Updated info on both versions of the 5” Police! Copied from thread on Spyderco forums.
“It's in queue being tooled. It's an experiment of mine to see your reaction to two solutions to the space between the handle and the kick on mid lock-backs. We're making a Police model with a 5.0" blade. There are two variations. They are exactly the same' Blade shape, grind, material, edge and heat treat. Both will be G-10 scales.
There is a gap between the front end of the handle and the kick. On the Endura family of mid lock-backs, the gap is left as originally made. I have been trying to do determine the best solution to do something with the space or gap.
The difference between them is the way the design handles the gap, while still leaving the kick where it is. One solution is to create a "finger choil", which can be used to choke up to the blade. The other solution is to move the front of the handle forward to the kick. We call that "Handle Forward".
We will make 1200 pieces of each variation. There is not plan to make a second run at this time. It's possible we could do anything. It's one of those; "I don't know. Let's try it and see what happens"?
Hope that helps?
sal”
