This is a genuine question, are you being sarcastic in your statement about pocket clips?Not so much black plastic. C'mon guys, the 1990s are over.
Fewer liner locks and frame locks. More lockbacks, midlocks, lift locks, whatever.
More natural handle material choices.
Enough with the pocket clips already. It's not exactly a secret that the primary function of pocket clips is to make knives easier to lose, thereby increasing sales.
Every knife should have a lanyard hole or bail.
All folding knife designers should memorize this slogan, "Thin blades cut better." An internship at Opinel should be mandatory.
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Changes that you'd like to see from the large manufacturers of folding knives?
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I'm pretty sure the use of 8Cr is a sign they aren't that worried about consistency
I'm also pretty sure the average 8Cr buyer isn't that worried about consistency either.
It's all about knowing your market
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You're obviously unaware that Sal Glesser has it in with the illuminati...
Go hold up a dollar bill in the light, you'll see a watermark of a delica behind the presidents face...
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Thinner blade stock and thinner edges.
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For titanium liners or titanium frame locks either have a stainless steel lock bar insert or carbidize (harden) the titanium interface so that there's no stickiness.
For ball bearings use caged housing and preferably ceramic over steel for the bearings themselves.
No pointy flipper tabs, include moderate jimping the tab and preferably low-profile tabs.
Nice even grinds, centered and very sharp blades.
No proprietary screws.
For ball bearings use caged housing and preferably ceramic over steel for the bearings themselves.
No pointy flipper tabs, include moderate jimping the tab and preferably low-profile tabs.
Nice even grinds, centered and very sharp blades.
No proprietary screws.
MANUFACTURERS: Foremost, stop creating stupid names for product like, "Death on Contact." Much of that and we're going to do the same thing to ourselves the gun people did years ago. Enough knife hysteria out there already...and getting worse.
I wish more companies would incorporate a locking mechanism into their frame (Reeve) locks along the lines of the Lionsteel Roto-Lock. Between actually making the lockup more fixed and the FEELING that it's more secure, lt's a nice feature IMO.
Make a blade as sharp as it can be made before leaving the factory. Pay more attention to this.
I have no problem with Teflon or Nylatron washers in some of my favorite knives, but...there's just something about bronze washers that make me feel better. Now that there are some really good reasonably priced knives out there, can't we have a washer upgrade in some of them? Would it really raise the cost that much??
More availability of upgrade, custom and 'pimp' parts from the manufacturers themselves. Colors, man!. Textures! You're already manufacturing the parts somewhere---is it that hard to dope them up a bit...get a little imagination in the kitchen?
More folders in good 1095 steel.
More use of nice wood in folder handles.
Include extra clip screws with knives that are drilled in more than one area for clip changeup. I don't like open holes with liner-shine on some of my knives---rather have em nicely plugged.
RETAILERS:When Google takes me to a page on your website that gives a price for a knife, don't tell me, "That's an old price, It must be an old page. You can't have the knife for that." when I call to order it. Either keep your site updated or honor the price it showed me....especially when I check on you a month later and that price and page are still accessible. Where I live we call that 'bait and switch.' Ya hear me, Cutlery Shoppe?
If there are knives in your inventory that feature recent physical or cosmetic upgrades to the model, please advise me of options rather than trying to get your old stock rotated out and allowing me find out later I didn't get the latest edition, e.g., "If you have the new model with offsets, why did you send me the older one with a backspacer?"
Please don't send me a knife someone has already returned for physical reasons or due to flaw. This is where we as buyers most rely on your integrity.
I wish more companies would incorporate a locking mechanism into their frame (Reeve) locks along the lines of the Lionsteel Roto-Lock. Between actually making the lockup more fixed and the FEELING that it's more secure, lt's a nice feature IMO.
Make a blade as sharp as it can be made before leaving the factory. Pay more attention to this.
I have no problem with Teflon or Nylatron washers in some of my favorite knives, but...there's just something about bronze washers that make me feel better. Now that there are some really good reasonably priced knives out there, can't we have a washer upgrade in some of them? Would it really raise the cost that much??
More availability of upgrade, custom and 'pimp' parts from the manufacturers themselves. Colors, man!. Textures! You're already manufacturing the parts somewhere---is it that hard to dope them up a bit...get a little imagination in the kitchen?
