Postby Wartstein » Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:27 am
Thinking about this thread I started and reading some of the comments, I just want to point out once more (and maybe that´s a (general) topic for another thread or poll):
I no way this is about to "turning every folder into a backlock" or "to get every folder in a backlock version additionally to the existing version with another lock", BUT:
Think about it:
There are roughly said 4 main categories of Spyderco-locks: Backlock, Comp. lock. Liner-/Frame-lock, (C)BBL.
As far as I see and understand, the CBBL requires some choil in the blade, cause the lock itself takes up a lot of space in the handle, so a no choil - version is probably not a choice here anyway.
But both linerlock and now comp. lock Spyders have as well "choil-/ricasso-versions" PLUS "no choil-edge all the way back to the handle"-versions.
Backlock knives not, except the Centofante. But that one is a quite specialized knife, with its thin hollow grind and furthermore it does not feature the most evolved version of a backlock knife with edge all the way back to the handle, which would be a stop pin.
So: If you see it that way, I think it gets more understandable maybe, why some want also an all around, larger backlock knife with a maximum edge length.
And the stop pin backlock has proven itself to be a great design in the Chaparral, but THAT model really NEEDS a choil for being so small (much like the DFly does need one).
Top three going by pocket-time: Endura 4 in VG 10/Micarta-scales; Stretch 1 in VG 10; Endura 4 in HAP 40