Thoughts on the C-44 Dyad?

[galactorrhea]

So, the new Dyad sprint run is slated to come out sometime this year. I know this is a very classic model, but, like the knife world in general, it is new to me.

However, I can't quite decide how I feel about it. On the one hand, I appreciate its obvious versatility, it's portmanteau of traditional and modern styling, and the sort of oddball nature of it; yet, at the same time, it does look like quite a hefty package with its two long blades and the corresponding length, thickness, and weight. I'm just not sure I can mentally justify the necessity of having both blades available as outweighing the resulting consequences.

What are your thoughts and perspectives on the model? Especially those of you with past experience with the model -- any stories of the usefulness of the model and your personal feelings towards it? I'm interested, but at the projected price point I can't afford to not really use it and really enjoy using it as opposed to my other knives.

- Will

 

[yablanowitz]

I'm looking forward to checking out the differences between the sprint and the original. I've been carrying a C-44 clipped to my right front pocket for years, and I love it, I just hope they don't wreck it with the sprint. The original has only a center liner, the Micarta scales are unlined, which makes the whole package quite slim and light for a two blade, two spring knife. In fact, it is a shade thinner than a Carbon Fiber Military. I find myself using the serrated blade a lot more than the plain, partly because it carries the serrated tip down, so when I grab it and flip it open, that's the blade I get. I've even had one apart and changed it to left-hand. I don't recommend it, but it can be done, and the engineering that went into the knife becomes very apparent.

 

[galactorrhea]

Yes, I've noticed the micarta version looks much sleeker and lighter. The full length steel backspacer construction on the sprint run looks pretty nice, but at 5.8oz and what looks like pretty significant thickness... I'm not sure.

 

[maranello]

I'm looking forward to checking out the differences between the sprint and the original. I've been carrying a C-44 clipped to my right front pocket for years, and I love it, I just hope they don't wreck it with the sprint. The original has only a center liner, the Micarta scales are unlined, which makes the whole package quite slim and light for a two blade, two spring knife. In fact, it is a shade thinner than a Carbon Fiber Military. I find myself using the serrated blade a lot more than the plain, partly because it carries the serrated tip down, so when I grab it and flip it open, that's the blade I get. I've even had one apart and changed it to left-hand. I don't recommend it, but it can be done, and the engineering that went into the knife becomes very apparent.

Is the lefty conversion complicated? Say probable damage, irreversibility or requiring specific kind of tools?

 

[yablanowitz]

It's not all that complicated, but you have to think in three dimensions, keep all the parts of each side together (blade, lock bar, spring and spacer are all matched together) and a special tool to hold everything in alignment while inserting all the screws with the springs flexed would be really handy. If you look at it, there are four screws, three go on from one side and one goes in from the other. There's a reason for that. They have to go in that way and in a certain order or you will damage the knife.