Native 5
Back lock · USA
The American-made mid-size, and the model with more best-selling variants than any other in the line — thirteen of them. Full-flat CPM S30V on a G-10 frame at three ounces.
- Blade
- 2.95″
- Steel
- CPM S30V
- Weight
- 3 oz
Authorized Dealer
Thirty of the most popular Spydercos
Bear Mountain Outfitters is an authorized Spyderco dealer in historic downtown St. Augustine. Every knife below has the round hole in the blade — Spyderco's own way of opening a knife, and what makes one recognisable across a room. These thirty are drawn from the 113 products Spyderco currently lists as best sellers, and they are sorted the way Spyderco itself thinks about knives: by the lock. They are built in four countries — Japan, the United States, Taiwan and China — and each card says which.
11 models
Back Lock
A rocker bar in the spine that snaps into a notch in the blade tang — Spyderco's workhorse, and the lock on the two knives most people mean when they say Spyderco. The whole rust-proof Salt line sits here too. Ordered by how many best-selling variants Spyderco lists for each.
Delica 4
Back lock · Japan
With the Endura, the knife most people picture when they hear the name. FRN handle, VG-10 blade, under three ounces — a design refined across four generations rather than replaced.
- Blade
- 2.9″
- Steel
- VG-10
- Weight
- 2.6 oz
Endura 4
Back lock · Japan
The Delica's bigger brother on the same pattern: 3.8 inches of blade for 3.7 ounces. If the Delica disappears in your hand, this is the answer.
- Blade
- 3.8″
- Steel
- VG-10
- Weight
- 3.7 oz
Manbug
Back lock · Japan
A Ladybug grown just enough to fill a hand — two inches of blade, seven-tenths of an ounce, and a real back lock rather than a friction fit.
- Blade
- 1.96″
- Steel
- VG-10
- Weight
- 0.7 oz
Police 4
Back lock · Japan
Ten inches open and still only 4.2 ounces, because the handle is FRN instead of steel. The long, narrow blade is the whole point of it.
- Blade
- 4.38″
- Steel
- VG-10
- Weight
- 4.2 oz
Ladybug 3
Back lock · Japan
Under two inches of blade at seven-tenths of an ounce — a keychain knife that actually locks. Also built in K390 and in rust-proof Salt trim.
- Blade
- 1.9″
- Steel
- VG-10
- Weight
- 0.7 oz
Salt 2
Back lock · Japan
H-2 steel has no carbon in it, so there is nothing in the blade for salt water to rust. Yellow so it can be found when dropped, hollow-ground for wet line.
- Blade
- 3″
- Steel
- H-2
- Weight
- 2.1 oz
Pacific Salt 2
Back lock · Japan
The Endura pattern in LC200N, the Salt line's answer to a knife that lives on a boat. Serrated, green, and 2.6 ounces.
- Blade
- 3.78″
- Steel
- LC200N
- Weight
- 2.6 oz
Atlantic Salt
Back lock · Japan
A fully serrated sheepsfoot in H-2 with a blunt tip — built so a gloved hand can cut a line without putting a point anywhere near it.
- Blade
- 3.68″
- Steel
- H-2
- Weight
- 2.6 oz
Police Model
Back lock · Japan
The original, with a stainless handle instead of FRN: hollow-ground VG-10 at 5.6 ounces. Heavier than the Police 4, deliberately.
- Blade
- 4.2″
- Steel
- VG-10
- Weight
- 5.6 oz
Rescue 3
Back lock · Japan
A blunt-tipped sheepsfoot, fully serrated, on FRN. The tip is rounded because the job involves cutting people free of things.
- Blade
- 3.57″
- Steel
- VG-10
- Weight
- 3.4 oz
9 models
Compression Lock
Spyderco's own lock: a leaf spring wedged between the blade tang and a stop pin, released from the spine rather than the side — so closing the knife never puts a finger in front of the edge. Nine of the thirty, and the section its enthusiasts argue for.
Para 3
Compression lock · USA
The Para Military shortened into something that carries easily — a 2.93-inch blade in CPM S45VN on a full G-10 frame, made in the USA.
- Blade
- 2.93″
- Steel
- CPM S45VN
- Weight
- 3.4 oz
Sage 5
Compression lock · Taiwan
One of the Sage series, which builds the same knife over and over around a different lock each time. This is the compression-lock one, in FRN at 2.9 ounces.
- Blade
- 3″
- Steel
- CPM S30V
- Weight
- 2.9 oz
YoJumbo
Compression lock · USA
A four-inch wharncliffe with a straight edge running the whole way to the tip, and no belly at all. Five and a third ounces of American-made S30V.
- Blade
- 3.98″
- Steel
- CPM S30V
- Weight
- 5.3 oz
Sage 6
Compression lock · Taiwan
The Sage again, this time with a button that releases the compression lock. Identical 3-inch blade and 4.17-inch closed length to every other Sage — that is the point of the series.
- Blade
- 3″
- Steel
- CPM S30V
- Weight
- 3.1 oz
Shaman
Compression lock · USA
A wide, deep-bellied blade on a full G-10 frame at 5.2 ounces — built to be worked rather than carried lightly.
