Add-On Opening Device Poll (Spyderhole, Wave, etc.)

[DaveH]

This as an attempt to guage interest in add on kits that would either convert or add on to a thumbstud knife an alternative method of opening, like a SpyderHole, Wave, Oval, etc. For the sake of this poll let's assume:

1) All kits are licensed and legit.
2) Works on kives with existing thumb studs.
3) Kit "A" is metal construction, semi permanent, but reversible.
4) Kit "B" is G10, very quick to add or remove.

If interested tell me how much you'd pay for each kit. Thanks.

 

[T. Erdelyi]

I've never seen an add on or helping devised that worked well enough to make it worth it, even the One Arm Bandit that was being used on a lot of Buck 110's is to bulky and gets hung up in my pocket.

 

[DaveH]

In the one armed bandit, it's thicker or sticks out further then the knife was designed for. But if you knife already has thumbstuds, then I'm thinking these kits won't make the blade thickness change, it may make the blade a somewhat taller, or wider.

 

[Fisher of Men]

Not my bag.

I would just go buy another knife with the style opener or handles that I wanted. So many out there that I don't see a need for a kit like that.

 

[Joe Talmadge]

Dave, I think the response will depend heavily on execution. The idea of adding a better opening method (I define hole and wave as better, in this case) to a thumbstud knife will be extremely appealing. The real question will come in execution: how well does it really work? How absolutely sure am I that the mechanism won't fall off? Does the mechanism make the blade so tall that it's now uncomfortable in my pocket? Does the mechanism get in the way once the knife is actually opening and I'm cutting? If you have good answers to those questions, you'll have a hit.


Joe

 

[Ritt]

Respectfully submitted:

I apologize if this sounds harsh, but in my opinion: Anything added on to a well-conceived and well-executed knife design is bound to detract from the original design and execution, and negatively effect the look of the knife. So I can't imagine buying either one. Hypothetically speaking, if I wanted a quick-opening knife I removed, I mean I would, hypothetically, remove some material from an existing knife to aid in rapid deployment.

It does occur to me, though, that while knife knuts may not get too excited about something like this, non-knuts may eat it up. You may very well be asking the wrong group of people about the potential for such a product.

 

[KeithAM]

Anything added on to a well-conceived and well-executed knife design is bound to detract from the original design and execution, and negatively effect the look of the knife.

Like the zip ties I put on my Chinnok II after I moved the clip to the tip-up position. It really looks like cr*p.

If something looked better and worked the same (or better), I might be interested, asuming as Dave says that the kit was "licensed and legit."

 

[Joe Talmadge]

Yep, enough people have zip-tied or tsunami'ed their spydercos to pretty much convince me a legal, licensed, better solution would be extremely popular.

Joe

 

[gajinoz]

I'll add my voice to those who would not be interested. I take the opening device into consideration before buying the knife. I'm not entirely convinced one method could be successfully converted to another with an add on.

I would be happy to see any attempts though.

 

[DaveH]

Thank you everyone on bringing up some very valid points. What started me thinking was that maybe I wanted a spyderhole on a sebenza.

But the more I got to thinking about it, the more like a good idea it seemed, "Pop on a Spyderhole, try it out, don't like it, put it on soemthing else. Pop on a wave instead."

Maybe buy a wave kit and just install on your EDC everyday. Knife changes, opening mechnism doesn't. Plus I can see these in a catalog like SMKW marketed right along with the with the other knife acessories.

 

[Danzz]

The good thing about the ziptie method, though, is its practically free, and fun to play with, seeing how you can get it to work, work BETTER, or give up on. I think a kit would be just as useful, but less interesting to use.

 

[billinvegas]

Like the zip ties I put on my Chinnok II after I moved the clip to the tip-up position. It really looks like cr*p.

forgive me for not knowing this...

can someone elaborate on how the zip tie aids in opening the knife?