Knives that would me amazing with just one small change

[chiral.grolim]

chiral.grolim, As you know, my post's intention was to demonstrate how choils/grooves/notches/whatever can be useful and how it doesn't necessarily take away from the sharpened edge.

I totally agree with you, regardless of the terminology used - you don't really lose sharpened edge but gain more handle. And I absolutely agree that either reducing the ricasso or turning it into a finger groove is highly advantageous. :thumbup:

(and I didn't mean to come off aggressive, my apologies to any who took offense)

To get back on topic, here's another vote for manufacturers to improve their pocket-clip designs. Too many seem like after-thoughts or bizarre artistic endeavors rather than important functional aspects of the design.

 

[Goosey]

I totally agree with you, regardless of the terminology used - you don't really lose sharpened edge but gain more handle. And I absolutely agree that either reducing the ricasso or turning it into a finger groove is highly advantageous. :thumbup:

Hmmm, true, turning the Endura's ricasso into a 50/50... finger groove wouldn't actually remove any cutting edge. Must be opposed due to tradition and looks, I guess.

 

[kerberosWXIV]

I would love Cold Steel to release an upgraded Espada with CPM-3V blade. And please Cold Steel, learn how to make proper jimping and experiment with newer, up-to-date blade steels, you already kick-ass with the TriAd lock, don't sully this perfect lock with that little bit of 2nd rate design/materials.

 

[tiguy7]

I wish William Henry would offer a blade longer than 3 1/8". Many apples are wider than that.

 

[dr_fosg8]

Ok I will play. Kershaw random task II. Elmax with the same heat treat that demko uses.

 

[theAntihero]

If the Condor Warlock was about 2 inches longer blade wise it would be perfect to me

 

[o4tg]

Buck Vantage Force Pro with a thicker liner that's recessed from the grips.

ZT 0350 with better scales/pocket clip.

Full tang Kabar.

The entire ZT Hinderer line getting Cerakote to match the scales on the lock side.

The Benchmade Griptilians using G10 instead of that cheap shitty FRN.

 

[Kwon Kwang]

Spyderco Tenacious - Compression lock instead of a liner lock.

Benchmade Griptilian - a stronger detent.

Cold Steel Recon 1 & AK-47 - Ball bearing pivots.

 

[maples14]

tenacious - s30v
griptilian - thinner handle (g10)
para 2 - 1:1 handle blade ratio
0350 - deep carry clip like the 0550/0560
rat 1 - better g10 texture
military - compression lock!

 

[Stoney26]

Production companies taking over custom designs. That way you still get the same design and materials without having to wait 2 years... Plus it would be cheaper

 

[jkulysses]

ZT0350 with deep carry pocket clip and get rid of the re-curve.

 

[gkeenang]

i think the 0566 would be absolute PERFECT if it had 3D machined g10 and titanium. I basically want the exact same thing as the 0560/1 but in a smaller more edc friendly package.

griptilian: thinner handle
spyderco stretch: compression lock or frame lock
kershaw knockout: detent hole so if the AO breaks you can still use it as a manual
benchmade 470 emissary: easy way to make it a manual.
left handed sebenza: cheaper
striders: cheaper and left handed versions

 

[chiral.grolim]

I wish William Henry would offer a blade longer than 3 1/8". Many apples are wider than that.

LOL Odd coincidence - this is my wife's theory on the larger Opinels! (she has a #6)

Full tang Kabar.

The Benchmade Griptilians using G10 instead of that cheap shitty FRN.

The military Kabar IS "full tang", i.e. the tang extends the full length of the handle. I applaud Kabar for still featuring knives with hidden tangs, wish more companies would do this but manufacture is more difficult if you use harder handle materials than leather or rubber/plastic. More hidden tangs, please!

On the Grip, :thumbup: it would make an excellent production upgrade, and popular as well given how many folks purchase them from custom makers...

tenacious - s30v
griptilian - thinner handle (g10)
...
para 2 - 1:1 handle blade ratio

:thumbup: +3, all reasons why i went with Benchmade's 745 Mini-Dejavoo which answers every one of these... except it is tip-down carry only

Production companies taking over custom designs. That way you still get the same design and materials without having to wait 2 years... Plus it would be cheaper

That... that's what production companies do, but the lower the materials in order to make the designs available to average consumers who wouldn't be able to afford them otherwise. Haven't you noticed? If you want the same materials, we have ZT in the USA, Lion Steel in Italy, and I'm sure there are others...

kershaw knockout: detent hole so if the AO breaks you can still use it as a manual
benchmade 470 emissary: easy way to make it a manual.

:thumbup::thumbup: Especially the top one! This is what keeps me from buying it, should have been part of the design, indeed ANY liner/integral lock, to begin with!

 

[K.O.D.]

Kershaw Blur with left hand carry
Spyderco Schempp Rock--better sheath.
Benchmade grip/mini-grip--lower carry clip.
Spyderco delica/endura--different lock.

 

[northwalesBill]

What about Victorinox making knife like the one from the movie "Get Smart". Although not really a small change that would be an amazing knife.

 

[bpeezer]

rat 1 - better g10 texture

The rat 1 doesn't have G10 handles

 

[psquared]

+1 on the Benchmade 745 change from "discontinued" to "in stock"
+1 on Griptillians (both sizes) with G10 (polished) scales
Spyderco Large Lum Chinese with thicker and polished G10
Spyderco Centofante 3 with screw construction to make after market scales easier
Tenacious manufacture moved to Japan (which will give us VG10)
Small Sebenza Insingo with an opening hole rather than a thumb stud (and he gets dragged off to be burnt as a witch)

 

[Alnamvet68]

They don't? So what do they get? Call it whatever but all he was saying is, first responders get it at msrp and more often than not, everyone else has to go through the secondary market at near twice the price.



How much blade do you think is lost by having a choil? Well, probably not as much as you think:
choil/no choil

This grip would be more secure if it had a choil:

I like knives designed with choils and like knives that don't have choils also. I do find them useful and utilize it everyday during my tasks.

I couldn't trust this grip. It could use a choil:

Wouldn't take much cutting edge at all...Besides, I rarely use the last few MILLIMETERS of a blade anyway.

Exactly. This is why the Dragonfly is so successful, and feels and handles like a knife much bigger than it is....the choil!

 

[chiral.grolim]

Exactly. This is why the Dragonfly is so successful, and feels and handles like a knife much bigger than it is....the choil!

Again, tiny point of correction though i agree with the sentiment. [RANT] The Dragonfly is choil-less, i.e. it does not have a "choil". It has an extended ricasso which functions as part of the handle via the finger-groove. A finger-groove is not a choil. "Groove" and "choil" are not equivalent terms even if folks like to substitute one for the other to sound cooler or more refined (fail). A choil is located at the heel of the blade where the grind terminates into the ricasso ... and only there. Describing any other groove/notch as a "choil" is inaccurate. [/RANT]

 

[Locutus D'Borg]

In the Bronx, if a boy marries a goil (girl), their female child is called a choil