Emerson Wave

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Just got a Spyderco endura with the wave feature. Golly gee it waves open better than the several emerson wave models I have. Wondering why Spyderco builds the wave better than emerson, yet they have emerson pat. number right on the blade which means they are paying emerson to use the rights but it is better than the wave he uses.

Anyone ever try welding a piece onto the emerson knifes wave stub to make them wave better. I am thinking of this on my personal knives only of course.

Anyone know of other wave model knives that wave better than the emerson models?
 
The main difference when compared side to side is that the spyie one is larger and a bit deeper giving it a better bite into the pocket corner.
 
Emerson's wave is a great feature.
I won't buy an EDC without one.
The P'Kal is a very cool knife and waves well, compared to an Emerson it has an entirely different pocket feel. It clips into your pocket deeply and the G-10 handle grips onto your pocket, all together it's harder to get out of your pocket compared to an Emerson. The stick wave takes getting used to but eventually works fine. It's a vicious knife, bit me a few times, impressed me and is my carry when I'm not carrying my kerambit which is not a very discrete carry.
I purchased a Cold Steel AK-47 Aluminum which has a style of it's own. Carry it in my back left pocket where it waves best. It's a big brutal beautiful knife and I like the small leaf style of the blade.
Been trying to buy a waved Endura, Delica or Rescue on ebay without much luck.
 
The Spyderco Rescue (waved) is the easiest I have to open. It opens by thought alone! :D

I think the blade shape of the Endura/Delica (triangle shaped) allows for a different type of wave, then the more conventional blades of most Emersons. Now, it is interesting to note, that my CQC-10 is as reliable as the Spyderco's and you will note it employs an oval opening hole...

Also, the liner lock seems to create more "drag" on the blade than the Spyderco locks.

The Pikal opens well, however the deep carry makes it hard to get out of the pocket.

I have found that a knife waves well, or it just does not. My Spyderco Endura, Rescue, and Pikal all work well. The Delica is not as reliable (IMHO, smaller blades don't wave as well). Of my Emerson's, the CQC-10, CQC-7 (mini), and CQC-11 are all trouble free. My CQC-8 and Mini-Commander are a bit finicky.
 
correct me if i am wrong but the emerson wave was more designed for stright pocket like on dress pants or military BDU's. when i wear pants with this style pocket it always waves better than with my blue jean pocket. i personaly have not had a problem with my commander but if you do not grab and draw the knife properly it makes waving the knife harder.
 
Yes, if you have slanted pocket openings (like on some of my "cargo shorts") you do need to pull back more at a 45 degree angle.

It still works, but you have to change technique slightly.
 
I have yet to find any Waves that work better than the factory Spyderco ones. Its kind of ironic actually that Ernie invented it and Spyderco perfected it but based on my own uses that is how I'd call it. I judge the Wave in several layers. First how easy it is to make it work by the action of the folder, second by the number of failed or 50 to 90% openings but not quite all the way there vs the number successful, which Spyderco seems to me to win hands down, and third by how hard they are on pockets.

In my experience some Emersons are nothing but pocket eaters, like the CQC14 for example. In others like the CQC10 and the Commander models and especially the M-Wave they work quite well but still are not overall as good as the Spydercos are. Typically in my own observations it appears to me that you have to make the pivot so loose on the Emersons to allow blade play before they can keep up with the Spyderco knives with no play at all in them laterally.

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The Spyderco's do open easy. The waved Rescue (with the additional blade weight) is the winner in my book.

I did get an Emerson Folding Karambit the other day, it is up there. I wondered how it would work, but it works great, and rivals the Spyderco version in my book.
 
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