Benchmade and Spyderco are the benchmark for me. My two all time favorite brands. Love them both.

Excellent general overview of some very popular EDC knives. Describing the differences and strongpoints for these knives is very useful information for those trying to decide what would work best for their personal usage. Thank you!

Great comparison video!!! I didn’t care for the Sage when I first tried yours but now you’re making me want to try it again, you made some good points about it!!!

Great vid and great feedback , helps with some decisions Thank you 🙏

Hi Erica, thanks for this great overview. I think it's time to thank you for providing consistently providing knife related content, sharing your thoughts and opinion. Though I only can affort one knife every two years, I'm very thankful for your insights.

Good morning Erica! Have a Merry Christmas! Great selection of knives

I started watching your vids after looking for a Sebenza vid. Pretty good stuff! Subscribed! I got a used Delica (maybe a Stretch?), and the blade was so sharp, and the knife so light, its just great to have. My daily EDC is my trusty Senenza 25, which has great wear now. Love the lockup on the 25!

Erica, I'm a fan. I love your presentation and knowledge, and a new subscriber🎉

I like the orange scales on my knives when available too! 👍 new to your channel and it’s pretty cool! Different than just someone selling something. Thanks! M.

Good comparisons 👌

Love both brands. Great comparison!

great video yet again. Not sure if you will do a video before so Merry Christmas to you and your's! Be safe and well and talk with you soon!

❤ your channel! I am total beginner, owning only one Leaf Jumper VG10, but looking to get next one.

Hey E🙋‍♂️ Merry Christmas ands a happy and healthy New Year to you and yours ✌🏼🙂

Hands down my favorite Spyderco is the Shaman. Mine is in canvas micarta, which adds to how awesome it is. It's so comfortable and, while not super light, is extremely easy to carry every day. I've only owned six Spydercos, but the Shaman is head and shoulders above them all, IMO.

The way you love your native is how I love my Paramilitary 2. I just recently got an assist c79 for a specific reason. New subscriber hi!

Great video

Erica, I picked up a Native 5 LW Salt MagnaCut via Reddit knife swap based on your glowing reviews. I love it!! It feels so solid and no blade play. I’ve now seek 6-7 of your videos and I have to say how much I really appreciate your candor and honesty with your comparisons and reviews. It’s so refreshing compared to all those others who just highlight the measurements and stats. I know you USE your blades and that gives a guy like me way more valuable insights. Based on this review, I’m probably gonna look at the Delica, believe it or not as it appears the blade is just a bit more slim and slicer. The Sage too similar to the blade design of the Native? I actually don’t mind back locks tho I don’t have any with the compression lock… Thoughts?

I think one of the reasons the Sage does not get as much attention is there are no sprints or exclusives of it (that I’m aware of). Could you imagine one in K390 or Magnacut. That would get it some more attention for sure.

Very much wish that S45VN variants of all covered Spyderco models were available. I've yet to find a well-balanced stainless steel that takes tooth like Spyderco's S45.

great job!

I have the other 3 and that is probably why I don't have the SAGE LW yet but I can see why you like it. May need to pick one of those up next. At first I scoffed at your idea of a compression lock Native 5, and then I immediately remembered that they already make the Lil Native, which has a compression lock. So after thinking about it again *yes*, that would be a fantastic knife.

Thanks Erica! Lately carrying a Para2 with S30v. Unfortunately about a week into carrying it i was pulling my keys out (tucked into my waistband with a victorinox camper) and the Para 2 shot out with them. The blade flung open and landed tip to concrete. After a couple hours re-grinding the blade and than the over-sized handle i know have an a para2 that is only a tiny bit bigger than a para3 but i love the smaller size.

In the 3 inch blade range, the Native 5 LW is my favorite. Overall, my two favorite Spyderco are the Stretch 2 and the Manix 2 LW. Both of those knives fit my hand really well. And since you asked, today I’m carrying a Case Marilla and a Buck 301 stockman. If we don’t see you before then, have a Merry Christmas, E!

I've been rocking my Benchmade redoubt recently and took my AWT scales off and it's making me enjoy FRN

Had to stop at the 6min mark to comment. Contrary to your initial statements about the Benchmades, you did a wonderful job of comparing both those folders. In the future, it may be helpful to think of it as contrasting dissimilar models. However you look at it you're doing a great job. Thank you for sharing.

