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c36bk milli or gravitator?
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I detect a hint of sarcasm in your last post. So...
Ha Ha! Nobody replied to your thread.
- Torz /Doesn't accept sarcasm well
Ha Ha! Nobody replied to your thread.
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You're really going to win a lot of friends with an attitude like that. 
Perhaps next time you post a question as to the relative benefit of two different knives, you could specify what you intend to use the knife FOR, as that is certainly the most important criteria. Merely stating two model names and asking "Which 1?" is a great way to not get any answers.
Perhaps next time you post a question as to the relative benefit of two different knives, you could specify what you intend to use the knife FOR, as that is certainly the most important criteria. Merely stating two model names and asking "Which 1?" is a great way to not get any answers.
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I haven't used either of these knives, but for lack of more experienced user's input, I'll tell you what little I do know.
Of course, both of these knives have superb reputations, perhaps the military more than the gravitator, so it would be very important to know what you need from these.
First of all, I think the size of knife you want is going to be a pretty important factor. For instance, the gravitator is more than half an inch shorter in blade length, and almost an inch shorter in length closed.
For me personally, a four inch blade is too long for an every day carry. For one, I simply don't have any need for it, but you can imagine that a person in my environment of either college or the hospital might offend with a huge "mean" knife.
Another factor in EDC is the styling. Spydercos have a tendency to go understated, which, in public places, is a positive thing. The gravitator, however, is a pretty extreme looking knife. I took a glance at one today, and I can imagine that the sheeple might be quite offended by its presence. I personally find the gravitator too extreme for me.
You've probably noticed by now, but both use linerlocks (I believe). This might sound strange, but I like my spydercos to have lockbacks, I like my benchmades to have axis locks. This is yet weirder because all of my current EDCs are linerlocks. But, being as I can't afford much from those two, there's a simple explanation. In any case, I'll just have to assume you like the linerlocks.
The price is probably another important difference, the gravitator costing about 50 dollars more for a very similar knife.
If you need a roughly 3.5 + inch long blade, I'd choose the spyderco, though to be honest, spyderco actions have been a real dissapointment for me. I'd still probably choose the spyderco. I prefer the styling and the price enough more to make the difference for me.
Of course, both of these knives have superb reputations, perhaps the military more than the gravitator, so it would be very important to know what you need from these.
First of all, I think the size of knife you want is going to be a pretty important factor. For instance, the gravitator is more than half an inch shorter in blade length, and almost an inch shorter in length closed.
For me personally, a four inch blade is too long for an every day carry. For one, I simply don't have any need for it, but you can imagine that a person in my environment of either college or the hospital might offend with a huge "mean" knife.
Another factor in EDC is the styling. Spydercos have a tendency to go understated, which, in public places, is a positive thing. The gravitator, however, is a pretty extreme looking knife. I took a glance at one today, and I can imagine that the sheeple might be quite offended by its presence. I personally find the gravitator too extreme for me.
You've probably noticed by now, but both use linerlocks (I believe). This might sound strange, but I like my spydercos to have lockbacks, I like my benchmades to have axis locks. This is yet weirder because all of my current EDCs are linerlocks. But, being as I can't afford much from those two, there's a simple explanation. In any case, I'll just have to assume you like the linerlocks.
The price is probably another important difference, the gravitator costing about 50 dollars more for a very similar knife.
If you need a roughly 3.5 + inch long blade, I'd choose the spyderco, though to be honest, spyderco actions have been a real dissapointment for me. I'd still probably choose the spyderco. I prefer the styling and the price enough more to make the difference for me.
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What do you mean spyderco actions have been a dissapointment? I would go for the military, it's a cutting machine and works well for e.d.c. considering it is such a large knife. I own over 40 spyderco models and have never had a problem with a single knife, besides some models being a little stiff to open when you first get them, a little oil always solves that problem.
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Maybe I'm just sensitive about it, but even the broken in and oiled spydercos I've played with are far and away from the actions of a kershaw, crkt or, of course, benchmade, even when these knives are out of the box. It doesn't really matter, it just cuts some of the fun factor out for me. I've played with four different spyderco species of knives (delica, endura, native, centofante) from several different stores and used a couple of broken in ones from friends and store owners.
To me, this is a minor complaint about a company with an obviously sterling reputation, and the owners of each of the spydercos I tried loved their knives dearly.
Merely a preference and experience of mine, but given the lengths I've gone through to find a spyderco that did not possess this trait, I cannot believe that my experience is an isolated one. Please understand that I am unbiased and very, very nearly bought a spyderco native only a couple days ago (was about to ask them to wrap it up when I ran into this CRKT M16). Of note, the native (new, couldn't find any well used ones to play with) had the best action, but was perhaps 1/5 as smooth as my CRKTs and Kershaws out of the box. The M16 I'm using can actually be opened with literally no wrist motion. Merely pushing the notch fast enough can fully open the knife.
Anyone with a different experience on the actions of their spydercos is of course, welcome to say so. If these reports are common, then you can count me as just one person who had the misfortune of running into maybe 15 spydercos with consecutively gummy actions. It could happen (I'm not being sarcastic). Despite this, it is my humble opinion that the action does not perform on par with the rest of a spyderco knife.
However, as my initial post indicates, I recommended the spyderco over the benchmade anyway, sort of making this pointless, as far as my original idea is concerned.
To me, this is a minor complaint about a company with an obviously sterling reputation, and the owners of each of the spydercos I tried loved their knives dearly.
Merely a preference and experience of mine, but given the lengths I've gone through to find a spyderco that did not possess this trait, I cannot believe that my experience is an isolated one. Please understand that I am unbiased and very, very nearly bought a spyderco native only a couple days ago (was about to ask them to wrap it up when I ran into this CRKT M16). Of note, the native (new, couldn't find any well used ones to play with) had the best action, but was perhaps 1/5 as smooth as my CRKTs and Kershaws out of the box. The M16 I'm using can actually be opened with literally no wrist motion. Merely pushing the notch fast enough can fully open the knife.
Anyone with a different experience on the actions of their spydercos is of course, welcome to say so. If these reports are common, then you can count me as just one person who had the misfortune of running into maybe 15 spydercos with consecutively gummy actions. It could happen (I'm not being sarcastic). Despite this, it is my humble opinion that the action does not perform on par with the rest of a spyderco knife.
However, as my initial post indicates, I recommended the spyderco over the benchmade anyway, sort of making this pointless, as far as my original idea is concerned.
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OK, now my grumpiness detector is pinging...liltemp said:
O.K. I'm here to talk about blades and not be the last one to post something about someone, so torz with many posts under your belt thats been here for a long time, and I realy dont know why if all you want to do is bash people. and not talking about blades whatsoever. so, buy.
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Edit - it's the next morning now, and now I feel ashamed of the harsh stuff I wrote in reply here. So, let me just apologize to liltemp here if he felt I was picking on him. Sorry.liltemp said: