Knife changes/wishes

jay2pointoh

jay2pointoh

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Have you ever wished you could change one or two things about a knife. Maybe to make it more efficient or just because it would be cool.

Like I wish spyderco made a mini dodo in slipjoint with a ffg blade. I mean your not doing any thrust cuts with that blade shape and it would sell in the UK(I'm American)

I wish the drifter came in half framelock/G-10

I wish all liner locks were as accessable as the militarys.

I wish the tenacious came in various colors.

Any wishes you guys have?
 
In general, I wish some knife companies would put more thought into the clip - location, size, heartiness, etc. When the knife is in your pocket, its the one part you see the most.

All too many times it appears as an afterthought.

I also think colors and materials (handle scales comes to mind) are lacking diversity.
 
I wish companies would use stronger steel for their screws. I've had a number of screws strip on me because the factory sent them out with loctite.

Oh, and I wish more knives had a real finger choil or jimped thumb ramp for added safety.
 
i wish knife companys would stop dishing out crap...make a good knife for gods sake...put every good aspect onto it and there you go..the perfect knife. not that hard
 
Insomniac1122 said:
i wish knife companys would stop dishing out crap...make a good knife for gods sake...put every good aspect onto it and there you go..the perfect knife. not that hard
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:confused: Are you serious? Have you not seen the Sebenza//SnG/RAT RC-3/GEC slip-joint/Emerson Super 7/Ken Onion custom Bump/DDR Midtech/Tom Krein TK-4/BRKT Bravo-1/Vic SAK/Kershaw Volt/Spyderco holie thingy ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................They are all the perfect knife if it is what you are looking for at the moment :eek::D


And just for the record: I wish Kershaw would make a Spec Bump in Silver Twill G10, with polished scales, Ti liners, tip up carry and a CPM154CM blade.
 
I guess I am too much of a novice with knives. I really do not have too many wishes that are not already addressed in some way by some of the great offerings out there.

I am one of those guys that sort of feels like the only perfect knife is the one that I have personally modified (ever so slightly) to fit my unique needs, and possibly developed some kinship with by carrying it constantly and using it exclusively for a long period of time.

I have many more than I need and continue to buy more, but I am not sure why because I keep carrying the same one day after day. The one in my pocket is mine, there are many others like it but none exactly the same. It is broken in and behaves as I expect it will. I can think of no way I would change it or ask for it to be changed. Even the things I once thought were deficiencies I have come to terms with as I better understand the compromises that are made to keep a tool/knife suited for a larger range of tasks.
 
I wish the Cold Steel Ti-Lites were cheaper, so I can buy them for myself and all my friends. They look like shanks, sure, but they look like gentlemen's shanks.

I wish more fixed blade knives had natural feeling grips rather than just a straight bar.

Finally, I wish someone, anyone, would make a combat-worthy Jack Krauser's knife from Resident Evil 4.
 
In general, without picking on specific brands or models:

Low rider pocket clips.
More FFG blades.
Skeletonized liners.
Screw construction.
 
I wish benchmade would offer some of there models like the 710 or a run of 806 in digital camo like the spyderco Millie...
 
I wish Kershaw would make another run of the ZDP189/Titanium Mini-Cyclones. Man those are nice looking knives...

I wish Spyderco would put a ricasso on their blades - it would make sharpening soooooo much easier, imho. Kershaw, too, for that matter could use more ricassos.

I wish more knives came with aluminum handles instead of G10 or plastic.

I would like to see a tanto Blur without a) The serrations, and b) the recurve of the normal Blur. On that note, I would buy a Serrated Red blur in a heartbeat :thumbup: or even a Serrated S30V blur... More serrated blur options in general please! :D

I would like to see more wacky colours in knife scales. Black and Green get boring, fast! :yawn: Plus it's hard to see them when you drop them. Bring on the orange, red, blue, rainbow, whatever! :D

Also, I second the motion for more FFG blades.
 
Lefty frame/liner/comp locks, or at least lefty friendly ones.

Two different kinds of clips that fit into the same holes (think Spyderco wire clip, high and low ride like the Caly3 vs SuperHawk)


More small folding scalpels.
 
I wish the liners of the normal Manix 2 were drilled out.
A file on the back of the hook for Victorinox Explorer models.
 
I wish Benchmade would make the Mini Grip handle just a bit longer. Note to BM, take the Delica and use that handle length as a sample of what I mean.
 
I wish the BM 710 handle was just a little grippier.

I wish Spyderco (and others, too) used the Axis lock, especially the Military would be just the perfect blade for me if it had that Axis lock.

I wish the Axis lock could just be public domain.
 
I would like a BM710 without the recurve blade and angled thumb studs like on the Blur.
I would like to see all knife manufactures supply info on the blade grind ie..
type of grind and degree. Just like on food packaging.
 
Dorito Monk said:
I wish Spyderco would put a ricasso on their blades - it would make sharpening soooooo much easier, imho. Kershaw, too, for that matter could use more ricassos.
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What exactly do you mean? I think you might have terms mixed up. Do you mean a sharpening choil?
 
FlaMtnBkr said:
What exactly do you mean? I think you might have terms mixed up. Do you mean a sharpening choil?
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You might be right - sorry if that's the case :confused:

I mean like this:
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A chunk just in front of the guard/handle that isn't sharpened, preferably recessed so that you can make a full stroke against a benchstone without rubbing up against a) the handle or b) an unsharpened section of the blade.

As opposed to the Tenacious, where the cutting edge starts virtually at the handle itself:
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Or the Endura, where there's no recessed 'gap', and sharpening 100% of the edge becomes difficult:
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