Hehehe..... No, my Military is not being relegated to the tackle box. It's going to become the fishing knife, the home utility knife, the work knife, the steak knife, and perhaps even the gardening knife. I really want to put this baby through its paces over the next few months. Ill be throwing a little bit of everything at it, seeing if I can find a kink in its armor.
I really did want the new version of the Military for a long time, but there was only one problem. I couldnt manage to kill the old one!!! I did my best, but the darned thing just wouldnt give up the ghost. I even accidentally ran over it with the lawn mower this summer. The knife is pretty close to indestructible. I finally gave up on killing the old one, and just ordered up the new one.
My new Millie has a few noticeable changes. First, my new Millie has a hex head pivot. I dont care about hex/torx one way or the other on a screw of this size, which isnt meant to be fully tightened. I might have an issue on a smaller screw, but hex is fine on this one. My guess is that youre right about hex equaling standard pivot, and torx equaling eccentric pivot, but cant say for sure. The G-10 slabs are noticeably thicker on the new model, and also have a more aggressive friction pattern. Both changes to the G-10 are big pluses in my opinion. It looks like the cutout in the G-10 for the lock bar has also changed, but Im not sure why. Then theres that whole Earth thing going on with the S30V blade. And last, if Im not mistaken, it seems as if the new blade is ground thinner than my old model. Im not positive though, as the bevel on my old Military is far from its original bevel. The old one may just be ground down a bit, and thus thicker at the edge.
All in all, Im a very happy camper!!!!
