I bought a Mantra 3 and I think it’s an absolutely great knife! Even to the point where I would say it’s an upmarket Delica and better than PM2s and arguably better than the Para 3. The recurve has a certain aesthetics, to it.
I wish they kept the M4 and titanium. Those, along with the aggressive grind, were what made the original Mantra stand out from knives like the Sage 5 and Para 3. Maybe the Mantra 3 could've had the new ball bearings, some internal handle milling, and a finer blade finish. Instead, this seems less like Constant Quality Improvement and more like making this cheaper.
@OLEC OLEC M4 might not be the best for humid environments, but it's such a great steel otherwise, and it's found on so few folding knives. The performance and scarcity of M4 blades was a huge selling point for the original Mantra(s) for me. A more high performance stainless like M390 would have certainly made the Mantra 3 better. With S30V, it just doesn't stand out against Spyderco's other S30V/G10-CF kniveslike the Sage 5, PM2, Para 3, and their recent batch of compression lock flippers. If you don't mind me asking, why do you like the Mantra 3 compared to other similar Spyderco offerings?
I know I'm so late to this, but; I've recently been interested in buying this knife because everything about it is pretty much perfect in terms of what I look for in a knife. Except that recurve portion! - it almost looks like a grinding mistake or something. So close with this one!
@@wasnt_it I just bought one from my local knife shop. I was pleasantly surprised to find that blade does not have a recurve. The detent is also stronger for push button firing. So I assume there's been some modifications to the design since Nick's review.
Sal and eric themselves must personally dislike strong detents. Spyderco is for sure my favorite knife makers, so I'm not bashing for the sake of it, but at this point it seems intentional. Time after time they release these knives with weak detents in a market that has a very clear preference for stronger detents, especially in flipper knives, a part of the market they're only recently trying to enter. I'd really love to see them just go out and fix this across the board. It just seems like nothing is stopping them but their own resistance to it. It's a small detail, but an important one I think they need to listen to the consumer about.
I don't even consider buying a knife unless you did a review I love That you talk about all the good and especially the bad I feel other reviews tend to praise the knife especially wen the company sends them in
CQI update for yall. The Mantra 3 I just purchased seems to have resolved several issues Nick mentions. (1) The detent is stronger, it cannot shake free and while the detent strength is not gonna make any headlines, it does result in push button firing with a satisfying kick. (2) No sharp edges around spydie hole. (3) No more recurve, first half of blade edge is completely flat. However, this means some of the edge does protrude into the compression lock area. I don't see myself possibly getting cut because of this during regular usage, but intentionally and unnaturally shoving my finger between the liners at just the right spot did result in a shallow cut.
I just bought one yesterday (03/02/2022). I really like it. I'm normally more into bigger knives but this lately, I noticed I'm liking smaller knives. The PM2 is still still my favorite and I've got a Shaman and a Manix 2 G10 on the way but I 'play' with my Para 3s and this one more frequently than before.
Great review. While I haven’t handled this particular one yet, it seems like another spyderco that just doesn’t fit my hand, they are always so thin that when I have to do anything like cutting cardboard or wood regularly they give big hot spots vs like a wider minigrip or griptilian. I love spyderco blade shapes but can’t do the thinness.
I guess Nick and I are opposed on 'what makes a good detent.' I love my Sliveraxe..I love my Amalgam. I have this on order and suspend I'll like it too. Thanks for the review Nick! Keep 'em coming.
The mantra is an amazing knife! Or rather…. It has the potential to be an amazing knife. On my mantra I dremeled the detent hole so the ball seats properly and it’s an amazing flipper! I also modified an ocd4edc CME with a cutout for the flipper tab to pass through so you don’t have to pinch the lockbar right at the bottom to allow the flipper past your finger. Slapped a lynch clip on there too and now it’s one of my favourite knives ❤❤❤
Hey Nick you would you ever consider reviewing an edc fix blade? Something along the lines of the Bradford guardian 3 series of knives? Just curious :)
I’m waiting to see your review of the Brouwer! I don’t have any reason to get a knife like that in that price range, but something about it speaks to me. Your video will have a lot of weight in whether or not I buy it!
