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I've been thinking about this for a while but just now got around to making a thread about it. We have a nice community of folks here on the DDR/HTM subforum who love using, collecting, and discussing the knives of Darrel, Dirk, and the folks involved in HTM (e.g., Randall King, Greg Lightfoot).
One of the cool things about the forum -- in addition to the knives, of course! -- is the stuff that Darrel, Hark, and others do to make us feel like part of the HTM family, such as the Crew Member badge system, get-togethers at the major knife shows, and the frequent, not to mention very generous, giveaway contests. One thing that hasn't yet been done, however, is an official forum knife. This is something that the guys on the Traditional Knives subforum here have been doing for years, and recently the Kershaw/ZT forum got into the act as well. The idea is to commission a unique variant of an existing model -- with different blade steel, handle inlays/anodizing colors, etc. -- designed by input/discussion from forum members.
With HTM being a mid-tech manufacturer, the number of knives needed to make this happen shouldn't be too large. (I remember Hark saying in a thread about the Trident blade Gunhammer variant that they'd need 25 orders for it to become part of the regular HTM lineup, so I'm guessing the number needed for this to work would be similar to that.)
With all that background out of the way, I have two questions. First, who would be interested in this? And second, if you are interested, what options would you like to see? The HTM Gunhammer (3.5" blade, machined aluminum handles, titanium liner lock) seems to be the most popular model on the forum, so that's probably the model we should use as our base.
The main things I'd like to see are a blade steel that hasn't made an appearance on a HTM Gunhammer (how about Elmax?) and -- this is the big one -- a manual flipper with Maxx Glide bearing pivot. I'd buy a HTM Forum knife with those two things pretty much regardless of what the blade shape, blade finish, handle anodizing color, inlay material, etc. ended up being. But if you have preferences, or just cool ideas for those aspects of the knife (in italics), definitely include them in your posts below.
Let's hear some ideas, guys! :thumbup:
One of the cool things about the forum -- in addition to the knives, of course! -- is the stuff that Darrel, Hark, and others do to make us feel like part of the HTM family, such as the Crew Member badge system, get-togethers at the major knife shows, and the frequent, not to mention very generous, giveaway contests. One thing that hasn't yet been done, however, is an official forum knife. This is something that the guys on the Traditional Knives subforum here have been doing for years, and recently the Kershaw/ZT forum got into the act as well. The idea is to commission a unique variant of an existing model -- with different blade steel, handle inlays/anodizing colors, etc. -- designed by input/discussion from forum members.
With HTM being a mid-tech manufacturer, the number of knives needed to make this happen shouldn't be too large. (I remember Hark saying in a thread about the Trident blade Gunhammer variant that they'd need 25 orders for it to become part of the regular HTM lineup, so I'm guessing the number needed for this to work would be similar to that.)
With all that background out of the way, I have two questions. First, who would be interested in this? And second, if you are interested, what options would you like to see? The HTM Gunhammer (3.5" blade, machined aluminum handles, titanium liner lock) seems to be the most popular model on the forum, so that's probably the model we should use as our base.
The main things I'd like to see are a blade steel that hasn't made an appearance on a HTM Gunhammer (how about Elmax?) and -- this is the big one -- a manual flipper with Maxx Glide bearing pivot. I'd buy a HTM Forum knife with those two things pretty much regardless of what the blade shape, blade finish, handle anodizing color, inlay material, etc. ended up being. But if you have preferences, or just cool ideas for those aspects of the knife (in italics), definitely include them in your posts below.
Let's hear some ideas, guys! :thumbup:
