Para 2 on the way!
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 4:32 pm
Standard black model,can't wait to get it this week!!!(has the newer lock)I'll post a pic with my Delica 4 when she shows up :D .
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Para 2 on the way!
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 4:37 pm
You will be PROUD. These are GREAT knives. The comp lock is exceptional, the design and everything about this knife makes it almost perfect. Be careful or you may become what my neighbor calls me......... "Mr. redundant" Congrats, enjoy and be safe.
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:41 pm
Congrats CTPATRIOT!
I took the plunge earlier this weekend - hope I get the newer lock, tho not sure it will matter too much …
~ Edge
I took the plunge earlier this weekend - hope I get the newer lock, tho not sure it will matter too much …
~ Edge
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:51 pm
My fav knife by far, 99% perfect.
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:30 pm
Prob. not a big difference,but figured i might as well get the newest vesionOn Edge wrote:Congrats CTPATRIOT!
I took the plunge earlier this weekend - hope I get the newer lock, tho not sure it will matter too much …
~ Edge
.Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:48 pm
just got one, worth every penny! I love it, and probably will but more.
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:10 pm
Nice! I'm just curious- where did you end up ordering yours from? When I pull the trigger on one of these, I wish to have the newer lock as well, but like OnEdge said, I'm sure it won't matter too much.CTPATRIOT wrote:Standard black model,can't wait to get it this week!!!(has the newer lock)I'll post a pic with my Delica 4 when she shows up :D .
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:24 pm
What is the difference from the older lock? Also, is this the second, or the third iteration of the compression lock as used on the Paramilitary 2? I bought mine in August 2010 at the SFO, so I think it has the earliest version.
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:02 am
You're gonna love it. When I got mine it beat everything else I have out of my pocket for a good month. For the last week I've been carrying an s30v vantage just to change things up and tonight I put the Para2 in and I'm sure it will stay there for a good while again. Its just so darn smooth and I love the compression lock, although I did catch myself searching for a liner lock a couple times tonight, but that won't take long to get used to again.
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:51 am
A guy on Ebay,he sent me some closeup pics before i pulled the trigger.DrChimRichalds wrote:Nice! I'm just curious- where did you end up ordering yours from? When I pull the trigger on one of these, I wish to have the newer lock as well, but like OnEdge said, I'm sure it won't matter too much.
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:32 pm
Knife showed up today,FAR more happy with it than i would have believed!!!This is one sweet blade for sure.... :D
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:57 pm
Same here - mine showed up on Monday, and I am very happy with it:
http://spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51462
Will
http://spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51462
Will
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:14 pm
Can someone describe the newer lock to me? Maybe my previous unhappy experience with the compression lock was the old version and this new lock will sweeten everything up.
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:48 pm
I can't say anything about the "old" lock, but I can show you close-up pictures of the "new" lock in my PM-2:Drkknight614 wrote:Can someone describe the newer lock to me? Maybe my previous unhappy experience with the compression lock was the old version and this new lock will sweeten everything up.
First open:
and closed:
Will
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:50 pm
I believe the newer lock has the release tab a little farther forward, and the tab itself is a bit wider. IIRC, on the newer version the tab seems better centered in the "cutout" in the scales as well, but that may just have been my impression ...
Mine is sitting at home in the box right now! (just talked to spousal unit) - really starting to hope it's the newer version lock as well ... got mine from KC - I'll let you know.
~ Edge
Mine is sitting at home in the box right now! (just talked to spousal unit) - really starting to hope it's the newer version lock as well ... got mine from KC - I'll let you know.
~ Edge
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:51 pm
BEAST of a knife got mine in a couple days ago and cant stop carrying it great value!
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:30 pm
Couldn't agree more.I "almost" tried a Griptilian since they were cheaper,SO glad i didn't.Not very often do i feel i really got my dollars worth(with any product),with Spyderco i do.sage fan wrote:BEAST of a knife got mine in a couple days ago and cant stop carrying it great value!
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:20 pm
Yes! Very happy with my new Para2. New version lock to boot. Very nice balance and ergos - in the EDC rotation immediately and likely will dominate it - at least for a while ...On Edge wrote:I believe the newer lock has the release tab a little farther forward, and the tab itself is a bit wider. IIRC, on the newer version the tab seems better centered in the "cutout" in the scales as well, but that may just have been my impression ...
Mine is sitting at home in the box right now! (just talked to spousal unit) - really starting to hope it's the newer version lock as well ... got mine from KC - I'll let you know.
~ Edge
~ Edge
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:29 am
I too am a very happy new Paramilitary 2 owner. Got my first one for my birthday a few weeks ago, then a week after that I picked up another one at a knife show. Love these things! So smooth and the compression lock is great. Go Spyderco!
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:48 am
It seems the Paramilitary 2 is the new "it" knife for enthusiasts. It really is that good. Mine is the first version and I look forward to getting my M390 version with the updated lock. The older lock requires too much perfection is how you squeeze it to get it to unlock, and the blade will not jus fall shut no matter how hard the lock is pinched. I gather from reports here and on BF that the new one swings free like an axis lock when released.