I'll be getting this exact Ferblabble, from the gentleman that got it from you. I'm excited for it. If the Para 2 had a flipper I would be getting that, but this is pretty much a smaller Para 2. Same Steel, and a compression lock. Bearings are also so nice compared to washers, IMO. Luckily, I dont have any old Mantra's to compare it to, may fix the detent by drilling out the blade just a touch.
IMO the carbon fiber/g10 scales the taichung plant does just feel too hollow and plastic. the texture really isnt that great, would really prefer straight up ti or slab cf like what zt does. or if they're gonna do g10 then just make the whole thing g10
It boils down to aesthetics for me. It's why I paid asking price for a new Mantra just recently. My Mantra is actually destined for a somewhat drastic mod, but as is I'm digging the looks and loving the functionality so far (awesome little kitchen slicer). The Mantra 3 is more attractive after having watched this vid, and I like it's aesthetic as-is more than the 1's. They are obviously similar, but have some key differences. The 3's handle is wider, the flipper tab design is different, and of course the recurve. The recurve, I believe, has more to do with aesthetic choice than anything, and if it's not wanted it shouldn't be too difficult to straighten the edge and grind in a small sharpening choil.
To bad they lowered the materials. Was impressed actually saw you use your left hand with it. Can't say I excited about it. For the drop in materials I personally feel price should have come down morw. Have a great day.
I can't agree that a compression lock is lefty-friendly. Even a liner lock is easier to close with the left hand, while the compression lock is nigh impossible to close one-handed. Maybe it's just me, but I don't have particularly big or weird hands.
By now when I am buying a Taiwan spyderco, especially a compression lock one, I am pretty much prepared to do the ol' dremel bit tweak on the detent hole. Which is a shame, imo sydercos are not known for the strongest detents ever to begin with (well except my Shayman, mine's detent perfection right out of the box) so the detents that many say are light feel completely unacceptable for me, like for instance on my caribbean, and to fix them into pretty much perfection is so easy and even quick, given you know what you are doing and have the patience to not rush it and take your time, I am completely baffled as to why all these knives are popped out of the Taiwan factory as little diy projects instead of finished products. But I keep buying them because the price is right and even if I get a "bad" one I know how to fix it and have done so countless of times so I could do it blindfolded by this point, but it still kinda eats away at the ability to be able to outright openly at the snap of my fingers recommend them outside their lockback ones. Luckily I live ways off on the other side of the globe so I won't have to worry about warranty voidance, not because Spyderco won't give it, they've been nothing but helpful when I contacted them once about a spyderco that had clear from factory issues and were going to replace mine, but in short my postal system sees trying to ship a knife, even to a factory for factory warranty repair, as somehow illegal and wrong like I am trying to send an assault rifle to a 5 year old kid as a birthday present, and they have some booklet that says that American won't allow people to ship pretty much anything from liquids to tools, sharp objects etc to them so they right up refused to ship it at all.
Would we like this if it was a slip joint? This leads me to think that many flipper-lock knives are popular for playing around with, but don’t offer significant advantages to slip-joints in terms of day-to-day use. Many makers appear to be caught in the tacti-cool designs these days.
Great review! Could you possibly do a review of the Green Thorn Neon M390? It’s a clone of the shiro neon but has close to the same action as the real one
IT WAS ME! I'm the steel snob. I got into the knife hobby from the science hobby, the interesting new steels is half the reason I'm here. Do you need it? No. But you need more than one or two knives? Also, no. Let me like what I like.
My complaint about buying a mantra or at least having a spyderco flipper since I love my delica 4 so much and just got into the knife hobby is that, it's like another delica... After buying my ruike p801 I love flippers since they're really fun to fidget and satisfying to deploy. But sadly because of the resemblance of the delica I opted to get another brand that's different for my really small collection and ended up getting a ZT 0450cf but thanks to your review, for a more affordable mantra line, the mantra 3 for 150 sounds reasonable for me down the line!
