I've still got my camo/satin knife, but I sold the all black one because it was way too stiff, despite many, many openings,,

Sand is going to get in any folding knife made, so not really a knock on this knife. If i were cutting that much rope in a day id definetly buy a fixed blade in one of the high end steels...k390 being right at the top with magnacut, 15V, Maxamet, cru-wear and on and on.

I'm thinking about getting a Manix 2 lightweight, and I want to thank you for this video,, I'll stick with my well loved PM2, and save a lot of money,, 👍 (nearly equivalent to 300 bucks over here 🇬🇧) !!! (S110v)..

Thank you for the great video! That watch brings joy really! I have ton of true luxury brands pieces, and each time I wear that watch with nato strap I keep looking at it and smile! I have the red one with dark yellow nato strap on it, and it's sickkk👌🏻a huge fan of the eco-drive tech! wear in good health buddy 🤍

honestly confused why people dont like the look of the sage. i think it looks miles better, but to each their own.

What are you on about a min or two a month. Wtf. Iv got 6 Ecodrive watches and they are all less than 10sec/m and most are 5s/m accuracy. Iv got same piece as that, lovely watch, they wear smaller than the size. Bought the female one for my GF for this Christmas in pink. 😊

Also as far as cleaning goes, I have found effective method to liberally spray lube in knife, work action and then blow out with air compressor. Not perfect but gets most of the grit out.

Very happy with mine. Has to be my favorite K390 model but I love them all. Cant wait for the Stretch 2 XL to come out I have.... Endura 2 Endela (Wharnie and regular) Delica Stretch 2 Stetch 2 XL is on preorder!

K390....ruined me too.....as far as a lesser able steel goes....after K390......any other steel that is....less capable....no longer interests me......K390 blows most other steels away......even S90V.......it's the (vanadium). Add in the (availability and price). Add this too .... the Stretch 2 K390 has BEEN discontinued.

I have 3, worked with one offshore for a year, abused & neglected another around the house and in the yard, and another in the kitchen, don’t oil any of them and none have signs of rust.

That "english green" one, is that not cadet grey in colour? I have several Ganzo 729, those are PM2 clones, in cadet grey. Cadet grey is known as well as "confederate grey". The lighting conditions in the video sometimes give a green hue and then again and rather cadet grey colour. I chose cadet grey (which is very similar to "light slate grey") since that colour is about the best to hide dust and dirt. As I live in an hot and dusty and dirt particles climate, I adjusted the colours to hide best any dust. Black gets quickly looking dirty and so does obviously orange. I have a few in darker green of these Ganzo 729 models as well which is a very nice colour but I have no idea how quickly it will look dirty. Specially ashes in the air from burning wild fires are visible on an darker handle so cadet grey is by far the best colour. I never saw my cadet grey knife dirty but my black handle knives have all indentures in the scales full of whitish dust/sand which is noticeable and looks bad. The Ganzo 729 has an edge grind angle of 17.5 degrees as I just measured it. Exactly as the Spyderco PM2 original. These Paramilitary 2 are the best cutters in the word and as well the Ganzo 729 cuts 3 times better than the flat grind DuraTech knife which has an 23 degrees of edge angle. The blade geometry of the PM2 and Military leaf blade makes all the difference. These Ganzos 729 are in 440C steel, 58 HRC and cost around 22$. They have the McHenry-Williams lock, aka Axis Lock which I prefer over the compression or liner lock by far.

As long as you're not flexing it or running your thumb across it, it's like it's not even there. You'll forget about it eventually. It really probably just doesn't make sense to have to mill the whole scale just for a little lip that probably wouldn't hold up though the milling process without breaking. The flex is good. Otherwise it would crack. Most things will break though, if you try and break them.

This or the sage 5?

