PLEASE READ: After unboxing this knife, I asked around the knife community pretty extensively about the Manix 2 15V. I found that every person that got one had the same issues I had with the knife. I realize that Spyderco usually doesn't have perfectly even bevels, but it usually isn't this bad. As for the centering, most people I asked said theirs was off center as well, but all were able to fix it with some fiddling. In summary, the centering is fixable, and the bevels are uneven but that doesn't really affect the cutting performance. It just bothers my OCD. So if you are fine with these issues, don't let this dissuade you from getting a Manix 2 15V. It's a fantastic knife aside from these small problems, I just wouldn't feel right if I didn't make you guys aware of them. Thanks, and I love you guys! Use my link to Blue Creek Knives and take a look at their awesome selection! If you see something you like, use the code “DOODYSDAGGERS” for 10% off! bluecreekknives.com/DOODYSDAGGERS Use my discount code, "Doody3" at White Mountain Knives for 10% off! whitemountainknives.com/ My Email: kevindoodyvideos@gmail.com MY MOST USED AND RECOMMENDED GEAR: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. CJRB Pyrite: amzn.to/3YduSPX Rough Ryder Work Knife: amzn.to/3A5DY7x Ontario RAT 2: amzn.to/3HQZQWk Leatherman Rebar: amzn.to/3bueYgd Olight i3T Eos: amzn.to/3Nmjzyf Fisher Space Pen: amzn.to/3ynuXWu MY MOST RECOMMENDED BUDGET KNIVES: Civivi Praxis: amzn.to/3vePJFH CRKT Pilar 3: amzn.to/3zxqwst Kubey Coeus: amzn.to/3PkknpK Spyderco Tenacious: amzn.to/3J3vWi9 Rough Ryder Work Knife: amzn.to/3A5DY7x Land 810: amzn.to/3J6Evcb Join my Patreon for exclusive content: www.patreon.com/doodysdaggers My Patreon tiers are subject to change as the channel grows. But there will always be giveaways for every tier! I very much appreciate your support! Let's grow Doody's Daggers into a big happy family!

My Exo comes today! I'm Cheesin thinking about it! Got my Pinion yesterday and I absolutely LOVE it! It is so much better than I expected. Glad you dropped a video this morning!

Great review. I too am a fan of these 15v Sprint runs and own one of each. Fabulous knives, exceptional steel and Spyderco always hits the bullseye 🎯

My two BBB 15V Manix2’s are extremely well built. I coulda snagged 3 of em, (and was tempted to do so), but figured the third should go to someone who hadn’t gotten one yet. They drop shut, have centered blades, and no blade play. The edge bevels aren’t literally perfect, but they almost NEVER are, on production, (as opposed to custom), knives. Still, they’re sharp AF, and I consider them to have excellent factory edges. Tbh, the edge on yours looks fine to me. Cut some stuff with it. I bet it’ll do the job for quite awhile before it actually needs sharpening. 😉

