Hello everyone.
Just received the knife and wanted to share some thoughts with everyone who's interested.
The background: I like folders. I own a small classic micarta Sebbie and a MOD CQD Mk1 Auto (I also love Busses, but that's beside the point). So the Millie's got some serious competition. While it might not be fair comparing it with the Seb, the MSRP is almost up there (street price, of course, being much lower, while the Seb retails for what the sticker says). So, without further ado:
Darn, I got an empty box. No, wait, the knife is in there. Wow, this thing is huge. Wow, it's featherweight. It fits in hand perfectly, both in standard and reverse grip. The carbon handles are very rough to the touch without being nail-file-like. There's no way to lose a grip on this knife. It opens smoothly, the lockup is solid, there's no blade play. The blade is (almost) perfectly centered. It is sharp, the grind is level and smooth, but not perfect. It does shave hair, but not as well as my carefully sharpened Sebbie or CQD.
Okay, unfair comparisons time: while the Seb feels like a jeweled vault, the Millie doesn't - mostly because it is deceptively light due to carbon handles with nested liner. The lock covers about one quarter of the blade tang (that's also how wide the liner is), compared to about 3/4 cover on the Seb - and the liner is as thick as the blade. There's no point in comparing Millie to CQD as the latter is not a liner lock and looks extremely aggresive. The Millie, on the other hand - despite the size - looks comparatively benign. Not sheeple-friendly, mind you, but far less likely to make anyone scream.
Overall first impression? I love it and I can wholeheartedly believe the story about Mr. Glesser designing this bad boy as a tool for his son, should he be enlisted. This incarnation of Millie offers best of the best - an exotic sintered steel alloy (the best currently offered by CPM), carbon fiber handles, solid nested liner lock. I seriously believe that for the price, you can't do any better.
It's not EDC for city use by any reasonable stretch of imagination (the Seb fills that role perfectly), but it will be delegated (when not in use) to an outside clip-on duty for my SHTF scenario Maxpedition pack. This knife means business all the way.
Two tumbs up!
Cheers, Rok
P.S.
Will post some pics if I get time to do an expanded review - should there be enough interest for it.
Just received the knife and wanted to share some thoughts with everyone who's interested.
The background: I like folders. I own a small classic micarta Sebbie and a MOD CQD Mk1 Auto (I also love Busses, but that's beside the point). So the Millie's got some serious competition. While it might not be fair comparing it with the Seb, the MSRP is almost up there (street price, of course, being much lower, while the Seb retails for what the sticker says). So, without further ado:
Darn, I got an empty box. No, wait, the knife is in there. Wow, this thing is huge. Wow, it's featherweight. It fits in hand perfectly, both in standard and reverse grip. The carbon handles are very rough to the touch without being nail-file-like. There's no way to lose a grip on this knife. It opens smoothly, the lockup is solid, there's no blade play. The blade is (almost) perfectly centered. It is sharp, the grind is level and smooth, but not perfect. It does shave hair, but not as well as my carefully sharpened Sebbie or CQD.
Okay, unfair comparisons time: while the Seb feels like a jeweled vault, the Millie doesn't - mostly because it is deceptively light due to carbon handles with nested liner. The lock covers about one quarter of the blade tang (that's also how wide the liner is), compared to about 3/4 cover on the Seb - and the liner is as thick as the blade. There's no point in comparing Millie to CQD as the latter is not a liner lock and looks extremely aggresive. The Millie, on the other hand - despite the size - looks comparatively benign. Not sheeple-friendly, mind you, but far less likely to make anyone scream.
Overall first impression? I love it and I can wholeheartedly believe the story about Mr. Glesser designing this bad boy as a tool for his son, should he be enlisted. This incarnation of Millie offers best of the best - an exotic sintered steel alloy (the best currently offered by CPM), carbon fiber handles, solid nested liner lock. I seriously believe that for the price, you can't do any better.
It's not EDC for city use by any reasonable stretch of imagination (the Seb fills that role perfectly), but it will be delegated (when not in use) to an outside clip-on duty for my SHTF scenario Maxpedition pack. This knife means business all the way.
Two tumbs up!
Cheers, Rok
P.S.
Will post some pics if I get time to do an expanded review - should there be enough interest for it.
