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Some heavy duty tactical folders in Elmax or M390 with a 4'" blade in full Titanium.
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What would you like to see from LionSteel?
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my original thoughts that i posted on this thread 5yrs ago (POST 155) have improved to wanting a T5 style knife with stacked leather and Magnacut steel.
I do copy the need for a T5 styled knife made of MAGNACUTsteel....but about the sheat......
I really Hope Lionsteel Will give to customers the possibility to choose between leather and kydex for the whole knives's sheaths in their catalogue.
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I’d like to see LionSteel make a BestMan with a framelock , liner lock or bolster lock. Or something similar. Non-flipper of course with removable clip (or no clip).
For some reasons Lionsteel offers only one 5' survival/tactical blade made of mediocre Niolox steel.
Based on Reddit, many people would be happy to buy either T5 or KC-02 like but 5 Inch blade made of 3V or Magnacut.
It would be really nice to have such options, as both look fantastic!
Based on Reddit, many people would be happy to buy either T5 or KC-02 like but 5 Inch blade made of 3V or Magnacut.
It would be really nice to have such options, as both look fantastic!
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A 5 inch knife with a kydex sheath with good retention so you don't need snaps, kc-02 style with k890 steel.
I missed the boat on the KC-01 limited run knife, hopefully you could make another large run of this knife. Maybe kick the blade length up to 6.2-6.5”inches to keep the limited run folks happy. I would be happy with the same steel or they could do Magnacut. I have no doubt that they would sell the hell out of them.
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I would like to be able to get the same clip they use on the Slym for my two Skinny knives.
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What I'd currently like from LionSteel:
1. A true full tang. Meaning FULL and not that skeleton BS and other crap they do.
2. Actual kydex sheath option for basically all knives. I mean, I get it - they like leather and traditional options and so on... but come on. At least for smaller fixed blades that could be pocket carried that way. I'd probs carry a LionSteel blade instead of Izula as fixed blade EDC option if only they offered kydex sheath option for M1...
3. An actual carbon steel blade. If you are all about tradition, natural materials and so on - then give me proper carbon steel. Real wooden scales and leather sheath get me like *awesome* and then - slap to the face - Sleipner/Niolox? If you want to be "traditional" then do it properly and use a carbon steel too. Not saying they should remove other options - they should just add carbon steel option.
4. Steel choices and pricing - their Sleipner M5 and 3V M5 are very similarly priced (almost the same price). And then the 3V T6 costs double the price of 3V M5 and the only difference is the handle.
Come on LionSteel, we all know you are ripping off your customers with those prices. I know you're "made in Italy" but so was my 3V AK47 that I paid under 150€ few years ago. There's no reason for you to charge 330€ for base 3V T6 and 350€ and more for other T6 models.
Also, you totally could switch all Sleipner models to 3V and keep the prices similar.
Like you did when you switched M3 from D2 to Niolox.
You also need to decide if you want to be traditional and use stuff like carbon steel, wood and leather or be modern and use stainless/semi-stainless and G10/micarta and Kydex. This way you are just some kind of crap that's in between and doesn't fit any niche properly...
1. A true full tang. Meaning FULL and not that skeleton BS and other crap they do.
2. Actual kydex sheath option for basically all knives. I mean, I get it - they like leather and traditional options and so on... but come on. At least for smaller fixed blades that could be pocket carried that way. I'd probs carry a LionSteel blade instead of Izula as fixed blade EDC option if only they offered kydex sheath option for M1...
3. An actual carbon steel blade. If you are all about tradition, natural materials and so on - then give me proper carbon steel. Real wooden scales and leather sheath get me like *awesome* and then - slap to the face - Sleipner/Niolox? If you want to be "traditional" then do it properly and use a carbon steel too. Not saying they should remove other options - they should just add carbon steel option.
4. Steel choices and pricing - their Sleipner M5 and 3V M5 are very similarly priced (almost the same price). And then the 3V T6 costs double the price of 3V M5 and the only difference is the handle.
Come on LionSteel, we all know you are ripping off your customers with those prices. I know you're "made in Italy" but so was my 3V AK47 that I paid under 150€ few years ago. There's no reason for you to charge 330€ for base 3V T6 and 350€ and more for other T6 models.
Also, you totally could switch all Sleipner models to 3V and keep the prices similar.
Like you did when you switched M3 from D2 to Niolox.
You also need to decide if you want to be traditional and use stuff like carbon steel, wood and leather or be modern and use stainless/semi-stainless and G10/micarta and Kydex. This way you are just some kind of crap that's in between and doesn't fit any niche properly...
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Also, solve your HT issues.
I know 3 people with your MagnaCut knives and all 3 of them say it just doesn't hold an edge nearly as good as it should. Which was proven to me when my ColdSteel 3V basically ran circle around your MagnaCut when it came to edge retention.
And several years ago I had your M390 and it was the same story. It was just too damn soft. It was so soft that Cold Steel AUS10 Voyager that I had at a time had better edge retention. And sharpening away factory edge accomplished nothing except making me unable to return the knife so I sold it.
I know 3 people with your MagnaCut knives and all 3 of them say it just doesn't hold an edge nearly as good as it should. Which was proven to me when my ColdSteel 3V basically ran circle around your MagnaCut when it came to edge retention.
And several years ago I had your M390 and it was the same story. It was just too damn soft. It was so soft that Cold Steel AUS10 Voyager that I had at a time had better edge retention. And sharpening away factory edge accomplished nothing except making me unable to return the knife so I sold it.