You ever have that thought about a knife...

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... that you really wish it was made by a different company?

With the wealth of custom collaborations that are around, I'm starting to see a lot of great designs that I'd just give eye teeth to have made by a different company with better materials and quality control. I won't name names for the production companies, because these aren't bad companies per se, they just make knives at a lower price point than I'm willing to pay for. I can't afford the custom version, but it'd sure be nice to see a Reate or a CKF or a Spyderco or a Benchmade do the collaboration version.

I was looking at a Kiku Matsuda collaboration that looks awesome, but no way am I paying what was being asked for a knife made of AUS8.

Am I the only one who thinks that?:confused:
 
Kind of the opposite. I wish someone else had made the Cold Steel Master Hunter 3V. It's a great knife with a great price, but it has 4 bits of info on the blade and each one is in a different font, each worse looking than the last. And 3V is spelled "3-V" on it too.

Great knife made by a company with no taste.
 
I wish the SOG Creed was made by Cold Steel. It would likely be in 3V for the same or similar price, or half of what it costs in AUS8.

I also wish Spyderco made the HK Ally. The ergonomics would be much, much better and the steel would be H1.
 
I wish all (decent) knives were made by Grohmann Knives, and that they had a huge plant here in Windsor.
I further wish that I had a job there making knives, and got a bonus paid in knives for every holiday.
Plus, the salary would be huge, with full benefits, and I could afford a car and a house...both of which would be full of knives that I would get an employee discount on. :)

Hey, if you're going to wish, wish big, right? :D
 
I hate to stir up any shit... but I wish Emerson and Strider was made by Cold Steel. I would definitely buy a waved XL SMF with a Tri-Ad lock in 3V.
 
What if opinel was made by cold steel? Oh yeah they did that haha.
 
I wish Zero Tolerance made Emersons. They have collaborations but I want a Horseman, Combat Karambit (by the way, I'd like to see a ZT karambit period), and CQC-10 made by ZT. I'd probably buy other models too. They are such great designs but the execution leaves much to be desired at the given price point. I would be perfectly happy to see the materials and fit/finish of my 0200 morphed into these Emerson designs. I'm fine with 154CM. I really like my 0630 but it doesn't quite match the great ergonomics of its CQC-8 and Horseman cousins, which just feel awesome.

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Yes. If ZT made a UBR Commander in the same construction (and thickness) as the 0300, I would be carrying 2 of them.
 
I want ZT to make Emersons from now on as well, I just want Cold Steel to go up in flames so I can roast marshmallows on the factories ashes that would be nice too.
 
I wish a lot of collaboration knives made by CRKT were made by a company that used a better steel and better QC. Example: The CRKT GSD. Sweet looking knife, but I've seen some examples that leave a lot to be desired. Plus the AUS8 is not a great steel by any means.
 
Am I the only one who likes AUS8? It's cheap and is easy to sharpen. More so, unlike other steels that are cheap and easy to sharpen, it holds an edge.
 
madcap_magician said:
... that you really wish it was made by a different company?

With the wealth of custom collaborations that are around, I'm starting to see a lot of great designs that I'd just give eye teeth to have made by a different company with better materials and quality control. I won't name names for the production companies, because these aren't bad companies per se, they just make knives at a lower price point than I'm willing to pay for. I can't afford the custom version, but it'd sure be nice to see a Reate or a CKF or a Spyderco or a Benchmade do the collaboration version.

I was looking at a Kiku Matsuda collaboration that looks awesome, but no way am I paying what was being asked for a knife made of AUS8.

Am I the only one who thinks that?:confused:
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I'm confused. Are you asking if we would like to see the current kiku collaboration made with better materials by another company?
 
onojoe said:
I'm confused. Are you asking if we would like to see the current kiku collaboration made with better materials by another company?
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Im not following either. If some company, lets call them SCHMOG, can't make that collaboration at a price you find reasonable, what leads you to believe other makers, whose knives are at a similar price point, would be able to?
 
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