Top Five Spyderco Knives: For Any Occasion

I normally am not a fan of 3" or under blades, but for whatever reason, I do really like my Sage 5 lw. I'm not a Para 3 fan. I much prefer the Sage series, or even the Native 5 if I want or need a 3" blade.
Interesting choices. Your reasoning is sold regardless of whether everyone agrees or not. We all have different needs and tastes in knives, so whatever works is never a wrong choice. I enjoyed the video! It got me to look at some of the knives in a different light, which is a good thing imo. Thanks for doing it brother!

My 5 would be:
1. PM2
2. DELICA
3. YOJIMBO
4. CAPTAIN
5. MANIX

Love all my Spyderco knives, my most used is the Para 3. Agree with you about the Caribbean as a sailor the sheeps foot is the best all purpose.

My first Spyderco was one of the original Police models with a stainless steel handle. I bought it back in the 80s. I lost it on a camping trip, and my second Spyderco was a Delica 1. I went through a couple of Delicas over the year, as I really liked the design. Along the way, I tried a couple of other Spyderco designs, but alway went back to the Delica. Finally, a couple of years ago, I bought my first Para 2 and fell in love with it. The ergonomics of the knife just really fits my hand. 👍

A sage 5 in micarta with magnacut 😊

awe man that caribbean is hideous. my eyes are burning

Ummmm not to be a wiseguy but....i found it interesting you recognized the 3" or less blade length law for your first pick only....heh....

Also odd to me is that most knife companies are putting out knvies with blades longer than 3' KNOWING the knife laws in place.

Has anyone here ever been stopped and searched? their 3.75" bladed folder found?? :) What happened/ I'm curious to know what can and has happened to some enthusiasts who ignored the law...

My favorite Spyderco is the Para 3. I think that it does everything that I need an EDC knife to do. Plus it’s a great value for a USA made knife. The price has gone up since they moved to S45VN steel. The knife is a great size. Plus I love the fact that you can get the knife in different steels, and handle materials. I own more Spyderco’s than any other brand of knife. Spyderco gives you more for your money.
I feel that Benchmade is out of touch when it comes to pricing. Plus they love plastic to much. G10 is the “cheapest “ handle material I want on a knife.

My go to is a fully serrated endura

Hmm a guy afraid to be seen with a locking knife. End of the video for me.

Last should have been the shaman.

When I first became interested in collecting knives, I had no interest in Spyderco. But something happened ( don’t know what it was ) and then I bought PM 2, Para 3 Lightweight, Dragonfly 2, Delica 4, Smock, Amalgum, Shaman, Tenacious and lastly the Sage 5 Lightweight - which is now my favorite Spyderco due to its dimensions, weight, leaf blade shape & compression lock and it fits my hand like a glove - what a great knife!!

Not one of those looks like its ever used for anything other than making videos

Shaman and native chief are also awesome. M4 and xhp.

Police 4 lw k390 is a slicer for sure👍🏻

Love the Sage 5 lw

Spyderco. Civivi, and Kubey are my favs!

I think you missed the top 2 of all SPyderco knives that between the 2 of them can cover 99.9% of all pocket carry needs: The Delica 4 and the Dragonfly 2. My two Favorite knives of any knives, period.

The ukpk is a better choice than the urban, imho, , its under 3" blade is a bit bigger, and more useful,,, over here in England, it would be the choice for every category you have here, because it's the only one that fits within our laws,,
My favourite is the S110v version, it's the best folding knife in the world, for us,, (imho)...

Interesting . . . so you like the Taiwan factory a lot. lol

The Ikuchi! Great pick, I loved mine so much I bought two more, one for my neighbour, one for my bff. It’s the coolest knife in my opinion, glad to see others loving this blade.

Does anyone remember the cricket ?

first knife you list is totally sold out everywhere. nice video

Would not be my choices but the video and your argumentation was nice to listen to.
The Caribbean! A great knife! Had one with me for about 2.5 months on a daily basis. But not as "rust resistant" as you can get. The Pacific Salt is much better in that category.
The Caribbean has SS liners, stop/guide pins, spacers and screws...all those parts rust. The liners are more rust resistant than the rest but they do also rust. 10 days in and around salt water. I snagged the pocket clip on mine, while taking my t-shirt off, and it got bend pretty bad.
Now the Pacific Salt(H1)...i carried for one month in and around salt water.... nothing rusted. Not even the spring or...
That Capara doe....!
Good video!

you sound like hank shrader, and your laugh too

No military?

PM2 wins every category save EU and office carry.

No Chaparral?

I also resisted SPYDERCOs myself, then I bought a TENACIOUS, and, I was addicted, now I'm on a quest to buy as many as I can when I can, there is one budget knife you never hear about "THE ASTUTE" it can hold its own against any of the SPYDERCO's its a 3" bldade and 4" closed and 7" overall, it is the perfect EDC in my opinion, anyone collects SPYDERCOs it's a must have,,

The sage 5 and ikuchi are my favorite and first and second knifes I’ve ever bought for the exact reasons you do😂

I’m smock all day

I prefer the manix over the sage

Cool

I love Spyderco, but they have the worst packaging ever. I don’t get their awful graphic design and their flimsy floppy box. Especially, since some people are dropping a grip of cash on Spydiechefs etc. Think about Benchmade and or We packaging and you’ll get what I am saying.

Great video

Hundred pacer is the only spider I carry.

I like the Sage 5, but the price is outrageous for a Taiwan knife.

What’s up with “edc guys” and the weird hand movements… it’s like they want to look like they’re doing sign language.

Great list of 5 Spyderco knives! I love the flipper/roller on the Ikuichi. It reminds me of the flipper on the Smock, unobtrusive and carry comfortable. I only have 8 Spyderco knives , so my list would be just what I have on hand; Kapara, Para 3 (Maxamet), PM2 (S110V), Spydiechef, Dragonfly (20CV), Squeek (Titanium and Elmax), Squeek (pink), Smock.

I had to keep going back and editing my list to add another one!

I have a Delica and a Pacific Salt 2. There are 3 knives that are in my wish list, the PM2, the Caribbean, and the Kapara.

I love Spyderco's, an usually the larger, my favorite being the Amalgam, It was made for me, fits my hand like it was customized for me personally. The Police, the Resilience, are a couple other favorites, but nothing tops the Amalgam, an after 30 minutes of playing with it you have no problems with the compression lock an flipper tab, another two of my favorite things about them.

I have a domino 2 paramilitary 2 3 para 3 a delica and endura a ladybug a tenacious a manix 2 lightweight translucent blue a sage 3 blue g10 and a sage 5 a chaparral and a darn dao and probably a couple others

Amazing knives, congrats!

Over hyped, meh

4 out of 5 is pretty good

cool vid.... love your picks. i had a few Urbans from back in the early 2000's that i lost and just replaced with the model from Italy and the action is much tighter/stiffer. hopefully will loosen up a bit with more use but i really really love the dragonfly FRN as a daily carry for 99% of my needs. so light it just disappears in the pocket.

Travel blade: Spyderco roadie (size isn’t an issue for me. 50 bucks
Daily edc: the sage 5 for me as well to me it demolishes para 3
Dress, I’d go with either the ikuchi or the spyOpera
Slicing beast: between Gayle Bradley and kapara close battle
Tough knife ? The spyderco tuff 😌 it’s a beast

The Watu is my perfect slicing machine and the Smock is my fav allarounder. You should try the Smock. It will rock your world ! That being said I enjoyed your vid... all great choices !