Tell me why I need a blurple para 2

Cursum Perficio said:
You need a blurple Para2 'cos it's blade is S110V and holds a working edge really well.
You need a blurple Para2 'cos even if you don't like the blurple you can change it.
You need a blurple Para2 'cos it eases the pain of not having a rare and stupidly expensive CF/S90V Para2.
You need a blurple Para2 'cos the compression lock rocks and you deserve the chance to familiarize yourself with it.
You need a blurple Para2 'cos in the unlikely event you decide it's not for you, it will easily sell.

Hope I was of some small help...

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Damn, I think you got me Man, that was persuasive....



Russ
 
Personally, I love the handle on the PM2. Once you get out there and use the knife, you'll appreciate the design of the knife. Just like a lot of Spyderco knives, they start to make sense when you use them.
 
Got the PM in today. It does fit the hand well and I see why it's so popular. The only thing I haven't figured out the love for is the lock. Why does everyone like this so much? It seems like a way more awkwardly placed replacement for a liner lock. The liner lock in the military seems much easier to me one handed.

I put a Lynch deep carry clip on it and that improved it also. I can't hardly do a spyderco without a Lynch clip or the wire clip. Too bad the mili had the weird triangle clip connection point. :/
 
tdkfm said:
Got the PM in today. It does fit the hand well and I see why it's so popular. The only thing I haven't figured out the love for is the lock. Why does everyone like this so much? It seems like a way more awkwardly placed replacement for a liner lock. The liner lock in the military seems much easier to me one handed.

I put a Lynch deep carry clip on it and that improved it also. I can't hardly do a spyderco without a Lynch clip or the wire clip. Too bad the mili had the weird triangle clip connection point. :/
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It takes some getting used to I've had mine about six days and after endlessly playing with it I'm used to it now. For me it's just a nice knife that cuts like the dickens but I'm probably not going to carry it more than on the weekends. The handle is to confining and it doesn't "speak" to me. I'll probably try some different scales after Christmas and see if it changes anything. I do though want to figure out if the edge is a Spyderco thing or a steel thing because it's grab onto anything and slice it it's obscene how this thing cuts everything.
 
If the Millie fits your hand then the Para will, too. They both have the same dimensions in the grip area.

The lock is great but it is not as either hand friendly as the lock on the Millie. It is a great lock for one handed closing for the right hand, however. Still, I feel it is stronger. But most like the lock because they have an addiction to opening and closing it.
 
DocT said:
It is a great lock for one handed closing for the right hand, however. Still, I feel it is stronger. But most like the lock because they have an addiction to opening and closing it.
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Yes, once you get used to the compression lock it can be quite addictive to play with. The ability to close it one handed with a quick wrist-flick is useful in real-life. I like it that my fingers are out of harms way while operating the compression lock. I've had a few close calls with liner/frame locks.
 
Brock O Lee said:
Yes, once you get used to the compression lock it can be quite addictive to play with. The ability to close it one handed with a quick wrist-flick is useful in real-life. I like it that my fingers are out of harms way while operating the compression lock. I've had a few close calls with liner/frame locks.
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That wrist flick part makes more sense. For normal one handed closing a frame or liner lock seems a lot easier to me, but if you shake it partly closed I guess that makes sense. Is that actually the idea with this lock? To shake it closed?
 
This video shows the one hand closing well:

https://youtu.be/zNqrTqsMRMg

Most spydies can be closed one handed, but few can be closed one handed in one single motion. The back lock takes two motions, for instance, and the liner/frame lock too. The compression lock and caged ball bearing locks can be closed with a similar wrist flick, but I find the compression lock slightly easier to operate.

It really is the one hand closing flick that makes the PM2 such a joy to play with. For me at least.
 
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Thanks for the video. Still seems a bit of an awkward way to close a knife to me, but probably just because my hands are so used to frame and liner locks.
 
Hmm, actually when I first handled a pm2 the lock was what convinced me . Easy to reach for me, not in the way when gripping the handle and very smooth. But to each their own. The pm2 for me is slightly too big for edc. For me that would be the delica or the fabled pm3.

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