I just purchased a Manix 2 with a Black hollow ground blade and I was wondering if it was possible to swap the blades in these easily (big fan of the full flat ground spydies). If this is possible, where could I get another blade without spending 60+ to buy a second knife. Thanks.
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Manix 2 Blade Swap?
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I am not the most knowledgable on this topic but I believe that you can only get a flat ground manix blade in the XL size, the LTWT version, or in a sprint run. That being said it would be extremely easy to swap the blade if you had one. Not too sure where you could find a standalone blade though!
No there are a few regular http://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=418.
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I have a DLC manix with a FFG, they definately exist.
Honestly, you'd be hard pressed finding just a blade by itself unless someone, somehow has just a blade and was willing to sell it. Spyderco won't sell you a blade either, so you'd need to buy another manix.
I'd just buy another one if I were you since you won't be able to do anything with the hollow ground blade once you swap them. I'd rather have both, then use one as a beater. That what I do with mine.
Honestly, you'd be hard pressed finding just a blade by itself unless someone, somehow has just a blade and was willing to sell it. Spyderco won't sell you a blade either, so you'd need to buy another manix.
I'd just buy another one if I were you since you won't be able to do anything with the hollow ground blade once you swap them. I'd rather have both, then use one as a beater. That what I do with mine.
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Spyderco does not sell blades and, while a number of folks have successfully swapped blades between various versions of the Manix 2, a few have wound up damaging one or both knives. Easiest, and probably least expensive way to go would be to buy a FFG Manix 2, then sell the one you have.
I swapped a S90V manix 2 blade into a S30V handle I had that I had put custom thinner CF handle slabs on that I liked better than the spyderco S90V textured CF. I also thought the notches on the liners of the S30V version had a lot more "bite" than the more polished S90V liners.
It's not just the blade either, you really need the original pivot/washers/top bar that acts as a blade stop.
For example I tried just swapping the blade/pivot/washers the first time and there was vertical slop in the blade locked open. I had to swap the "top bar" that acts as a blade stop and once I did that the lockup on both was solid, same blade play/slop as they had before (none on the S90V and just a touch on the S30V).
I've heard of guys doing just a blade swap, and maybe on knives with a blade stop pin that might work, but at least on these two Manix 2's they needed more parts than just the blade.
It's not just the blade either, you really need the original pivot/washers/top bar that acts as a blade stop.
For example I tried just swapping the blade/pivot/washers the first time and there was vertical slop in the blade locked open. I had to swap the "top bar" that acts as a blade stop and once I did that the lockup on both was solid, same blade play/slop as they had before (none on the S90V and just a touch on the S30V).
I've heard of guys doing just a blade swap, and maybe on knives with a blade stop pin that might work, but at least on these two Manix 2's they needed more parts than just the blade.