I have all four and love them. My absolute favorite is the sage 5 LW with upgraded titanium scales.

Merry Christmas- I like the small spyderco knives

I just got one of my two long time grails. I got the Spyderco shaman, and I’m in love. Which do you prefer, the shaman or 940 Osborne(my other grail)? Thanks.

Yes! The best explanation for the Bugout. Everyone wants it to be a hard user and it’s not and that’s fine. I always understood it was for ultra light back packing.

Bro I need more orange knives. I have an orange shaman in xhp and the color just pops I love it

I agree with you 100% Sage 5 LW for the win! Just picked one up a few days ago and I’m really enjoying it.

My favourite is hands down the Shaman. But purely because I like the look. It just speaks to me, in a way the humpy para-something lot does not. For a smaller companion I’d choose the Lil‘Native. A perfect middle ground would be the Native 5, but there I really miss the compression lock. Would prioritise this upgrade over any steel upgrade.

I have and use both Spyderco and Benchmade. Like them both and EDC C.F. Sage and Bugout. Swap the scales on the Bugout or C.F. and it’s a sweet ultralight that’s proven. Both are solid knife brands. When weight matters Bugout, style edc it’s the carbon Sage. Truck keeps a PM2 ready for real work.

Hi Erica. What’s your opinion on a knife blade that attaches to your hand so you can karate chop things? Maybe good idea?

Nice knives for small hands. my size 12 hands found the native 5 way too small, but too big for a 5th pocket. Recently got the K390 strech 2,bigger knife fits perfectly. Its downward facing belly is wicked, almost like a shillin knife, very very nice. Would I had preferred a compression lock ? Not sure, because having a full handle is very comfortable, whereas open construction tend to bite your palm imo.

I have 7 Spidercos, Sage 5 is my most carried. Love it.

I have many Spyderco’s and I’m with you the Sage 5 is criminally underrated! I have a black blade m4 and a satin Maxamet version and I love them both! I’m so glad they made a Maxamet Sage 5 now.

9:36 Great news! I just learned to flick open Native 5!!! This saves me $100's of dollars for not needing to buy Para3! The only reason why I've been wanting to buy para3 was because I could not flick open Native 5! There are several KZfaq videos out there. You can do it, too. I lubricated my Native5 a lot and it did not take a whole lot of practice.

Native 5 for the “W” for me, and both Benchmades are great for my likes. Great video Erica 👏❤️👍.

I think anyone not able to get their meat hooks on holding the knives, your descriptions and examples are excellent. I have a bug-out mini and the PM2. I agree each knife serves its purpose. My EDC is the Spyderco Clipitool and I adore it but also have a thing for slip joints and my favorite Benchmade is the Proper. Great video. Thank you for the indepth and I hate wire pocket clips too! No more knives for me this addiction is going to put me out of house and home. Sub'd

I love my para 3 as a work knife I really want to try a native 5 at some point

I think the leafjumper is a slept on design. A friend recently picked one up and it’s like a more comfortable delica sized knife with the superior leaf shaped blade.

Love the orange on the TRM and the 940. Out of the Delica and the Sage, I'm taking the Sage all day every day. Still have yet to find a Spydie that I love more than my PM2 though

Hi. I'm just wondering if you have any opinion on Michrotech M390. I have been using it pretty much everyday for the last 3 years for food prep, but I need to sharpen it quite often. If I want to keep it really sharp, I need to sharpen it once in 2 weeks or so. I'm wondering because I thought M390 was supposed to hold the edge very well.

I hope you have the opportunity to test out the Manix 2 lightweight in Rex45 it has become my daily user at work cutting cardboard and plastic nothing too demanding so the knife is more than strong enough and the blade material cuts for quite a while before honing and/or stropping is needed. Haven't needed to go beyond edge maintenance yet because the Rex 45 responds so well to stropping even considering that I have clumsily bumped the edge against metal.

Very well done kiddo, going to order the native 5 lightweight based on your review

I like the native 5 I have the s110v and s30v lw hoping to get more

Love the TRM scales

Hello my friend if i was on the benchmade or spyderco boat. Then it would be probably a mini bug out or a ukpk or one of the salt series or a dragonfly 😊but i love your overview and your view on it K390 looks awesome to me to

For an under 3 inches blade I personally carry the Spyderco Chaparral Lightweight - beautiful fit and design with just the right size to not raise ‘alarms’ when around non-knife people.

