Found a way to improve my DD Shallot

[jeffsenpai]

A while ago I bought a blem of the Daniel Defense Shallot because I was attracted to the blade shape of this knife. It uses a rather rough flipper and my fingers would go raw after a few consecutive openings, which was my only dislike about the knife.

So I went to an auction site and got a Kwik Thumb Stud that they happened to have in black oxide finish, which matches the DD shallot perfectly. There was just enough room to install it and I much prefer the thumbstud deployment over the flipper on this design, even if it is fairly obvious that it was not designed with a thumb stud in mind. Now I am looking through my collection to see what other knives would benefit from an added thumbstud

 

[KnottyEagle]

It might not look ergonomic, but I like it. They should use the ramped thumbstuds that are on the Blur.

 

[sticktodrum]

I agree. That looks snazzy though.

 

[9blades]

It's funky!

 

[NeverMore1701]

It makes me sad they didn't do any PE Shallots in that blade shape, it's really cool!

 

[jeffsenpai]

I know, this knife would be amazing with a plain edge. I know Daniel Defense and Ambush Firearms both use this knife design, hopefully some other manufacturer/partner will someday request one in a plain edge version.