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DIY Sprint Run: Swapping a Maxamet Blade into the Spyderco Para3 Lightweight
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ธ.ค. 2019
- Today, we're going to make a Spyderco Para3 Lightweight with a Maxamet blade, by swapping blades among two Spyderco Factory Seconds. And in the end, we'll end up with a Maxamet Para3 Lightweight, which doesn't sell out in 6 seconds on some dealer's website.
If you lived in Golden Colorado you could work a few hours a week at Spyderco assembling knives.That would help with your OCD condition.I always check your videos when I am going to take a knife apart the 1st. time.Your Spyderco Smock video saved me grief with tiny second detent ball.I would have lost that for sure.Thanks Nick.
The Spdiyderco Sprint: Do it yourself because you'll never buy a pre-sold-out factory sprint
2 suggestions for ya! 1. Instead of loctite, use Vibra-tite VC-3. Not only is it advertised to be used in plastic as well as metal, but it’s also removable, reusable without reapplication, and most of all ADJUSTABLE!!! And 2. I’ve tried a lot of different alcohol applicators and the best 2 I’ve found are, 1st- The squeeze style bottles used in tattoo shops with the fine applicator style tips, and 2nd- a travel size spray bottle. I picked one up at the grocery store that actually locks and has an adjustable spray pattern. And best of all, it was only $1. Just a few thoughts on what I’ve found to work the best for me. Figured I’d pass them along to a fellow knaf guy!!!
great advice! thanks for sharing
That's amazing... your factory second LW was centered... so was your Frankensprint... "so we can assume these are the best quality controlled factory seconds..."
Nick at 8:30: Does thread locker work well in plastic scales
Nick at 9:00: God I hate babies
I'm with Nick on both of these points
Gonna go out on a limb and assume he doesn’t “hate” babies. He just does not want one. Hate is not in and of itself a prophylactic. I hate the Phantom Menace, but there it is, out in the world... sucking.
@@grahambliley8604 probably the most accurate summary of how I feel about the phantom menace.
Read Books You were spot on, and you got a thumbs up from me. I just needed to irrationally bash Phantom Menace while watching it with my own babies.
Absolutely 150 freakin percent my favorite reviewer...watches, knives, doesn’t matter. I am “tickled freakin pink” whenever I watch one of your videos. Keep it up Nick, see you over at the Spyderco Forum...love when I see a comment over there from you too!!
My second most favorite Nick video, behind the review of his Dad's EDC pouch. It's a gem!
Congrats on "creating" the ultra-limited edition, Nick!
The fact that your hack worked shows how tight the tolerances are held by Spyderco.
If they hadn't been held in a tight range the cumulative tolerance stack could have prevented the hack.
If Spyderco ever makes the maxamet version P3lightweight I would buy one.
"oh look at causes birth defects in California luckily I'm already born so that shouldn't be an issue" Nick shabazz 2019
If Spyderco would produce this combo, I’d be a buyer. Nicely done 👍👍🔪
But with the grey frn :)
Yeah it will be gray frn
At first I thought you said you were "relishing this like a freaking aardvark." Which was strangely compelling.
YOURE the goat Nick
You are a madman of the best possible variety. With me, the swap was a PM2 K390 BBS blade into the dark red handle of a PM2 DLT exclusive.
Best color handles!!!
Nice
Thanks for the video for blade swapping on the Spyderco knives. On to swapping out the Rex-45 lw blade into my Titanium scales !
I don't own a Spyderco yet but this makes me want to buy both of these knives and do this. Thanks for the journey Nick
The tenacious lightweight in s35vn was my gateway into spyderco it’s a fantastic knife to get into spyderco with it costs about the same as a para 3 lightweight so the pm3 is also a great intro but I wanted the larger blade of the tenacious . However I now have a para 2 cru wear on the way and a pm3 lightweight
I also only got my tenacious a week ago
I did this to my hap40/vg10 df2's. it also went fantastic and now I have a non-obnoxious hap40 df2, and a bright orange vg10 df2 that never gets lost on the healing bench.
