"If you could only keep 5" Countdown

[Wartstein]

Firstly:
- If I could keep more than one (so two or more): The Chap FRN would always be the number two (but could never ever be the number one, like in being my only folder - just way to small for that role)

- If there´ll ever be an Endura 4 VG10 SE ffg, this would certainly be number 1

- My rankings might look different even just tomorrow... this is only how I feel right now..

5:
Endura 4 HAP40
Stretch 1 HAP40
Endela SE VG10
Pac Salt 1 SE
Chaparral FRN

4:
Endura 4 HAP40
Stretch 1 HAP40
Pac Salt 1 SE
Chaparral FRN

3:
Endura 4 HAP40
Pac Salt 1 SE
Chaparral FRN

2:
Endura 4 HAP40
Chaparral FRN

1:
Endura 4 HAP40

[6inline]

This wont take long:

2: Endela.
Dragonfly2.

1: Endela.

Phew! :P

[to be continued]

[Matus]

I only have 3 spyderco knives at the moment (Para 3, GB1 and Brouwer) and should I keep just one then ...

1. Brouwer

Love that little fella!

[Woodpuppy]

Firstly:
- If I could keep more than one (so two or more): The Chap FRN would always be the number two (but could never ever be the number one, like in being my only folder - just way to small for that role)

- If there´ll ever be an Endura 4 VG10 SE ffg, this would certainly be number 1

- My rankings might look different even just tomorrow... this is only how I feel right now..

5:
Endura 4 HAP40
Stretch 1 HAP40
Endela SE VG10
Pac Salt 1 SE
Chaparral FRN

4:
Endura 4 HAP40
Stretch 1 HAP40
Pac Salt 1 SE
Chaparral FRN

3:
Endura 4 HAP40
Pac Salt 1 SE
Chaparral FRN

2:
Endura 4 HAP40
Chaparral FRN

1:
Endura 4 HAP40

I thought it would be your hap40 stretch!

[Alan99]

1) Ayoob
2) Police 4 lightweight
3) Endura
4) Delica
5) Police 3

[Cambertree]

5:
Police 4 G10 K390
Lefty Millie S30V
ZDP189 Dragonfly
K390 Urban
HAP40 Stretch

4:
Police 4
ZDP189 Dragonfly
K390 Urban
HAP40 Stretch

3:
Police 4
K390 Urban
HAP40 Stretch

2:
K390 Urban
HAP40 Stretch

1:
HAP40 Stretch

The Stretch would win as a single knife for versatility, although I use the K390 Urban and the ZDP189 Dragonfly far more.

[Evil D]

There's no way I can make one list like this because I have some knives for different reasons. They're all users but some I definitely just like more than I use, so I'd have to make a top 5 users and top 5 "just because".


Top 5 users:

5:
Caribbean sheepscliffe SE
Rock Jumper SE
Autonomy 1
Stretch 2 SE
Dragonfly Salt SE

4:
Caribbean sheepscliffe SE
Rock Jumper SE
Autonomy 1
Stretch 2 SE

3:
Caribbean sheepscliffe SE
Rock Jumper SE
Autonomy 1

2:
Autonomy 1
Caribbean sheepscliffe SE

1:
Caribbean sheepscliffe SE

Honestly#1 could go either way with the Autonomy or Caribbean, but the Caribbean is a better slicer so it got my first choice.


Top 5 "just because"

5:
Military 52100
Shaman Crucarta
Sliverax
Yojimbo 2 S90V/CF
Manix 2 S110V custom

4:
Military 52100
Shaman Crucarta
Sliverax
Yojimbo 2 S90V/CF

3:
Military 52100
Shaman Crucarta
Sliverax

2:
Military 52100
Shaman Crucarta

1:
Military 52100


Again with those last two it could go either way. I think they're two of the best combos Spyderco has ever produced.


If that 52100 Military came in full SE with a thin grind it would likely take the top spot of all of them.

[Spyderman91]

My lil knife pile has diversified and grown since Spyderco put me into the rabbit hole. But if we are talking just spydies it would be as follows:

1. Shaman
2. Hundred Pacer
3. Spydiechef
4. Bushcraft
5. Waterway

These would be my top pics in terms of construction and use.

[wrdwrght]

The fun of these polls has turned to anguish for me.

On the one hand, I don’t like pitting Sal’s, Eric’s, or collaboration designs one against the other. Different aesthetics are involved, even within these design categories.

On the other hand, I approach each new Spydie acquisition as the one I want to make more than any other. This approach doesn’t mean I want that Spydie more than others I already have.

