If they made a larger grip, they are going to dip into the customer group that likes larger blades which boosts sales for other big sellers, like the 710. Makes no sense to do that, because then they would be having to produce another line of knives that doesn't give them proportionally the same size of customers. Well, more than likely it won't. Not sure if it is worth the cost to them. They have been making the large and small grips for years, and successfully so. No need to fix what is not broken.
Are you suggesting by introducing another line of larger blade knives they could take away from sales of other already larger sized blade knives they offer?
If that's the case or their concern then they won't continue to offer a new knives with larger blades as they continue to do regularly and recently such as the Contego, Adamas, Bone Collector 15050, Bedlam, and a whole host of other knives that sport a blade larger then 3.45".
I think it could actually tap into a whole new market. There are plenty of people who like the Grip design but want or prefer a larger blade and now that would be available to them. Also, many complain of the look and feel of the plastic scales so maybe another offering would appeal to them too. That so many turn to the after market to replace the scales suggest the market is there for another offering in that regard.
I'm not talking about fixing something that isn't broken. Not at all.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not talking about replacing what's available. Only adding another option to the already existing line up.
So let me be clear,
If you like your Mini-Griptilian, you can keep your Mini-Griptilian, Period!
If you like your full size Griptilian, then you can keep your full size Griptilian, Period!
But if your one of those people that doesn't have a Griptilian and would like one, but only a little larger, or you already have one and would like to upgrade to a larger Grip, but one that is still affordable but more to your liking or better suits your cutting needs you would have that option.....
That's all I was asking. What did folks think about the idea and would they want one?