Spyderco Manix 2 Plain Edge Folding Knife, Translucent Blue
September 24, 2018 - Comment
4 5/8″ closed. 3 3/8″ full-flat ground CTS-BD1 stainless blade with thumb hole pull and thumb ridge. Ball bearing lock blade locking mechanism. Blue translucent fiberglass reinforced co-polymer handles. Features bi-directional texturing. Lanyard hole. Stainless wire pocket clip.Winner of Blade magazine?s 2010 Most Innovative American Design award, the Spyderco Manix2 knife is drawing praise throughout the knife world for its clever build. Like its G-10 handled counterpart, the lightweight Manix2 features Spyderco?s Ball Bearing Lock, which operates around a free-floating ball bearing contained inside a custom polymer cage. The ball bearing?s round shape allows the lock to self-adjust across a large surface, ensuring smooth and consistent lockup each time it?s engaged. Plus, the lock is engineered to be self-contained, meaning the Manix2 doesn?t need internal liners to support the blade. This further reduces weight and improves maneuverability.
The translucent EdgeTek fiberglass-reinforced co-polymer (FRCP) handle comes in a semi-opaque dusk blue color with a series of jimped areas molded around the handle?s perimeter. The handle includes additional bi-directional texturing on both sides of the handle scale, making the folding knife ideal for gripping in wet or uncertain conditions. The blade, meanwhile, is made from newly released BD-1 Carpenter steel. BD-1 is gaining the attention of knife enthusiasts for its rust-resistant high-carbon and chromium content, which also offers enduring edge retention. The blade is flat ground with spine and choil jimping and an oversized Spyderco round hole.
The Manix2 concludes with an ambidextrous, tip-up wire silhouette pocket clip and screw-together handle construction, giving the folder several carrying options.
Specifications
Blade steel: CTS-BD1 Handle material: Fiberglass-reinforced co-polymer Blade length: 3.39 inches Cutting edge: 2.87 inches Blade thickness: 0.118 inches Hole diameter: 0.55 inches Closed length: 4.67 inches Overall length: 8 inches Weight: 2.85 ounces
Product Features
- Category name: knives
- Country of origin: USA
- Brand name: Spyderco
- Folding plain-edged knife with semi-opaque dusk blue handle
- Ball Bearing Lock for smooth and consistent blade stability when open
- BD-1 Carpenter steel blade with rust-resistant high-carbon and chromium content
- Fiberglass-reinforced co-polymer handle with jimped areas on perimeter
- Measures 4.67 inches closed and 8 inches overall; weighs 2.85 ounces
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Get it. You won’t regret it. Having watched nutnfancy, apostlep and gideons tactical reviews, I had this knife in my wishlist for quite some time. I had a dilemma of getting the lightweight or the s30v g10 version. I finally bit the bullet and decided to go with the lightweight.The main reason was to have the FRCP handle, so it doesn’t thrash my jeans pocket. I looked at many different reviews of the steel, and decided to go with the BD1 as it won’t chip quite so easily. I am a sharpening novice and still…
What’s all the fuss? I’ve spent a bit of time with this knife, and there is no doubt its worth every dime. Showed up mega-sharp with all the paperwork. You get excited when it shows up, but with all of the knock-offs you want to be sure. I made one slight adjustment to the torx pivot to get it to engage faster, it didn’t not change the centering at all. This is a big blade, yet it weighs nothing. Some say the FRN handles feel cheap, but for the weight considering the size of the blade, come on man. Get G-10…
Great, great pocket folder knife for under $100 … Few years ago, this knife initially came with nonadjustable rivet in the pivot area, although it did not affect its usage. This latest iteration comes with Torx screw at the pivot to allow for adjustment while rest of the knife is still put together with rivets. It is a lighter version of original Manix2 with full metal liners, which was rather heavy for its size. Personally, I like this version much, much better, weighing 40% lighter than the original Manix2, without losing any of its…