fedaykincmndr said:
WOW! The mini-pika looks great but it measures at 2.9...anyone had any experiences with this one? I may go over my limit for that one...what a deal!
Missed this. I don't know the N690 steel, but I just took a look at a pic of the knife. It looks
almost identical in shape and even size to the Benchmade small Ascent (old style) that I happen to have in my pocket at this very moment. The lock release has been moved forward on the handle and the hole is now oval instead of round (the license from Spyderco for the round hole expired), but otherwise, the pic shows a blade and handle shape that is extremely close to the Ascent. It's probably the same knife with minimal modification. The price is lower too, which probably results both from having it made overseas and from the N690 instead of ATS-34.
I like this knife well enough too. But your initial posts specified a hard maximum of 2.5" and that you really wanted something "sheeple-friendly" to distinguish it from your other EDC knife. I've rarely had bad reactions to any knife I carry. Maybe I've just been lucky or maybe it's that I come across as pretty civilized, myself, and I don't tend to hang around with people who panic for no good reason. Still, one of the few real strong "weapon" reactions I've had was to the Ascent. (I had handed it to a female friend who was trying to open a birthday present. She commented on the knife and all, but did use it.
A few months later when her husband was having a birthday, I carried a Spyderco Pegasus and not only got no negative reactions when I handed it to him, but about half the people in the room wanted to check out the knife.
) The blade of the Ascent probably looks longer than it is because it's quite narrow and pointy. If you want something very non-threatening, I think the Dragonfly or the Meerkats are a lot more the sort of thing I would expect to be able to show or lend to just about anyone without getting a startle reaction.
Paul
Everything's gravy!
