What would be your dream Hybrid knife?

[dinozzo]

Flipper opening with axis lock. Best of both worlds. Super fast opening and smooth one handed FAST closing.

i would like to see that in a CQC-8, or horseman...

 

[mmarkh]

Why go Hybrid when my Sebenza is perfect.

 

[Kaizen1]

Mine: A Spyderco Sage with an Axis lock. I love the Axis, but don't like most of BM's lineup. I have the Presidio, which has super smooth deployment, zero blade play, but it's a bit thick through the handle for an EDC.

Take the sleek proportions and awesome ergos of a Sage, Endura, or Caly with an Axis lock, and you'd have a hit.

I wish Benchmade would go back to the drawing board with some slimmer designs with better ergonomics. That's just my humble opinion, feel free to pile on if you disagree!

My understanding of the Sage design is that it's paying tribute to the various lock designs. They are going to do a run with all the different locks that they've done in the past. I imagine that's going to include the ball lock or the caged ball lock like on the Manix eventually.

 

[rifon2]

I'd like to see a very slim slipjoint with a premium stainless steel blade about 3 inches in length.


(And I mean a true slipjoint, not a Spyderco Slipit.)

What's the diff? (I'm not a big slipjoint guy so the fine details are lost on me.)

Dagon, in the next post, hit it right on the head: I mean a classic slipjoint knife.

(The Spyderco Terzuola Slipit does not use a backspring.)

I think he means a classically designed slip-joint, perhaps?

Yes indeed.

Queen has D2 steel in many of their knives.

coop - you're right, of course. And I have several of those Queen's.

And Schatt & Morgan's F&W Series uses ATS-34.

None of them, though, are what I'd consider a real slim carry that disappears in your pocket like a Victorinox Bantam II for example.

 

[_habit_]

Dagon, in the next post, hit it right on the head: I mean a classic slipjoint knife.

(The Spyderco Terzuola Slipit does not use a backspring.)



Yes indeed.



coop - you're right, of course. And I have several of those Queen's.

And Schatt & Morgan's F&W Series uses ATS-34.

None of them, though, are what I'd consider a real slim carry that disappears in your pocket like a Victorinox Bantam II for example.

I'm sure you're interested more in production knives, but probably a custom made knife would fit the bill - not even a custom ordered one necessarily. Custom makers post plenty for sale on the boards with good steel and such.