)Some weeks ago I started a poll, asking who´d like to see a longer version of the Chaparral while keeping it´s overall thinness and especially the thin blade stock. Quite a few people showed their interest (viewtopic.php?f=2&t=82492)
I´ve been contemplating what I personally would like a Chaparral XL to look like exactly, if I could design it. I´ll list some thoughts below, maybe some of you find it interesting to discuss the topic.
So: The guideline here is: It should be a Chaparral in a longer version, not any other knife; it should keep it´s key feature, the overall thinness, especially the slicey, thin blade. And I mainly think about a FRN version
Length: I´d like to see the proportions between a Chaparral and a Chap XL to be somewhat like the proportions between Delica and Endura:
That would mean: Closed length Chaparral: 91 mm; Chap XL 107 mm; Blade length Chap: 71mm; Chap XL: 85 mm (the difference between Delica and Endura blade is bigger, cause the blade of the Delica is not as long as it could be concerning space in the handle)
Width: I´d keep the XL as narrow as the regular Chap, both in handle and blade
Blade stock; I´d keep it 2mm (to create a longer slicer is the whole point), at most 2,4 mm (so still thinner as a Delica)
handle thickness: I´d keep the handle of the Chap XL as thin as the handle of the regular Chap. Things you do with such a thin knife do not require a fat "hard use handle"
Choil: Keep the size of the choil exactly as it is, do NOT make it bigger and do NOT extend it further into the blade, so the blade length you gain in a Chap XL is ALL cutting edge
Color: I´d give it kind of a "classy" color again - so maybe grey like the regular Chap, or a very dark, noble red...