Hey there! I got mine a couple weeks back, & my bevels are mostly even. The show side bevel is ever so slightly wider than the clip side, but not by much. My blade centering favors the clip side a bit, & I have not been able to fix it as I usually can with most knives. It's also not too bad, though, so I'm not going to worry about it because I plan to use mine as well. I'm sure with some use & natural flexing of the handle, it will likely change a bit over time anyway. The action on mine was not drop shutty initially, but I polished the washers & added Gunny Glide, & now it drops shut instantly. I'm really happy to see how much they milled out the liners on this version, making it weigh only 4.2 oz as opposed to the 4.8 oz my last stock Manix 2 weighed. I bought a Flytanium brass ball cage for mine & installed it along with a Lynch clip. The only thing from factory I dislike about the Manix 2 is the plastic ball cage. I've heard some people have had them snap, which is a shame because the knife is otherwise one of the strongest-locking knives you can buy in this price range, or really probably any price range. The heel of the blade edge, though, looks like this on every Spyderco I've ever bought, so that looks absolutely standard to me. I think it'd just because since there's no choil of any kind, you end up with a really small unsharpened portion. I've owned dozens of Spydercos & they've all been this way, so I've gotten used to it. I actually sanded down the plastic edges of my Wicked Edge stones so I can reach inside to sharpen blade heels such as these. The other knives in the 15V series will all be American-made Spydercos, according to the paperwork. I would imagine the "family" would start out with a PM2, Para 3, Shaman first, then maybe a couple other Golden models. But I'd be shocked if they don't start with those three after this Sprint run. They should all also be 1200-piece runs, just like this 15V Manix & most of the Sprints in general. I'm really glad they started with the Manix 2 though, because after selling mine last year I really wanted to grab another one, & this one came along at the perfect time for me. And I was lucky enough to grab one on a drop a few weeks ago. And that's definitely not the case for everyone, as I'm still seeing people lamenting over missing out on this one. This is definitely the most highly sought-after Spyderco Sprints I've ever seen in my three years of "serious" knife collecting. Anyway, good video & I hope you enjoy your 15V Manix 2! I know I'm impressed with mine so far. I've done a moderate amount of cardboard box breakdowns & haven't even had to strop it even one pass yet. I think it'll be a while before I even need to think about it. :o)

I'd love to have any manix! That's awesome, man! I'm super happy for ya!

Awesome blade!!! I can’t wait for the next video!

Nice review, got mine today amazing steel and brown g10! My only concern is the corosion resistance.. should I be worried for rust with normal use? What do you say? Thx Ps: my bevels also are off exactly like yours. They should fix it.

Hi Shawn, I got my Manix 15v today, and as you showed on your video the bevel is uneven. Do you know anywhere that can help me to fix it. Thanks for the great detailed videos. I’m really enjoying to see your videos.

I like the looks of the torx driver set you use. Does that set work well for you? Who makes it? Thanks.

The bevels on my 15v are a tad off as well but the blade is perfectly centred. I got mine to be a user so I’ll eventually even out the bevels myself when it needs sharpening. Fantastic knife!

Long after they dropped (and out of sheer luck), I was able to order a Shaman for normal retail price. Wow! Very uneven bevels and blade centering, as you mentioned, but a little loctite and some time on the stones and stropping, everything is top notch perfect. Love this knife! 🤩

I definitely want a Manix in the collection. Shame about the bevels, Spyderco factory edges are usually on point. Have a great weekend!

I’m getting one for my birthday, can’t wait

Dood, that knife is sweet! Love the color choice. It sucks that it wasn’t QC’d perfectly but as long as you can get the blade centered I’d say it’s a keeper.

Have any idea when the next drop might be? I’ve seen a couple “coming soon”s

15% vanadium is over 3x as much as S30V. Which some claim is hard to sharpen. That uneven bevel is Sal, Eric and the team at Spyderco saying, if you want production models, you sharpen the damn things yourselves if you want a decent price.

Odd, mine is absolutely perfectly evenly ground although it did come with a very very slight bur to one side which I easily corrected with Bark River CBN emulsion 4mic then .5mic and it is ludacrisly sharp now! Bit tight in the action but zero play and I'm 100% certain it will break-in nicely...

Uneven bevels side to side and wider tip bevel, narrower at the bolster on each edge. Perfect centering on mine. I agree on the ergo, a knife you can grip with authority. The other Spyderco that fits like that is my Native 5 in Rex 45. The difference in G10 versus the FRN is a plus on the Manix Sprint run. Edge sharpness was OK, stropping on successive diamond paste to 0.5 micron put that razor edge on. Not as sharp out of the box as my Spyderco Chaparral in CTS-XHP, but that came from Taichung. The Rex 45 (Colorado build) also needed out of the box stropping. Easy enough to do. Time will tell as the edges of these three steels wear and I have to sharpen them.

Sometimes the tolerances of the washers may be off just a smidgen, you could try swapping the washers to the opposite sides and see if that helps center the blade.

