You should take that HRC measurment with a grain of salt. They also tested Lionsteel’s M390 around 49 - 51 HRC than they had to apologize after they realized they screwed it up.
You should also notify Spyderco about that because they use the same combination at the Byrd Meadowlark 2 Titanium and at the Cara Cara 2 Titanium for example.
The only Spyderco I own is the Cricket (VG-10). It serves as a money clip.
I just took possession of a modified Buck Vantage. It has the Avid Select (346) Dymondwood handle with the Force Select (845) blade (black oxide coated BOS 420HC). I nabbed it on the ’bay for a hair over $20. Now, to add a spot for one of my custom lanyards after the tune-up kit gets here from Buck…
I have one of those Kershaw Launch 2 clones. The fit & finish is excellent, the opening action is strong & snappy. The release button / button lock works nicely although it has a very slight vertical blade play. It’s on sale here for $23.06 with $2 store coupon at the moment.
What’s a budget ceramic bearing knife with no flipper (so smooth it purposely make the user use another opening style than a pivot flipper) and nice patterned scale like Grimsmo Norseman.
Although most of their previous models were heavily influenced by Spyderco / Byrd models they released a couple of quite good original designs recently.
For example the Brother 1505 lock-back traditional folder with VG10 blade and micarta handle or the F005 / F006 bushcraft fixed blades with D2 / 440C blade.