Para 2 upgraded?

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I keep seeing threads where someone mentions the Para 2 has been upgraded since it's original release.

Something about a lock tab upgrade?

Can someone please explain this, or possibly post pics?

:)
 
I just got my regular s30v pm2 in today. Im pretty sure that the tab to depress the compression lock was moved slightly upward (closer to blade when opened) to allow for increased leverage in unlocking/closing. I would show A pic, but I don't have it's previous position to compare it to
 
Here are pics of my 1st gen.

2Para2.jpg

2Para2-3.jpg

2Para2-2.jpg

2Para2-7.jpg

2Para2-4.jpg

2Para2-5.jpg
 
Yikes! These pics are showing up insane huge for me. Sorry about that, my first time posting pics here, any tips? :O
 
Alright, thanks, When I first explained it I actually described the wrong direction. I hope you can scroll over and see he difference in placement
 
The lock tab was placed closer to the blade. It allows better leverage when unlocking. That is all I can think of. There was a post with some side by side images, can't find it now...
 
Thanks Sam, I see it now.

The tab has been moved forward.

Tab is back here, 1st gen
2Para2-7.jpg


tab is centered, 2nd gen
imageryy.jpg
 
On the second gen, the liner curves away from the spine of the handle causing the liner to be a little more narrow. The first gen hugs the spine of the knife the entire length of the knife and never curves away from the recess that is carved in the handle that the liner is recessed into. Hope that makes sense.

Edit: this is in addition to the tab placement
 
I am very happy with the improvement!! I had a hard time disengaging the lock from the first gen. Eric G. said they were going to be looking at refining the lock disengagment in a post I made over on the Spyderco Forums a while back, I picked up a new Para2 (2nd run) and it was much easier to close. Happy camper :D

Thanks for letting me know what they changed, I didn't know what they did to make it better but it works!

I wonder if this was the reason for the delay between runs?
 
I have a Para 2 CF/s90v and its lock is like the gen 2. Is there actually much of an improvement? Seems like a very minor issue.
 
IMHO, all the mods to the Para 2 have been a big improvement. These tweaks have brought me back to the Paramilitary altogether actually.

Kingofthellamas said:
I have a Para 2 CF/s90v and its lock is like the gen 2. Is there actually much of an improvement? Seems like a very minor issue.
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I think tweak is a good word for it. I mean i'm not saying that it isn't an improvement. It just doesn't seem like a big one, or a deal breaker for me. If it was back in the gen 1 position, i don't think anyone would notice. In the gen 2 position it sits forward towards the blade in the opposition slot or choil-like indent in the back of the handle, and i would assume it sits centered in the gen 1 position. So it probably looks correct in the gen 1 position. What i'm alluding to is whether or not there is any functionality difference between the two. To that, I kinda doubt it.
 
Kingofthellamas said:
Is there actually much of an improvement? Seems like a very minor issue.
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Yeah, it's a noticeable improvement. I have a "pre-revision" Para 2 and my S90V sprint in front of me, and the sprint is easier to unlock.

It seems obvious that the revised version is easier to unlock simply due to increased leverage on the locking liner; now, whether or not that's a minor issue is purely subjective.

IMHO, one of the things I dislike about the comp. lock is that it's not particularly pleasant to use. Pushing over that metal tab seems a might bit unrefined, at least in terms of how one's finger interacts with the lock. There's no button, slider, textured surface, nothing to accommodate a human finger, as there is with so many other types of locks. It's just an exposed metal tab that the user must press against, more often than not right on the corner edge, to operate.

It's a very minor gripe, admittedly. Still, with the revised tab sitting further forward, it creates more leverage on the locking liner, which in turn means you don't have to push as hard on it for it to unlock. Easier and much friendlier.
 
Firebat said:
Yeah, it's a noticeable improvement. I have a "pre-revision" Para 2 and my S90V sprint in front of me, and the sprint is easier to unlock.

It seems obvious that the revised version is easier to unlock simply due to increased leverage on the locking liner; now, whether or not that's a minor issue is purely subjective.
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Thats what I was wondering. If the amount of leverage was even noticeable. It didn't look like it would make a real difference to me. I guess it does though.
 
5.56 said:
Thanks Sam, I see it now.

The tab has been moved forward.

Tab is back here, 1st gen
2Para2-7.jpg


tab is centered, 2nd gen
imageryy.jpg
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This makes me happy I got a first generation model. Moving the tab forward seems to me to make it more likely for the lock to now pinch the meat of your finger when opening the blade like the Yojimbo and other compression locks have done to me in the past- something I hate personally! I hope centering the tab as opposed to moving it all the way forward prevents this from happing with the Para 2 but I still can't believe it offers the gap benefit between the handle on the non lock side and the lock that the rear tab first gen version offers.

STR
 
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