The new Spyderco Shaman Z-Wear PM Sprint Run is on the way according to Spyderco. This is exceptionally exciting news. The Shaman was originally released in 2018. Spyderco tells us their second Sprint Run in 2019 “with Micarta scales and a CPM CRUWEAR blade was one of the most wildly popular Sprint Runs we’ve ever produced.” The Shaman Z-Wear Sprint is very similar to the CRUWEAR Sprint. We expect the latest iteration with Z-Wear and Micarta will be just as popular and will fly off the shelves just as fast and will eventually be just as challenging to find on the secondary market.
The Z-Wear Shaman is by all appearances the same as the CRU-WEAR Sprint. It has the same contoured brown canvas Micarta handles for both a great look and feel in your hand. It’s fully ambidextrous with a four-position pocket clip and compression lock.
The only real difference between that second Shaman Sprint and this iteration is this version has a satin finished 3.62” Z-Wear PM drop point blade with a full flat grind instead of a CPM CRU-WEAR blade. The chemical composition seems to be about the same with little difference between the two steels. They are both high carbon powdered steel with added tungsten, vanadium, and molybdenum. They both have an incredibly high toughness combined with great wear resistance. The main difference we can see is that CRU-WEAR is made by Crucible and Z-WEAR is made by Zapp.
Spyderco Shaman Z-Wear PM Sprint Run Details
- Z-WEAR PM, Satin Finished
- 3.62” Drop Point
- 0.145” Blade Thickness
- Full-Flat Grind
- Trademark Round Hole Opener
- Compression Lock
- Brown Canvas Micarta Handles
- Four-Position Pocket Clip
- Lanyard Hole
- 4.9 Ounces
- 4.67” Closed
- 8.29” Overall
- Made in the USA
If you wanted and missed out on the Shaman CRU-WEAR Sprint, you should definitely get the Spyderco Shaman Z-Wear PM Sprint Run. SMKW tells us that due to the incredibly limited nature of Spyderco Sprint Runs, they’re not going to put this knife up for pre-order. Instead, to get this knife, click any link in the article or simply click the button below. Once you’re on the page, hit the “Notify Me” button and enter your email address. As soon as this knife is in stock, you’ll get an email letting you know it’s there. As always, once this Sprint Run lands in stores it will be in limited supply, and once it’s gone it’s gone.
All images courtesy of Smoky Mountain Knife Works – smkw.com.
