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As some know, I have bought a G10 XL Espada. I think I may like to keep it as a convenient to carry large knife for use in the yard, brush, and trails. I expect the thumb disk for pocket opening will function almost correctly, as the one on the Large Espada I owned did, but that the corners will get caught on the pocket seem causing partial openings that don't leave the pocket fully. I also expect the angle of spine before the clip point will dictate an awkward deployment path. If these issues do present themselves, my intended mods should rectify both.
First I'll change the spine profile so that there is no longer a wedge of steel obstructing perhaps more comfortable pocket deployment angles. Second, I'll round the corners of the thumb plate so that it is more of a thumb disk. This thumb plate mod has improved deployment on two large Talwars for me, and one Large Espada.
Other mods I intend to make include personalizing the handle, which will involve turning the front of the scales into a choil, as I have done on some Recon 1s of various sizes, as well as a bit of going by feel.
There is a possibility that I mod the blade to bring the point lower, as I never find myself wishing for a higher point. I don't do any skinning or game processing so far, and a lower point better serves the type of brush clearing I can see a knife like this being useful for. Along with, probably, thinner geometry.
If I bring the point lower, I'll want to reshape the handle accordingly for the closest possible blade to handle length ratio, which is already grossly skewed in the wrong direction, both aesthetically, and functionally, in my opinion. Since less handle sticking out of pocket is less to grab, the trick will be doing it without compromising speed, security, and confidence of deployment. A fob could work. Anyway, I am not yet sure I'll lower the point, but if I do, I will want to preserve some of the vaunted Espada blade length. So maybe a large Spyderco Militaryish style of pseudo clip point, like the Large Espada I did a while back.
More to come, once the package arrives.
Do you have an Espada XL, or handled/used one? Did you like it? Dislike it? What did you do with it? If you could mod one or have it modded, how would you?
First I'll change the spine profile so that there is no longer a wedge of steel obstructing perhaps more comfortable pocket deployment angles. Second, I'll round the corners of the thumb plate so that it is more of a thumb disk. This thumb plate mod has improved deployment on two large Talwars for me, and one Large Espada.
Other mods I intend to make include personalizing the handle, which will involve turning the front of the scales into a choil, as I have done on some Recon 1s of various sizes, as well as a bit of going by feel.
There is a possibility that I mod the blade to bring the point lower, as I never find myself wishing for a higher point. I don't do any skinning or game processing so far, and a lower point better serves the type of brush clearing I can see a knife like this being useful for. Along with, probably, thinner geometry.
If I bring the point lower, I'll want to reshape the handle accordingly for the closest possible blade to handle length ratio, which is already grossly skewed in the wrong direction, both aesthetically, and functionally, in my opinion. Since less handle sticking out of pocket is less to grab, the trick will be doing it without compromising speed, security, and confidence of deployment. A fob could work. Anyway, I am not yet sure I'll lower the point, but if I do, I will want to preserve some of the vaunted Espada blade length. So maybe a large Spyderco Militaryish style of pseudo clip point, like the Large Espada I did a while back.
More to come, once the package arrives.
Do you have an Espada XL, or handled/used one? Did you like it? Dislike it? What did you do with it? If you could mod one or have it modded, how would you?
