Why no updates to....these....
Why no updates to....these....
Why no Updates to the Military Model and the Civilian?
Where you can swap the clip? I mean its no deal breaker but it'd be nice.
Also with that perhaps a waved Civilian?*** (Than again I admit that one might be redundant since the Matriach 2 now has the wave and is pretty close. But I still like the larger blade.)***
Where you can swap the clip? I mean its no deal breaker but it'd be nice.
Also with that perhaps a waved Civilian?*** (Than again I admit that one might be redundant since the Matriach 2 now has the wave and is pretty close. But I still like the larger blade.)***
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I think that the civilian is a true invention in these troubled times that for which Spyderco needs more credit for. Given its purpose, an Emerson opener would be useful. I need to get one soon. But my favorite supplier does not sell those.
Millie 2 is due to come out soon. Do a search for past threads on that.
Millie 2 is due to come out soon. Do a search for past threads on that.
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Most of the updates have been minor, but the Military has been updated a number of times over the years. If I had to guess, I'd say the main reason they've stuck with RHTD carry only is that adding TU carry would mean making the liner bigger, or adding another partial one, to provide a mounting point for it. That would benefit a few, but add weight for everyone. Or, they may genuinely feel TD is the only safe option for that particular knife. Harder to say about the Civilian, but it probably meets the needs of its original market and it's only recently Spyderco has been marketing it and the Matriarch to the general public.
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I'd say everything Paul said is spot on, with the addition of the Civilian being a very very small niche market knife, and the Military 2 is in some state of development so why do a major modification to an old design? The changes that would need to be made to the Military are enough to warrant a completely new model, just like the Paramilitary got when the Para 2 came out.
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To the OP: the Civilian does have the option of tip-up or tip-down carry, right handed only. So it actually has been updated as the original versions where tip-down only.
The military is the one i wish they would update like the civilian and add tip-up carry. It is the primary reason why i have never ordered one.
JD
The military is the one i wish they would update like the civilian and add tip-up carry. It is the primary reason why i have never ordered one.
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Spyderco are operating pretty full on right now with the back log of new knives and the para 2 situation but if it became so big they didn't have these issues it wouldn't be the spyderco we know.
Here in the uk we haven't had any Ti fluted military yet and that was in the 2012 catalogue so its just supply and demand I'm happy to wait.
Although I waited on a blue tenacious and it got disco,d before it got here the only tenacious I don't have so you guys ease up eh .
Save some for us Englishman .
Here in the uk we haven't had any Ti fluted military yet and that was in the 2012 catalogue so its just supply and demand I'm happy to wait.
Although I waited on a blue tenacious and it got disco,d before it got here the only tenacious I don't have so you guys ease up eh .
Save some for us Englishman .
An ambi variant of the Civillian would be nice, but I am pleased with the updated Matriarch2 that my need/want for the Civillian is reduced. Still an H-1 variant that is southpaw friendly would be sweet.
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