The Spyderco p'kal is a quality and innovative SD knife design. I think it is still the only folding pikal style on the market. I love the blade, the lock and the contours. I carried a p'kal daily for well over a year and practiced the wave many hundreds of times until giving up on it as a useful SD tool. The problem is in consistent, reliable deployment. The only technique that consistently worked for me was the finger tip draw which for a moment presents a chance of having the knife knocked out of your hand. I find that unacceptable in a SD tool. The proper draw should be with the thumb against the back of the knife and light finger tip pressure on the outside just below the pocket clip but not on the clip. There are two changes which would greatly improve this product.
1. The pocket clip sucks; it has almost no flexibility. I have tried fine tuning (bending) it many times. If I make it loose enough to be useable with Levis it will not stay in place with cargo shorts. Tight enough to work with cargo shorts and it will do nothing but bunch up the fabric on Levis; with absolutely no finger pressure on the clip. A much more flexible pocket clip is needed.
2. Texture of the scales. Deployment would be greatly improved with smooth polished G-10 on the pocket clip side and grippy textured G-10 or canvas micarta on the other side. Of course, this would make it into a dedicated right or left hand version.
I have thought about getting one of the many talented craftsmen on this forum to make some scales. But most of them have big backlogs and I haven't found a suitable replacement clip.
Any possibility of a p'kal 2 Mr. Glesser?
PS Safety orange scales would be nice. All the people who want badass looking ninja assassin knives are all buying Szabos, karambits and Cold Steel monster blades.
1. The pocket clip sucks; it has almost no flexibility. I have tried fine tuning (bending) it many times. If I make it loose enough to be useable with Levis it will not stay in place with cargo shorts. Tight enough to work with cargo shorts and it will do nothing but bunch up the fabric on Levis; with absolutely no finger pressure on the clip. A much more flexible pocket clip is needed.
2. Texture of the scales. Deployment would be greatly improved with smooth polished G-10 on the pocket clip side and grippy textured G-10 or canvas micarta on the other side. Of course, this would make it into a dedicated right or left hand version.
I have thought about getting one of the many talented craftsmen on this forum to make some scales. But most of them have big backlogs and I haven't found a suitable replacement clip.
Any possibility of a p'kal 2 Mr. Glesser?
PS Safety orange scales would be nice. All the people who want badass looking ninja assassin knives are all buying Szabos, karambits and Cold Steel monster blades.
