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I have been waiting for years for someone to finally bring a knife that has every feature I want to market. It's been 10 years now and I'm tired of waiting. I've been slowly selling off my accumulation of knives that were "not quite right" to build up the funds to finally have one made that is exactly what I want.
Unfortunately I now have some money but I have no idea who to turn to to build it. I suspect that any of the 'big names' I'm familiar with because of their collaborations with production makers would either be far out of my price range, be on a 3 year waiting list or probably both. Or they prefer to make a few models on a certain pattern and aren't interested in straying too much from their normal work.
Here's what I'm hoping to have made: a 3.5 inch titanium framelock with a round hole type blade opener. I want it to cary tip-up and be relatively discreet, so that there's enough of the knife exposed to get a good grip, but not so much that it broadcasts itself to the whole world.
You would think that Spyderco would have made something like this by now, but they haven't. The Benchmade mini-Skirmish came close, but it's tip down only and they chamfered the opener hole so that your thumb slips off if your hands are wet. I tried the Blade Tech Rijbak but it's also tip down and it really isn't a framelock.
I would love to hear suggestions for a good maker who would be willing to work with me to build this particular knife. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Unfortunately I now have some money but I have no idea who to turn to to build it. I suspect that any of the 'big names' I'm familiar with because of their collaborations with production makers would either be far out of my price range, be on a 3 year waiting list or probably both. Or they prefer to make a few models on a certain pattern and aren't interested in straying too much from their normal work.
Here's what I'm hoping to have made: a 3.5 inch titanium framelock with a round hole type blade opener. I want it to cary tip-up and be relatively discreet, so that there's enough of the knife exposed to get a good grip, but not so much that it broadcasts itself to the whole world.
You would think that Spyderco would have made something like this by now, but they haven't. The Benchmade mini-Skirmish came close, but it's tip down only and they chamfered the opener hole so that your thumb slips off if your hands are wet. I tried the Blade Tech Rijbak but it's also tip down and it really isn't a framelock.
I would love to hear suggestions for a good maker who would be willing to work with me to build this particular knife. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
