SPK Lamia users

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I was looking for some more info on these ahead of the drop this week and all I could find was “for sale” threads.

So anyone EDC’ing one?

Anyone using one regularly?

Any stories to share?
 
I have a first gen in Cruwear with the nature grip milling, I carry and use it fairly regularly. It is a nice size and shape for EDC tasks. The clip can be a little tight if your pocket has a thick hem. Nice and thin behind the edge making it super slicey, edge retention seems great and sharpens up very easily. I found it finicky to get centered without the pivot backing out after my first disassembly/cleaning, but reversing the pivot solved that and it stays centered and has a great action with no thread locker. It can be thumb flicked, spydie flicked, or slow rolled and drops to my thumb nail upon unlocking. The lockbar can be a bit slippery as it's not textured and contoured in such a way that will allow your thumb to slip "over" it if you're not deliberate about placement.

All in all great knife and I'd really like to try a newer one on bearings but they're missing two of my favorite features...the handle and blade milling. The new ones look very plain and sterile.
 
I have a Gen 2 with fruit stripe milling in raw machined finish. I edc this knife very regularly and have no complaints! Mine is on PB washers and as a user I’ve never wished the detent was looser or that it had bearings, it’s as fluid as a CRK. Buy one, you won’t be disappointed, Alex’s machine work is Art!

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Thanks guys, glad there are a couple out there at least! I just got an Elmax Gen4 in from the latest drop; haven't had a chance to use it yet, but it feels great in hand. I really like the blade milling - this is my first milled blade and its very cool. It is extremely thin behind the edge which I like a lot - reminds me of the Oz Roosevelt in that aspect.

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I have a first gen in Cruwear with the nature grip milling, I carry and use it fairly regularly. It is a nice size and shape for EDC tasks. The clip can be a little tight if your pocket has a thick hem. Nice and thin behind the edge making it super slicey, edge retention seems great and sharpens up very easily. I found it finicky to get centered without the pivot backing out after my first disassembly/cleaning, but reversing the pivot solved that and it stays centered and has a great action with no thread locker. It can be thumb flicked, spydie flicked, or slow rolled and drops to my thumb nail upon unlocking. The lockbar can be a bit slippery as it's not textured and contoured in such a way that will allow your thumb to slip "over" it if you're not deliberate about placement.

All in all great knife and I'd really like to try a newer one on bearings but they're missing two of my favorite features...the handle and blade milling. The new ones look very plain and sterile.
So ypu took the barrel out and flipped it? Just got my first lamia and it's not centered =(
 
So ypu took the barrel out and flipped it? Just got my first lamia and it's not centered =(

Typically you'd unscrew the screw from the pivot side and leave the other screw/barrel assembled to be pushed out of the lock side. I flipped mine so that you unscrewed the lock side and pushed the remaining assembly out of the show side and it centered up nicely.

I haven't had that issue with my Gen 4 nature grip.
 
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