Orange Para-Military2 on CutleryShoppe.com

[nakahoshi]

In for 2! I am glad I held out on the Blue PM2, I was so close to pulling the trigger.

What a crazy price on this one!! CS is great!!

(dont forget about the free shipping code )

-Bobby

[jbdarkblue]

This will be my first PM2. Looking forward to it.

[ac700wildcat]

What steel is the cts-xhp similar to? I'm really loving the orange g10 on this one. Its almost reason enough to spend the couple extra bucks over a standard para to the get the orange.

[BAL]

It's funny.
PM 2 is one of my favorite knives.
CS is my favorite store.
Orange is maybe my favorite color, at least for certain things, shirts etc.
Yet, I find that I am not interested in this knife at all.
Go figure.

[Popsickle]

I didn't mean to cause you frustration. I do confess to being a bit embarrassed for some of the comments I've made about this knife, but I had no clue whatsoever how these things work. You'd think that ignorance would encourage me to remain silent, but no. (No need to point out the "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt" quote. It does apply in my case for sure. )

i wasn't talking about you F1 lol. but i wont get into it here, i will PM you what i was talking about. i apologize for the misunderstanding

EVERYONE REJOICE!!! THE ORANGE PARA 2 IS HERE!!!

[-F1]

I put my order in for the "Traffic Cone Orange" Paramilitary 2.

Hah, I almost put that one in but I wanted to have one post that didn't have an Edited: mark in it...

[HighDesertSpyder]

I was whining about missing the boat, and ended up being first in line. Go figure. My thanks go to Jeff.

I'm not sure if this should make me feel like an idiot for getting ready to pay $180 for the Smurf PM2 in M390 (which I've also pre-ordered).

Trying to think of a good nickname for this one... Smurf is perfect for the other one, but orange? I'm thinking...

Carrot Para-Military2
Pumpkin Para-Military2
Sunkist Para-Military2
Tang Para-Military2
Home Depot Para-Military2
Cheetos Para-Military2
Basketball Para-Military2
Mac & cheese Para-Military2
Pre-rusted Para-Military2
Garfield Para-Military2
Motrin Para-Military2
Traffic cone Para-Military2

OK, I just realized this probably classifies me as clinically insane...

Not insane brother, you just got bit by the SPYDER
And, CTS-XHP... I will repeat the BOO-YAH!
Got the order in and the heads up thanks to F1

Oh and my vote: Lets refer to it as "Orange Crush"

[bh49]

Thank you for info. Happy now.

It is certainly priced much cheaper than I would have guessed, as I was thinking it would be closer to $140-150 with the materials used. Too bad I just spent so much on the blue M390 version, or I'd pick up one of these in a heartbeat.

Come on, you do not need to pay now

Trying to think of a good nickname for this one... Smurf is perfect for the other one, but orange? I'm thinking...

Carrot Para-Military2
Pumpkin Para-Military2
Sunkist Para-Military2
Tang Para-Military2
Home Depot Para-Military2
Cheetos Para-Military2
Basketball Para-Military2
Mac & cheese Para-Military2
Pre-rusted Para-Military2
Garfield Para-Military2
Motrin Para-Military2
Traffic cone Para-Military2

To tell the truth, Orange sound really good for me.

What steel is the cts-xhp similar to?

Sal stated on couple occasions that CTS-XHP is stainless D2.

[INFRNL]

I was whining about missing the boat, and ended up being first in line. Go figure. My thanks go to Jeff.

I'm not sure if this should make me feel like an idiot for getting ready to pay $180 for the Smurf PM2 in M390 (which I've also pre-ordered).

Trying to think of a good nickname for this one... Smurf is perfect for the other one, but orange? I'm thinking...
Carrot Para-Military2
Pumpkin Para-Military2
Sunkist Para-Military2
Tang Para-Military2
Home Depot Para-Military2
Cheetos Para-Military2
Basketball Para-Military2
Mac & cheese Para-Military2
Pre-rusted Para-Military2
Garfield Para-Military2
Motrin Para-Military2
Traffic cone Para-Military2

OK, I just realized this probably classifies me as clinically insane...

Thanks for the post, I'm in for 1; no need for more, have to save for the green from KW and already preordered the "Smurf".

How about Carrot top; thats the only character related name I can think of atm?

[ac700wildcat]

Stainless D2 sounds pretty darn good to me!!! I think I'm going to place my pre-order now. I'm just glad the money for the pre-order doesn't actually get taken out of my bank until this spring somtime. Thats what the CS website says anyways. I guess they just put a hold on the funds for a few days right now.

[Popsickle]

Stainless D2 sounds pretty darn good to me!!! I think I'm going to place my pre-order now. I'm just glad the money for the pre-order doesn't actually get taken out of my bank until this spring somtime. Thats what the CS website says anyways. I guess they just put a hold on the funds for a few days right now.

yeah its just a hold.... i called and left a voicemail requesting they go ahead and take the funds. thats just me

[knife nut404]

i just got the black g10 yesterday should have waited a couple days more to see this.

[Ken44]

Sal stated on couple occasions that CTS-XHP is stainless D2.

I think its a powdered D2 like CPM D2, but stainless.

I was very happy to see this steel on this knife. Its a great steel, but not super expensive.

[eneyman]

Placed my pre-orders for some OJ Paras, very happy I waited for this one which is priced too nicely to pass up on.

Jeff was awesome enough to even email me a heads up this morning personally, and I immediately went to our spydie chat to let the guys know.

[Drkknight614]

Would someone like to descirbe this steel alittle more indepth? It has a high carbon count, so is it easy to sharpen like carbon steels? Especially with stropping? Then someone said its like D2...but is it prone to chipping like D2 is?

Im probably going to pull the trigger on this one, especially with that great price. But would like to know alittle more about the steel.

[Timbo114]

Would someone like to descirbe this steel alittle more in depth?

I would say think of XHP as follows:

It's a HIGH HARDNESS Stainless CPM D2, but it's not really like D2 at all, it's really closer to ZDP-189 performance wise due to the high hardness that puts it up there with ZDP-189.

XHP can be hardened to 65 HRC so it's definitely in the ZDP-189 range, and more like ZDP-189 than D2.

Like ZDP-189 it gets it's edge retention from the high hardness more so than the Carbide content, it's Chromium and Molybdenum (Small amount) carbides are doing the work.

If anyone can define it ... Ankerson can.
http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50589

[46Alpha]

Great, thanks for the heads up! Ordered that sucker up!

[Popsickle]

who wants to place bets this sucker sells out quickly?

[HighDesertSpyder]

Here is a brief description from Carpenters website. I will try and leave out the "marketing" info. I think Ankerson might be able to chime in on the mater. He has a video of the Brown Military Sprint in CTS-XHP where, for all intensive purposes, it looks like a chainsaw... I exaggerate for effect of course

Carpenter:

"Carpenter CTS XHP Alloy

(Nominal Analysis)
1.60 C, 0.50 Mn, 0.40 Si, 16.00 Cr, 0.35 Ni, 0.80 Mo, 0.45 V, Bal. Fe

Air hardening, high carbon, high chromium, corrosion resistant alloy which can be described as either a high hardness Type 440C stainless steel or a corrosion resistant D2 tool steel. Possesses corrosion resistance equivalent to Type 440C stainless but can attain a maximum hardness of 64 HRC, approaching that of D2 tool steel."

[Donut]

People might want to note that the product page says this is an 800 piece run. 800 pieces is a pretty large Exclusive run.

I think the Orange Manix 2 was a 600 piece run.