you just want to see different sizes in the same blade disign.

Here are my top three blade designs:
1. Police flat ground. I just love this long slim blade. It is as handy as a self defense knife as it is a EDC for cutting food and opening mail. It is just a great design.

2. Large Caylpso blade. Similar to the Police that is probably why I like it so much.

3. R-2 blade. Almost perfect, doesn't need to have that bit of sheepsfoot at the tip but otherwise a fine design. If it has a normal point, it would be better. I think it has that tip because the R had a tip like that.

As you can see, I like flat ground blades that are longer than they are wide and have nice points to them. I also like the Centofante II blade and the Calypso Jr. blade.
 
I love Flat Ground blades so my three are as follows.

-Paramilitary Blade
-Lil' Temp Blade
-Calypso Jr. Blade

I think they are just about perfect for doing anything.
 
Flat ground leaf shape first, Wharncliff blade style whether it be flat or hollow grind second, and drop point like on the Goddard third.

STR
 
Hands down, Caly Jr. Please make more of these, I'll buy them.

I like sheepsfoot too, easy to sharpen a la Centofane 4.
 
This is a very difficult question to answer:

I'd say my top 3 blade shapes are

Endura
Manix
Lum Tanto

You may not get a more diverse answer than that, but each provides a unique combination of functionality and aesthetics that keeps me carrying them.

Outside the Spydie line, my favorite blade shapes are Benchmade 690 and Sebenza. It would be great to have a drop point blade shape like these in the Spyderco lineup.
 
I'll have to second the Lum Tanto. That is without a doubt the best tanto design barr none IMO. I also am a fanatic on Spyderco's Hawkbills. I like all of them. and I will also concur on the flat grind blades as well.
 
Spyderco manix
From cutting up meat, chopping small branches and even removing the occasional splinter with the fine point. The finger choil lets you choke up the blade and hence providing a precision cutter to perform the most delicate tasks.
It is strong and reliable and still goes on after one and half year of hard use.
Flatgrounded leaf shaped blades try it once and you're hooked.
Spyderco has definitely made an outstanding knife with the manix.
 
Stretch, wish the spine were straight and the thumb ramp grooves matched those on the choil, but the blade itself is perfect, and the handle damn close to it.

Calypso Jr. wish they'd ditch that silly semi-swedge grind on the spine, but aside from that, pure perfection. Handles, both FRN and micarta, are excellent as well. The Caly III seems like putting a trailer hitch on a sports car to me.

Schempp Persian, the blade shape is pure perfection, works great, looks sensational doing it. Add a 14mm thumb hole, nice fine traction grooves on both the ramp and the choil, and a full flat grind and it would only leave my pocket to cut things. :D
 
I don't cut much cardboard so the flat ground blade carries a little less weight with me. My Native out cuts all my flat ground blades anyway. Choked up on the choil with my thumb on top of the blade, only a 1/4" inch or less of blade penetrates the cardboard. With the thumb as a depth gauge and stop, the Native cuts like a box cutter. My work calls for a pointy blade so that's where my preference lies.

Endura
Native (a larger handle and a slightly longer carbon steel blade would be my ideal work knife)
Jess Horn

I think the Lum and Military are the nicest looking blades out there and along with the Centofante III are my favorite carries outside of work. The thin hollow ground Centofante III gives the Calypso Jr. a run for its money in the slicing department.
 
I have three favorite blade shapes, but Spyderco only really claims one of them: the leaf shape blade.

The others are reverse tanto and recurve.
 
The leaf shape in a flat grind is my favorite:

Lightweights: Calypso jr., Chinese Folder, Moran
Small: Kopa, Dragonfly
Heavy duty/Large: Li'l Temp, Mini Manix, Manix, Military

I also like the Wharncliffe blade, like on the Kiwi.

Wouter
 
Calypso blade is my favourite ;
Then comes the UKPK,
But the Chinese is awesome... :)

Tuan
 
1. Leaf shape, flat grind is the best.
Kopa, Caly 3, Caly Jr, Chinese, Lil Temp are my favorites
2. Adventura, DP, recurve
3. Dodo, sorry, I have no idea to define this blade
 
Large Wegner, Chinook, Persian
Would say Ocelot if the blade was bigger by some 25-35%
I appreciate the functionality of Manix, it is a perfect slicer indeed, but I just don't care for its blade looks.
 
Mini-Manix, Adventura, and Caly, Jr. This IS a VERY hard question to answer!!!
 
I've always carried an Endura or a Delica. I bought a Native several weeks ago and am very impressed with it's blade shape. It may be the most versatile I've ever used in such a short length. It cuts food easily due to the good curve of blade, has very little side to side play, and in S30V takes a VERY sharp edge and holds it. I sharpen it at about 13 degrees per side and polish it. This is the first knife I've had that will hold an edge for a while at this angle.

At first it felt funny because it fits my hand very different than an endura. Once I learned how to grab this knife it quickly became my EDC.

As a previous poster noted the Native works exceptionally well as a box cutter due to the blades very close proximity to your hand when using the blade choil. This does as advertised and gives exceptional blade control for most day to day activities.

I also like the blade on my Spyker. It is very versatile. For some reason however the S30V on my spyker loses chunks of blade edge under heavy use. Maybe I'm too hard on it, but my Native can take a beating and the blade does not flinch??????

Native is a very good EDC.
 
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