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There are tons of knife review channels that call this Manix 2 Lightweight their favorite knife. They praise how much blade length you get for the weight, the ergonomics and gimping, the new blade steel BD—1 (not a super Steel, but almost), smooth folding action (flick open!), and one handed lockup system. They get excited and wax on about it for 15-20+ minutes about it, but that short summary basically covers it. I think this price is even pretty good.
I’d buy a Mini version of this, because the Manix 2 simply is too large for me. Usually, I only need a blade about the length of my thumb to open plastic packages and mail, and I only need a larger knife for cutting food, like a pizza at home I will end up just grabbing a bread knife or chef’s knife. I still like the one-handed opening and closing so I can have the object to cut in my other hand, and I think it would be fun to flick this open and closed.
Problem is, if we’re just talking flipping for fun, and I already have a Tigh Tac Two with a button lock. It’s my smoothest fall-shut knife I have, second fastest deploying, and too fat to use for anything other than going Rambo on a deer. This Manix and it’s full-flat grind could actually be a user where the TTT isn’t for me, but I don’t go camping or street vigilante so the knife would just stay at home. A Ganzo would also fill the big-flipper-you-don’-use role easily too, and cost $20 or less.
To be sure, this remains a “hall of fame” knife with quite a reputation. I’m curious, what would or do others use this for? And is there something like a midget version of this knife?
Alot of people call this a “big” knife, to me, it’s just the right size to be big enough to do almost anything you could expect of a folder and it carries like a much smaller knife. The shape of the knife closed and the clip canting allows your hand to slide past it when it’s in your pocket.
The only thing that would make me pause on this drop is that this is for the CTS- BD1 version, not the S110V. I don’t own anything in CTS BD1, but it seems to get mixed reviews with a lot of people dinging the steel for inferior edge retention compared to thing like VG10 and S30V. That being said this is a pretty good price, $10 cheaper than I’ve seen this knife coming from a trusted retailer.
Which I have no complaints. I loves me AUS8.