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Spyderco Paramilitary 2
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OK, another follow-up:
Yesterday, I jammed the Para 2 into a tree 3" deep about 1' off the ground.
I then stood on it and did 10 jumping jacks while balanced on 1 foot.
I pulled it out by hitting it with a sledge hammer back and forth till it loosened enough to just fall out.
Unfortunately, my wife was just backing out our 4 Runner just then and ran it over with both left wheels, when she put it in Drive, she nailed it and sent it flying when the rear wheel hit it. It went flying into a stone wall at about 100 mph and bounced right into my chiminea which was blazing at the time.
By the time I reached it, screaming at the top of my lungs at my wife, it was white hot.
I plucked it out of the fires of Hell with a long pair of forceps and set it on the ground, right into a pile of snow where it hissed like an evil serpant.
When it finally cooled off enough to pick up, I brought it in and washed it off in the kitchen sink. Unfortunately, I dropped it down the drain and in my madness trying to retrieve it, I inadvertantly turned on the garbage disposal unit.
It sounded like a demolition derby for about 10 seconds before it got silent, and a big puff of smoke and sparks shot out from under the sink. Needless to say, I was bummed, but got out the monkey wrench to disassemble the trap below the sink. When I finally found my beloved Para 2, it looked like it'd been at ground zero at the Atomic Bomb test on Enewetok Island.
I was bummed even more.
The basic outline of the object in my hands appeared to be a knife with a piece of bent, gouged, chipped metal sticking out of a black melted chipped plasticy thing.
What a sad depressing experience.
However, there was one silver lining in this whole black cloud experience.
When I gripped the two parts of the knife like thing in my hand, and flexed it, there was absolutely no blade play; still locked up like a bank vault.
More seriously, I've been carrying it every day since my first report. Major use has been in the kitchen and cardboard boxes.
The thing still locks up solid with no blade play, and only 1 quick touch up on the Sharpmaker white rods to make it razor sharp again.
Well, hope you liked my final installment to this review.
Lenny
Yesterday, I jammed the Para 2 into a tree 3" deep about 1' off the ground.
I then stood on it and did 10 jumping jacks while balanced on 1 foot.
I pulled it out by hitting it with a sledge hammer back and forth till it loosened enough to just fall out.
Unfortunately, my wife was just backing out our 4 Runner just then and ran it over with both left wheels, when she put it in Drive, she nailed it and sent it flying when the rear wheel hit it. It went flying into a stone wall at about 100 mph and bounced right into my chiminea which was blazing at the time.
By the time I reached it, screaming at the top of my lungs at my wife, it was white hot.
I plucked it out of the fires of Hell with a long pair of forceps and set it on the ground, right into a pile of snow where it hissed like an evil serpant.
When it finally cooled off enough to pick up, I brought it in and washed it off in the kitchen sink. Unfortunately, I dropped it down the drain and in my madness trying to retrieve it, I inadvertantly turned on the garbage disposal unit.
It sounded like a demolition derby for about 10 seconds before it got silent, and a big puff of smoke and sparks shot out from under the sink. Needless to say, I was bummed, but got out the monkey wrench to disassemble the trap below the sink. When I finally found my beloved Para 2, it looked like it'd been at ground zero at the Atomic Bomb test on Enewetok Island.
I was bummed even more.
The basic outline of the object in my hands appeared to be a knife with a piece of bent, gouged, chipped metal sticking out of a black melted chipped plasticy thing.
What a sad depressing experience.
However, there was one silver lining in this whole black cloud experience.
When I gripped the two parts of the knife like thing in my hand, and flexed it, there was absolutely no blade play; still locked up like a bank vault.
More seriously, I've been carrying it every day since my first report. Major use has been in the kitchen and cardboard boxes.
The thing still locks up solid with no blade play, and only 1 quick touch up on the Sharpmaker white rods to make it razor sharp again.
Well, hope you liked my final installment to this review.
Lenny
DennisStrickland
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love the humor but 30v is a long way from 90v in edge holding. however in fairness the s30 is probably more stainless & easier to touch up. i'm sure the inhand feels very comfry.thanks for following up, by the way thieves drove my ford truck thru barbed wire fence & then ran the ford off a 90ft. cliff. the truck would'nt start after that, think i'll buy a dodge.--dennis