Description
The Spyderco MANIX 2 Blue Lightweight CTS-BD1 is an ultra-light, high-performance folding knife. It features a CTS-BD1 ** blade with exceptional wear and corrosion resistance, a full-flat grind for efficient cutting, and Spyderco’s Round Hole™ for easy one-handed opening. Enhanced control comes from a forefinger choil and jimping.
Connecting the blade and handle is Spyderco’s patented Ball Bearing Lock™ mechanism. This innovative design uses a ball bearing housed in a textured polymer cage to secure the blade. When the blade opens, the ball bearing is pushed forward to lock between a blade ramp and a handle insert, ensuring a secure hold. Pulling the caged bearing back releases the lock, enabling safe and smooth blade closure while keeping fingers clear of the edge. This mechanism is strong, user-friendly, and fully ambidextrous.
The ambidextrous clip adds flexibility for left or right carry preferences, further emphasising Spyderco’s attention to detail in making the Spyderco MANIX 2 Blue adaptable to different users’ needs. All these aspects make the Manix 2 a favorite among both casual users and serious knife enthusiasts.
Details:
– Made in USA
– Blade material: CTS-BD1
– Handle material: FRN
– Overall length: approx. 20.3 cm
– Blade length: approx. 8.6 cm
– Sheath: N/A – Boxed
– Lock: Ball Bearing
– Pocket Clip: Ambi – but currently Right Hand Tip Up
Information from the Spyderco catalog on the web
High-performance American-made blade steels are propelling the quality and performance of today’s knives to new and higher levels. A U.S.A company called Carpenter Steel recently entered the knife making arena, cutlery people noticed. Carpenter isn’t a newcomer to alloy manufacturing just a new-neighbor in the community of blade steel manufacturing and they’re launching a new family of alloys called CTS™ steels specifically for cutlery. One of those is CTS-BD1. CTS-BD1 is patterned on Gingami I (also known as G2), the gold-standard for Japanese cutlerers. Its superior edge retention and surface finish are machined to a fine edge and it heat-treats consistently.
** from Spydiewiki.com
- Sal Glesser posted on BladeForums.com in 2010:
“Another steel that was specially formulated to our request is Carpenter steel’s new CTS-BD1. This is, in my opinion, an optimal formualtion for a blade steel. It is based on Hitachi’s well known “Gingami I” (silver paper), also knows as G2 (early Spyderco’s) and GIN 1 (current Spyderco’s). CTS-BD1 has been “tweaked” by Carpenter’s metallurgist, Rick Gleixner and the result is very nice, and USA made.” [1]
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