CPM D-2 Military and a stick.

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Joshua J.

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I just got back from a little whittling session and I have to say that the Military model is quite a good utility blade. I’m most impressed with how the handle is still comfortable after 45 minutes of whittling. There are no hot spots or over stressed points on my hand, and I had a very sure grip the whole time.
Having multiple grip positions helped too. Most of the time I had my hand choked up on the choil, very good for detail cutting. The second grip position gave good support when I needed to chop though a few small knots.
The blade kept a cutting edge throughout. It wouldn’t shave by the end, though it only took a minute on the strop to fix that.

Excellent knife all around.

Other notes.
Large, light handle.
Good blade steel (Spyderco sprint runs are great).
Liner lock, easy to use but can’t take much abuse.
 
It's just inherent to the design, not enough metal on metal contact. you can’t treat a liner lock the same as the Axis lock or the big fat back-lock on the Chinook.
 
Agree Joshua, handy knife, usable in several grips so you can take advantage of
all portions of the blade easily and with the G10 not too agressive it feels secure
even when wet, a plus as well...
G2
 
Joshua J. said:
It's just inherent to the design, not enough metal on metal contact. you can’t treat a liner lock the same as the Axis lock or the big fat back-lock on the Chinook.
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Oh no, you've gone and done it now!!!

I have the exact same knife, and I love the CPM-D2 steel, it's by far my favorite steel. I've been using this knife at work for the past few weeks, and have been nothing but impressed. The blade was misaligned when I bought the knife, but some disassembly and some bending got it back on track. As far as the liner lock goes, if you cut with the sharp side of the blade (and not the spine), you will be just fine. I laugh when people say that liner locks are weak, yet have never had one fail on them. I have had no problems with the liner lock, and actually really appriciate the design.
 
As So Lo has pointed out in this thread (post #5):

http://bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=504963

It's not the metal on metal that's the most important, but the overall strength of the entire lock system in the knife. So Lo shows in pics that his Strider, although having a thicker contact surface where the tang touches the frame, is just as thin (maybe a little thinner?) at the cut out portion as the liner on his Military. It's in that point where failure is most likely to happen. STR has pointed out the importance of the entire system of the lock over just one part as well in his forum.
 
Blop said:
How come, have you noticed anything?
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I looked for real life experience but not for "it couldn´t be other like that". The Millie is well known enough, so if there were things happen, i am interested, opinions are discussed enough.
 
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