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Well, as you might have guessed from reading the title, I just got in some new Spydies, a Bob Lum Tanto Ti PE, a Military G10 PE, and a Jester with a burgundy micarta handle. I've got some first impressions and comments that I'd like to share and just extoll. To begin with, I was a little apprehensive about getting the Military and Lum because they were liner locks, and I had a problem with my Shabaria having blade movement which I posted here a couple of days ago. Well, I got the package from the big brown truck of goodness, and there lay my three new babies.
To begin with, when I took the boxes out of the package, I was completely surprised with how heavy the Lum box was compared to the Military box. This is a very heavy knife, mostly due to the titanium handles. I took it out of the box, and just loved it. It cuts like the cat's meow. The only real problem that I have with it is the blade geometry, which has been covered elsewhere on the forums. What happens is that once the blade reaches the beginning of the tanto point, it changes bevel. My only problem with that is due to my own amateur status with sharpening knives. So, if it needs sharpening, I plan on sending it off to Spyderco the first couple of times till I get a knife to practice sharpening on. The Lum is also a fairly thick knife in that if you look at a profile, there is the handle, liner lock, blade cutout, a spacer, and then the handle. The spacer makes it thicker by about 1/4", but makes it fit much better in the hand. After using knives with a choil for the past few months, going back to a "standard" handle was different, but then it just melded with my hand. A very cool and different knife, too heavy for me to carry all the time, but very nice nevertheless. I haven't tried the Lum tantos with G10 scales yet, but I would imagine that that would alleviate most of the issue.
I was a little unprepared for the Military's size, especially the handle. It took me a couple of minutes of looking at the knife's proportions and recalling some message postings, and then I realized how much this knife is designed towards use with gloves. That made everything fall into place. The handle is fairly deep, which makes it a little different to get used to. I had heard that the G10 scales would rip the living heck out of your pocket, and I can readily believe that. It is a rough finish, which makes it great for grip retention, while bad for pants
. For anyone who has never seen a Military, think of an Endura with a deeper blade and a larger hole. The handle, as described previously, is larger in proportion and will take up more pant space.
My favorite is the micarta Jester, which simply rocks. I can't say enough good things about it. It is my favorite knife that I have gotten in the past few weeks, and that is saying something. I feel a little bad about putting the micarta on my keyring, but a knife is meant to be used (and abused).
I'll add more as thought permits.
AB
To begin with, when I took the boxes out of the package, I was completely surprised with how heavy the Lum box was compared to the Military box. This is a very heavy knife, mostly due to the titanium handles. I took it out of the box, and just loved it. It cuts like the cat's meow. The only real problem that I have with it is the blade geometry, which has been covered elsewhere on the forums. What happens is that once the blade reaches the beginning of the tanto point, it changes bevel. My only problem with that is due to my own amateur status with sharpening knives. So, if it needs sharpening, I plan on sending it off to Spyderco the first couple of times till I get a knife to practice sharpening on. The Lum is also a fairly thick knife in that if you look at a profile, there is the handle, liner lock, blade cutout, a spacer, and then the handle. The spacer makes it thicker by about 1/4", but makes it fit much better in the hand. After using knives with a choil for the past few months, going back to a "standard" handle was different, but then it just melded with my hand. A very cool and different knife, too heavy for me to carry all the time, but very nice nevertheless. I haven't tried the Lum tantos with G10 scales yet, but I would imagine that that would alleviate most of the issue.
I was a little unprepared for the Military's size, especially the handle. It took me a couple of minutes of looking at the knife's proportions and recalling some message postings, and then I realized how much this knife is designed towards use with gloves. That made everything fall into place. The handle is fairly deep, which makes it a little different to get used to. I had heard that the G10 scales would rip the living heck out of your pocket, and I can readily believe that. It is a rough finish, which makes it great for grip retention, while bad for pants
. For anyone who has never seen a Military, think of an Endura with a deeper blade and a larger hole. The handle, as described previously, is larger in proportion and will take up more pant space.My favorite is the micarta Jester, which simply rocks. I can't say enough good things about it. It is my favorite knife that I have gotten in the past few weeks, and that is saying something. I feel a little bad about putting the micarta on my keyring, but a knife is meant to be used (and abused).
I'll add more as thought permits.
AB
). I have never seen one, but I wanted one based on all the good points that I've read about the Mili here on BladeForums.
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