Another b;ade play question: Spyderco Para-Military vs, Military

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Greetings everyone:
Which of the two would be less likely to have blade play (vertical and side to side) in it? It might influence my potentially purchasing one of them "sight unseen" over the internet.
Thanks in advance.
 
theres two differences

military is very large, para is definitely more practical for edcing. i still prefer to edc the military, though.

military has a nice liner lock, para has compression lock. the compression lock is exotic, and its stronger. however, the military's liner wont fail you, and i personally prefer good liner locks to everything except good frame locks. the compression lock also tends to hurt my finger a little
 
I have two Militaries and I have never had any blade play. My most recent one the blade was off center but thats no biggie as long it's not touching the handle. The military is my favorite folder.
 
Ultraman said:
Greetings everyone:
Which of the two would be less likely to have blade play (vertical and side to side) in it? It might influence my potentially purchasing one of them "sight unseen" over the internet.
Thanks in advance.
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Less likely? Neither will have any play. If it has play, send it back. Spyderco's CS is great. :thumbup:
 
There is usually a LITTLE play in a knife, after a month or so my para develops blade play and I usually just tighten the pivot a little to get rid off it. To say a knife will have no blade play and if it does sends it back is a little bit of an over statement.
 
hwpaintballer said:
There is usually a LITTLE play in a knife, after a month or so my para develops blade play and I usually just tighten the pivot a little to get rid off it. To say a knife will have no blade play and if it does sends it back is a little bit of an over statement.
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If it comes with play send it back, but I've had several millies and paras, none of them came with play or developed any sort of play.
 
Do you use them much?

And almost every knife comes with a little bit of play, by blade play I mean I can make the blade move up or down or side to side when the knife is open.
 
hwpaintballer said:
Do you use them much?

And almost every knife comes with a little bit of play, by blade play I mean I can make the blade move up or down or side to side when the knife is open.
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No, they were all safe queens. I don't believe in using my knives. :rolleyes: I've used my millies extensively outside, inside, breaking down doubled cardboard boxes, etc. The para sees a bit less, but considering one's SE I use that as a loaner / scrapper knife most of the time.

Holding the tip and rocking the pivot under pressure will produce some "give" but it's not play. None of my knives have play.
 
Josh K said:
No, they were all safe queens. I don't believe in using my knives. :rolleyes: I've used my millies extensively outside, inside, breaking down doubled cardboard boxes, etc. The para sees a bit less, but considering one's SE I use that as a loaner / scrapper knife most of the time.

Holding the tip and rocking the pivot under pressure will produce some "give" but it's not play. None of my knives have play.
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What I meant by the question if you used them regularly or not is that some knives will develop a little bit of play, and I just checked my para and it has a little bit of side to side blade play. I appreciate your smart remark though :thumbup:
 
hwpaintballer said:
What I meant by the question if you used them regularly or not is that some knives will develop a little bit of play, and I just checked my para and it has a little bit of side to side blade play. I appreciate your smart remark though :thumbup:
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:foot: Okay, I do have two knives with a very small amount of play. My two Tasman Salts (Pinned FRN) have a very small amount of side to side play.

Some knives develop play, others adjust. Maybe I'm just lucky, but I've never had a knife develop play over time. Side to side is normally an easy pivot adjustment. Vertical play would be much more troublesome but there I'd lay the blame on the lock execution.
 
I agree, if you have side to side then it is usually the pivot screw that needs tightening, and if you have vertical it is probably the lock. Of course to me I am not concerned with a little (millimeter) of blade play, nor am I to concerned with my blades being centered when closed, just as long as it's close and the blade isn't hitting the side of the handles when closed.
 
I remember for pinned FRN spydies that a little tap on the pins/pivot would get rid of the play?

in any case, my Caly and Para have no play but I'm using them with a lot of torque, just regular cutting - food, paper, cloth, webbing
 
spyken said:
I remember for pinned FRN spydies that a little tap on the pins/pivot would get rid of the play?

in any case, my Caly and Para have no play but I'm using them with a lot of torque, just regular cutting - food, paper, cloth, webbing
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IMO it should.
 
spyken said:
I remember for pinned FRN spydies that a little tap on the pins/pivot would get rid of the play?

in any case, my Caly and Para have no play but I'm using them with a lot of torque, just regular cutting - food, paper, cloth, webbing
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It does, but I prefer to not mess with it. Tap it a hair to hard and it makes the opening very stiff. I'd rather deal with a little play (mm's) then break a sweat opening my knife. :)
 
You could probably always insert a flat head screw driver into the handle and then turn it side ways forcing the handles apart from each other in case you over tap.
 
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