Great review sir. I am going to pick one of these up for my every day work watch, instead of my quartz battery Lumi Nox. I need a solar piece, where I don’t have to worry about it stopping on me. Thanks for the review- I’m definitely sold on this rugged time piece! Cheers, Matt👍👍✌️

Casio is my go-to and favorite watch brand, this is one of my favorite watches. It’s on the upper limits of case dimension for my wrists but other than that and the lume it’s a perfect dive watch, especially for the price. Batman version for me, with a Stainless Steel Bracelet from Long Island Watch. It reminds me of a nice Seiko or Citizen after the bracelet upgrade, and I also got the Citizen Promaster “Unite the Blue” Special Edition one of my favorites as well. Another really really good watch I find in my rotation this Fall/Winter is my Casio Edifice EFB-S108D with the white/stainless dial, it’s a great sporty alternative to the PRX. 👌🏼 I love my Casio W800H as well, negative display, leather strap from Vario. It’s what started my collection a year a half ago, for $20. 🖤

I just bought my first Benchmade, barrage, and I love it. I do agree with you about the pocket clips, I lost a sweet little generation one Spyderco dragonfly that way.

Some years ago I bought a dealer exclusive Military in S90V steel, titanium frame lock with carbon fiber scale on close out for $168 . Fantastic knife ‼️

Legal blade length in my country 100mm, Stretch 2 blade length 101mm : (

Yes, K390 is my personal steel of choice as well. I carry the Stretch 2 (outdoors), the Dragonfly (office) and the Delica (general purpose). Never leave home without one of those three knives.

To avoid any issues with setting the date just follow the directions included in the manual. Avoid setting the date between the hours of 8:00PM and 2:00AM. I normally set the date to the previous day and then rotate the hands until the date moves ahead to the correct date at midnight and then set the time. That way I know that I have the watch correctly in either AM or PM.

I need this in Magnacut

I have a Dragonfly 2 in K390. It lives in my 5th pocket.

It’s not that big of a deal to put it back together. Any of the FRN Seki city knives can all be put back together with the same trick. You simply put the knife together with the lock and everything in place as if you were finished with it BESIDES the standoff closest to the pivot and you press down the lock and then slide in the standoff. Done. To easy.

This is a great knife, don’t let this guys opinion steer you away from this version. It’s great and there is a reason Spyderco designed it this way. I use this knife everyday, I’m in the trades and work out side, the micarta holds up like a beast and I love the way it wears in.

Awesome knife one of the most comfortable knives I’ve ever used.

To answer your question about why a lot of people would rather Wear a G-Shock than a dive watch, mostly it's aesthetics, but some people just prefer a digital watch. They are more easily and immediately readable, at least for some people. You think that an analog watch face is inherently better if that's just what you prefer. If it's a dive watch versus an analog G-Shock, then I guess it is purely just down to aesthetics in that case

Jon i have the military and paramilitary both, two of both actually, i have the military in m4 and paramilitary in m4 and i have the military in s30v and paramilitary in s45vn, i love all 4 knives, thanks for sharing, love ur job too, very cool man!

I bought one of these when they first came along,as I was and am a fan of the automatic lefty citizen promaster. It's been great as you point out, and I love the stock straps and wouldn't even consider changing it out! I've had seiko skx and even their solar version but nobody does solar light Citizen?

I love the promaster ans thats on my wrist most of the time. But the Duro is so good for the money. I got a blue one on a silver mesh band, black one of a striped nato. And im gonna get a black and gold on a jubilee bracelet. I might have a watch problem. The gshock i like is the square.

So I’m sold on buying this knife. I just looked it up online and there’s a dang stretch 2XL. Should I go with the OG?

I bought my nephew this watch about five months ago for his 17th birthday. He loves it, wears it all the time.

Living on Vancouver Island, I've had no problem with K390.

Please don't say "cheap." I believe the proper term is "inexpensive." LOL

Would love to see your review of the new military 2

your job sounds like a dream

Just received this watch from amazon sold by citizen watches Canada. Love it but why wouldn’t my strap have the printed NDL on the band? Older stock model maybe?

It's really cool how you had to actually neglect it to be like that, and even now it looks great.

Have you tried the Military 2 since then?