I wish I weren't such a material snob but as soon as I see the CF G10 laminate it is game over, if others can use solid CF in this price range so should Spyderco or at the worst I would gladly pay more if I was wanting this model...and so it goes.
I like mine well enough but I definitely don't carry it all that much. The one thing I don't like it if I'm up the thumb ramp, my finger naturally want to choke up where a finger choil would (should?) be, and that's right on the blade. I like it but I probably would've bought something else if I had to do it again. Also that flipper tab punched the living sh*t out of my fingertip for at least 2-3 days when I went to close it until I got the hang of it.
I'm always happy to chat with Patreon patrons in the Discord server, but I'm afraid I get too many 'which should I buy' questions to be able to reliably respond to everything.
They could have just added a little more room for the finger choil. I feel like they killed the design with that. Looks ugly. Yes looks matter 😂. Good review. I feel you have a real understanding for this knife.
I'm just kind of over Spyderco flippers to be honest. I get it that they have to give the market what it wants since everybody else is making flippers, but to me, a pocket pecker sticking out of a Spyderco sorta ruins the simple elegance of the Spydiehole. Even if they could get the detents dialed in, I just don't see the point since it's no more satisfying to open than flicking using the hole, yet adds a number of disadvantages the hole doesn't have. For me personally, the only time a flipper tab makes sense is if it's the only opening mechanism and thus allows the knife to have a slimmer profile overall. Otherwise, I'll choose the Spydiehole every time.
A 35.00 Ruike has a better detent than the Mantra or any of the Spyderco flippers , maybe you should send them the Ruike and have them reverse engineer the detent .
@@TKO593 the s30v edge are bending and rolls over when i sharpen it and i don't have that problem on most other steels. it takes more time to sharpen then it's worth. m390. s35vn takes som time to sharpen but you get a edge that holds a long time and is worth the extra money in my opinion sorry for my bad english
@@geirvegg The fault lies in your sharpening, not the steel. Spyderco appears, thankfully, to be one of the only manufacturers not buying the bullshit that S35VN is significantly better than S30V. Sure, it should be a little tougher, but S30V will always have better edge retention. If you want the knife to hold an edge, its gonna be a bitch to sharpen. Just the way steel works. I have no problem spending 8 to 10 hours sharpening maxamet to my preferred edge, because I know I'll likely never have to do that again. That's an extreme example, but I hope it makes my point.
I hate and love my mantra because the pivot stripped itself out and spiderco wont send me a new one.... so now my action is horrible and the bearings are useless. Of course i cant send it to spiderco for repair because I opened the knife to friggin clean it and add oil!!!
A lot of weird decisions and side stepping from the original design that I don't understand. Anyway , s30v is still an excellent steel for everyday use , that's just the steel snobs talking. I can't wait until companies start using it on their budget knives like they did with D2..
@@David-js6sl because it is harder to sharpen, also here recurve doesn't seem to be something planned by designer, just not very happy accident at sharpening by manufacture...
What's Spyderco thinking with that choil-delete? Same with the Ply-Carbon Fiber? That pattern on the CF-ply looks like shit! The best was the Sage 1, the texture-depth was better, look, etc. This checkered crap just looks like shit! I waited for this for so long, and am sorely disappointed.
Now I want a Spyderco Ferblabble.
I bought a Mantra 3 and I think it’s an absolutely great knife! Even to the point where I would say it’s an upmarket Delica and better than PM2s and arguably better than the Para 3.
The recurve has a certain aesthetics, to it.
Just got mine today,I love this knife .perfect feel and weight.
I wish they kept the M4 and titanium. Those, along with the aggressive grind, were what made the original Mantra stand out from knives like the Sage 5 and Para 3. Maybe the Mantra 3 could've had the new ball bearings, some internal handle milling, and a finer blade finish. Instead, this seems less like Constant Quality Improvement and more like making this cheaper.
@OLEC OLEC M4 might not be the best for humid environments, but it's such a great steel otherwise, and it's found on so few folding knives. The performance and scarcity of M4 blades was a huge selling point for the original Mantra(s) for me.
