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I'd get CRK to make a lockback version of the Sebenza with medium texture G-10 scales... Not altogether unlike the Spyderco Native 5. Hopefully with an MSRP in the perfectly reasonable $5-7 range.

Oh, and dispel the knife as a weapon myth.

I always love being asked, "why do you feel the need to carry around a weapon like that?" Usually by someone who's watching me cut open THEIR clamshell package or whatever with my "weapon."
 
Chris Larrikin said:
Better public engagement to dispel the myths and dismiss the negative misconceptions.
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Read my mind. I was simply going to state "Knowledge". Those of us who carry knives in the manner that many of us here on BF do are really not a threat to society. Even people who want to carry a 4+ inch blade overbuilt folder or even a fixed blade. This doesn't make us criminals and it doesn't make us psychos. This is not to say that any man with a knife is not a potential threat but simply that men and women such as the ones on this forum and forums like it are likely not threatening unless in certain given situations (Mainly self defense).

Also, the knowledge of quality. I hate seeing someone carry around a cheap knife.

EDIT: Let me elaborate upon that last thought. When i say "cheap" I do not mean price point necessarily. Sure, my mini Recon was cheap ($30) but it is one hundred times the quality of a $20 Kmart folder.
 
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Better public engagement to dispel the myths and dismiss the negative misconceptions.






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Camillus had trouble competing with cheap imports as did Schrade.
I would like to see some truth in advertising. Etch/stamp the the steel type and HRC (Hardness Rockwell C scale) on the blade.
 
Better quality controls leading to consistent fit/finish. I should not have to send a brand new knife back to the dealer, or to the manufacturer - yet this happens frequently. Charge more if you have to, but get this right.

Which leads to...no price fixing cartels that artificially limit opportunities for resellers to compete. Do away with MAP policies and let the market find the price.
 
SadSappySucker said:
More real world knife shops. I much prefer to walk in a store to see the knife before I make a purchase.
That or guaranteed good qc. No longer will a company do great and establish a great foundation only to start focusing on profits over qc, but then again that's not restricted to the knife business. Build a great business only to later flush it down the toilet for a few extra dollars profit. Three words: quality OVER quantity.
Sure the pm2 is hard to get, but there's practically no question about the quality you will be receiving. Today I feel like 80% of the knive I buy I'm taking a gamble on, and if there's one thing I hate the most it's getting a brand new knife and having to ship it straight back to the manufacturer.
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+1 on the real world knife shops I find it so hard to spend my hard earned money on something that I have never personally held. Especially on something that is as personal as a knife, one person may say great ergos but all hands aren't equal etc.
 
savage99 said:
+1 on the real world knife shops I find it so hard to spend my hard earned money on something that I have never personally held. Especially on something that is as personal as a knife, one person may say great ergos but all hands aren't equal etc.
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Brick and mortar shops are sadly quite rare these days, and the ones that do exist often have horrible prices. At least they're useful for seeing and holding knives before buying them from vendors with decent prices.
 
John_0917 said:
Brick and mortar shops are sadly quite rare these days, and the ones that do exist often have horrible prices. At least they're useful for seeing and holding knives before buying them from vendors with decent prices.
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We have a brick and mortar in the next town, about 15 miles away. And yes, they do have horrible prices. They are, however, as you said, useful for seeing and holding knives before you buy. If there is only a few dollars difference between my local brick and mortar and an online dealer, I will buy from the B&M. But sometimes the difference is just to much. For example, I am considering a Kershaw Echelon. Right now, I can purchase it online for just over forty bucks. The local asking price? $79.99. After taxes, my neighborhood dealer cost over twice as much. That is just too big of a difference for me to ignore. Maybe it was because of things like this that MAP was invented.
 
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