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Gunmike1 lent me his D'Allara drop point last week and I've been using it to carve a spork out of some unidentified hardwood. The only mod made to the folding pocketknife was polishing out most of the grinding marks with some King waterstones, an Ice Bear nagura (made by King....), and stropping on 3M 0.3 micron AO film over film. The relatively thick edge makes all kinds of clean shavings. The steel-lined FRN and the Ball-Bearing lock provide a surety and smoothness which some loudly proclaim is only available on $300+ folders.
The wire pocket clip is held in place by Spyderco's older style barrel clip. It requires a few pennies or nickels to change the clip from righthanded tip-down to lefthanded tip-down carry. The clip doesn't cut into hands or pockets or furniture like conventional stamped clips. It's only there to let you carry a great knife in your pocket.
Would there to be any modifications I'd want Spyderco to consider on this knife? Only to use wire pocketclip style they use on the Caly3 and UK Pen Knife. I know I'm carrying a highly-capable, rapidly deployable folding pocketknife when I carry the D'Allara Drop Point and my smile should be the only outside advertizement to the world (as opposed to the wee bit of handle showing from my pocket). As said before, the edge is a little thick, but it's thinner than most commercially made pocketknife edges out there and may need the extra steel for durability as a heavy-duty folder.
Back in the day, I asked STR about adding his Emerson-licensed Rave to the rescue version (known as the D'Allara Rescue), but the knife opens so smoothly and quickly, it'd be more overkill than even a knifeknut can handle.
I'm very much impressed and sad that I'll have to send this beaut back to GunMike1, but happy that a kickin folder will be back at its family abode.
The wire pocket clip is held in place by Spyderco's older style barrel clip. It requires a few pennies or nickels to change the clip from righthanded tip-down to lefthanded tip-down carry. The clip doesn't cut into hands or pockets or furniture like conventional stamped clips. It's only there to let you carry a great knife in your pocket.
Would there to be any modifications I'd want Spyderco to consider on this knife? Only to use wire pocketclip style they use on the Caly3 and UK Pen Knife. I know I'm carrying a highly-capable, rapidly deployable folding pocketknife when I carry the D'Allara Drop Point and my smile should be the only outside advertizement to the world (as opposed to the wee bit of handle showing from my pocket). As said before, the edge is a little thick, but it's thinner than most commercially made pocketknife edges out there and may need the extra steel for durability as a heavy-duty folder.
Back in the day, I asked STR about adding his Emerson-licensed Rave to the rescue version (known as the D'Allara Rescue), but the knife opens so smoothly and quickly, it'd be more overkill than even a knifeknut can handle.
I'm very much impressed and sad that I'll have to send this beaut back to GunMike1, but happy that a kickin folder will be back at its family abode.