More folders in good 1095 steel.
More use of nice wood in folder handles.
Include extra clip screws with knives that are drilled in more than one area for clip changeup. I don't like open holes with liner-shine on some of my knives---rather have em nicely plugged.
RETAILERS:When Google takes me to a page on your website that gives a price for a knife, don't tell me, "That's an old price, It must be an old page. You can't have the knife for that." when I call to order it. Either keep your site updated or honor the price it showed me....especially when I check on you a month later and that price and page are still accessible. Where I live we call that 'bait and switch.' Ya hear me, Cutlery Shoppe?
If there are knives in your inventory that feature recent physical or cosmetic upgrades to the model, please advise me of options rather than trying to get your old stock rotated out and allowing me find out later I didn't get the latest edition, e.g., "If you have the new model with offsets, why did you send me the older one with a backspacer?"
Please don't send me a knife someone has already returned for physical reasons or due to flaw. This is where we as buyers most rely on your integrity.
I also don't like how they make the blades sharp to cut you and make them pointy to stab you in the pants.
Ever stare at a Delica handle long enough to see the compass and the secret message?
My comment was written in a tongue-and-cheek tone for entertainment purposes.
In my most serious tone, an astounding number of BladeForums members have reported losing "clipped" knives. We've had several polls and topics about it. I'm assuming most of these would not have been lost if either the knives were resting in the bottom of the pocket or tied with a lanyard.
Makers of slipjoints and lockbacks: stop pins or lock pivots positioned such that the blade doesn't slap the backspring when the knife is closed. Some AG Russell designs utilize this feature. But it isn't something that must be limited to boutique, high end knives. Sanrenmu has made good use of this smart feature, too. Time for everyone to make this sensible change, tradition be damned!
If you must raise prices, try to keep it reasonable.
Bought a Benchmade Griptillian a few years back (2005-ish) for about $70 (it was on sale). If adjusted for inflation, that knife should cost $84 today.
And if adjusted for personal wage fluctuations, a Benchmade Griptillian would cost $35 today.
Bought a Benchmade Griptillian a few years back (2005-ish) for about $70 (it was on sale). If adjusted for inflation, that knife should cost $84 today.
And if adjusted for personal wage fluctuations, a Benchmade Griptillian would cost $35 today.
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How about a return to subtle elegance and functionality commensurate with reality?
I am all for variety and sure would appreciate the variety of tactical knives available to me if zombies were real. but for those of us who exist on Planet Earth and whose most deadly encounter with an unusual being was waking up to find a moth in their tent, I reckon their is more call for sturdy, practical, subtle class from knife manufacturers. I am thinking Sebenza on a budget, Benchmade 761 that doesn't rape your wallet.
My old Benchmade 600 Brend is light, seductively simple and sexy, and with a set of bearings and a Ti frame/lock it would do everything most of us would need a knife like that to do forever.
Less spikes, angles, phat, tac, chunk, impossibly phenomenal metals, weight.
Less of this talk of knives being 'tools'. A knife is a knife, for holding, cutting and admiring, not a wrench, pry bar, pick or hammer.
A fine knife is an implement, graceful and efficient.
More of that please everyone who makes knives. Thanks Spyderco for taking care of all the above for those of us who are sightless
(only kidding Spydiepeople)
I am all for variety and sure would appreciate the variety of tactical knives available to me if zombies were real. but for those of us who exist on Planet Earth and whose most deadly encounter with an unusual being was waking up to find a moth in their tent, I reckon their is more call for sturdy, practical, subtle class from knife manufacturers. I am thinking Sebenza on a budget, Benchmade 761 that doesn't rape your wallet.
My old Benchmade 600 Brend is light, seductively simple and sexy, and with a set of bearings and a Ti frame/lock it would do everything most of us would need a knife like that to do forever.
Less spikes, angles, phat, tac, chunk, impossibly phenomenal metals, weight.
Less of this talk of knives being 'tools'. A knife is a knife, for holding, cutting and admiring, not a wrench, pry bar, pick or hammer.
A fine knife is an implement, graceful and efficient.
