What would you do?

I think he meant what design changes. ;)
 
David Mary said:
Well I tried the fob last night, and it didn't quite do it for me, so today I spent a little time reshaping the handle with the work sharp, with the goal of removing material that pushed my hand back on the handle. It worked! The difference is less than a few millimeters, but it's amazing how such small changes can completely make or break a design for us. Also since the last pic, the spine has been fully straightened. Behold my Paradelica:

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And I forgot to mention that along with the flipper delete, I increased the detent strength. That was pretty much necessary on this knife either way.
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Looks good. The flipper was taking up way too much space to begin with...
I've compared the delica and mantras and it's like this. With flipper delete, mantra 3 is comparable to your delica with how much space you get for front two fingers, but the titanium mantra, the space there is more generous, it's closer to endura.
I like the fob for when I spread something on a sandwich, I tend to hold the knife more back on the grip with mantra and with slick scales the lanyard helps. They really want you to just hold that mantra in one grip and do everything in it. With finger on the ramp you know. The titanium m4 version is thinner BTE.
https://imgur.com/a/Pim2DXp
 
Check out this top picture
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Notice how the pivot screw is more in the center visually also.
See I wanted to cut into this area to have even more room for front two fingers.
Then it would expose the liners inside and I wanted to add jimping on the exposed liners.

I also like to mirror polish the spine on some knives.
Spyderbenza https://imgur.com/a/sSpPOQt

And if I'd like to have a clip on a delica
I would do this
https://imgur.com/a/TML59Eo
 
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I like the look of the handle on the Mantra. The blade steel too seems interesting, though Cruwear sounds better for my preferences. I've never liked the look of partially exposed liners, although I guess that is hardly different from the top of the Mantra 3 before the thumb ramp. From a practical stand point, what you say would definitely work, and if your skill is there, you could surely make it look good, too. I like your Spyderbenza. But there are some pretty gruesome shots in that second link! :eek:
 
Thanks for sharing, David! That proposed Amalgam mod sure looks sleek, like a cross between Lance's Waterway blade shape and a flipper deleted Amalgam handle with rounded pommel area. I actually quite like the way the blade profile looks there.
 
David Mary said:
Sometimes I see knives that I like, and I imagine changes I would make to them in order to increase their appeal for me. As an example, here is what I would do with the following knives:


Spyderco Amalgam:
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Cold Steel Voyager Clip Point XL:
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Spyderco Shaman:
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Cold Steel Recon 1 Tanto XL:
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What knives have you had your eye on, and what would you do with them?
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I had big Chris change around a knife I sorta liked. Stuff that your asking to do would be easy for the knife makers in the forum.
 
GundaManiac said:
Thanks for sharing, David! That proposed Amalgam mod sure looks sleek, like a cross between Lance's Waterway blade shape and a flipper deleted Amalgam handle with rounded pommel area. I actually quite like the way the blade profile looks there.
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Thanks! I played around with it quite a bit to find a profile that looked good to my eye, and eliminated the choil I would never want to use.

cchu518 said:
I had big Chris change around a knife I sorta liked. Stuff that your asking to do would be easy for the knife makers in the forum.
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I can do all this myself. I just started the thread to see what ideas others might have and about which knives.
 
Yeah, I tend to see every knife's "inner wharnie". :D
 
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