Which spyderco? Please help me decide.

[Kabancheck]

Dies yours have any blade play? That's my only concern with the knife. I think my next spydie will be a manix 2

If you don’t mind I will add photo of my little beauty, and no, there is no blade play. I have filling that knives with stamp “Japan” have more superior quality then knives with “Seki City” stamp.

 

[Eliteone2383]

If you don’t mind I will add photo of my little beauty, and no, there is no blade play. I have filling that knives with stamp “Japan” have more superior quality then knives with “Seki City” stamp.

I love how the caly looks. Classy yet useful. I'm glad I pulled the trigger on it.

 

[extrastout]

Watch out for bumping those wire clips on pocket height counters...they spring loose

 

[Londinium Armoury]

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[Londinium Armoury]

Whats the most expensive Spyderco?

If you're talking most expensive period then one of the limited edition special runs, they are easily the most expensive some running into the thousands. There's a twin towers rare limited special going for £1200. If you are talking most expensive standard production runs not limited edition, just it's regular shelf price then the Spyderco Nirvana integral had a MSRP of $740. Was sometimes sold as cheap as $580 by some dealers.

 

[Eliteone2383]

If you're talking most expensive period then one of the limited edition special runs, they are easily the most expensive some running into the thousands. There's a twin towers rare limited special going for £1200. If you are talking most expensive standard production runs not limited edition, just it's regular shelf price then the Spyderco Nirvana integral had a MSRP of $740. Was sometimes sold as cheap as $580 by some dealers.

Just looked the nirvana up. Secondary market is unreal and I use my knives so it looks like just a collectors piece to me.

 

[Londinium Armoury]

Just looked the nirvana up. Secondary market is unreal and I use my knives so it looks like just a collectors piece to me.

It's quite a sought after and well made knife, they are difficult to get hold of now, they are full integral handle construction from a single piece of titanium, very expensive to make them. They are collected and more fancy than most spyderco knives. I've never handled one personally, but people I've spoke to who have say they are very good knives.

 

[kobold]

Paysan and Drunken are also pricey. Or the Slysz Bowie. Or my latest knife, the C36TIFP..

 

[Eliteone2383]

Paysan and Drunken are also pricey. Or the Slysz Bowie. Or my latest knife, the C36TIFP..

You spent that much money on S30v? If it were m390 s90v or cpm20cv I could see it but I refuse to pay even $150 for s30v.

 

[kobold]

Yep. I wanted something to go with my fluted Ti Native. No way around it. I paid 350 for NIB, not too horrible IMHO. The S30V is plenty good for its intended role and I might do a swap with an S90V/G10 if I want to make "a great knife".

 

[Eliteone2383]

Yep. I wanted something to go with my fluted Ti Native. No way around it. I paid 350 for NIB, not too horrible IMHO. The S30V is plenty good for its intended role and I might do a swap with an S90V/G10 if I want to make "a great knife".

Thats what I would do man. Turn that knife into an absolute beast.

 

[Dergyll]

Yep. I wanted something to go with my fluted Ti Native. No way around it. I paid 350 for NIB, not too horrible IMHO. The S30V is plenty good for its intended role and I might do a swap with an S90V/G10 if I want to make "a great knife".

I have a custom 300$+ balisong made from N690. If you are ok at sharpening and has the tools, steel becomes less relevant.

Nothing wrong with spending more for "less", as long as it's worth it to you...unless you're al mar and charge 150 for AUS8 lol.

 

[Londinium Armoury]

You spent that much money on S30v? If it were m390 s90v or cpm20cv I could see it but I refuse to pay even $150 for s30v.

Why would a knife in S90V cost any meaningful amount more than a knife in S30V, Unless you are using a very expensive or difficult steel then price hikes relating to blade steel are mostly not simply reflecting the specific steel used. I see people saying this quite a lot, "A knife in X steel is not worth X price" The only tiny difference between S30V and S90V is that grinding a hard blade would put slightly more wear on a belt, but it's not like S30V is that easy on a belt either, it's actually quite difficult to polish S30V.
S90V bulk bar stock is not really that different in price to S30V. You can pick up cheap S90V knives, even when it's imported from America to Europe, I can get a knife in S90V made in Europe for £60. A lot more goes into pricing a knife than simply what steel it uses.
A custom knife made to the highest level of fit and finish could be using 440C or 154CM and still cost 4 times the price of a knife in S90V. M390 is not an expensive steel, it's used by lots of makers in Italy in very cheap knives. A knife in M390 can be much lower quality than a knife in S30V, you aren't paying for steel, you're paying for the overall cost to produce the entire finished product. You also do not pay for steel performance, a lot of people seem to think if the steel performs better it costs more, which is not true, there are steels that hold an edge way worse than D2 and cost twice as much to buy in bar stock. Knife steel isn't priced in accordance to knife edge retention performance.

For example, a Sebenza in S35VN costs 450, you aren't paying for the steel, you're paying for the entire knife and everything that went into making it. It's like saying the Sebenza isn't worth 450 because it's using S35VN, the Sebenza could be using ATS34 and it would still be worth 450.