You created something interesting. Not just the knife, but interesting content as well. Knife land and youtube are both better places because of it.
Nick, .6 of an ounce lighter, deep carry wire clip, better placement of the unnecessary lanyard hole, Excellent modification! I have the P3 in Maxamet and spent and extra $20.00 on a deep carry Ti pocket clip. I hated the stock clip. (hot spots and the knife would ride out of my pocket when sitting down) Thank you very much for the video : )
Sweet🍬steel choice.....I swapped a BD1N & S30V and never had an issue actually the BD1N turned out better & use it everyday💪🏼. Factory 2nds huh....You brilliant man💡!
This was a super fun video
Shabazz I’m surprised that you like the FRN light weight handles. I personally do not. However, I had to jump at the new light weight salt model Para 3 in Magnacut. So now you solved my problem and I’m just going to flip out the blade with one of my G10’s and then I can add flytanium’s lotus scales. Thanks mate.
He’s gone mad, mad genius
Nice work
No matter which knife I buy, the Maxamet Para 3 is still my go to. Maxamet does require very little maintenance. I add a drop of cooking oil on each side of the blade, and then just wipe it off. Give it a good wipe. Enough of a film stays behind to protect the blade from orange acid and such but not enough to gunk it up. I think I only honed it on a ceramic rod once a year with pretty steady use. The edge retention is just great.
Also, the moment where you started joyfully laughing upon seeing that you had a Maxamet Para 3 LW was priceless.
Truly, one of your best videos to date :)) 😀
I’ve got one: a CPM 20CV blade with Maxamet-gray G10 scales… The Maxamet frame got Spyderco/Flytanium/Playge scales!
Well congrats Nick. Glad you got what you wanted out of both.
I love the compression lock. Once I tried it I was hooked. No other EDC for me if it doesn't have compressions lock.
Yes! Excellent. I've wanted to do that with the S35VN. You have inspired me to experiment.
Just the video I needed. I have a modded PM3 lightweight with an acid etched blade that I wanted to put in a sark blue G-10. Looks like I’ll try it out.
i did this about a month ago... my blade didnt fit properly and it wouldnt smoothly deploy due to the pivot pin hole being a little different and i wasnt about to file the hole out to smooth it. results may vary ;)
ZaoRain dang man hope you fine one that works
It's alive!!!
Hey nick, oddball question for you: if i remember correctly, you work in some kind of research with a university. Do you have any thoughts on the increasing costs of college and the potential return on investment for incoming students?
Great idea and congrats. Very cool mod.
God, I'm so happy for you, Nick. My favorite is the Native 5 and I would love to come across aftermarket scales to swap. Good for you on the maxamet para 3
I give you Nick Shabazz, lord of the pun. 😃👍
I was wondering about this. I want to get aftermarket scales onto a knife with a steel that is available only on a lightweight knife, e.g. Spy27. I would swap the lightweight knife blade onto a G10 frame, and then put aftermarket scales on that (most aftermarket e.g. Flytanium scales only fit the G10 version). I’ve never tried swapping a blade! I hope it works!
Very interesting swap. Thanks Nick! I was curious if the lightweight could be swapped with say a DLC sprint. (Before they released a dlc lightweight). My personal favorite bladeswap is the Knifeworks peel ply carbon with DLC M4 blade from bladehq. 😈
How does one go about getting a factory seconds knife? Theres a spyderco that I've been having my eye on for years but money has been an issue, however I don't really mind the lack of warranty due to spyderco having a great track record.
Very cool
What an amazing idea. Groundbreaking
now that u have the maxamet blade in the para 3 u can send it to me lol iv never had a spyderco with maxamet steel but hopefully to have one some daygreat video i enjoyed it
I would have guessed you would do this with lc200n. I better see a review on your opinion of maxamet.
Great video Nick, keep up the good work! Watching this video makes me want to purchase a Para 3 in S35VN and do the swap as well, might be worth a try!
