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Originally posted by psychophipps:
I think that it's also important to note the difference in MSRP for the Military vs. the 710. $55 can buy you a whole grip of knife as evidenced by being able to purchase a Kershaw Tanto Blur for $57 at Wally World.

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Originally posted by Po - The Dragon Warrior:

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Originally posted by Mark G.:
...If you only use a knife to cut stuff, then a liner lock will never fail you...

Please allow me to respectfully disagree, particularly in the case of the Spyderco Military. The event that lead to my disregard of the "Milie" was when, after recently acquiring one when they first came out, I was using it for some hard cutting, hacking through some plastic flower pots while doing some backyard landscaping. The job required significant force to accomplish, and the handle flexed to the extent that the leaf lock crossed past the blade and wedged between the blade and the oposite handle scale. I had to clamp the blade in a vise, pull up, and use a pair of pliers to disengage the lock. At about the same time, I read another experience of a S&R professional who had the same experience with the lock while hanging from a rope on a rescue. He couldn't disengage the lock, and rather than rappel with an open knife in his pocket, he tossed it away and was unable to find it again.

I like the Military design. It is a great cutting blade with an ergonomic handle, but why make a knife called the Military wouthout a single full steel liner? Lots of S-Co's other models have double steel liners, and the Milie should have them too.

I see there is a frame lock version out now, and that is probably a significant improvement in the strength of the knife...probably.