I don't have any exotic flavors yet, but If I had to pick one knife forever......hard to beat this one.

Manix 2 is my personal favorite spyderco as well. It's an amazing knife as is, but throwing some AWT linerless scales on it makes it a whole other beast. Love my manix 2

You are Correct Sir!!!!

It's like a small shaman. And it fits most hands, plus different steel types. I envy your collection my dude. I got a crazy spyderco addiction as well.

Since there seems to be a trend for knife KZfaqrs not to leave a trace as to what knife is the subject of the video, not in the title or description I will honor that trend and not mention the subject knife by name. I agree its my favorite for sure. I bought the Smock in great anticipation from all the rave reviews but found that the subject knife got carried way more. The subject knife remains my favorite.

I have multiple pm2s, para 3s, a shaman and a sage and love the compression locks. I’ve been eyeing these for quite some time and believe it will be my next. Not sure what steel or scale material I want but the white with black coated blade really has my attention. Spyderco is my favorite

Good video, Spyderco has a large following, collectors and working folks. I enjoyed your take on the Manix

I think the lightweight specifically is the best. Truly amazing knives.

Manix Salt is excellent, I own one along with the 15V. However, would have loved it if Spyderco also offered a G10 Manix Salt with the grippy handle scales similar to the PM2 Salt.

Stretch xl g10 cruwear is a great knife. Along with police 4 lw k390 and Native Chiefs are some of my favorites. And g10 manix 2’s.

Man, this is such an enviable collection. I love my Delicas in all its variants, and I thought I found my goldilocks Spyderco in the Para 3. This is another example of the good being the enemy of the best. I picked up my first Manix 2, a SPY27 variant, last month, and it is nearly the perfect knife, in hand, for me. Fantastic ergonomics in the grip, wonderfully effective blade shape, tons of grip on the scales. True ambidextrous design which gives it a significant advantage over the Para 3. Esthetically, I just love the look now. Before I thought the carved underside grooves for the index finger was a little aggressive, as if it was trying to clumsily compensate for insufficient grip elsewhere. Now, I see how it just binds the knife to the hand better. A younger me would be shopping the secondary markets for the variants I missed. I'll keep things within budget by shopping the variants available at the usual retailers.

My first wire type clip was a milwaukee razor knife and I knew they would end up on a lot of edc. They don't tear up your clothing like the others

The mosad ayoub tactical. Fully serrated. In cpm Cru wear.

My choice is very close- Manix 2XL in cruwear. I like the extra weight and strength. Thank you. Edit: Love the BBB 15V.

I bought the lightweight white with satin blade in REX 45. I like your collection of Manix 2 knives.

Really like the LW versions of the Manix 2. Love the way they carry. I have a Rex 45 with white scales and a Spy27 with blue.

Great video but would love follow up videos focusing on why you would choose this knife over other Spydercos- PM2, Shaman, Native, etc. Thanks!

I have a Para 2, 3, Shaman and even a SpydieChef. But I don't have a Manix 2. I heard a lot of good things about it. Maybe ill get to it and pick one up. Definitely would like one in magnacut, but they all look pretty nice regardless. Those would look sweet in some titanium scales. I know the knife community is crazy about titanium, not everything has to be in titanium but it really does make the knives feel different. Heavier, but just preference. I am just not a big fan of G-10, on some occasions its perfectly fine. I guess I just don't like the feeling of it at times. FRN isn't too bad though, lightweight.

Serious Manix 2 collection! I haven't been able to find a choice for this one because of all the different designs and blade types and I don't know why Spyderco doesn't have a build your own option when it comes to their knives? I don't like the idea of knowing I would have to modify the knife and spend double the cost to get it to where I want

Just got this bad boy in SPY27. It’s awesome. So much blade and handle for the weight. Also the scales feel way better than FRN. It’s my favorite Spyderco I’ve owned. Bye bye Para 3 LW 😂

Yeah for the money its a no brainer really. Nice collection brother just searching for new fellow knifetuber brothers to help out.

I love the manix, but like with a lot of spyderco knives, too much of the forward choil is on the blade vs the handle of the knife

The only spydie better than the Manix 2 is the Manix 2 XL. I prefer full sized knives and the 3” of cutting edge on the regular Manix is just a bit small for my preference. The xl has another 1/2 inch of blade while simultaneously improving the blade/handle ratio. The swell at the base of the handle is more prominent on the xl which REALLY locks my L/XL size hand in place and imo improves what was already nearly perfect ergonomics.

I totally agree with you on the spine whack test. I used to think it was bullshit until I cut my thumb really bad with a Miguron Elgar. I didn’t think I was doing anything stupid, but in hindsight, I shouldn’t have done it on a knife that I wasn’t 100% familiar with yet. I was just using the back of the blade to stuff some plastic wrap boxes on a pallet that I was wrapping. I was holding it in a reverse script when it failed on me. The blade came down on the tip of my thumb and went about a half inch in, causing my thumb to like a snakes tongue. Just finally healed up from that exactly 4 weeks after it happened. After that, I decided to spin whack the knife a couple times to see what would happen. And wouldn’t you know it? Even with white taps, the lock failed every single time. I had purchased that as a work knife due to the thick blades and the S90V, but now it sits in my display case and probably won’t see use. ever again. I guarantee any other knife that could handle a harder spine whack than that would not have closed on my thumb. It wasn’t like I was abusing it, I wasn’t even putting much pressure on it so now I understand why the spine whack test is important. Especially for a work knife

I got one of those storm trooper

Manix is great. My only complaint is they take up so much room in pocket

I will not say of course and spoil the surprise of which one have a good one

I could certainly be wrong, but i don't think BBB is from Texas. Im almost positive he's from/in the PNW area.

I had that XHP lightweight version i remember they were 89.99 on KC. Definitely regret selling that one

Where did you get these deep carry wire clips for the LWs? Been searching forever for those (they need to be the right length to hit the flat portion of the handle - the sage or Spyopera ones don't work).

Is there one with pink scales?

U just missing the maxamet….

Tisk Tisk 😅

Lighting is not great, colors are nearly indistinguishable.

Manix 2 didn't even need to watch this. I beginning to think my next couple of knives are a spyder co salt manix and not sure of the other maybe a para 3. Not found of blades much over 3 inches for a edc pocket carry

If it was the best, you wouldn't need 7 of them. Just a wierd version of a funko pop collector at that point.

Nah. Ball bearing locks all have the same catch at the end, right before it closes. Not care for them. Compression locks are the way to go.