Titanium is nice and all but I agree, for a knife that's supposed to be the epitome of tactical it makes more sense to have a grippy handle material. If it had to be titanium it needed some kind of machining for grip texture.
I can see that, but to me the integral compression lock was one of the defining features of the model. When it became clear that the ATR 2 dropped the integral lock and was going to be another $$$ Seki model in black g10 and s30v, I figured it was doomed.
Had they been able to simply do a ti/g10 sprint of the original model, I think people would have been tripping over themselves to buy it, like with the Lum Tanto sprint.
Pulled the trigger on KC. Temptation was to strong. Hard to resist @$140. May have a buyer remorse later, but at least I would have a great knife with stand out design.
Pulled the trigger on KC. Temptation was to strong. Hard to resist @$140. May have a buyer remorse later, but at least I would have a great knife with stand out design.
You won't regret it. I got mine from kc on Saturday. Been in my work pants since then. Mine was a little stiff out of the box, but some dry lube and daily use broke it in just fine. It's truly a perfect knife for me with the opening hood and paired with the compression lock makes it the best to manipulate in gloves.
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I was deciding between PM2 and ATR-2. Went to my local brick and mortar store and talked to the owner. I had a big desire to help local economy and support his small business. But he told me that he would not have a discount on ATR-2 and it is going to stay where it is. The difference is so huge. So I decided to go ahead with online ordering. Feel guilty though since I got pretty good picture what ATR is on his store. On the bright side I have already bought 5 knifes from him this year.
Just got ATR-2. It looks and feels like a great knife. Very smooth. But I am just curious does it have Teflon washers? I did not disassemble it but it looks like washers are white and made of plastic. Very strange. I hope that I am mistaken.
Just got ATR-2. It looks and feels like a great knife. Very smooth. But I am just curious does it have Teflon washers? I did not disassemble it but it looks like washers are white and made of plastic. Very strange. I hope that I am mistaken.
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Got it. It does have Teflon washers. Just wandering why $210+ Spyderco knife has washers as $10 gas station "Zomby apocalypses" masterpiece? Any engineering reason?
Ugh not a bad price now. Too bad. Others I want more and I'm getting rid of redundancies of this style / pou in my collection. Traded my shaman even. The Manic 5 BL and BM Presidio 2 do it for me more than any other in this class.
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On a positive side despite Teflon washers knife is fantastic. Just curious if Spyderco use a permanent thread-locker on it. Can I disassemble it for cleaning /lubrication without voiding the warranties? The instruction booklet does not provide straight answer on it.
I got my ATR 2 yesterday. Had I known it had teflon washers I might not have bought it. That said I am glad I got it. Some day I might get around to fitting some PB washers for it and my Dice.
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