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Your opinion...What are the top 5 "must own" spydercos?

Most comes & goes but my mainstays are:
- Paramilitary 2
- Southard
- Domino
- P'kal
- Sage 2
 
Able Dog said:
For me it is impossible to boil all of Spyderco down to 5 knives. So instead I put together groups of knives that I think cover many of the bases for Spydie collecting. This does leave a lot of wiggle room for personal preference, while sticking to somewhat specific categories.

Paramilitary 2, it is such an outstanding knife that it easily singles itself out.

Any Seki-City FRN handled knife of your choice, they are all great and are many people's first introduction to Spyderco. That is why they should be in everyone's collection.

A higher-end Taichung made knife be it a Sage, Techno, Domino, or Southard; they are all excellent.

Something large and US made, pick from among the likes of the Manix 2/Manix 2 XL/Military/Police

Something classy, along the lines of the Chaparral, Caly 3/3.5, or Kopa
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This is great advice.
 
What I own, FWIW:

PM2 (Digi Cam - one black blade, one satin)
Orange FRN Delica
Salt Dragonfly
Sage 1
Translucent Blue Manix 2
Blue G 10 Persistence

Pretty good representation - but not all I want!
 
Current favs in more or less order of carry preference ... still looking to acquire new favs:

PM2 satin (duplicate in black blade)
Endura SuperBlue w/gray scales (duplicate in green scales)
Military black blade (w/neck sheath)
Delica
Caly 3.5 SuperBlue
Sage CF

Wish list includes but not limited to the following:
Southard
Stretch ZDP-189
PM2 exotic steel and general pimpage would be nice
Chokwe
 
Millie in S90V or M390, or Ti millie in CPM M4 ( Cruwear millie for me)
P2 in ? steel ( I'll take S90V or CTS 20CP)
Endura or Delica in ZDP or super blue
Stretch in ZDP
Mule in ? ( Cruwear for me)
 
My must own regulars are :
Manix 2 XL
Paramilitary 2 Camo
Delica ZDP-189
Sage 1
Military Titanium

(and of course, many of the specials, and limited editions, but thats gonna take some serious cash!) :D
 
I like the bigger blades as well.
Military
Paramilitary 2
92mm citadel
Manix 2 xl
And last but not least the endura.
 
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