I almost grabbed one, then I remembered I don't like the manix much. I tried switching the pocket clip once to the other side and it made the knife hard to use, the pocket clip is almost required to operate the lock because it gives you something to grab, without it i realized somethings off about the ergos.

Im late to the party but i had an uneven grind on my large sebenza 31. I wouldnt be bothered with one on my manxi but on the benz it was a big ouch.

Ordered NIB on Ebay last night. Listed at 300 but offered 260 and he accepted my offer. Be my 2nd Spyderco and my 1st was the PM2 in S110V. Wife wasn't happy because 2 weeks ago I ordered the ZT 0308 tiger strip. Want to get a Manix XL but want another super steel. Cant wait for my new knife to show up.

About 90% of my collection is Spyderco. Not sure whether I'm interested in this knife. Had a chance to buy it and passed. The Manix 2 is not one of my favorite models and I already have one in S110V. A LWT, as well. Haven't decided whether I want another. OTOH, if it were a Yojimbo/jumbo, a G10 Native 5, or a Military, I'd be on it in a heartbeat. A lack of perfect centering doesn't bother me at all.

Even pm2 s come with the little last 1/8th inch unsharpened.

Thanks!

my manix 2 came with a taller edge on the show side. i think this might be a thing with the manix 2. however out of all my knives this knife, for sure came with the sharpest factory edge....

Yep of 9 manix-2s I've purchased several had blades off center. Not bad but, it's an issue. My original S30V model and 2 others have the original pivots but all my others have the bushing pivot and a few have a tiny bit of side to side play. I stoned the bushings on 2 to eliminate that side to side play. Blade centering can be fixed with just a tweak of the handle btw. The manix-2 is one hell of a hard use folder imo even with its minor issues.

Big Brown Bear!! Did the heat treatment protocol. 15v ftw!!!

I hate when the edge is uneven, I’ve returned a few knives for another one because of that. Call me ocd idk.

Oh it’s a sprint run. I spent forever and days getting one retail

In my experience of 7 Spyderco knives both new from retailer and couple lightly used, all but ONE came off center which is mind boggling. I’m still a huge Spy fan but these guys can’t get that right. All models from golden btw. Meanwhile every single Chinese folder, even beat users have perfect centering and flawless action. One of the mysteries of the world 🤔

Shawn big brown bear he is the shizzle with heat treat, he knows his stuff!

I just receive mine today and i have the same problems... This is the first time I have such asymmetry on a Spyderco blade... It's weird that so many knives are hit on a sprint run serie and it's not normal. Quality control really leaves something to be desired. When you see that a Chinese knife QSP Pengouin is perfectly finished and it is only worth 28€. It's still a beautiful piece with exceptional steel, but it's a shame that this kind of detail tarnishes the overall picture.

The Manix 2 is my work knife. l have the S30V and the S110V versions. Replaced the button with a Flytainum button but, ended up putting back the factory plastic part.

It was a sprint run, as it was available at numerous retailers. They probably made 5000 units. I’ve not handled a Manix 2. I might pick up one some day. If they release a PM2 in 15V, I’ll likely pick one up.

Shawn Houston 👍🏻

I was able to get two and they both have very uneven secondary bevels and tooling marks on the liners. Both weren’t centered either. Golden sharpens with robots and it seems that they are consistently bad 😆

Not gonna lie, it's kinda depressing seeing all these folks buying these knives with absolutely zero idea of who Big Brown Bear is and the work he put into this steel. Dates back to Spyderco forum between him and Sal in 2018. Limited supply yet folks scoop them up with no idea what they are purchasing and the story behind it.

I’ll trade you a shaman or pm2 in 15c

It’s a tool to me but everyone is different

These you tubers no nothing

It’s getting hard to justify buying American made knives with little annoying details like this, all my Spydercos have had off set bevels and off center.

You will never get a perfect edge bevel... not something I would worry about.

I like my Manix but the most ergonomic knife that l have ever experienced is the Benchmade Griptilion.

I think they’re doing the stone wash on all of them now. I got a s30v one a few months ago and it was stonewashed

No issues, video sucks