I love all of the knives in this video. The Bugout has been my daily for nearly 2 years. It fits in every pant pocket without much weight and doesn't get in the way of my overly thick wallet going in and out of my pocket. Deep-carry clip on the Bugout is short, tidy, and has good lines. It's a great knife to carry in places where most people don't. I love the Para 3, both standard and lightweight. It's the only Spyderco that I can flick out single-handed with conviction. I thought the standard Para 3 would not be as comfortable in hand as the lightweight, but it feels more secure in the hand. The Delica was my first Spyderco. It has melt-in-my-hand ergos. It's the old girlfriend who has become your most reliable friend. Real easy to say hello to after handling other knives. Just purchased a Stretch 2 XL in Damascus and fancy Japanese fabric design scales. It's a lovely thing.

I know u have tested alot of native 5s, but the magnacut version… really would love your opinion of the spyderco magnacut🙌

Omg a k390 compression lock native 5?!?! I just might be able to sell all my knives and that be my literal everyday carry 😂

Until recently,I just had a knife to carry and use. I had "one" good pocket knife and one good fixed blade. That's it. But, like many I've gotten into to collecting them now. Buying knives that really aren't practical, but look neat. Spyderco is to blame, lol. I've got many Spyderco's now,but I still just carry a particular one for a long time.

I have the Paramilitary 2 and the Manix 2XL, I think the Paramilitary 3 is a bit too small for my hands. I haven't owned any of the back locks from Spyderco. I actually got a chance to try one out today at Quinn knives in Julian CA. Gotta say I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to close it one-handed. I want to get the Sage 5 next. Good video, food for thought. Thanks

Sage 5 hands down one of my favorite soyderco , doesn’t get the love or attention it deserves.

What clip is on your Delica? Was trying to catch a glimpse. I modded a Benchmade deep carry to fit my Delica

Erica what are your thoughts on carrying a Leatherman over a knife?

I really like my spyderco rock jumper & my benchmade 555, the 555 has to be my favorite

Bugging “no pun intended”😅 for the Native Chief LW in Magnacut. Love the Native line including the Shaman. All great blades.

Don't have a bug out. Seems like a good letter opener for when you want to run away from ones bills. Doug out an old Griptilian to carry today.

Do you have experience with Spyderco’s 20cv? Your para 3 s45vn video convinced me to purchase that knife, nice channel.

The Sage 5 LW might be my favorite design of all time.

Absolutely 👍

You like the K390 steel. Are you too far from the ocean that rust doesn't bother you? I had to stick with H1 (Spydico Atlantic Salt) until new corrosion-resistant stainless steel emerged. I do, tho, live on a sailboat in New England.

the neutron looks sick...i have the lizard skin fat carbon and they are amazeballs...

You can get a native 5 in magnacut steel...ive been hearing good things about it

🍺🙏🍺Thank you Dear Erica - May you have a cheerful weekend🍺🙏🍺

I don't know, after watching your vid I am no closer to deciding. I also like the spearpoint blade shape and K390. I have a Sage 3, also because I don't like the back lock. I like all three, so hmmm. My fav edc is the Urban K390. Yeah, you make a nice bevel 😊

Native 5 salt in Magnacut is a great combo

Para 3 is such a great knife

top Knives. Hello aus Germany

MERRY CHRISTMAS! 🎄🎅🧑‍🎄

My favorite Benchmade is a mini griptillion in D2. My favorite Spyderco is a Native.

I hope they give the Osbourne 940 a magnacut variant. The bugout and Osbourne are my two favorite BM.

Best Spyderco is the PM2. Perfect ergos and slicey. If you need to pry and stab, then the Osbourne's your knife.

Tengo la 940 original. Aluminio verde. Me encanta. 🤩. Muy cara en España. 🇪🇸. Un saludo.👋. Feliz año nuevo 🎊🎈🎆.

I love It!!! 🥰🥰🥰

Also, I’ve gifted knives to people before then regretted it after too! 🤣

I don't but Benchmade anymore because I'm tired of changing the Omega Springs on them 😅

Native 5 LW in MagnaCut is favorite.

Nickie should absolutely try a spyderco chaparral!

the manix 2 is a good middle ground between the para 3 and native 5, It has faster action with the leaf shape blade

I cant recommend the spyderco leafjumper in K390 enough! What a beast of a user. Mine flicks and drops shut like a button lock lol. Yea its kind of an ugly duckling but it has totally benched my 940-2. It didn't blow my mind right away but the more i use it the more i fall in love with it highly highly recommend.

