Spyderco Military changes/variations since released?

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yatesd

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In anticipation of getting my Military LH in the mail, I was curious about it's history. From what I could research, at least 3 different steels have been made. Have any improvements have been implemented since the initial launch?

Also, would be interesting to know about all the potential variations..

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Doug
 
Recoil has a good picture of some older ones here http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?17820-Military-question&p=190015#post190015

You can see originally there was no lower jimping, then it switched to a different sort than there is now. Also, the clip was originally two screws and straight (versus three and slightly curved now).

I believe all the variations are listed here http://www.spydiewiki.com/index.php?title=C36_Military . I don't believe there are any future variations known for the moment.
 
The older ones only had one nested liner. They lacked the "comet" shaped one.
 
The blade stock was slightly thicker and the scales were thinner on the old ones. The second nested liner was added at the time of the BG-42/CF sprint.

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Interesting info...was the second nested liner added to improve the strength/durability? I see conflicting reports on weight. Did they change something in the last year?

Most sites seem to list 4.2 oz, but the Spyderco 2013 catalog lists 4.5 oz.

MILITARY MODEL/BLACK/CAMO
CLOSED 5.52in 140mm

OVERALL 9.52in 242mm BLADE 4.00in 102mm EDGE 3.65in 93mm
EDGE CONFIGURATION P, PS (Camo P Only)
BLADE THICKNESS 0.145in 3.7mm BLADE HOLE DIAMETER 0.54in 13.8mm STEEL CPM S30V
WEIGHT 4.5oz 128g
GRIND Full-flat
CLIP Tip-down / Right Hand
ORIGIN USA
 
Orange military is 128 g while the left-hand version is 123 g.
 
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