Knife Collection Part One. Spyderco

Spyderco is a knife manufacturer I have know of for a long time, but never owned.  I honestly thought the spydie hole and blade shape were weird-looking and didn't make any sense.  I preferred tanto style blades and macho looking high-speed, low-drag knives.  In other words, I was an idiot.
In the last couple of years, I have acquired several Spydies.

My first was an Edura 4.  This is one of their bigger folding knives.  It has a 3.75 inch blade.  The blade is slim and made of VG-10 steel.  It's an excellent cutter.  Overall length is 8.75 inches.  The length, thickness, and shape of the handle feel great in my hand.  The pocket clip is 4 way adjustable.  It, like all the spydies I own, is lightweight.  My scale puts it at 4.06 oz.  Part of this is the reinforced fiberglass handle.  The slimmer blade make these knives great slicers.  Since, most of my knives have been chunky, overbuilt items, I was surprised at how great these skinny bladed, light-weight knives cut.  This is the hardest of my Spyderco's to flick open though.  I've fiddle with the pivot screw and improved it, but it is the hardest.  I've heard this is an issue with the lock back style knives.  The Edura is a long-running and popular model.

With my interest peeked, I checked the internet for info about Spyderco's.  I kept hearing about a model called the Paramilitary 2.  Everybody seemed to think it rivaled sliced bread as the greatest thing.  It featured a newer locking style and other wonderful things.  I ordered one.

 They were mostly right.  The PM2 is shorter than the Edura 4.  3.44 inch blade and an overall length of 828 inches.  The blade is SV30 steel and the handle has G-10 scales.  It's heavier, my scale says 4.34 ounces, and more expensive.  It flicks open like it's pivoting on melted butter.  The compression lock is awesome.  It's the easiest one-handed close knife outside an auto.  Excuse the pictures.  Mine came out of my pocket for the picks and needed cleaning.  The knife features a deep carry pocket clip that is 4 way adjustable.

I didn't initially think I would be happier with the shorter blade length, but kind of forgot about it.  The knife is a slicer and never failed to do what I asked of it.  It's my favorite carry knife,

The next Spydie I picked up was the Manix 2.  Mine featured the translucent blue fiberglass reinforced co-polymer handles.

The blade is 3.37 inches and overall length is 8 inches.  The knife folded is kind of wide.  It won't fit in the knife pocket of some of my pants.  On the other hand, it's an awesome cooking knife.  It also flicks open easily.  It uses a ball-bearing locking system similar to Benchmade's Axis system, making it easy to close too.  This knife and the PM2 are very similar in ease of flicking open.  This knife does offer the option of flipping open with the lock disengaged though.  Weight is 3.49 ounces.  The blade steel is CTS-BD1 if I read it right.  It features a deep carry wire pocket clip adjustable for left or right hand carry.

My last Spyderco, my most recent was a gift.  It's a very popular model, and was the basis for the Edura design I believe.  It's the Delica 4.

I have zero experience with anything from opening and closing it.  It's a little easier to flick open than the Edura, probable because the blade is smaller and the angle a bit different.  My scale says this one is 2.89 ounces.  It has a 2.875 VG-10 blade and the same fiberglass reinforced nylon of the Edura 4.  Same phosphor-bronze washer.  It is just smaller than the Edura 4.  4-way adjustable pocket clip and overall length of  7.125 inches.  It seems like a sweet knife and I look forward the carrying it.

That's my Spyderco collection.  Most of my knives are working knives, I don't do a lot of decorative stuff.  These are awesome knives.  I'm very pleased with them. 

I plan to do a few more of these type posts..  Hopefully a Benchmade, ZT, Kershaw, Cold Steel, Rieke, Smith and Wesson/Shrade posts.