Just bought a manix 2 lw in CPM-M4 from bhq for $135. 3 ounces.

people don't carry tip down because it poses a concern for fatal injury. Tip up, blade moves distally, posing minor injury risk, but most likely being blocked by pocket Tip down, blade moves proximally, posing fatal injury risk by way of cutting the femoral artery

The pocket clip looks new . Did you replace it with a new one.

I added a black S/S bracelet to mine (I have the "G" model gold trimmed bezel - looks sharp). Just don't care for that loose flap of straps. Mine keeps INCREDIBLE time. +1 to +2 seconds PER MONTH! I wear mine for wet occasions: fishing, swimming (including snorkeling), sailing, kayaking. No issues. I also wear it hunting because the large face/hands are easy to see in low light; even without much lume. I'm color-blind but have great low-light vision. My Every Day Wear is a Hamilton Khaki King II (also bracelet) and for working/painting/logging I have my trusty (and also extremely accurate) Seiko Solar 100M. Only a beater because it has 12 years worth of scars.

Cant decide between the stretch-2 and delica-4 in K390.

Hows the action?

So I think it depends on the person and climate. I live in a very humid area, and I sweat like crazy. After one use outside doing some landscaping it was already rusting. That being said I love the knife and keep Frog lube on it to help prevent rust. I do have a question for you or anyone who reads this. I like to use my knives to cut up fruit or other foods sometimes. What rust prevention product can be used that's safe to consume? I'm asking because Frog lube is not one of them lol😅

Sorry bout the length of this message, but we’re talkin bout my favorite steel of all time!! Swear to God I wouldn’t trade my K390 Stretch for any 3 knives made with Magnacut. And idc who makes the knives, how much they cost, how hard they are to get, or what the HRC is on their MC…I wouldn’t trade 3 for 1. If we’re being totally honest, K390 blows the doors off MC in every way (except stainless) even when MC is hardened higher. K390 is that good, especially when it comes to edge retention, ease of sharpening, and how sharp it truly gets. And where I live in Cincinnati, my K390 knives don’t even patina even though I use the heck out of them for everything, so they certainly don’t rust. I’ve collected knives for 40 years and without a doubt I’ve found nothing even close that compares to K390 for an overall EDC knife. Don’t get me wrong, MC is a great steel, but most knife customers have yet to see its full potential because not many knife companies’ heat treatment vendors are hardening it to it’s recommended 63-64 HRC. I have a custom EDC in MC @ 64.3 HRC, and again it does not come close to out performing any K390 knife I have, especially up against my Stretch or Delica. And the blade geometry on my custom in MC is almost identical to my Stretch. It may sound like I’m a MC hater, but that’s nowhere near correct. It’s just that MC shouldn’t even be used in the same sentence as K390! 👍👍

Great looking knife there. I just ordered and won a couple Police models on eBay. I got the Police 4 K390 FRN SE from Knife Center, etc. Anyway, I dig all these 'hybrid' models, but I am partial to the all or nothing kind of mentality. Example: Endela, Stretch, larger models of certain Spyderco models (XL versions). The Police is a large folder with attitude that has a class of its own. Nonetheless, I love Spyderco. Was just venting a bit ha-ha! Great video man!

Ive found it hard to buy any other knives after I got the k390 stretch 2. I work as a freight dock worker as a forklift op and trailer hostler. Before the stretch 2 I heavily favored my BM 940 and Demko AD-20 sharksfoot simce they were still usuable with glove but I had to sharpen them about once a month and they arent as usuable as the stretch 2 with gloves. Amazing to me honestly because i bought it since it was a inexpensive k390 knife not expecting much more then experience with k390 but it has been in my pocket when working for a year now and only ever had to hit it with a ceramic rod and strop.... and its hair popping sharp again. Also funny to me since I had myself convinced that my M4 PM2 was going to be the end all be all and I hardly touch it.

Looks like never used.

I got the endura, two versions that I love. K390 and lc200n, obviously for opposite purposes. But I clean out all the time because of sweat and sawdust and grime. I got a little trick it's pretty easy to reassemble now. You almost reassemble the whole knife except let the back lock bar stick out and then you shove it in and push the threaded secondary pivot in at the same time