Emphasis Upgrade?

[toomanyquestions]

Is there anyone else out there who would love to see the Emphasis in a slightly better steel - perhaps CTS BD1 or s35vn (like the Tenacious). The blade shape reminds me of the Chief (and boy, is that a nice shape!), but at a much more budget friendly price.

[Coastal]

I might be interested. I've never noticed the resemblance to the Chief; it always reminded me of the Sliverax. I like Spyderco's budget liner locks a lot, so yeah, an upgraded Emphasis would be nice. Honestly, I've considered buying the existing version since I have no issue with 8Cr. How 'bout M4, now that it's entered the budget mix?

[zhyla]

Honestly I’d rather have 8Cr and a budget price. The S35VN Tenacious LW is almost as expensive as a Native Chief LW.

8Cr is a usable steel. I’ve had an Ambitious and a Tenacious for over a decade and I find them to be very serviceable knives.

[Wartstein]

Higher end Spyderco linerlock folders?
A thing I'll generally always support.

[Bemo]

This is the knife that infected me with the Spyderco virus. I gave mine away after lots of use and hope the person I gave it to found it as useful. I recently re-purchased one due to being sentimental. It's still a great knife. Before there being higher end steels, I'd rather see it go on a weight loss program. It's substantially heavier than it's Tenacious brethren.

[Wartstein]

.... It's substantially heavier than it's Tenacious brethren.

Thanks for pointing this out, did not know... man, even heavier than the non skeletonized S30V Manix (5.2 vs 4.9 oz)...

[cabfrank]

Serrated edge upgrade? Probably not happening.

[toomanyquestions]

Wow -- 5.2 oz! I second the weight loss comment; I suppose one could shave some of that off with a drill press and some good bits (drill out those liners!).

Perhaps I am better off saving for a Chief .

[Ramonade]

I'd love it, but especially for the Efficient. After getting the Efficient I wanted to try the emphasis. I like the longer blade but the knife itself isn't as good to carry or use IME