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What is on par with Spyderco Military
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Spyderco Impala....
Discontinued, but it can still be found.
Buck-Mayo TNT....
A Buck Custom Shoppe 110....
An Alaskan Guide Buck 110 (from Cabela's)....
Or a BassPro Shoppe 154CMP 110....
Good luck,
Allen
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I had and broke 2 of them a few years ago.
Snapped the blades on both of them.
Now if you want to send me a new one for me to test to see if they are any better now. LOL
The blade profile is too thin for a hard use knife, I found that out the hard way. $$$$
Also here is a review that backs up pretty much what what I was saying since I don't have the pieces anymore to take photos of.
http://www.cutleryscience.com/reviews/military_s30v.html
This interests me. Did the lock fail before the blade snapped? How did you manage to snap the blades in half
? Also, I think just about any linerlock no matter how well made (perhaps the ti lite is an exception since the liner lock on that knife is stupidly thick) will probably fail if you push it too hard (batoning).PS: judging by the amount of knives you have broken, I can see why you are a Busse fan
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This interests me. Did the lock fail before the blade snapped? How did you manage to snap the blades in half
PS: judging by the amount of knives you have broken, I can see why you are a Busse fan
The lock held fine on both of them. I was out in the field hiking in the mountians and stopped to make a fire and eat at another camping area. I broke one of them making firewood prying apart a piece of wood. It broke very quick too. I didn't have my fixed blade with me right then so I tried to use the Military.
The second one happened when I was at home doing some repair work and had to cut off some screws. Hit the spine with a hammer to drive it through and the blade just snapped after like 3 hits.
I am really very hard on knives though, harder than most I guess. I just expect them to take some punishment, most really can't or so it seems.
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Prying firewood and batoning through screws???
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Well yeah, a Buck 110 would and has handled those tasks for me before so I thought the super knife (Well that's what people said it was) should handle them.... I only bought them in the 1st place because I wanted to try some thing different.
Yeah my old Plumb 22oz framing hammer has broken more knives over the past 25 years than I can count. LOL
I should have had my Recon 1 with me that day and the screw thing, the Recon 1 had handled that too, I grabbed it after the Military broke and finished up with it.
Oh well live and learn.
I use mostly CS folders now for those things and always carry one of my fixed blades with me now just in case when in the field.
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PARA...... same knife - better ergos, better lock.
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Ankerson
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You baton with a FRAMING hammer??!!!
That's impressive.
Well only when I have too.
At home when splitting wood I use a hard rubber mallet to pound the blades through.
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Ankerson, as you found out, the Military was not designed for what you were trying to do. Acually no knives are, but some are built extra heavy and may do those task, and those are the ones you/others should stick with for such task.
I like Busse, and if you must do such task with a knife I would always have a thick fixed blade on me, or at least a HeavyTank like folder with Thick blade tip.
Looking at the blade of the Military will tell you it is not made for prying, or metal screws.
Theres plenty of heavy tank folders out there, but heavy is not what I'm looking for in a large EDC pocket folder.
The light weight for size is the very thing I like most about the millie:thumbup: I have heavier large folders, but the Millie is the only one light enough to EDC and still be plenty strong for most any task you would expect a folder to perform.
I like Busse, and if you must do such task with a knife I would always have a thick fixed blade on me, or at least a HeavyTank like folder with Thick blade tip.
Looking at the blade of the Military will tell you it is not made for prying, or metal screws.
Theres plenty of heavy tank folders out there, but heavy is not what I'm looking for in a large EDC pocket folder.
The light weight for size is the very thing I like most about the millie:thumbup: I have heavier large folders, but the Millie is the only one light enough to EDC and still be plenty strong for most any task you would expect a folder to perform.
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Yeah that's why I always have a fixed blade with me or at least near by. For years I used my Trail Masters as my main field knife, now a days I use Busse.
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Smaller knife.
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Ankerson! You cracked me up with that 22 oz. hammer breaking more knives than you can count. Busse knives were made for fellas like you!
Thumbs up to ya!
Thumbs up to ya!
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Why would someone with an IQ above 2 digits baton a folding knife?
Is is the desire to waste a good cutting instrument?
Is it just some perverse way of proving.....nothing?
Is it in vogue these days amongst those with more money than sense?
Or all of the above...and more?
Is is the desire to waste a good cutting instrument?
Is it just some perverse way of proving.....nothing?
Is it in vogue these days amongst those with more money than sense?
Or all of the above...and more?
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You aren't going to hammer a Cold Steel folder, or a Buck 110 through metal screws and not ruin the knife. If nothing else breaks the edge will give.
A folding knife is made to cut, it's not a hacksaw or an axe.
A folding knife is made to cut, it's not a hacksaw or an axe.
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Depends on how hard the screw or nail is, somethimes it won't even ding the edge other times it will. I just depends. If it does, oh well that's what I have sharpening stones for.
The steel on knife blades is a lot harder than any screw or nail.
As an example if you have ever seen Noss's videos he drove a Busse FFBM, through a Steel Pipe with a 3 lb Sledge, NO edge damage, but then we are talking about a Busse not a Spyderco here.
Now would I do that to my FBM CG? No I wouldn't, but it's nice to know I could if there was ever the real need to. That's why we pay the money we do for Busse, they are extremely tough knives. Ankerson! You cracked me up with that 22 oz. hammer breaking more knives than you can count. Busse knives were made for fellas like you!
Thumbs up to ya!
Some times the only thing that will get into where the screw is a knife blade or I would not use them to cut it off.
I am not talking about whacking them hard either, it just lite taps that will do it usually.
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I was thinking about the Benchmade Dejavoo I played with at the local knife store a few times... I think (at least the one they have in stock) should be comparable in quality to the Millie... so I just ordered one from my favorite dealer... review (and vs. para review) to come!
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The Dejavoo has such a weak liner lock I wouldn't say it's comparable to the Millie. Poor F&F in the few I handled too.