Does a knife like this exist?

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davide

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Are there any knives like the Cold Steel Ti-lite (http://www.coldsteel.com/tilite.html) but with a dual thumbstuds and a shorter, non-dagger blade? I dig the thin, stiletto style and the way that the entire blade is enclosed within the handle except for the thumb studs, but the dagger point is not for me and the knife is a little on the long side.

Are there any knives like the Ti-Lite, other stiletto-like designs with liner or lockbacks that have ambidextrous opening and a clip point? Or is this something I'll just have to wait to be able to custom?
 
First thing that came to mind is maybe a Kershaw Leek? Not exactly stiletto style, but it's pretty thin.
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CRKT Glidelock or even some of the M16's have a similar profile, although I guess those are also spear-points.
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Thanks for the info and the pics. I'm going to stay away from the Leek because I'm looking for a manual knife. I used to have a CRKT M16 EDC actually. It was a nice blade but I was not happy with the sharpness out of the box or the ergonomics. The sharpness I guess I could improve but not really the ergonomics.

I did not know about the glidelock, it seems really interesting, but it requires two hands to open, right?

Edit: After watching some videos of it, it seems that the blade can be deployed one-handed, but only with the right hand. As a lefty I'll have to pass.
 
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How about the CRKT Summa:
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Not a stiletto, but certainly svelte, I definitely plan on picking one up.
 
That Emerson looks great, really close to what I was thinking, thanks for the tip. Do you have one? Is it a quality knife? And Dekz, the handles on those Summa knives do look nice.
 
If you like that Emerson then I think there are probably a few Benchmades you would like too. I'm no Benchmade expert but I think the 520? Lemme bust out my catalog....

EDIT: 530, I was close:
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I also think the 940 is pretty sweet, but maybe not what you're looking for:
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Can't comment on the quality of either as I do not own them, or any Benchmade for that matter.
 
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The pic and the statement of a non-dagger blade is a little puzzling to me personally.

My first thoughts were the Gerber Applegate-Fairbairn and the Browning Ice Storm though.
 
"...other stiletto-like designs with liner or lockbacks that have ambidextrous opening and a clip point?..."
- davide

Father of most modernday tactical spearpoint folders - the Gerber Covert.
 
ColonelX said:
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shall i repeat myself?
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No you shouldn´t

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GIRLYmann said:
"...other stiletto-like designs with liner or lockbacks that have ambidextrous opening and a clip point?..."
- davide

Father of most modernday tactical spearpoint folders - the Gerber Covert.
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Browning Ice Storm popped in my mind to.
It's made by Mcusta so supposedly good quality.
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Blop and Colonel X, you're right, I was actually thinking about the Pardue 530 around the time I posted this. I had heard that it wasn't a particularly hard use knife though, and again, the dagger didn't seem to be that good for edc.

The 940 is not what I'm looking for but I really like it anyway. I will probably get one of those.

The Gerber Covert definitely closes into the slim profile I like. But when I say "stiletto-style"--I know that's vague--I mean in terms of the handle rather than the blade itself. I prefer clips, modified sheep's foots and bowies to daggers and spear points.

I couldn't find the Ice Storm on Mcusta's site but I saw this gentleman's folder: http://www.mcustaknives.com/Page.html. It seems to be a similar design.

Ganz98, to which pic are you referring? The one of the Emerson A-100? When I looked it up it seemed to have a fair amount of belly on the blade and not be a cruciform dagger like the ti-lite: http://www.emersonknives.com/ekMA100.php. But I could be viewing it incorrectly.
 
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Is the Emerson A-100 still in production? When I go to the Emerson web site I can only find the Mini A100.
 
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I couldn't find the Ice Storm on Mcusta's site but I saw this gentleman's folder: http://www.mcustaknives.com/Page.html. It seems to be a similar design.
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The Browning Ice Storm was made by Mcusta for Browning.
Actually there were two models - the Ice Storm, then the Ice Storm SX.
They're both out of production, though they appear from time to time on eBay.

Mcusta's "equivalent" to the Ice Storm SX is the Katana Model MC-4.
http://www.mcustaknives.com/KatanaSeriesFoldersMC-4.html
 
Rifon2, I love the copy on the Benchmade site for the Sequel: "Generous Drop-Point Blade Shape." I'm guessing that they mean the blade has a lot of area, but generous is not how I'd describe a tool designed for cutting.
 
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