My move away from "pimped" knives

I would have joined the pimped knife game, but my first experience left me sour. Some vetted knifemaker scammed everyone he worked with over a 2-3 month period at the end of 2010 and disappeared.

Since then, the stock Emersons have grown on me, though my CQC7AW has a low ride Ti clip. Takes a bit of practice getting used to wave it differently, but carrying it doesn't scream knife as loudly as the factory clip on my SOCFK B.
 
Officer's Match said:
So Ernest thinks a Titanium framelock / G10 non-lock scale design is a viable setup on a CQC-7 and CQC-12 but not on other models? Sorry, that too me isn't exactly logical. Me personally, I wanted that option but am not a fan of the 12's blade or the 7's grip. I do however like the Horseman VERY much (5 and counting so far), and I must say, everything that makes it a great EDC is enhanced further IMHO by the "HD-style" Ti/G10 scale combo. Few if any love Emerson's more than I do, and Ernie is THE MAN afaic, but that doesn't mean an idea (or execution) is only good if it comes from his factory that way.
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100% in agreement. When I got my first Emerson, I based the choice on ergonomics and feel and chose the CQC10 moving forward. I carried it for a bit, but being a big fan of Ti framelocks, I always went to my Speedform, Ti frankenmilitary, ZT5xx's, a Horton custom, SMF, even a sebenza. In other words, i had a ton of other knives that I chose to carry over the 10 despite being the best Emerson I owned. Then I got it converted into a framelock, and the modification became a game changer. I carried it much more after being customized, and pretty much has a permanent spot in my top 5 favorite knives to carry, 2 of which are Emerson framelock conversions.
 
fwiw- Years ago, I called EKI and spoke with Darrel about a Emerson Framelock and he told me that Ernest said that the framelock was Chris Reeves bag, not his. Big respect, Ernest. But man, we're glad Ernest changed his mind.
 
Yep.^
I like how Sal Glesser calls the framelock the R.I.L.
Thank you Michael and Chris.
 
Lycosa said:
Interesting.
I understand what Al is saying as I understand OM's point. I'd love to see a CQC-13 RIL, aka, framelock.
Threads like this keep things in Knifeland interesting.
rolf
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Agreed on all points--otherwise stock is just fine for me. But I have to admit, the pimped ones look great!
 
I think gooytek and I could start a thread called, "My Move Toward Pimped Emersons!"
I don't think that there is anything wrong with a stock Emerson, but I feel when you have the knife pimped the way you want it, it makes it more "yours". I find myself more drawn to pimped Emersons, even if they were pimped for someone else. If the pimp job is good, they usually sell pretty fast in the exchange.
 
I should also include rayster357 and a few others in the above post.
 
Speaking of pimping. I asked Eric to make me a rear spacer for my HD7 that fills in the whole pommel. I have had that exposed knife point poking holes my pockets.
 
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