Retire The PM2?
Retire The PM2?
Hear me out:
Here is my proposal. Make a thinned out Shaman. Thinner scales and blade stock. Fix the nub everyone hates. This creates a knife that for all intents and purposes makes the PM2 obsolete.
The Shaman basically fixed all the mechanical issues with the PM2. Got rid of the standoffs that make disassembly a nightmare. Changed the screwed in stop pin with a free floating thus eliminating the action bind by over tightening at reassembly. Got rid of the flared lanyard tube. Blade centering is easier with a Shaman. The PM2 was built to not be disassembled but thats not the knife world we live in now. Everyone is customizing and servicing their own knives and I support that fully. A skinny Shaman would be a better PM2. This just makes sense to me as the next evolution.
Maybe even a Vanax Shaman Skinny :D
I look forward to the feedback on this idea.
With Love From Instagram PM2OG
Here is my proposal. Make a thinned out Shaman. Thinner scales and blade stock. Fix the nub everyone hates. This creates a knife that for all intents and purposes makes the PM2 obsolete.
The Shaman basically fixed all the mechanical issues with the PM2. Got rid of the standoffs that make disassembly a nightmare. Changed the screwed in stop pin with a free floating thus eliminating the action bind by over tightening at reassembly. Got rid of the flared lanyard tube. Blade centering is easier with a Shaman. The PM2 was built to not be disassembled but thats not the knife world we live in now. Everyone is customizing and servicing their own knives and I support that fully. A skinny Shaman would be a better PM2. This just makes sense to me as the next evolution.
Maybe even a Vanax Shaman Skinny :D
I look forward to the feedback on this idea.
With Love From Instagram PM2OG
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:) :D :)
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In this configuration, would you still need the Shaman’s backspacer?
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Re: Retire The PM2?
No retire pm2
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Re: Retire The PM2?
Keep the pm2 and also build a skinny shaman. I want em all
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Almost like I’ve heard of this “skinny shaman” idea before
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If only they made a model that was like the Shaman, but with a thinner handle and blade stock, no choil nub, no standoffs and no screwed stop pin...
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Re: Retire The PM2?
I 2nd this idea!Albertaboyscott wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:46 pmKeep the pm2 and also build a skinny shaman. I want em all
The PM2 is a starter on a championship team... no way they should get benched!
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Re: Retire The PM2?
Kinda sounds like the Kapara
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I'd much rather a Skinny PM2 Backlock
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Hmmmm.....let’s discontinue a model that sells like hotcakes. Sound business move if you ask me.
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Instagram people annoy me...
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Re: Retire The PM2?
Before I was a Spyderco fan the Paramilitary 2 was the flagship model in my head. To get rid of it would be a mistake.
Now,,,,go ahead and mod the Shaman or whatever, but never retire the PM2
Now,,,,go ahead and mod the Shaman or whatever, but never retire the PM2
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Re: Retire The PM2?
Go back to Shaman island.
Don't like the Shaman, can't work out the fuss. It's just a native 5 with a weird piece missing from a perfectly good scale ?
Don't like the Shaman, can't work out the fuss. It's just a native 5 with a weird piece missing from a perfectly good scale ?
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Re: Retire The PM2?
The G10 SS Stretch might be a better PM2 surrogate.
BTW, personally I don't think I will be buying any comp locks. :cool:
BTW, personally I don't think I will be buying any comp locks. :cool:
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Re: Retire The PM2?
I'd like to score a crucarta version before this top selling, flagship model retires. I take the pm2 over a skinny shaman every day of the week but that's me.
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