Manix 2 in Maxamet !
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So it's not the satin brushed like the other LWs?
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Can't wait to hear how these sharpen! Also a pM3 version would be amazing!
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+1. If I like the P3 I'll def be looking for a Maxamet or M4 varient ASAP.
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the tumbled finish is probably there to protect it from patina/rust i would hope. thats such a good idea if so.
The finish is puzzling. I bought a used Manix 2 (154CM) about 3 years ago and it had the polished/tumbled finish. It was actually hard to determine what the finish was- it appears to be tumbled but yet it has a shiny character to it as if it might have been lightly tumbled and then tumbled with something that polishes it. My next few Manix models were Manix 2 with M4 steel, LW Manix 2 with S110V steel and Manix 2 XL with S90V steel. All 3 of these were satin ground finishes. The M4 and S110V are fairly fine finishes, the S90V was a coarse finish. I now have a Manix 2 XL DLC and its blade is very smooth. I don't think the coating is thick and you can't see any machining through it so they probably tumble those before coating.
I don't know if the tumbled finish resists corrosion better than a fine satin finish, I would think it wouldn't matter. I like a nice machined satin finish best. I really dislike a coarse tumbled finish, the seems like a manufacturer is using the tumbling to hide their poor quality grinds. The Spyderco shiny tumbled finish is somewhere in between and is reasonably attractive. I have an older knife with bead blast finish on its ATS34 blade and it stains badly because stuff can get down into the little openings in the finish and you can't clean it out. I'm not going to buy one of those again.
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If you look at the Native 5 LW, it actually has 3 screws that can be removed, and some sort of a pin holding the backlock's bar in place. If you remove said screws, I'm not sure if that pin will float so to speak, and allow the handles to move apart enough to slip a blade in and out. Has anyone tried this? Simply theory on my behalf, and I've had no need to attempt it on my plain jane N5.
If I can't damage an 812hs folder with gobs of dirt, dust, sand, salt, bone ash, blood, guts, acids, caustics, and other unknown things over a period of 15 years, I doubt you can either, barring gross negligence.
Looks like we're in luck. You got me curious so I just now tried, it was very easy.
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It was getting dark but I got a couple pics in real quick. 
Got mine a week ago, cut a bit of +100 cuts of wood(didn't have any oak handy sorry guys) and+150 cuts in cardboard(had beeen stored outside and was visibly dirty) still catches nail,slice phbk.paper,and shave armhair-I really like the steel and am loving the Manix LW platform.
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It was getting dark but I got a couple pics in real quick.
Wow, I like!
Man, this is tough with the holidays coming up! Trying not to buy myself more stuff!!!
But that does look tasty there in your shots....
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I had the same question so I called KW and they told me that they receive and distribute them as they come in, but that they only receive small batches of 5-10 at a time (kinda weird eh). If you call them they can tell you where you are in the queue and roughly when you can expect to receive it.