CMP D2 Military

[WinstonWolf]

Just got it!
Better Pictures
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This baby is so sweet! The Spyderhole came polished up and clean, very tight tolerance.

[Lostification]

You have strange ?carpet? ....... lol :o

Nice knife! You should wipe the blade down or something. It looks... dirty or dusty?

Since when did they start making Olive Drab handles? Or is it just for this D2 model?

[WinstonWolf]

That is camo netting. I wanted to take the pics the way the knife came out of the box so the shipping oil still shows. Later I'll take clean pics and edit this thread.

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[Lostification]

Later I'll take clean pics and edit this threat.

Please! No! I meant no offense!!! :p Kidding, hehe!

How much you buy that for? Is it much more expensive then the regular military?

[Capt. Carl]

Best looking G-10 yet!

I believe it is the same price.

[WinstonWolf]

Same price as the standard Military. Your price from your dealer may vary so I won't post what my dealer charged me for it. I can tell you it was less than MSRP. I picked up two with plans to pick up two more the beginning of next month if they survive the frenzy. I have to say that so far I am very pleased with the knife and provided that someone doesn't beat me to it I will post a review in the standard forum this weekend.

WW

[giant1]

Cool pics WW

Very nice knife too :cool:

[Ookami]

wooohooo! that looks great!

hopefully the cpm treatment took some quirks out of the D2!

Ookami
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[jaislandboy]

thanx for the pix, congrats... :)

[David Lowry]

Winston,

Nice pics man. The first ones were good they were just hard to see on the camo netting. :)

This round of pics looks much better.

:) Congratulations on the knife. I love mine.

[Jazz]

NICE pictures - that knife could not get much better looking than that! That green G10... B-E-A UTIFUL! Thanks for sharing - please let us all know what you think of the steel.:cool: :cool: :D :spyder:

- best wishes, Jazz.

[WinstonWolf]

David,

Thanks for the compliment. I liked your pics better. I have a couple of things I can use for backdrop and the camo net is one of them. I like it a lot but the problem comes with the lighting to get the picture just right. Ultimately the burlap always saves the day since it does not reflect the flash and makes most things stand out. I took some more pics of the knife while I was using it to cut branches off a tree that fell in my yard this weekend and they came out a lot better but those will be for another thread on another day.

So far the D2 is holding well. It isn't hair shaving sharp anymore because I have been using it for everything this weekend and I can't find my leather strop but aside from not shaving hair it is still very sharp. I understand now the name for the knife since hindsight is 20/20 this is the knife I should have owned while I was in service a couple of years back.

It took me about 150 open/close cycles to get the lock broken in to the point where it engages on a soft opening (thumb instead of inertia). Though the blade in its closed position is still very hard to inertia open.

I will probably take the knife apart in the future and drill holes and put new bushings in so that it can be carried in the left side with easier deployment (opposite side of the stock location and by the tip instead of the pivot point).

The green G-10 is just flat out sexy and has a very secure grip to it. The jimping (is that the proper term?) above and below the blade by the pivot point make using this knife for delicate carving or cutting very useful.

I can see more Mili's in my future.

WW

[spyderdog]

Winston - did you have a few rust spots on yours? I though maybe the first set of pics had a few small spots...thumbhole and jimping? Mine does.

[Capt. Carl]

Winston - did you have a few rust spots on yours? I though maybe the first set of pics had a few small spots...thumbhole and jimping? Mine does.

Not rust. Just discoloration from laser etching. I have the same thing on my BG-42 military. I think it may be a common thing with golden knives.

[WinstonWolf]

Spyderdog,

I think you are referring to this:
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I have looked closely at this. It looks like cosmetic flaws not rust. I can tell you that the stuff that looks like rust in the jimping is discoloration from either a laser or an EDM. I have worked enough steel in both a laser cuter and wire cutting EDM to know the tell tale signs of the process. So the cosmetics in the jimping are processing leftover that is almost impossible to do away with since the EDM & Laser process both mess with the structure of the steel (high temperatures). The spot below the Spyderhole looks more like either a structural flaw in the steel that just happens to have been in the surfacing plane. Particle based steel tends to have this kind of stuff all over it.

WW

[RFB]

Hi Winston, I finally got admition onto these forums and wanted to let you know your pics helped me to decide on my new all black military.

One of the questions I have been waiting to ask you is how did you knot that lanyard? I have some spare para-cord lying around and would like to try and recreate it.

Thanks for the great pics.

-RFB

P.S. David Lowry please disregard my e-mail from earlier today, all has taken care of itself, and if you had anything to do with it thank you.

[WinstonWolf]

Hi RFB,

congrats on your new Mili, it is a fantastic knife.

tying the knots is fairly easy. I'll take some pictures of the process and post them here so you can follow them.

WW

[WinstonWolf]

RFB,

1st - disclaimer. The lanyard that is on my other Mili was done up by my dealer and I am not as skilled as he is with this stuff. That said this is a preaty easy knot that was repeated 3 times on the lanyard.

here are the tools you will need:
Para Cord (I am using 2 colors here to make it easier to see)
Sharp Knife (other than the one you are making the lanyard for)
Lighter
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You start by burnishing the ends of your paracord so that they are not just a blob but a shaped tip You can see that at the end of the brown paracord. This will making step 2 a lot easier.

Continue by threading the paracord though the tube by the tip of the knife then it will be doubled up.

Balance the paracord out how ever you like but keep in mind that you need to start this with some excess so that you can cut it where you need to and also the process of tying the knots will make one line longer than the other.

Loop the paracord one over itself
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Then one more loop as part of the original
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Pull the cord semi taught, not so hard that the knott sets
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Work the paracord so that the knot lines up clean on all aspects and then pull it taught
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Lather, rinse, repeat.

when you are done adding knots to the line cut the paracord close to the last knot and burnish the two strands of paracord together and use the side of the knife handle or blade to flatten them out. Whatever you use will leave the negative impression on the melted paracord. A blade will leave a smooth finish, textured G-10 will leave a diamond like finish, etc.

WW