More H1 please.
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Jeremy_A_Neel
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KardinalSyn
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A H1/FRN Military
:spyder: Centofante3 (C66PBK3), ParaMilitary2 (C81GPCMO), Endura4 (C10P), GrassHopper (C138P), Military (C36GPCMO), Perrin PPT (C135GP), Squeak (C154PBK), Dragonfly 2 Salt (C28PYL2), Military M390 CF (C36CFM390P), R (C67GF), ParaMilitary2 CTS-XHP (C81GPOR2), Tuff (C151GTIP), Ladybug & Perrin Street Bowie (FB04PBB)being the newest.
I can't see a H-1 Temp 1 being any more affordable than the Warrior or even the Temp 2.
The Temp FBs are 4mm thick which was a manufacturing hurdle that had to be overcome with the Warrior (and made them cost more). Going to a full tang with G-10 on the H-1 would require re-design; you'd incur cost to use that much steel and incur costs to maintain the handle design or risk losing that too with slabs. H-1 will also need a hollow grind.
I think a H-1 Temp 1 with yellow molded FRN handle would be cool but it won't cost what an Aqua Salt did; it's gonna be more.
The Temp FBs are 4mm thick which was a manufacturing hurdle that had to be overcome with the Warrior (and made them cost more). Going to a full tang with G-10 on the H-1 would require re-design; you'd incur cost to use that much steel and incur costs to maintain the handle design or risk losing that too with slabs. H-1 will also need a hollow grind.
I think a H-1 Temp 1 with yellow molded FRN handle would be cool but it won't cost what an Aqua Salt did; it's gonna be more.
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Sal - would it be possible to use the FRN UKPK as a base model and replace the metal-work with H1 components? Would that keep the costs down a little bit?sal wrote:We've thought about it, but cost becomes a hurdle. the Urban was disco'd because sales were slow which we believe was because of the high cost. An H1 version would cost even more.
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I think an H1 slipit would be a niche knife but it would be popular because there isn't anything on the market suitable for work around the coast ... and we have quite a lot of coast here
My spydies: Squeak, Tenacious, Terzuola, D'Allara, UKPK CF peel-ply pre-production, UKPK CF smooth pre-production, UKPK G10 orange leaf-blade, UKPK FRN grey drop-point, UKPK FRN maroon leaf-blade, Bug ... all PE blades :)
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DeathBySnooSnoo
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I would like a UKPK in H1. I live no where near a coast, but I have been wanting an H1 knife in a model that I actually like and would use (other than the LB which I own) and the UKPK fits that perfectly. I love the UKPK and I would take one in PE and one in SE for sure....though I would prefer to not have to deal with yellow handles. I like more muted colours.
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My pleasure. I know that knife design is always more complicated than it seems from the user's point of view so I will just leave the experts to dwell on it. But I really like the FRN series and have always thought that they could benefit from (sprint?) "upgrades" in higher-grade or specialist metals :) At least the start-up costs of the FRN molds must have been written off by now.sal wrote:Interesting thought Chris. Let me think about that?
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My spydies: Squeak, Tenacious, Terzuola, D'Allara, UKPK CF peel-ply pre-production, UKPK CF smooth pre-production, UKPK G10 orange leaf-blade, UKPK FRN grey drop-point, UKPK FRN maroon leaf-blade, Bug ... all PE blades :)