Recommendation? Benchmade Adamas or Spyderco Military

stabman said:
The new, leaner Adamas is pretty nice, but I still prefer the Spyderco Military.

Of course the correct answer is to buy and carry both.
You have two hands, so you need two knives. :)
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There’s a leaner Adamas? The one I handled felt like a brick with a blade sticking out. I’d go with the military simply because it would function as a knife, and I don’t see that Adamas I handled doing anything other than being “stout”.

OP - this ALLLL depends on what you’ll need to cut while you’re hiking. Need to cut typical hiking stuff? Go with the Millie. Need to fillet a Buick on your trek for whatever odd reason, there’s the Adamas.

And yes, the military will outcut the Adamas by a country mile.
 
Of the choices, I would go with the Military. Feels better, slices better, and is lighter. I will admit I do not use a folder for tasks the Adamas could potentially handle vs the Military.
 
AntDog said:
There’s a leaner Adamas? The one I handled felt like a brick with a blade sticking out. I’d go with the military simply because it would function as a knife, and I don’t see that Adamas I handled doing anything other than being “stout”.

OP - this ALLLL depends on what you’ll need to cut while you’re hiking. Need to cut typical hiking stuff? Go with the Millie. Need to fillet a Buick on your trek for whatever odd reason, there’s the Adamas.

And yes, the military will outcut the Adamas by a country mile.
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When they updated the adamas to cruwear, everything got a hair thinner and it lost some weight. It's still a big folder, but it is a touch leaner. The older D2 one is at least an ounce heavier.
 
Military would be my choice. Lean, light cutting machine, but far from fragile. Adamas is a tank. Go that way if you want a knife to abuse.
 
Depends on what’s important to you.

The Adamas in Cruwear weighs 6.45 ounces, the Military weighs 4.5 ounces… weight taken from the manufactures website.

The Adamas now uses stand-offs and is less blocky and much more comfortable in the hand compared to the D2 version.

While I’ve owned several Military’s and consider it a classic, I never could get past how thin and fragile the tip is.
 
Military.

I love the full-size Adamas (mine is the older D2), but it carries like a brick and could double as a boat anchor.. I've taken mine on a walk in the woods a time or two and it's been fine, but the Military makes the most sense to me as a general purpose hiking knife and gets much, much more carry-time in this role. If you're set on an Adamas, I think the Mini makes more sense than the full size for putting on a lot of miles.. similar functionality in a much more compact package..
 
Military! I own a Military and Mini Adamas. The Mini Adamas is bulky already. I can’t imagine the full sized Adamas in my pocket while hiking…
 
Boru13 said:
Depends on what’s important to you.

The Adamas in Cruwear weighs 6.45 ounces, the Military weighs 4.5 ounces… weight taken from the manufactures website.

The Adamas now uses stand-offs and is less blocky and much more comfortable in the hand compared to the D2 version.

While I’ve owned several Military’s and consider it a classic, I never could get past how thin and fragile the tip is.
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I am in the creative camp, I will take the thin tip any day, if it breaks it will still have a tip just relocated, and I will have a new scraper. Also, more importantly, I no longer have worries about a fragile tip
 
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