My birthday present: C94 "UK Penknife."
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"Wild animals are beautiful because they have hard lives."
- Paul Graham
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Dialex,dialex wrote:Congratulations on your new fine knife. I was also hoping for a lockable version...
The unique selling point for this knife is the fact that it doesn't have a lock. The slipjoint is so good, you don't miss it either. There is also a half-stop point when the blade is at 90 degrees and this is invaluable for making sure you don't get bitten.
I would like to see Spyderco go the other way. I would like to see some of the other sub-3 inch knives produced as slipjoints, then we would have more street-legal knives in the UK. A slipjoint Kiwi in jigged bone would be superb.
Paul :spyder:
Yeah,
We need more small slipjoints!
There are loads of big knives and loads of lock knives available from Spyderco & from other manufacturers (if that's what you need, great, go for it), but the UK Penknife is the only quality modern slipjoint available (the Pride is OK, but the UK Penknife is in a different class).
I've just got my UK Penknife, and it is superb, but the only problem is in the UK it will still be seen by many as a "big scary knife", so even though it is 100% legal, there will still be occasions when I would be happier with a smaller one.
It seems that a SAK is the only knife that doesn't scare the British public!
PLEASE make more small slipjoints, eihter adapt existing models, like the Kiwi, or the cricket, or make a smaller UK Penknife.
I'm sure small slipjoints are the way ahead.
We need more small slipjoints!
There are loads of big knives and loads of lock knives available from Spyderco & from other manufacturers (if that's what you need, great, go for it), but the UK Penknife is the only quality modern slipjoint available (the Pride is OK, but the UK Penknife is in a different class).
I've just got my UK Penknife, and it is superb, but the only problem is in the UK it will still be seen by many as a "big scary knife", so even though it is 100% legal, there will still be occasions when I would be happier with a smaller one.
It seems that a SAK is the only knife that doesn't scare the British public!
PLEASE make more small slipjoints, eihter adapt existing models, like the Kiwi, or the cricket, or make a smaller UK Penknife.
I'm sure small slipjoints are the way ahead.
Sal,
Can you get Evrina for use in Golden-made clipits? A micro run in Evrina (w/bolsters) would be sweet. I guess if the sales are there, you could treat the Penknife like the Kopa, doing very small runs of different scale materials.
Can you get Evrina for use in Golden-made clipits? A micro run in Evrina (w/bolsters) would be sweet. I guess if the sales are there, you could treat the Penknife like the Kopa, doing very small runs of different scale materials.
"Wild animals are beautiful because they have hard lives."
- Paul Graham
- Paul Graham