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Jim March, a fan of the Cold Steel Vaquero Grande and that now-discontinued Al Mar monster slicer, has recently suggested that Spyderco should do a mega-folder, something bigger than the usual maximum of four inches.
Actually, they do. The Catcherman. 4-3/4".
www.spyderco.com/knife/cat_lwc17.html
An upswept blade, longer than the Cold Steel Scimitar. Fairly thin stock, since it's for cleaning fish, not kevlar-clad bad guys. Meanwhile, the Vaquero Grande stands out as the pocket knife you want if the weedwhacker is broken.
Any thoughts out there on mega-folders?
I have a couple of reservations. On of them is that, for doing mundane pocket knife chores, I like to be able to bring my finger out near the point for maximum control.
The other one concerns what may be an uniquely Californian phenomenon - a weapon-unfriendly jurisdiction that outlaws the concealed carrying of the most benign little fixed blade, but declares any pocket knife in its folded condition a non-dagger, no matter how huge.
If Californians start carrying mega-folders expressly "for protection" in large enough numbers for the authorities to notice, I suspect that it will not be long before the Legislature decides that the oversize pocket knife exemption was an oversight.
Actually, they do. The Catcherman. 4-3/4".
www.spyderco.com/knife/cat_lwc17.html
An upswept blade, longer than the Cold Steel Scimitar. Fairly thin stock, since it's for cleaning fish, not kevlar-clad bad guys. Meanwhile, the Vaquero Grande stands out as the pocket knife you want if the weedwhacker is broken.
Any thoughts out there on mega-folders?
I have a couple of reservations. On of them is that, for doing mundane pocket knife chores, I like to be able to bring my finger out near the point for maximum control.
The other one concerns what may be an uniquely Californian phenomenon - a weapon-unfriendly jurisdiction that outlaws the concealed carrying of the most benign little fixed blade, but declares any pocket knife in its folded condition a non-dagger, no matter how huge.
If Californians start carrying mega-folders expressly "for protection" in large enough numbers for the authorities to notice, I suspect that it will not be long before the Legislature decides that the oversize pocket knife exemption was an oversight.