I HATE the Military

For sure, it is the ultimate work/outdoor knife!

I seriously don't go a day without excitedly thinking about the upcoming XHP sprint, and wondering when it will surface! Brown is probably my favorite color on a knife, and perfectly fitting for the Military. And XHP is an excellent steel that I want to try out much more. The only knife I've had it on is the Manix 2, and it'll be nice to try it with a thinner grind, which the Military has for sure.

I hope it comes out by summer!!
 
I've been a Military fan since way before I got one, but I'd like to ask this prestigious group assembled here, what exactly do you think was the thinking behind bead blasting the liner lock? I thought Columbia River was the only company who forced me to polish the liners on their folders! Seriously, I'm a huge fan of both Spyderco and the model in question, but what's up with that? I still get rust in between the jimping on the liner (on that of the blade, too, but what can you do? {note location}), but my lock would probably be completely gone by now if not for a preemptive strike with the fine-grit sandpaper. Any thoughts?
 
I don't have a speck of rust on my military anywhere. Although, i have a black G-10/coated blade, but the nested liners show not a speck of rust.
 
+1 for a while now, the para2 was the biggest knife I'd use for edc until recently when I saw a good deal on here for an orange millie and jumped on it. The size to weight ratio is unbeatable and just super comfortable to carry. I mistakenly took it to work a few days ago and thought I'd get in trouble, but because of it's bright color my boss didn't think it was threatening. I let him use it to open a few boxes and his immediate reaction was "I have to get one of these!" Now if there were only more ti fluted millies to go around..
 
I hate the Military too.

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I hate this thread. I was teetering between buying another Gayle Bradley (I sold my last one) and a Ti Millie. The only thing I hate about the Military is that its tip-down only carry.

I've been thinking about a large folder - I don't usually carry anything nearly that large (hence the reason I sold my Gayle Bradley) but I'm starting to wonder if I don't need a Ti (or fluted Ti) Millie.
 
I held it in my pocket as tip up carry, and it's stupid. Spyderco made a good call on the tip down. I was used to tip up also, but you get used to it fast. It's such a long knife that on a quick grab or just pulling out of your pocket you have to shift your hand anyways. With the clip the way it is, your finger is near the hole instantly. Now on my caly3 cf, tip up makes perfect sense because it's a shorter knife.
 
SuzukiGS750EZ said:
I held it in my pocket as tip up carry, and it's stupid. Spyderco made a good call on the tip down. I was used to tip up also, but you get used to it fast. It's such a long knife that on a quick grab or just pulling out of your pocket you have to shift your hand anyways. With the clip the way it is, your finger is near the hole instantly. Now on my caly3 cf, tip up makes perfect sense because it's a shorter knife.
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Yep, tip down for longer knives because it puts your fingers around the pivot, therefore your thumb near the thumbhole without having to "crawl" your grip. Tip up or tip down works with shorter knives.
 
I've had two different tip-up knives partially open in my pants (I IWB carry) and while one just scared me a little, the other--an Endura--impaled my hand beneath the thumb and the tip ended up under the skin of my palm about 1.75" in. Thanks to the extremely fine tip and the edges I keep on knives, it didn't even hurt at first and nor did I realize what had happened until I brought my hand back to the front; just an odd burning sensation. A WHOLE lot of blood, swelling, five hours in an ER and some stitches later, the hurt happened. ;) I personally no longer have any use for folding knives with their tips up where gravity is working WITH the pivot. I'd rather have it working against it. For those who pocket-carry their folders it's less of an issue as the pocket corner hugs the tip closed, so I understand the appeal somewhat, although I still wouldn't desire it, because even back before the accidental openings I always found tip up very awkward as compared to tip down. Fortunately, all of my favorite Spydies are either tip-down only or can be configured that way.

Anyway, as to the Military itself, I'm finally getting my first, and have to admit to being somewhat...curious about how I'll like it. Not knocking anybody else's preferences, but I tend to gravitate towards heavier folding knives, like the original Manix, Lionsteel SR-1, XM-18s and others like that. The Military is always described as being so light and "like it's not even there" that I've long considered it not even worth looking at. Nonetheless, it has what seems to be an almost religious following, and many of the devout are fellow knife knuts whose opinions I've long respected, so I finally took the plunge this morning and ordered Newgraham's last fluted titanium Military, as it seemed to me that the heavier material might make it feel slightly less "wrong" for me, and the flutes might give slightly better traction than plain ti scales. I'm also more a fan of frame locks than liner locks, so that's a plus as well.

I don't imagine for a second that I'll DISlike it, and will be careful not to make snap judgments just due to it being different than my normal preference. I'm just interested to see how I feel about it after a couple of weeks. In some cases, knives that I've taken convincing on have completely blown me away when they showed up, and in others--like the Sebenza--I was able to appreciate why others appreciate them but didn't fall in love myself. If I don't like it, I can probably find somebody who would. If I love it, then I face the problem of finding a spot for it in the folder drawer, assuming I ever want to carry anything else again!
 
RevDevil said:
Did someone say Military?
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Any old ones in your/Yab's collection? I recently bought an excellent condition early black coated 2 screw clip millie for $135

When it gets here, I will post pics :)

Its actually my 1st millie, the rest are para2s
 
I feel the same way about the Gayle Bradley. I hate it! I haven't carried any of my other spydies since I got it.
 
spydie fanatic said:
Any old ones in your/Yab's collection? I recently bought an excellent condition early black coated 2 screw clip millie for $135

When it gets here, I will post pics :)

Its actually my 1st millie, the rest are para2s
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Yep. 440V PE and SE, the newer "older" ones are the CF BG-42, and the CPM-D2. I'm still searching for one in ATS-34.
 
I switch between my Endura Wave and Camo Military PE as my EDC's.

Last night I met a fellow BF member and traded for this....which I think I'll be EDC'ing for awhile.

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I got my first Millie recently . . . just the plain old Black G10 satin S30v one. Got it on sale for $114 shipped. I really like it a lot, except it makes a kind of loud sound while opening when the lock engages. I've pre-ordered the Brown XHP one also and I hope I can get one of those.

But for now, the Gray Carpenter steel Para 2 sprint has pushed everything else out of my pocket. I just love that knife and also the 20CP steel is phenomenal, imo. Love the way it takes an awesome quality edge with just a few touch up strokes on the Sharpmaker, which is rather surprising to me considering how wear resistant the steel is. But I'm not complaining. Oddly, I usually have to work a bit harder to get my S30V knives that sharp even though they are less wear resistant. It's one of the reasons I'm not a huge fan of S30V. But the Millie (and PM2) are awesome whatever the steel.
 
SuzukiGS750EZ said:
I held it in my pocket as tip up carry, and it's stupid. Spyderco made a good call on the tip down. I was used to tip up also, but you get used to it fast. It's such a long knife that on a quick grab or just pulling out of your pocket you have to shift your hand anyways. With the clip the way it is, your finger is near the hole instantly. Now on my caly3 cf, tip up makes perfect sense because it's a shorter knife.
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i also agree.
 
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