What would you change on existing models?

sjhong

sjhong

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Often times I get excited by the design and specs of a knife, just to be disappointed by a couple of things I don't like about it (either in the specs or when I hold it). Then I think "what if I could change this this and that on this model?". What are some of these models for everybody around here? What about some imaginary knives? I have a few examples:

ZT
A non assisted ZT0770CF M390.
A lighter ZT0456, with a 3" blade.
And also, why did they stop making the ZT0777 M390? They could charge $400 for it and it would still sell out everywhere.

Cold Steel
A Mini Tuff Lite in CTS-XHP. What a nice little blade that would be.

CRK
A Small Umnumzaan.

Spyderco
To be honest, they have so many combinations of handles, steels, grinds, etc, that almost anything imaginable is available.
 
ZT0630/0620 with a sharpened length of 5" in M390.
 
Lefty drilling. Applicable to damn near every model aside from most Benchmade, Cold Steel, and ZT models. Still not a lot of lefty drilling on the market for more unique knives.
 
I would remove the bottle opener from the Kershaw shuffle, and remove the bottle opener from the Gerber dime ( there's nothing I hate more than in integral bottle opener , ones that fold away can be forgotten about and are tolerable though )
I would also make any liner lock left handed, I know that it's not to realistic but I hate how knives are either right handed or or ambidextrous. It's not fair that righties never have to miss out on knives that aren't right handed so I wish a company would make all left handed knives.
Hopefully they would be some really nice stuff that righties would have to miss out on.
Another thing I would love a bug sized spiderco ladybug. ( basically a bug with synthetic handles and a lockback )
 
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The HEST fixed blades' prybar on more fixed blades. That thing is such a tip saver!

The HEST Roto-Lok on more folders. That thing is such a finger saver!

A thumb DISC option on more folders. So much more thumb-comfortable and secure than blade jimping.

More G-10 with an Emerson like texture. IMO, it's perfect.
 
I would also like to see some production models made with custom-like tolerances and materials. Can you imagine a Dragonfly or a Delica with ZERO blade play? I'd gladly pay hundreds of dollars for that.
 
Polished micarta instead of G10 on everything. Logo deletes on everything. Thinner grinds on everything. Everything drilled for right-hand tip-up carry only.
 
A Spyderco Techno with an asymmetrical right-handed thumbstud instead of the damn Spyderhole.
 
Spyderhole with backlock and four way clip placement to even the playing field for lefties.
 
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