- Blade
- 3.58″
- Steel
- CPM S30V
- Weight
- 5.2 oz
Lil’ Native
Compression lock · USA
The Native shrunk to a 2.42-inch blade and given a compression lock instead of a back lock. Two and a half ounces, made in the USA.
- Blade
- 2.42″
- Steel
- CPM S30V
- Weight
- 2.5 oz
Amalgam
Compression lock · Taiwan
A 3.8-inch full-flat blade on carbon-fibre laminate at 4.3 ounces — a large knife that carries flatter than its size suggests.
- Blade
- 3.8″
- Steel
- CPM S30V
- Weight
- 4.3 oz
Kapara
Compression lock · Taiwan
A long, fine slicer on carbon fibre — 3.42 inches of cutting edge on a 3.3-ounce knife, ground thin for food and rope rather than for prying.
- Blade
- 3.58″
- Steel
- CPM S30V
- Weight
- 3.3 oz
Smock
Compression lock · Taiwan
Hollow-ground S30V on carbon-fibre laminate, with a button release and a deep finger choil behind the edge.
- Blade
- 3.39″
- Steel
- CPM S30V
- Weight
- 3.7 oz
8 models
Other Locks
Spyderco builds more lock types than anyone else on this wall. These eight are everything that is neither a back lock nor a compression lock: a ball bearing lock, a SlipIt, three slip joints, two Walker liner locks and a Reeve integral lock. The chip on each card names its own.
Manix 2
Ball bearing lock · USA
A caged ball bearing rides between the tang and the frame, so the knife closes from either side without a finger crossing the blade's path. MagnaMax steel, made in the USA.
- Blade
- 3.37″
- Steel
- MagnaMax
- Weight
- 4.9 oz
UK Penknife
SlipIt · USA
A non-locking folder — the notch in the blade and a strong spring hold it open in normal use. 1.7 ounces on an FRN handle, made in the USA.
- Blade
- 3″
- Steel
- CTS BD1N
- Weight
- 1.7 oz
Bug
Slip joint · China
Four-tenths of an ounce, under three inches open, entirely stainless. Small enough to forget is on the keyring until it is needed.
- Blade
- 1.27″
- Steel
- 3Cr13
- Weight
- 0.4 oz
Grasshopper
Slip joint · China
The largest of the three tiny stainless slip joints — 2.27 inches of 12C27, and still only 1.2 ounces.
- Blade
- 2.27″
- Steel
- 12C27
- Weight
- 1.2 oz
Honeybee
Slip joint · China
Between the Bug and the Grasshopper at 1.6 inches, six-tenths of an ounce, stainless throughout.
- Blade
- 1.6″
- Steel
- 3Cr13
- Weight
- 0.6 oz
Sage 1
Liner lock · Taiwan
The Sage that opened the series, built around Michael Walker's liner lock. This one is in Maxamet, which holds an edge a very long time.
- Blade
- 3″
- Steel
- Maxamet
- Weight
- 3.4 oz
Bradley Folder 2
Liner lock · Taiwan
A liner lock in CPM M4 on carbon-fibre laminate — hollow-ground, 4.5 ounces, and plainer-looking than most of what Spyderco makes.
- Blade
- 3.66″
- Steel
- CPM M4
- Weight
- 4.5 oz
SpydieChef
Integral lock · Taiwan
A titanium frame, a Reeve integral lock and LC200N — a steel with nothing in it to rust. Made for a galley, and the only integral lock on this page.
- Blade
- 3.32″
- Steel
- LC200N
- Weight
- 3.8 oz
2 models
Fixed Blades
Spyderco lists thirty fixed blades; these are the two that appear on its best-seller list. Both ship with a sheath.
Moran Drop Point
Fixed blade · Japan
A drop point in VG-10 on an FRN-and-Kraton handle, with a boot sheath. Three ounces, and built around a grip rather than a guard.
- Blade
- 3.92″
- Steel
- VG-10
- Weight
- 3 oz
Bow River
Fixed blade · China
A 4.36-inch drop point in 8Cr13MoV on G-10, with a sheath — the larger of the two, and the one sold for hunting and camp cooking.
- Blade
- 4.36″
- Steel
- 8Cr13MoV
- Weight
- 3.8 oz
Availability changes weekly
Spyderco runs sprint runs and dealer exclusives constantly, and most of these models exist in steels and handle colours beyond the one pictured. Call the shop and we will tell you what is actually in the case today.
Specifications are Spyderco's own published figures for the model shown, read from each product page on 28 August 2026. Most of these models are also built in other steels, grinds, edges and handle colours, which differ in weight; the photograph may show a different colourway from the variant whose specifications are listed, though blade length, steel and weight are the same across a model's colours. How these thirty were chosen: Spyderco publishes a Best Selling collection holding 113 products, which resolve to 31 distinct knife models once colour, steel and size variants are folded together. Thirty of those 31 are here, ordered within each section by how many best-selling variants Spyderco lists for that model. It is not a ranking of what sells in this shop. No prices, stock levels or online ordering — this page is a reference, not a catalog. Spyderco, the round hole, PlainEdge, SpyderEdge, CLIPIT, SLIPIT, Compression Lock, Salt, Delica, Endura, Native, Manix, Para, Sage and the other model names used here are trademarks of Spyderco, Inc. Product photography courtesy of Spyderco, used with permission as an authorized dealer.