The "Ask Nathan a Question" Thread

ryco1008 said:
Nathan,

I recently picked up a edc2 and the lettering is colored in. Is this something that you did back in the day or is it something that someone had done afterwards? If it is something you did is it a paint? Anything I should avoid cleaning it with that might affect it in some way? Thanks in advance
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So while waiting for a response I poked at it 🤣 and it was indeed a white paint. Put some gun cleaner on it and rubbed all the white off. Looks better in my opinion and now it has just a hint of gold hue in the stamps which looks similar to what the HDFK I had for a bit had.
 
JJ_Colt45 said:
Hey Nathan, I understand the reasoning of wanting to keep the preorder for the new EDC 1.2 limited in add-ons. But if wood isn't an option during the preorder ... might it be possible that down the road you might do a run of wooden handle scales for these? 🙏
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I'm sure at some point we will
 
Hatchet_Jack said:
For us plebs that are yet to acquire a CPK, just say I’m lucky enough to get a knife this weekend what is the go with sheaths?

Does it come with one, is there an option to add one or do we need to get one independent of CPK? If so what and who are the go to’s?
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They come with mashed cat kydex. If you want a good leather option I use Chad Pirtle or Duramax here on the forum, they make great sheaths.
 
Hatchet_Jack said:
For us plebs that are yet to acquire a CPK, just say I’m lucky enough to get a knife this weekend what is the go with sheaths?

Does it come with one, is there an option to add one or do we need to get one independent of CPK? If so what and who are the go to’s?
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They come with an outstanding kydex sheath.
 
lozdesign7 said:
Nathan, will there be Terotuff for the EDC's?
Do you ever get the urge to make a knife with total disregard for functionality and do it just because it looks cool?
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Question part 1: We will make some TT if people order it in the pre-order.

Question part two: Personally, I get no satisfaction making something that isn't as functionally optimized as I can make it.

I consider myself an inventor, not an artist. I have no problem with makers and work that are made for no other reason than it's artistic value. I appreciate work of that nature. But that's not something that I want to do.

Art and artists benefit humanity, but I often look at artistic flourish on a working tool with disdain. I want my microwave to look like a microwave, not something that should be in the museum of modern art. "Form follows function" means the shape and design of something is derived from its use and what it does. Something that is well designed and engineered is often very beautiful, but attempting to force beauty on an object can detract from my appreciation of that object because it feels insincere. And, when an artistic flourish actually detracts from the function of an object, that's probably not an object that I personally would want to possess.

Exhibit A:NASM-SI-92-14116.jpg

I can just about guarantee to you that this is pure engineering and there were no design decisions made for aesthetic consideration. And in my opinion it is beautiful.

Exhibit B:

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WTF? Why does this exist?

I would find one of these to own it just to have an example of bad design, except I don't want it in my house.
 
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