Hey Nick, you mentioned you were going to follow up with tour thoughts on maxamet steel. I’m curious as to what you think but I can’t find any other videos of yours on the subject.
With the alcohol, mine comes in a little spray bottle with a finger pump. It disperses well that way. With the cue tips, i just pop the end of one against the nozzle and slowly pump and always get the appropriate amount.
I have both these knives. I'm so torn as to if I want to swap mine.
I'm the opposite, the regular Para 3 is one of my faves, but I can't stand the FRN on the LW!
Add when the 2020 catalog comes out this is page 21 &22
I'm looking for a para3. Would prefer black/blackG10 but a custom Shabazz PM3 is a pretty good sales pitch. Let me know.
Hey Nick. Since you like the LW so well any possible chance you have the scales and liners and hardware that would be needed to change a LW INTO a Liner and G10 model!!? I just got a para 3 LW in SPY27 and really want the grey Maxamet scales but I need them and liners. Would you like to trade!? Or could I purchase them from you?
"That ill do" x2! Like one of the Good Guys! Lol..
Man your voice is amazingly weird/signature/narrative cute lol. I picture you look like and elf like, gansta Hitman hobbyist..
I need a GPS app w your voice navigation.. Like Joe pesci and Jim Skelton's cousin type TH-cam guy, keep up the good work fella.
Well done. Can you tell me the name of the oil you are using? Thanks.
Followed your lead and swapped the BD1N on the LW with the S45VN on the G10 para 3 I have. No plays but can’t seem to center S45VN on the LW…any tips?
If you want to get rid of that Spyderco you don’t want, you can send it my way. 🙂
I swapped my DLC S35VN blade into my LW handle. It's great!
Dude they should really make a "shabazz special" para 3 lightweight in maxamet I would buy it
Hey Nick, can we get your opinion of maxamet, after having some time with that frankenknife??
We need a Frakenknife out of a Z-Hunter. :)
I switched my P3LW blade with my Cutlery Shoppe Para 3 with CTS XHP....working really well....
This deserves extra! 👍👍👍👍👍
You deserve to be happy Nick after all you’ve done for knife nerds. So far I love the Maxamet Para 3 but I do wish it had a wire clip. What else is better about the Para 3 LW?
Great video. I'm just looking into getting a spyderco para 3 lightweight and this is a great idea for a future swap. Where does one look into getting or purchasing a factory second? Thank you
Damn you lucky dog. That's legit. Something only my man nick would do
I’m pretty sure they sell a maxamet para 3 lightweight now
My maxamet Manix rust spots quite quickly even though it's coated in Frog Lube. Damn.
Mirror polish cuts down on that
Where do you live if I may ask? Here in UT it’s pretty arid and I only had one random spot.
Soak the blade in baking soda and water for a few hours. Gets rid of the tarnish.
@@FunWithDave1 Seeing as it won't take down for a proper wipe , that's worth a try - Thanks 👍
@@brose04008 Up in Ontario.
110 degrees F in July and -40 F in January. Hot humid summers. Working hard in the heat puts some salt on the knife in use. Spoiled with the powdered steel formulas. Just like using a 1095 series.
This video was especially useful to me since I was thinking about FrankenKnifing myself a personal EDC using the Para 3 Light and the scales and screws from a regular, however I can see now that the liner inserts are not the same and my plan would fail expensively. I wonder how much the inserts would cost as a replacement.
Fantastic idea.
Are blades interchangeable in other models, will this same swap work with the manix2?
Niceee! I’d buy that bd1 para off you. 😂
Very nice idea Nick. It's a very nice thing.
thread locker not recommended for use in plastic.
Congratulations on the birth of your Franken Knife
Awesome good to know
It would be really cool if you did a collaboration with a knife maker TH-camr to design a knife
Anyone know if same kinda swap would work with manix2 lightweight and manix2 in g10?
Maxamet para3 blade in a bug.
Great idea Nick! it's at home "custom" .Aside from the extreme Laci Szabo knife, this is only the second Spyderco I like! A Franken-Spyder?