A more high performance stainless like M390 would have certainly made the Mantra 3 better. With S30V, it just doesn't stand out against Spyderco's other S30V/G10-CF kniveslike the Sage 5, PM2, Para 3, and their recent batch of compression lock flippers.
If you don't mind me asking, why do you like the Mantra 3 compared to other similar Spyderco offerings?
Love my Mantra 3. My hope is they do sprint runs in different steels with it.
Thanks your channel is my number one stop before buying any knife or multi-tool thanks Nick 👍
The recurve kills it for me. I was really looking forward to this knife, but that blade is a dealbreaker.
I know I'm so late to this, but; I've recently been interested in buying this knife because everything about it is pretty much perfect in terms of what I look for in a knife. Except that recurve portion! - it almost looks like a grinding mistake or something. So close with this one!
@@wasnt_it 2 minutes with a diamond file if you like to have sharpening noth.
@@MichalBreslau doesn't help with the recurve.
@@wasnt_it I just bought one from my local knife shop. I was pleasantly surprised to find that blade does not have a recurve. The detent is also stronger for push button firing. So I assume there's been some modifications to the design since Nick's review.
@@KaiMastaK Thanks for the update. Spyderco are known to make improvements, some quietly.
Sal and eric themselves must personally dislike strong detents. Spyderco is for sure my favorite knife makers, so I'm not bashing for the sake of it, but at this point it seems intentional. Time after time they release these knives with weak detents in a market that has a very clear preference for stronger detents, especially in flipper knives, a part of the market they're only recently trying to enter. I'd really love to see them just go out and fix this across the board. It just seems like nothing is stopping them but their own resistance to it. It's a small detail, but an important one I think they need to listen to the consumer about.
Nick now that you've had some time and have seen it's younger brother, have your thoughts on the Mantra 1 changed at all?
If you push button it, it's hard to mess up. After you carry it for a couple weeks it grows on ya.
I know you say you aren't planning to design any knives but if you ever do a collaboration with Spyderco it better be called the "fablable."
I don't even consider buying a knife unless you did a review I love That you talk about all the good and especially the bad I feel other reviews tend to praise the knife especially wen the company sends them in
CQI update for yall. The Mantra 3 I just purchased seems to have resolved several issues Nick mentions. (1) The detent is stronger, it cannot shake free and while the detent strength is not gonna make any headlines, it does result in push button firing with a satisfying kick. (2) No sharp edges around spydie hole. (3) No more recurve, first half of blade edge is completely flat. However, this means some of the edge does protrude into the compression lock area. I don't see myself possibly getting cut because of this during regular usage, but intentionally and unnaturally shoving my finger between the liners at just the right spot did result in a shallow cut.
Is there a way to tell if you ordered the CQI version? Like barcode or UPC?
I just bought one yesterday (03/02/2022). I really like it. I'm normally more into bigger knives but this lately, I noticed I'm liking smaller knives. The PM2 is still still my favorite and I've got a Shaman and a Manix 2 G10 on the way but I 'play' with my Para 3s and this one more frequently than before.
Great review. While I haven’t handled this particular one yet, it seems like another spyderco that just doesn’t fit my hand, they are always so thin that when I have to do anything like cutting cardboard or wood regularly they give big hot spots vs like a wider minigrip or griptilian. I love spyderco blade shapes but can’t do the thinness.
Hey Nick, any plans of reviewing the Reate Jack? I just got one and was wondering what your thoughts on it would be.
I guess Nick and I are opposed on 'what makes a good detent.' I love my Sliveraxe..I love my Amalgam. I have this on order and suspend I'll like it too.
Thanks for the review Nick! Keep 'em coming.
So if I am looking for syderco flipper, I should wait for the Spyderco Kevin Smock? Like stright edge, choi, nd the flipper tab is out of the way?
