Your Favorite Spyderco Military Sprint/Exclusive/Limited

[RamZar]

d.2.the.p's Favorite Military Sprint? thread is a good candidate for a poll once you have all the choices which I gathered from SpydieWiki's C36 Military page.

The entries include year released, steel, handle material as well as any additional information in parentheses.

 

[bdmicarta]

I have the Cruwear version and on paper it should be the best one for me. I would prefer an M4 blade if I could buy one for the same price. I'm not sure how the 52100 will compare, in some ways it might be better than the M4.

 

[dogrunner]

Cruwear and S90V
And have high hopes for the 52100
Mili has become one of my all-time favorite folders.

 

[PeteyTwoPointOne]

voted Cruwear....m390 is my favorite stainless, however!

 

[RamZar]

There are two upcoming Military Sprints/Exclusives:

• 2016: 52100, Black CF
• 2017: CPM-S90V, TI & Black Peel Ply CF with R.I.L. Lock (KnifeWorks)

Any other year, the upcoming regular production Military CPM-S110V Blue (Blurple) G-10 would've been a Sprint/Exclusive.

 

[carbonsteelfan]

Hands down : The D2 sprint ! The knife has served me flawlessly for 7 years in African Hunting trips. And the way D2 holds an edge Damn !!

 

[deskil]

Oops!!!

 

[JNewell]

Oops!!!

Yes, plenty of us have the current winner in our hands.

 

[RamZar]

Question for those who purchased the CPM-M4, Black G-10/TI from KnifeWorks in 2010...

• Was this a titanium frame lock with Black G-10 on the presentation side?
• How much was it direct from KnifeWorks?
• I gather it was a run of just 500 pieces. Is that correct?

 

[RamZar]

I excluded the Military CPM-S30V Orange G-10 from 2009-2010 from the poll options because after reading the following in SpydieWiki it kind was a Sprint and kind of wasn't after all:

"Limited. Originally slated as a sprintrun, it proved so popular that Spyderco turned it into a production piece, causing some controversy between the collectors who bought the sprint for exclusivity and those that were able to acquire one at reasonable prices due to the expanded quantity produced."​

 

[DocPyres]

My fave is the BG-42, followed closely by the Foliage Green D2.

 

[bammann45]

I hav the BG42 and the M4 Ti - gotta say it's the BG42 - it's so light but solid feeling - it also takes a wicked edge!

 

[RamZar]

Interesting! So far, a three-way tie for first place!

• 2012: M390, Peel Ply CF (KnifeWorks)
• 2013: Cru-Wear, Grey G-10
• 2016: CTS-204P, Dark Green G-10 (KnifeWorks)

 

[CJZ]

The orange since it's the only one I have, but I'd like to have the blue/M390 or the green/204p

 

[RamZar]

I'd like to have the blue/M390 or the green/204p

I think you meant the CPM-S90V, Blue G-10 (Bento Box Shop) not M390, Blue G-10. At $284 shipped it's so not worth it specially when you can get the CTS-204P, Dark Green G-10 (KnifeWorks) for $200!

 

[wire edge]

It's worth it if you absolutely, positively have to have every Military model! I'm guilty of that!

 

[RamZar]

It's worth it if you absolutely, positively have to have every Military model! I'm guilty of that!

In that case, no doubt!

I was alluding to a choice between CPM-S90V, Blue G-10 (Bento Box Shop) at $284 shipped compared to CTS-204P, Dark Green G-10 (KnifeWorks) for $200 shipped! Given a choice of just one, I'd definitely go with the CTS-204P, Dark Green G-10 (KnifeWorks) for $200.

 

[wire edge]

I totally agree, and the green one has those nifty CQI changes!

 

[twinboysdad]

Cruwear is still my favorite of the ones I have owned

 

[shunsui]

M4 Ti framelock.