If you buy a new knife, Would the blade be 3" or 3 1/2"?

On a framelock which clips to my pocket, TIP UP, I prefer 3.5" blade.

On a slipjoint I would prefer smaller blades, 3" and shorter.

Just my preferences.
 
A nice framelock with a 3.5+ is my ideal knife and thus my vote goes for a larger blade.
 
There are lots of >3" folders out there that are great knives. The 3" and smaller knives seem to not be as prolific. I would love to see more 3" knives similar in style to the BM sequel, klotzli sailor, and CR small sebenza. Also, I would kill to have a traditional pattern like the kershaw double cross in bg-42, 154cm or d2. Or even better yet a stockman pattern with a locking main blade and traditional sheepsfoot and pen that are still slipjoint. :) Please!
 
A. G. Russell said:
I am designing new knives for this year and would like your help.

I have Framelocks, Liner locks, slipjoints, lockbacks already on paper and get the feeling that more of you would be interested if the blades were shorter, rather than longer.

Would you rather have a 3" blade or one longer?

Thanks, A. G.
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Normally my pref in an EDC folder blades is on knives with blade lengths from 2.75" to 3.125" blades for sure and I find I carry knives with blades that length more than anything else. However, if the folder I have on me is one with a combo edge or partial serrations type blade I usually opt then for the longer blade of 3.5". In my mind this gives me about the same amount of PE cutting length as I'm used to along with some real good edge for cutting rope or boxes and stuff like that which is an edge requiring very little in the way of maintenance. Sometimes less maintenance is just a plus with me. Most all of my combo edge blades will be longer as a result of that pref.

STR
 
I do not know if you really are AG or not but, I ordered last weekend from the company a Field Knife #2 and was told at the time the order was placed, that they were in stock and would ship on Monday the 7th. Monday morning I received a call from the company telling me that there were no knives in stock and sorry but they would not be coming in until 6-30, and would ship out some time after this and that we would get our order some time in the middle of July. We have ordered other knives from the company before. Is there now a problem with supply from the orient? Do you now take orders and then have them put together overseas to help inventory?
Our order was to have been a Father's Day present and would like to have known that their was no stock at the time of order or your advertisement stated that the item was not available until a certain date. I understand that when a company grows and relies on off shore manufacturing that communication gets hard to stay on top off. But when it becomes an issue with the customer then a perception arises that is very hard to manage.
 
As a consumer that has been worried about legal issues, I don't see too much of a difference between 3 and 3.5" legally. In Seattle, you cannot have a knife that is more than 3", in Washington state I believe it's 3.5".

I have a number of 3.5" folders that I wouldn't worry about taking to Seattle. You've got to be misbehaving for a LEO to want to take your knife from you, and even then they're quite reasonable people and aren't going to split hairs over half an inch.

On the other hand, I've heard some horror stories about New York transit police. Apparently one member here or at KnifeForums got his knife taken by them because they saw it sticking out ofh is pocket on a clip.

I also saw somewhere that the New York District Attorney is bullying knife retailers into paying fines or something on "gravity knives". So there's those kind of legal issues to think about as far as knife lengths go.

With all that in mind, 3" is plenty for me. If I need it to be bigger, 3.5 isn't going to cut it. So I don't see any reason why it should be 3.5 instead of 3. If you need bigger than 3, you need bigger than 3.5.

I do think that offering the "mini" versions is probably the best approach though. That way you keep both markets satisfied.
 
Now I have a real thing for longer blade slipjoints like the slipjoint mountain man that Queen makes, the larger sodbusters, the #23 that GEC makes - especially the rarer one with the single skinner (rather than the spey) blade and Moore Maker's 4 1/2" stockman

Make a nice large sodbuster - I'll buy one in a heartbeat :)

You would have no competition
 
Probably around 3 inches (blade length) for me. I'm settling on 3.5" (handle length closed) slipjoints more & more these days.

Looking forward to the new designs!

thx - cpr
 
A. G. Russell said:
I am designing new knives for this year and would like your help.

I ... get the feeling that more of you would be interested if the blades were shorter, rather than longer.

Would you rather have a 3" blade or one longer?
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I prefer blades longer than 3". I'd recommend designing in pairs similar to what Tim Galyean does with his pro series. Worst case you make one sale, best case you double your sales.
 
Generally speaking, for EDC around town I prefer 3". That takes care of just about any need that I have.
 
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