GRAIL landed!!! Fluted Titanium Military!!!

RevDevil said:
Very nice, did Spyderco change the ano on the latest runs? Seems very uniform and unlike the others where you would see bronze, gold, and purple tones mixed in.
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Seems like whatever they are doing now they've gotten a lot better at it, the one I received was also a perfect uniform blue.
 
fitzpatric said:
Seems like whatever they are doing now they've gotten a lot better at it, the one I received was also a perfect uniform blue.
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The answer that you seek is closer than you think. :D :p

SpyderPhreak said:
Yes. John explained it to me this way - the first two "generations" were both flame (heat) anodized. The first gen had more of a matte finish (likely bead blasted), and the second gen was much more glossy. Due to the flame anodizing process and the fact it was done by hand, no two were alike and there were a lot of color variations.

John went on to explain that they had a lot of the scales warp when they were heated by the flame to the point that they were enough out of tolerance they couldn't be used (Yeah, I'd love to get my hands on THAT scrap pile!!!). So instead, the 3rd and most recent "generation" are being electrically anodized. This yields a solid, uniform coloration based on the voltage (current actually) applied to the parts in the chemical bath. They don't get heated this way, so no part loss due to the process.
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The Fluted Ti mili is on a different level than other millies imo. Buttery smooth, great solid lock, perfect fit n finish and plain beautiful. Congrats on the great score, I love mine.
 
Doesn't the anodized titanium worry you? If it's like anodized aluminium it will wear of pretty quick. Or are these safe queens?
I have a standard Ti Military and there is already some smoothing on the beadblasted Ti especially on the edges.
 
Jim malone said:
Doesn't the anodized titanium worry you? If it's like anodized aluminium it will wear of pretty quick..
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How fast? Days? Month? Years?
I carried and used R2 daily for about six month. After that I was able to see a little wear on the clip and no wear on scales, which is not sound that bad. I am positive that anodized surface is more scratch resistant than bare Ti.
 
Congratulations on finding that beautiful knife. I'm glad, sort of, that I live far away from the company store.
 
Next time you're over at the Spyderco shop ask them what's taking so long with my tip-up carry military
 
what's that pretty blue dot below the clip? I noticed the liners aren't annodized, so it cant be them.
thanks for the eye candy, I like the new blue TI
 
Jim malone said:
Doesn't the anodized titanium worry you? If it's like anodized aluminium it will wear of pretty quick. Or are these safe queens?
I have a standard Ti Military and there is already some smoothing on the beadblasted Ti especially on the edges.
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No, it doesn't worry me. Yes, if you carry it a lot, some of it will wear off. No different than flame anodized would.

shawn_ray said:
I think MSRP was 399 as you can see at knifecenter.
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I could be wrong? :eek: ;)

Tommythewho said:
Next time you're over at the Spyderco shop ask them what's taking so long with my tip-up carry military
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I actually talked with John about this a bit when I was buying it from the factory store, because that is my main nitpick with the Millie design. He told me that the main reason that they're made tip down because many of the military / leo who use them have them clipped to a MOLLE vest on their chest. Tip down prevents them from dangerously coming open accidentally like they could if carried tip up in that location. Makes perfect sense to me, however, I mentioned that a tip up / tip down interchangeable design like so many other of their knives would be SO nice!!!

tobotech said:
what's that pretty blue dot below the clip? I noticed the liners aren't annodized, so it cant be them.
thanks for the eye candy, I like the new blue TI
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That is just a hole at the end of the lock-bar cut in the scale. These are solid Ti handles, no liners. The blue you are seeing is the inside of the opposite handle scale, and it looks different because it is further away from the camera and being lit differently through the hole (the color on both scales is identical ALL over). What you might be thinking is a steel liner is actually the just the small steel lockbar insert (look at Jill's pic for a different angle on it).
 
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zcd said:
Hey Gooey, I've heard that the blades of the framelock millies and non-framelock millies are incompatible..
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I've done this conversion more than twice..definitely works. Better chances of working if you have the ti framelock with steel insert
 
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