Congrats!!! Successful surgery! Now, as for what to do with the BD1N, why not a give away?
Thats the knife i have right now. Im working towards getting a 940-2. Tell me if you think this is wrong? I got a knife for my b-day. (Halloween) The delica 4 and I save money for about a week or two and exchange the knife for one that cost more. List in order started with delica 4, griptillian, mini grip, manix 2, and now Para3. Next stop Pm2 then the 940-2. Am i scamming the system or being smart? I always keep knives like new and dont use them for anything that could hurt them. I do this so I can always keep a nice edc on me and so I can also try all these cool knives on the way up and so i get an idea of what I would like next.
It lets you see a litt of knives, but you are eating shipping costs. If you're goal is to just eventually get a really nice knife, you are better off with fewer steps and longer savings. If you want to see a lot knives then your way works.
It sounds like youre ignoring the Chinese manufacturers.
Thats a mistake. Reate, WE, and (when richard wu isnt insane) Rike make knives at a level of quality bm and spyderco cant touch. I say this as a lifelong spyderco fan
@@CNYKnifeNerd That's true for handle designs and blade grinds, but the WEs and Rikes I've owned, though excellent, have developed serious play, rock, and instability. Whereas my Benchmades and Spydies are not perfect but are totally reliable for lock strength and safety, and at the end of the day that's more important to me.
Pretty much to sum up all responses Im doing this through brick and mortar shops mainly just sportsmans warehouse so that also limits my selection on "quality knives" the one other brand i could go to would be WE but all the knives in stock are more expensive then the 940 I currently want.
No one wants to pay retail for something you have been fingering for days or weeks. That is some scammer bullshit.
Why would you do that tho?
Now we just need Aramis to make some Carbon Fiber Para 3 lightweight scales and we'll have the best combo!
Nice 1👍
Does this work with the sage? I like the sage blade shape but the para 3 lw scales haha
Should have done this with the m390 dlt version
You crazy 🤯 the native is the best knife Spyderco makes
Are you trying to tell us that the Para 3 LW is gonna be available in Maximet ?
Hmmm interesting. I thought about doing this with mine but honestly I like the g10 better than the FRN but it is tempting.
I am with you on the g 10 vs FRN lightweight scales. MXG GEAR has carbon fiber scales for the para 2 and para 3 knives.They are light wt. and look better than g 10 imho.
I love the fact youtube auto-captions “edge retention” as “aunt retention”. I love retented aunts.
When will it be on EDC BID?
Nice
Nick, sell me that pm3 as is. I like the color of the handle but don’t wanna bother with maxamet!
Luckily I was already born lmao
I want to do the Frankenstein mod too!
I've seen staining like that, or at least that *looked* like that, on some knives and generally just some steel wool takes it right out. I use 0000 grade to keep from leaving scratch marks, and it usually does the trick. I'm sure something less fine wouldn't mess up the finish too much anyway, though. Sometimes I use it on washers to clean them up and smooth out the action on cheaper knives, too.
Edit: I have never seen those pumpy booze bottles 😶 that's awesome. Must have. I'm going to have to consult MY fiancé haha
My knives get almost as much use out of my girlfriend's nail related stuff as her hands and feet do. Cuticle stick things make great pry bars, alcohol swabs clearly have their place and I've even touched up blemishes on clips with the right polish.
You are a wizard sir
Someone should compilate your jokes in a single video ❤️
Have you tried 99% isopropyl alcohol? I picked up a bottle just for giggles, not thinking that it was going to be a vast improvement over 91%, but the evaporation time is muuuuch shorter and it feels like it leaves surfaces cleaner. I've converted myself.
Hey Nick. Suppose you have a Para 3. Then you swap the blade for a Maxamet. Then you swap the handle for the FRN (lightweight) handle. Then your lockbar breaks and you have to swap liners. Is this still the same Para 3 or a different knife? And if it's a different, at which point did it turn from the same knife to something else?
The Para3 Lightweight of Theseus.