Okay so you’re online and I don’t know if you can answer this…. But, Benchmade or Spyderco? lol. Hard question I know. I started collecting Benchmade for a few years and CRK’s. But I got into spydies big time now. So I couldn’t answer that question myself. 😆. Just an opinion though? The Benchmade Freek full size in M4 is a workhorse as Is the full sized Adamas folder. I can’t think of a spydie that can beat those in toughness? 🤔 Thoughts….

I love my delicas, probably more than the sage 5 but a lot of that is due to the large amount of aftermarket parts for the delica. I have one Ti/ni coated s30 one in titanium scales that I anodised pink with a purple ti deep carry clip and a wharnie wearing arctic storm fat carbon scales and blue Ti milled clip. Whereas my poor sage 5 ain’t got no bling 😂 definitely wanna get some of the RGT Ti sage 5 scales that are supposedly in the works. The native 5 is an amazing knife . I wished there was a comp lock version for so long but then I got a native 5 and realised - holy shit this is best backlock I’ve ever experienced - the thing just drops when you disengage the lock, I can even use my index finger to disengage it and the blade drops shut completely 😂 I thought the pivot must be loose but nope it’s rock solid. And all these people saying you can’t flick them or they’re not good at flicking are missing out IMO. As soon as I disassembled both my natives and applied lube to the pivot they became easy to flick. Obv it’s different to flicking a knife with a detent because the lock is applying closing pressure all the way to about 45 degrees but once you get it down they flick great. The tolerances on the USA made native 5 just seem to be way way better than the seki city models IME

1) Brouwer 2) Native 5 3) Sage 5 For my top 3 Spyderco EDC blades.

Luv benchmade and spyderco, most of my collection are those. I just got into Medfords $$!! Merry Christmas!

My pick out of the 4 Spyderco's in the Manix 2 😂 It has the same blade shape as the Native 5 just a little larger. Plus it has the ball bearing lock which IMHO the best lock they make. There are 3 models lightweight, standard, and xl. All are great but the xl is my favorite Spydeco. I agree 💯 that the Para 2/3 are not the best blade shape and the tips are fragile.

I have the same hat. Honestly, I'm so fed up with the 940. I got one because it's so popular, but it's just not for me. The blade shape, the thickness, the grind, it is just not what an "EDC" should be, for me personally. It's too thick to cut things and the grind is too wide. I'm certain that such a style of knife would never have gotten such a buzz without the internet... I completely re-profiled and re-sharpened my 940 to remove the secondary bevel and make it more easily sharpenable. Then i used it as a work beater (builder) and found it finally found it's niche there.

I still stand by the Native 5 is the best edc knife Spyderco has ever made. When I was forced to sell off my entire collection in 2020 the one I kept was my Native 5 in Rex-45.

I literally forget I have my delica on me. Thats what its best at. When you just dont want to feel like your carrying a knife.

I have an N5 and a para 3...and i traded my para 3 for an empedc nymble and couldn't be happier about it...the para 2 and 3 do not do it for me....love all my other spydies though...

What about the Manix 2 ?

I am torn between the native 5 or the sage. Native is cruwear and the sage is maxamet they are very similar and great edc knives. I am carrying the lil native today in m4 have a great rest of your day. I almost forgot to say use your shit😅😂😅

I could be alone with this but I'm gonna say, the fidget factor carries a lot of weight _for guys_ because we're all just big kids at heart. For that reason (for me) the Delica and he Native are out. I have a Deica and because it's not as much to fiddle with it says in the draw, even though theoretically it probably has a better blade profile for the tasks tend to use these knives for.

Para 3 FTW!!! 😃

The benchmade answer is the ritter grip full stop (or hogue). Manix 2, PM2, Endela wharncliffe, Delica, or Nicole. Don't get too upset.

"This *SWELL* where it sits in your palm....whatever that is called." I cackled. I don't know what the technical term for that design element is, but I'm pretty sure the formal designation of that comment is *snark*. 😂 Also, I wholly endorse "get both if you can." Round the house and town, the Para 3 or even something bigger is preferred. But for work I gotta put on the soft pants and a tie, so both slim and light are preferrable.