Product Description

CPM 15V is not a knife steel. It is an engineering boundary — the highest wear resistance of any cold-work tool steel available today, containing nearly 15 percent vanadium, heat treated by one of the most respected custom knifemakers in the industry. When Spyderco puts it on a Para Military 2 Lightweight Sprint Run with brown FRN and Shawn Houston's Triple B logo engraved on the blade, the result is not just a folder. It is the cutting performance benchmark of 2026.

The Para Military 2 Lightweight is already one of the most refined folding knife platforms ever produced — a Compression Lock® design that delivers fixed-blade security in a package weighing just 2.8 oz, made in Golden, Colorado. The C81FBLBK2 Sprint Run elevates that platform with a blade material that most production knives will never see. CPM 15V® stainless steel is a powder metallurgy cold-work tool steel with a vanadium content approaching 15 percent — a composition that generates an exceptionally high volume of vanadium carbides in the blade's microstructure. In practical terms this means edge retention that is genuinely breathtaking — a blade that keeps cutting long after conventional premium steels have dulled. What makes this Sprint Run additionally special is the heat treatment. Spyderco's CPM 15V family is processed using a specialized protocol developed by acclaimed custom knifemaker Shawn Houston — whose expertise with this particular alloy extracts performance that standard industrial heat treatment cannot achieve. The full-flat grind maximizes slicing efficiency across the 3.47" blade, and Houston's signature "Triple B" logo is laser engraved on the reverse side of the blade — a mark of provenance that every serious CPM 15V collector will recognize immediately. Brown injection-molded FRN (Fiberglass Reinforced Nylon) handles visually identify this knife as a member of Spyderco's limited CPM 15V family — the color is a deliberate family signal, not an aesthetic choice. The reversible, ambidextrous deep-pocket wire clip carries tip-up in either hand.

• Blade: CPM 15V® stainless steel — highest wear resistance of any cold-work tool steel, nearly 15% vanadium content, full-flat grind, plain edge, heat treated by Shawn Houston to his specialized CPM 15V protocol. Shawn Houston "Triple B" logo laser engraved on reverse side.
• Handle: Brown FRN (Fiberglass Reinforced Nylon) — injection-molded, lightweight, the official color designation of Spyderco's CPM 15V family — with skeletonized stainless steel liners
• Deployment / Lock: Trademark Round Hole™ one-hand deployment and Compression Lock® — Spyderco's spine-mounted lock that closes without fingers crossing the blade path — the safest production folder lock available
• Carry: An ultralight 2.8 oz with a reversible deep-pocket wire clip — tip-up, ambidextrous carry in either hand — and the Trademark Round Hole™ lanyard hole

Ideal For:

Serious Spyderco collectors who track Sprint Runs and understand exactly what CPM 15V means — and want it before it disappears. Steel enthusiasts and performance cutters who want to experience the highest wear-resistance production blade available in 2026. Para Military 2 devotees who already own the standard platform and want the absolute apex expression of it.

Sprint Runs do not come back. When the CPM 15V allocation is gone it is gone — and this specific combination of brown FRN, Shawn Houston heat treatment, and the Triple B logo will never be produced again. Add the Spyderco Para Military 2 Lightweight Brown CPM 15V Sprint Run C81PBN15V2 to your collection today and enjoy the legendary service and fast shipping Knifeworks is known for. As an authorized Spyderco dealer, every Sprint Run we sell is 100% genuine — sourced directly from Golden, Colorado.