The mantra is an amazing knife! Or rather…. It has the potential to be an amazing knife. On my mantra I dremeled the detent hole so the ball seats properly and it’s an amazing flipper! I also modified an ocd4edc CME with a cutout for the flipper tab to pass through so you don’t have to pinch the lockbar right at the bottom to allow the flipper past your finger. Slapped a lynch clip on there too and now it’s one of my favourite knives ❤❤❤
Hey Nick you would you ever consider reviewing an edc fix blade? Something along the lines of the Bradford guardian 3 series of knives?
Just curious :)
whats up with HQ? there not letting us know where the knife is from? starting now?
Hey, don't forget to have an absolutely wonderful rest of *your* day too
I watched your entire review video with my head tilted so that the grid on your mat is straight.
Turning the phone slightly was too much trouble? 😂
I’m waiting to see your review of the Brouwer! I don’t have any reason to get a knife like that in that price range, but something about it speaks to me. Your video will have a lot of weight in whether or not I buy it!
I'll be getting this exact Ferblabble, from the gentleman that got it from you. I'm excited for it. If the Para 2 had a flipper I would be getting that, but this is pretty much a smaller Para 2. Same Steel, and a compression lock. Bearings are also so nice compared to washers, IMO. Luckily, I dont have any old Mantra's to compare it to, may fix the detent by drilling out the blade just a touch.
Nice. Can you review the Off Grid OG-950- Cleaver?
Just picked one of these up today from the seconds sale and I honestly gotta agree 100%. I honestly thought the detent was the defect at first
IMO the carbon fiber/g10 scales the taichung plant does just feel too hollow and plastic. the texture really isnt that great, would really prefer straight up ti or slab cf like what zt does. or if they're gonna do g10 then just make the whole thing g10
It boils down to aesthetics for me. It's why I paid asking price for a new Mantra just recently. My Mantra is actually destined for a somewhat drastic mod, but as is I'm digging the looks and loving the functionality so far (awesome little kitchen slicer). The Mantra 3 is more attractive after having watched this vid, and I like it's aesthetic as-is more than the 1's. They are obviously similar, but have some key differences. The 3's handle is wider, the flipper tab design is different, and of course the recurve. The recurve, I believe, has more to do with aesthetic choice than anything, and if it's not wanted it shouldn't be too difficult to straighten the edge and grind in a small sharpening choil.
To bad they lowered the materials. Was impressed actually saw you use your left hand with it.
Can't say I excited about it. For the drop in materials I personally feel price should have come down morw.
Have a great day.
I can't agree that a compression lock is lefty-friendly. Even a liner lock is easier to close with the left hand, while the compression lock is nigh impossible to close one-handed. Maybe it's just me, but I don't have particularly big or weird hands.
By now when I am buying a Taiwan spyderco, especially a compression lock one, I am pretty much prepared to do the ol' dremel bit tweak on the detent hole. Which is a shame, imo sydercos are not known for the strongest detents ever to begin with (well except my Shayman, mine's detent perfection right out of the box) so the detents that many say are light feel completely unacceptable for me, like for instance on my caribbean, and to fix them into pretty much perfection is so easy and even quick, given you know what you are doing and have the patience to not rush it and take your time, I am completely baffled as to why all these knives are popped out of the Taiwan factory as little diy projects instead of finished products. But I keep buying them because the price is right and even if I get a "bad" one I know how to fix it and have done so countless of times so I could do it blindfolded by this point, but it still kinda eats away at the ability to be able to outright openly at the snap of my fingers recommend them outside their lockback ones. Luckily I live ways off on the other side of the globe so I won't have to worry about warranty voidance, not because Spyderco won't give it, they've been nothing but helpful when I contacted them once about a spyderco that had clear from factory issues and were going to replace mine, but in short my postal system sees trying to ship a knife, even to a factory for factory warranty repair, as somehow illegal and wrong like I am trying to send an assault rifle to a 5 year old kid as a birthday present, and they have some booklet that says that American won't allow people to ship pretty much anything from liquids to tools, sharp objects etc to them so they right up refused to ship it at all.
still waiting on that jerry brouwer review tho
Would we like this if it was a slip joint? This leads me to think that many flipper-lock knives are popular for playing around with, but don’t offer significant advantages to slip-joints in terms of day-to-day use. Many makers appear to be caught in the tacti-cool designs these days.