More of that please everyone who makes knives. Thanks Spyderco for taking care of all the above for those of us who are sightless
(only kidding Spydiepeople)
I assumed so, but wasn't sure. I remember that poll.
I wish! Haha
I think many of you guys should look into traditionals, especially GEC.
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I find these two funny.
I have never lost a knife since I got them with clips...plenty of tradtionals fell God knows where in the years prior.
And I HATE lanyards.
The lanyard thing is of course preference only, but designed to lose knives by attaching clips to securely hold them in place?
You should chose a career in comedy.
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How about a return to subtle elegance and functionality commensurate with reality?
I am all for variety and sure would appreciate the variety of tactical knives available to me if zombies were real. but for those of us who exist on Planet Earth and whose most deadly encounter with an unusual being was waking up to find a moth in their tent, I reckon their is more call for sturdy, practical, subtle class from knife manufacturers. I am thinking Sebenza on a budget, Benchmade 761 that doesn't rape your wallet.
My old Benchmade 600 Brend is light, seductively simple and sexy, and with a set of bearings and a Ti frame/lock it would do everything most of us would need a knife like that to do forever.
Less spikes, angles, phat, tac, chunk, impossibly phenomenal metals, weight.
Less of this talk of knives being 'tools'. A knife is a knife, for holding, cutting and admiring, not a wrench, pry bar, pick or hammer.
A fine knife is an implement, graceful and efficient.
More of that please everyone who makes knives. Thanks Spyderco for taking care of all the above for those of us who are sightless
Wow, that made absolutely no sense...
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And a chainsaw is not a screwdriver.
A leaf-blower is not a blowtorch.
An axe is not a shovel.
The list of equivalent wisdom could go on and on.
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And a chainsaw is not a screwdriver.
A leaf-blower is not a blowtorch.
An axe is not a shovel.
The list of equivalent wisdom could go on and on.
I like your logic. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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I would like to see more fewer knives with thumb studs positioned in the cutting path, more lefty clips, and significantly thinner blades (or at least thinner edges). Tired of so many new knives with the cutting geometry of a brick, almost no knives have thumb studs out of the way of the cutting edge (for sharpening purposes), and manufacturers too lazy to drill and tap 2 or 3 holes.
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1. No packaging or blade markings that mislead consumers as to what the country of origin is. If you make your stuff in China own up to it. I've seen knives with "USA Design" on one side and "China" on the other.
2. More black carry clips. Take Henry Ford's advice "any colors great as long as it's black" and stop making it so easy for the general public (read anti-knife sheeple) to spot the knives in our pockets. Or at least offer alternate colored clips for sale on the company website.
3. Less MAP policy nonsense that hurts online commerce at the expense of the "Big-Box" retail places that charge full MSRP.
4. More CPM-M4 Steel. You just don't see this one used much.
5. No Philips screws on $200+ knives. Philips screws strip easier than torx.
6. Different scale options for sale on company websites. If I have G-10 and want Carbon Fiber, or vice-versa, than I switch out one material for another.
7. Gerber: It's time to enter the USA-Made tactical folder market with some G-10 handled, non-serrated stuff. Do this and I'll buy a Gerber after swearing them off for several years.
8. Benchmade
lease make some knives WITHOUT the Axis lock. I know it's a great lock, but it's also boring when 99% of the product lines have it.
2. More black carry clips. Take Henry Ford's advice "any colors great as long as it's black" and stop making it so easy for the general public (read anti-knife sheeple) to spot the knives in our pockets. Or at least offer alternate colored clips for sale on the company website.
3. Less MAP policy nonsense that hurts online commerce at the expense of the "Big-Box" retail places that charge full MSRP.
4. More CPM-M4 Steel. You just don't see this one used much.
5. No Philips screws on $200+ knives. Philips screws strip easier than torx.
6. Different scale options for sale on company websites. If I have G-10 and want Carbon Fiber, or vice-versa, than I switch out one material for another.
7. Gerber: It's time to enter the USA-Made tactical folder market with some G-10 handled, non-serrated stuff. Do this and I'll buy a Gerber after swearing them off for several years.
8. Benchmade
lease make some knives WITHOUT the Axis lock. I know it's a great lock, but it's also boring when 99% of the product lines have it.