Some days the knife desk runs heavy, and today was one of them: two Spydercos in steels most folders never see, a titanium Vosteed thin enough to forget you’re carrying it, a Microtech auto back from 1996, a multitool with swappable tools, and a pair of wallet cards that split the everyday job between them. Seven picks, all pulled from today’s coverage.
Prices were re-checked today, and each box carries the route its price came from. Two picks carry real caveats, flagged in their sections.
1. Spyderco Manix 2 MagnaMax
MagnaMax is the steel story of the year, and the Manix 2 is where it lands first for most buyers. Dr. Larrin Thomas designed the steel to chase the edge retention of high-wear tool steels while keeping the corrosion resistance that made MagnaCut so easy to live with, and he published his test data for anyone to check.
The knife around the steel is the familiar one: a 3.37-inch full-flat grind, peel-ply-textured G-10 scales over full steel liners, 4.9 ounces, built in Golden, Colorado. KnifeCenter’s $180 against a $240 list is why it leads today’s list.
Spyderco Manix 2, MagnaMax Satin Plain Blade, Black G-10
3.37-inch CPM MagnaMax blade with a full-flat grind · Ball Bearing Lock that works from either side · Peel-ply-textured G-10 handle, 4.9 ounces, made in Golden, Colorado
Price: $180.00 $240.00 (save $60.00, 25% off)
Where to buy: Buy at KnifeCenter
2. Vosteed Raccoon TiSlim
The Vosteed Raccoon TiSlim goes the other direction: less knife, carried more. The solid titanium handle is 0.315 inches thick, and the knife weighs 2.69 ounces.
It rides flat in a shirt or pants pocket, then opens into a 3.18-inch 154CM drop point on a crossbar lock, a full working grip from a knife that carries like a credit card.
Amazon carries it at $135 through Vosteed’s own store there. For anyone whose carry fails on bulk before it fails on blade, this is the gift-season pick of the seven.
Vosteed Raccoon TiSlim Crossbar Lock, A4501
3.18-inch 154CM drop-point blade · solid titanium handle, 0.315 in thick · 2.69 oz
Price: $135.00
Where to buy: Buy on Amazon
3. Spyderco Native Chief Lightweight CPM-15V Sprint Run
The Native Chief Lightweight Sprint Run is the deliberate buy of the day. CPM-15V is a wear-resistance specialist, the steel you pick when sharpening less often beats sharpening easily, and Spyderco runs it only in limited Sprint batches.
Brown FRN keeps the big blade light.
Amazon lists the run at $176.25 against the $235 list price Spyderco’s own store shows. Our full piece lays the comparison out straight: the standard Lightweight is the sensible buy, and this one is for the buyer who knows exactly why they are paying the difference.
Spyderco Native Chief Lightweight Brown CPM-15V Sprint Run
CPM-15V tool steel Sprint Run · Brown FRN lightweight handle · Made in Golden, Colorado
Price: $176.25 $235.00 (save $58.75, 25% off)
Where to buy: Buy on Amazon
4. Microtech Hawk Auto
Microtech’s Hawk Auto is a 1996 design back in the regular catalog, a 3.95-inch hawkbill in the company’s own M390MK steel with a stonewash finish. It’s a push-button automatic designed by Tony Marfione, with a black 6061-T6 aluminum handle and 3M grip tape inlays. This run is the standard catalog version, the 166-10, with no limited-edition games attached.
KnifeCenter lists it at $456, a dollar under Microtech’s own store price. One limit, plainly: it’s an automatic, restricted in some states and cities, so check your local rules first.
Microtech Hawk Auto (166-10)
3.95-inch M390MK hawkbill blade with a stonewash finish · Push-button automatic designed by Tony Marfione · Black 6061-T6 aluminum handle with 3M grip tape inlays
Price: $456.00
Where to buy: Buy at KnifeCenter
5. ROXON Mini Flex Companion
The ROXON Mini Flex Companion treats a multitool like a loadout you edit. Seven tools come pre-installed, four slots take interchangeable implements, and the locking tools carry a red-and-green safety switch that shows which way the locks are set before anything opens.
Every implement locks open.
Closed, it measures 3.07 inches and 2.7 ounces, small enough that the swap system gets used instead of admired. At $39.99 on Amazon, it’s the lowest price here.
ROXON S504G Mini Flex Companion 7-in-1 Multitool
3.07 inches closed and 2.7 ounces · Seven pre-installed tools and four interchangeable slots · Locking implements with a red-and-green safety switch
Price: $39.99
Where to buy: Buy on Amazon
6. MRF Adventur
The MRF Adventur is the half of this morning’s wallet-card pair with teeth: a live blade and a chopping edge milled into a card of titanium or 440C steel that rides where a credit card rides.
Amazon lists it at $49.95. Where a wallet blade is a hard no, its sibling is next.
MRF Adventur
Wallet survival card with a live blade and chopping edge · steel arrowhead in a center cutout · milled titanium or 440C steel
Price: $49.95
Where to buy: Buy on Amazon
7. MRF Extreme 3.0
The MRF Extreme 3.0 leaves the blade out and brings the workshop instead: a locking 1/4-inch bit driver in the same milled titanium or 440C card format. It’s the one that flies, crosses borders, and walks into buildings where a blade gets confiscated at the door. The card itself is milled from the same titanium or 440C steel as its bladed sibling, so the pair matches in hand and in a wallet.
Amazon has it at $39.95, ten dollars under the Adventur. The versus piece works through which card belongs in which wallet.
MRF Extreme 3.0
Bladeless wallet card with a locking 1/4-inch bit driver · 85 by 55 by 3 mm · milled titanium or 440C steel
Price: $39.95
Where to buy: Buy on Amazon
