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Executive summary: What a knife! GREAT JOB in this one, Spyderco!
Just received my Paramilitary 2 this morning, from New Graham (Annie is a pleasure to deal with - a true gem).
My observations are:
- This is still a Paramilitary, with its distinctive shape. Good!
- Blade is very sharp out of the box, with a thoothy edge.
- The G10 is my favorite Spyderco kind; very grippy but not aggressive. Handle edges are nicely rounded.
- Blade is not perfectly centered, but it does not touch the handle. The screws are well tightened.
- Very slight horizontal blade play, no vertical blade play.
- Very smooth action...like "Sebenza" smooth. The ball detent, located on the lock bar, keeps the knife closed securely.
- Nice nested liners (they look thick and tough), with large holes machined in them to reduce weight.
- Comfy handle, no hot spot for me, and a nicely sized finger choil. My thumb sith comfortably on the ramp. Ergo is spot on.
- Nice jimping on the thumb ramp and choil; very grippy without being uncomfortable on longer use (more testing on that in the upcoming days).
- Nice shiny clip (I like), rounded edges, holds the knife securely in my jeans.
- The clip is positioned tip down. I'll try changing it to tip up, just to see what the pocket real estate looks like. I normally prefer tip up; we'll see.
- With the clip tip down, enough knife sticks out of my pocket to easily pintch it out with the help of the clip screws. Excellent.
- Blade spine is nicely squared and works very well stricking my firesteel. This is important for me if I plan on carrying it in the woods.
- Exactly the size I like (4.75" closed, 8.25" opened), same size as the large Sebenza, a tad bigger than the Griptilian.
- Some more numbers: 0.1445" blade thickness on the micrometer. 0.457 handle thickness. 3.7 oz on my postal scale (106 gr). 14mm hole.
- Steel is CPM S30V; I wonder what's the hardness is on this one? I'll see how the edge hold up to normal use (whittling wood, kitchen, edc duty) in the next week or so.
- Screws torx size: T6 for the clip, T8 for the handle, T10 for the pivot.
- Both Sal and Eric signature logos on the blade; how nice is that!
- Best of all: $106. Are you freakin' kidding me? Best bang for your buck bar none!
Summary: What a knife! GREAT JOB in this one, Spyderco!
Enough jabbering; picture time!
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Just received my Paramilitary 2 this morning, from New Graham (Annie is a pleasure to deal with - a true gem).
My observations are:
- This is still a Paramilitary, with its distinctive shape. Good!
- Blade is very sharp out of the box, with a thoothy edge.
- The G10 is my favorite Spyderco kind; very grippy but not aggressive. Handle edges are nicely rounded.
- Blade is not perfectly centered, but it does not touch the handle. The screws are well tightened.
- Very slight horizontal blade play, no vertical blade play.
- Very smooth action...like "Sebenza" smooth. The ball detent, located on the lock bar, keeps the knife closed securely.
- Nice nested liners (they look thick and tough), with large holes machined in them to reduce weight.
- Comfy handle, no hot spot for me, and a nicely sized finger choil. My thumb sith comfortably on the ramp. Ergo is spot on.
- Nice jimping on the thumb ramp and choil; very grippy without being uncomfortable on longer use (more testing on that in the upcoming days).
- Nice shiny clip (I like), rounded edges, holds the knife securely in my jeans.
- The clip is positioned tip down. I'll try changing it to tip up, just to see what the pocket real estate looks like. I normally prefer tip up; we'll see.
- With the clip tip down, enough knife sticks out of my pocket to easily pintch it out with the help of the clip screws. Excellent.
- Blade spine is nicely squared and works very well stricking my firesteel. This is important for me if I plan on carrying it in the woods.
- Exactly the size I like (4.75" closed, 8.25" opened), same size as the large Sebenza, a tad bigger than the Griptilian.
- Some more numbers: 0.1445" blade thickness on the micrometer. 0.457 handle thickness. 3.7 oz on my postal scale (106 gr). 14mm hole.
- Steel is CPM S30V; I wonder what's the hardness is on this one? I'll see how the edge hold up to normal use (whittling wood, kitchen, edc duty) in the next week or so.
- Screws torx size: T6 for the clip, T8 for the handle, T10 for the pivot.
- Both Sal and Eric signature logos on the blade; how nice is that!
- Best of all: $106. Are you freakin' kidding me? Best bang for your buck bar none!
Summary: What a knife! GREAT JOB in this one, Spyderco!
Enough jabbering; picture time!
(more...)
.. We always appreciate the support and always look forward to hearing from you all again. The para's are going like hot cakes we hope to have more in soon.
