Why does the griptilian have fewer liner screws than the mini grip?

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Ok, im new here so this has probably already been talked about but i couldn't find anything on the subject. i have my share of griptilians and mini grips and ive come to notice that the mini grips have 1 more screw holding the back of the handles/scales to the inner steel liners thus making it IMO have more of a solid feel and ive also noticed that my mini grips don't really have the plastic sound that my standard grips have (and many complain about) because of it. don't get me wrong i love my grips but im not a fan of the sound that my full size grips make especially when they are flicked out quickly. i guess my question is... if all it takes is one more screw in the rear of the liner to make a knife feel and sound like a more solid tool then why not add the screw? they obviously know its a good idea because they use it on all the mini's and i think anyone who has both knives can tell a difference in the feel and sound. its hard to believe but the difference that the one screw makes is IMO very noticeable.
 
Full size grips do not have full size liners like the mini grip. The handle is only partially lined. That would be my educated guess; which could be wrong. :)
 
never noticed there not full size that probably has more to do with the feel and sound then the extra screw. but they do go a ways back. why not put a screw in the rear of the liner? it seems weird that a smaller knife has more fasteners. and now that raises another question... why not put a full liner in the full size grips? if you skeletonize the liners the weight would be almost if not the same. i only say this because currently my favorite edc is my mini but if my full size had the same feel and sound then it would be.
 
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Full size Griptilians have a liner post at the far end of the partial liners.
If this post was threaded, then screws could be added to both sides of the knife.
This is indeed very do-able.
However, because they are partial liners and the liner is aligned at an angle to the scale (not parallel to it).
The screw would not be in the center of the scale.
But, would actually be set very close to the middle spine screw.
In fact, in the newer G10 scaled models, BM has done away with the rear liner post and actually moved the spine screw a quarter of an inch closer to the rear end of the liner.
Now the center barrel spacer (on the G10 models) sits on the edge of, and in between, the rear end of both of the partial liners.
If you have both models; it is much easier to see what I'm talking about than it is to describe what I'm talking about.
 
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