Great review!
Could you possibly do a review of the Green Thorn Neon M390?
It’s a clone of the shiro neon but has close to the same action as the real one
I'm pretty sure Nick has a policy against reviewing or giving really any attention to clones.
Aaron Stevens ah ok. Thanks
I actually do really like the look of this! Great review as always!
IT WAS ME! I'm the steel snob. I got into the knife hobby from the science hobby, the interesting new steels is half the reason I'm here. Do you need it? No. But you need more than one or two knives? Also, no. Let me like what I like.
My complaint about buying a mantra or at least having a spyderco flipper since I love my delica 4 so much and just got into the knife hobby is that, it's like another delica... After buying my ruike p801 I love flippers since they're really fun to fidget and satisfying to deploy. But sadly because of the resemblance of the delica I opted to get another brand that's different for my really small collection and ended up getting a ZT 0450cf but thanks to your review, for a more affordable mantra line, the mantra 3 for 150 sounds reasonable for me down the line!
Can you do a review on the Kapara?
I agree not a fan of the red curve guess it was nessacary as you described, I wouldn't pay 150$ for that particular knife.
I wish I weren't such a material snob but as soon as I see the CF G10 laminate it is game over, if others can use solid CF in this price range so should Spyderco or at the worst I would gladly pay more if I was wanting this model...and so it goes.
I like mine well enough but I definitely don't carry it all that much. The one thing I don't like it if I'm up the thumb ramp, my finger naturally want to choke up where a finger choil would (should?) be, and that's right on the blade. I like it but I probably would've bought something else if I had to do it again. Also that flipper tab punched the living sh*t out of my fingertip for at least 2-3 days when I went to close it until I got the hang of it.
Did Spyderco fixed the weak tetent on the Mantra 3 ???
It doesnt sound like it. when I get mine, I may make the detent hold in the blade a tad bit larger, allowing the ball to sit lower in there.
No mention of the infamous Pocket Pecker?
Slipstones with a rounded edge will take care of the recurve
It weighs 2.89 inches?
It does. #NotaBrilliantMan
Is it me or does the Mantra 3 look like a higher end Tenacious??
great honest review.
PLease, please, please. I'm begging you. Get your hands on the new Spyderco Q-ball and review it!
Nice review.. thanks for sharing
How can I contact you I have some Benchmade questions for you thanks
I'm always happy to chat with Patreon patrons in the Discord server, but I'm afraid I get too many 'which should I buy' questions to be able to reliably respond to everything.
@@NickShabazz I just bought a Benchmade model 427 used and would like to deassist it can it be done and the knife still work good.
Any word an an Amalgam release date? I can't wait to get it in my pocket!
I agree, don’t get the hate on s30v. I prefer it over s35vn. I’m glad it’s became the std steel over 154cm.
brian hilligoss - as another youtube reviewer said - steel seems to be the most important thing to people who don't use their knives very much.
I just want to hear Nick say, "Helllooooo nice laaaaaay-deeeee!!!!!" lol
They could have just added a little more room for the finger choil. I feel like they killed the design with that. Looks ugly. Yes looks matter 😂. Good review. I feel you have a real understanding for this knife.
I'm just kind of over Spyderco flippers to be honest. I get it that they have to give the market what it wants since everybody else is making flippers, but to me, a pocket pecker sticking out of a Spyderco sorta ruins the simple elegance of the Spydiehole. Even if they could get the detents dialed in, I just don't see the point since it's no more satisfying to open than flicking using the hole, yet adds a number of disadvantages the hole doesn't have. For me personally, the only time a flipper tab makes sense is if it's the only opening mechanism and thus allows the knife to have a slimmer profile overall. Otherwise, I'll choose the Spydiehole every time.
Agree 100%. Why have a flipper on a Spyderco, when they already come with a better opening mechanism? Makes zero sense.
Greetings, Nicholas.
From the States
The recurve is a bit strange.
"weighs 2.89 inches" oh nick, never change
A 35.00 Ruike has a better detent than the Mantra or any of the Spyderco flippers , maybe you should send them the Ruike and have them reverse engineer the detent .
REMOVED THE FLIPPER TAB! isn’t that the whole point of the flippin’ knife. 😆
I'm over S30v. i even prefer 440c.. at least it's possible to sharpen it. time for spyderco to upgrade to s35vn
Heimdal S30v is easy to sharpen? If you need something easier try 154cm.
@@TKO593 the s30v edge are bending and rolls over when i sharpen it and i don't have that problem on most other steels. it takes more time to sharpen then it's worth. m390. s35vn takes som time to sharpen but you get a edge that holds a long time and is worth the extra money in my opinion
sorry for my bad english
@@geirvegg
The fault lies in your sharpening, not the steel.
Spyderco appears, thankfully, to be one of the only manufacturers not buying the bullshit that S35VN is significantly better than S30V. Sure, it should be a little tougher, but S30V will always have better edge retention.
If you want the knife to hold an edge, its gonna be a bitch to sharpen. Just the way steel works.
I have no problem spending 8 to 10 hours sharpening maxamet to my preferred edge, because I know I'll likely never have to do that again. That's an extreme example, but I hope it makes my point.
That is one pretty knife
Cessna 208 review??
Wait..
I thought we were playing this game.
Spyderco makes one knife , in a hundred different ways...
Detent??? Are you serious??? You sir are the perfect definition of a nitpicker!! Detent!!!! I bet this was the last knife Spyderco gave you, my god.
Holy shit I didn't know Gilbert Godfrey did knife reviews!
I am left handed and tried to use the compression lock on a paramilitary 2 but couldn't make it work.
I hate and love my mantra because the pivot stripped itself out and spiderco wont send me a new one.... so now my action is horrible and the bearings are useless. Of course i cant send it to spiderco for repair because I opened the knife to friggin clean it and add oil!!!
PICNICSINSPACE The anti-dissasembly policies have been gone for years, so you can send it back.
@Rusty Shackleford ok, thx. I didnt know that, Ill send it to em and see.
Rather than make silly knives like this, wouldn't it be better to just make a halfted, deeper-carry PM 2?
Surprised he didn't say anything about "pocket peckin'.."
Mine seems to have a stronger detent
In my opinion the mantra 3 is nothing but steps back from the original. Really disappointed in this one, Spyderco.
A lot of weird decisions and side stepping from the original design that I don't understand.
Anyway , s30v is still an excellent steel for everyday use , that's just the steel snobs talking. I can't wait until companies start using it on their budget knives like they did with D2..
"high-end detent"
Spyderco Flababble rofl!
I just want an AMALGAM, dammit! 😡
Kizer vangard mini sheepdog
Oops meant to say recurve
Charity will miss her money...😥
It shouldn't be a flipper, also that recurve is another deal breaker.
MichalBreslau why don’t you like the recurve??
@@David-js6sl because it is harder to sharpen, also here recurve doesn't seem to be something planned by designer, just not very happy accident at sharpening by manufacture...
What's Spyderco thinking with that choil-delete? Same with the Ply-Carbon Fiber? That pattern on the CF-ply looks like shit! The best was the Sage 1, the texture-depth was better, look, etc. This checkered crap just looks like shit! I waited for this for so long, and am sorely disappointed.
not a fan of the blade shape
I never used the flipper on my mantra 1 and finally ground it off. Much better now. It’s a damn spidie. Get rid of the friggin flipper.
I actually much prefer S30V to M4.
Tes vidéos sont très bien, mais tu parles beaucoup trop vite, pas facile de suivre ...
Without flipper and recurve
i.imgur.com/LBsrbSC.jpg
Spyderco has a few downgrades of materials on several models; I suppose Spyderco is seeking to squeeze some more profit out of their customers.
Unnecessary recurve is unnecessary
That choil area is ugly and impractical.
Sorry but compared to the amalgam this is so blah
FIRST! Just wanted to do that...
First!