My Military

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montesa

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I am sure there are other "benchmade guys" with their first posts in the Spyderco forum. I have always respected spyderco knives but have always thought that Benchmades were for me. I still love my Benchmades but my current favorite knife is my Military. I bought this knife with four or five Benchmades for an amazing deal on craigslist. I only bought it because it was in the lot and I had heard the name and it was a good deal based on what little I knew about the Military.

This knife was made in 2007. It was dull with 1/4 of an inch broken off of the tip. I contact Spyderco and ask if I can send it in and buy a new blade. No, I cannot do that. Hmmmm. I decide to grind a new tip. The blade now looks great but the handle is HUGE and the blade is much shorter. It looks stupid and I obsess over everything especially my knives. So I decide that the handle needs to fit the blade. I cut the handle to fit the blade and sand and then polish to match. I do a nice clean job and most wouldn't know it wasn't factory. To me, it looks very proportionate now. I move over to my paper sharpening wheels and set the edge to about 12 degrees per side and give the bevels a nice mirror polish. It's razor sharp. I carry and use the knife for a few days. The Benchmades sit in the drawer. I love this knife.

Knives are for cutting. For me, knives are for slicing. I love the Military's blade because of it's outstanding edge geometry. A nice wide blade with a full flat grind. I am sure you guys talk about it all the time but it's new to me. It's an outstanding slicer. Anyway, here is a pic of my Military and I pray to god I am not going to become addicted to Spydercos now! Here is a crappy cell phone pic but you get the idea.

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Cool! The blade shape kinda reminds me of an endura for some reason. Good job on the mod. I may have to do that to one of my milies with a shorter blade.
 
That's a pretty cool EDC. I'd buy a Millie in that size. Nice work.:thumbup:

How much shorter is the blade from factory?
 
I will have to measure it tomorrow but I think it's right at 1/4 inch shorter. I cut the handle off right in front of the lanyard hole and when it's closed the blade sits just inside the handle. I thought I might have to cut the blade shorter when I first started cutting the handle but it ended up working out just right. It looks much better in person.
 
jesse2205 said:
Cool! The blade shape kinda reminds me of an endura for some reason. Good job on the mod. I may have to do that to one of my milies with a shorter blade.
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The entire knife looks Endura-esque. I like it. :thumbup:
I'm staring at my Military a little too much right now. :D
 
Why would you pray you don't become addicted to Spydies:D

Jar and pennies. Get a new knife every 6 months.
 
The knife is exactly the same size as a BM710 now. I wouldn't trade it for a nonmidified military.
 
I too have a Military with a broken tip thats been reground. Not the best pic, but you can see it 3rd from the right. Also have a Delica 3 with a broken tip, that I got for $3 and shaped up on my grinder.

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You should cut the handle down to fit the blade! You will love it. It's a handy size.



powernoodle said:
I too have a Military with a broken tip thats been reground. Not the best pic, but you can see it 3rd from the right. Also have a Delica 3 with a broken tip, that I got for $3 and shaped up on my grinder.

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Wow you really took a lot off the end of the handle, the lanyard hole is gone?

I really like the look of that. Good save on a great knife. :thumbup:












P.S. Rolf pics????;):p
 
Yes. I cut the the back end off just in front of the lanyard hole. I am going to work on it some more this weekend. I want to try to match the slight bevel that goes around the rest of the handle. I am also going to polish the blade where I ground it to get it to match the rest of the finish.
 
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