Police 4 LW

[mayong]

Mine just came in the mail today. Out of the box, and straight into lunch!

[Wartstein]

Dangerous thread..

I don´t want to want one, but I want one... :o :D

[NWPilgrim]

Dangerous thread..

I don´t want to want one, but I want one... :o :D

Haha! So true. As soon as the LW comes out in SE, I am jumping on it!

[Wartstein]

Dangerous thread..

I don´t want to want one, but I want one... :o :D

Haha! So true. As soon as the LW comes out in SE, I am jumping on it!

Did not think of SE myself till I read your post... but, man, now I want one even more despite I don´t want to want one... :D

[Wartstein]

Dangerous thread..

I don´t want to want one, but I want one... :o :D

Haha! So true. As soon as the LW comes out in SE, I am jumping on it!

...and now it´s in the new "byte".. that does not exactly make me wanting it less... :rolleyes:

[GiftedMisfit]

Dangerous thread..

I don´t want to want one, but I want one... :o :D

I'm in the same boat.. I dont want one either, but I really want one.

[Larry_Mott]

Police squad gathered :)

[prndltech]

I agree, the SE version may have my spydie sense tingling again.

[z4vdBt]

I read somewhere the Police 4 was on the 2019 discontinued list... Does this refer to the older Police 4 only?

[Danvp]

Yes, the G10 with k390.
Eric told me at the Amsterdam meet this year that he is thinking of a k390 version of de police 4 LW. Don’t know if it will ever be made. Guess it depends on sales of the LW.

[z4vdBt]

Yes, the G10 with k390.
Eric told me at the Amsterdam meet this year that he is thinking of a k390 version of de police 4 LW. Don’t know if it will ever be made. Guess it depends on sales of the LW.

Thanks.

[Albatross]

Yes, the G10 with k390.
Eric told me at the Amsterdam meet this year that he is thinking of a k390 version of de police 4 LW. Don’t know if it will ever be made. Guess it depends on sales of the LW.

Yes, Sal has mentioned a K390 P4 LW on the forum. If the VG10 P4 LW sells well enough, we will see a zdp-189 version and a K390 version. But again, the FRN base model needs to sell enough to make a K390(and Zdp-189) P4.

[James Y]

I just received my P4 LWT, and it is excellent. It feels more comfortable in hand than the Endura 4. If there were one thing I would change about it, it’s that I would have moved the flat logo section on the handle a bit closer to the butt end. The knife clips on smoothly, it because the clip contact point partially contacts some of the texturing, when pulling it out of pocket, it sometimes grabs a little roughly before coming off. But that’s minor. IMO, Spyderco has hit a home run with this LWT model.

Jim

[kwselke]

I just received my P4 LWT, and it is excellent. It feels more comfortable in hand than the Endura 4. If there were one thing I would change about it, it’s that I would have moved the flat logo section on the handle a bit closer to the butt end. The knife clips on smoothly, it because the clip contact point partially contacts some of the texturing, when pulling it out of pocket, it sometimes grabs a little roughly before coming off. But that’s minor. IMO, Spyderco has hit a home run with this LWT model.

Jim

I agree with this, a longer clip may be a simple solution. I switched the clip to tip down carry and found the flat contact point is about a quarter inch closer to the pivot end clip screws. The clip has a better purchase on the flat in the tip down position. Tip down carry reduced the drag in and out of the pocket, but that style of carry required me to make grip adjustments which were foreign to my habits, so I switched the clip back to the tip up carry.

[prndltech]

I just received my P4 LWT, and it is excellent. It feels more comfortable in hand than the Endura 4. If there were one thing I would change about it, it’s that I would have moved the flat logo section on the handle a bit closer to the butt end. The knife clips on smoothly, it because the clip contact point partially contacts some of the texturing, when pulling it out of pocket, it sometimes grabs a little roughly before coming off. But that’s minor. IMO, Spyderco has hit a home run with this LWT model.

Jim

The P4 lightweight ain’t the only FRN model afflicted with that issue (if you can call it that)

I don’t have one.... yet! I’m anxiously waiting on the SE version

[z4vdBt]

Can someone post a pic looking down on the blade from above, similar to this angle - showing the blade to scale ratio? Not a deciding factor... just curious. No lanyard hole does not bother me as I never use those. October is around the corner and a P4 LW seems to be in the cards.

:)

[James Y]

I just received my P4 LWT, and it is excellent. It feels more comfortable in hand than the Endura 4. If there were one thing I would change about it, it’s that I would have moved the flat logo section on the handle a bit closer to the butt end. The knife clips on smoothly, it because the clip contact point partially contacts some of the texturing, when pulling it out of pocket, it sometimes grabs a little roughly before coming off. But that’s minor. IMO, Spyderco has hit a home run with this LWT model.

Jim

I agree with this, a longer clip may be a simple solution. I switched the clip to tip down carry and found the flat contact point is about a quarter inch closer to the pivot end clip screws. The clip has a better purchase on the flat in the tip down position. Tip down carry reduced the drag in and out of the pocket, but that style of carry required me to make grip adjustments which were foreign to my habits, so I switched the clip back to the tip up carry.

Thanks! I don’t know why I didn’t think of just switching the clip position. I’ve switched it to tip-down, and now it’s smooth in and out of pocket. Although a I would have preferred it tip-up, I’m okay with it this way, if it’ll reduce wear on my pockets. The only other knives I’m okay with tip-down carry are my Military and SS Police, neither of which allows for tip-up carry (my SS Police is an older model; I don’t know if tip-up carry has become an option on the newer ones or not).

Jim

[James Y]

I just received my P4 LWT, and it is excellent. It feels more comfortable in hand than the Endura 4. If there were one thing I would change about it, it’s that I would have moved the flat logo section on the handle a bit closer to the butt end. The knife clips on smoothly, it because the clip contact point partially contacts some of the texturing, when pulling it out of pocket, it sometimes grabs a little roughly before coming off. But that’s minor. IMO, Spyderco has hit a home run with this LWT model.

Jim

The P4 lightweight ain’t the only FRN model afflicted with that issue (if you can call it that)

I don’t have one.... yet! I’m anxiously waiting on the SE version

The other model I have that was really bad in that respect is my Native 5 LWT. That one is a pocket eater, and if I carry it at all, I just drop it down into the pocket without using the clip.

If/when Spyderco comes out with an SE version of the P4 LWT, it’ll be an absolute beast.

Jim

[prndltech]

I just received my P4 LWT, and it is excellent. It feels more comfortable in hand than the Endura 4. If there were one thing I would change about it, it’s that I would have moved the flat logo section on the handle a bit closer to the butt end. The knife clips on smoothly, it because the clip contact point partially contacts some of the texturing, when pulling it out of pocket, it sometimes grabs a little roughly before coming off. But that’s minor. IMO, Spyderco has hit a home run with this LWT model.

Jim

The P4 lightweight ain’t the only FRN model afflicted with that issue (if you can call it that)

I don’t have one.... yet! I’m anxiously waiting on the SE version

The other model I have that was really bad in that respect is my Native 5 LWT. That one is a pocket eater, and if I carry it at all, I just drop it down into the pocket without using the clip.

If/when Spyderco comes out with an SE version of the P4 LWT, it’ll be an absolute beast.

Jim

That’s the model in particular I was thinking of when I said that!

I know... I can’t wait for that beast!

[marty_bill_]

My P4 LW arrived yesterday. I like it. Like mentioned above it does catch on my pocket in the tip up position. So I put my lanyard on the clip and this fixed it for me. Now it pulls out nicely and gives me good retention on the knife. Definitely going to use the crap out this knife.