The only way I can reconcile my impulses is to take Sal’s “All good, just different” not as a casual statement but as a profound one.

Getting to five, let alone to one, just doesn’t make sense anymore.

[Wartstein]

I thought it would be your hap40 stretch!

Ask me tomorrow and it might very well be the Stretch... Endura is more versatile though due to its longer blade...

[Maximumsmoochy]

This is a little like Sophie's Choice, thank heavens it's only a thought experiment.

Five:
- Police 4 FRN K390
- GB2
- Stretch 2 SS
- Para 3 Maxamet
- Techno 2

Four:
- Police 4 FRN K390
- GB2
- Stretch 2 SS
- Para 3 Maxamet

Three:
- GB2
- Stretch 2 SS
- Para 3 Maxamet

Two:
- GB2
- Stretch 2 SS

One:
- GB2

Realistically it could be any combination of the original five going down the line as they are all so **** good.

[jimmd]

Disclaimer: I only have 3 Spydercos and have never handled #4 or #5 (although I'm not counting my Ladybug keychain knife).

Please extrapolate from this list:
5. Caribbean Leaf Blade PlainEdge
4. Drunken
3. Sage 5 LW ( with custom scales -- maybe cheating, but that's what I've got!)
2. SpydieChef
1. Chaparral CF/G-10

[chrisb507]

Balancing utility, practicality and beauty/appreciation, it's tough to find the right mix.

No. 5 goes, then No. 4, etc., with No. 1 being my final, best do-it-all:

5. PM2, C81GPDBL2
4. UKPK, C94PDBL
3. Dragonfly2, C28PYL2
2. Caly 3, C113CFPD
1. Chap, C152PGY

[kerrcobra]

This is tough:

Five:
- Military 52100
- Native Chief Rex45
- Police 4 LW K390
- Manix 2 LW Rex45
- Street Beat LW

Four:
- Military 52100
- Native Chief Rex45
- Police 4 LW K390
- Street Beat LW

Three:
- Military 52100
- Native Chief Rex45
- Street Beat LW

Two:
- Military Rex45
- Street Beat LW

One:
- Delica 4 K390

Like many others, my "only one Spyderco" shows up at the end after not making a showing previously. The reason I'd choose the Delica 4 is that it's probably my favorite, most well-rounded model. Realistically, the SB takes the cake. It is my absolute, all-time favorite model, and if we ever get one in K390 (or Rex45 ^_^) it would take the #1 spot hands down everytime.

[jdw]

My list is pretty easy because my 5 whittles down to two models quickly, my 52100 Military and the back up along with my GB1 and the second that I own of it. They are the only two knives that I have ever bought back ups for and I am a big fan of each, but if it's down to one knife I would take the 52100 Millie. I guess the odd knife out of the two for the 5th would be my Sage Maxamet. I am pretty blown away by that one.

[Holland]

My list is pretty easy because my 5 whittles down to two models quickly, my 52100 Military and the back up along with my GB1 and the second that I own of it. They are the only two knives that I have ever bought back ups for and I am a big fan of each, but if it's down to one I would take the 52100 Millie. I guess the odd knife out of the two would be my Sage Maxamet. I am pretty blown away by that one.

Can't include backups!

I have two backup Mantra 1s, two back up dragonfly salts, and 1 back up for both the junction and the chap 1 lol :D

[Bolster]

Great choice - if it only were bigger (for being the ONLY knife) - I so hope Sal will look into a Chap XL eventually...

Isn't the Chap XL = the Caly 3?

[swigert]

Foundry
Para 2 Jade M4
Para 2 Cruwear
Slysz Bowie
Shaman Cruwear

Shaman Cruwear
Para 2 Cruwear
Para 2 Jade m4
Slysz Bowie

Slysz Bowie
Para 2 Cruwear
Para 2 Jade m4

Para 2 Jade M4
Slysz Bowie

Slysz Bowie

[Lumpy]

5-
Endura Hap40
Siren
Watu
Amalgam
Para 3 cruwear

4
Endura Hap40
Siren
Amalgam
Para 3 cruwear

3
Endura Hap40
Siren
Para 3 cruwear

2
Endura Hap40
Siren

1
Endura Hap40

Though this can and will change on a day to day basis, I think the endura and siren will always be at the top for me. haven’t had the Rex chief for long enough to definitively say it’s in the top 5 yet, but I can absolutely see it being added to the list.

[Holland]

Looks like theres lots of love for the pac salt and endura i here.