Drubieg wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:35 amI’m also have been contemplating the lil temp as of late. I had the g10 version for awhile and find myself missing it. What I appreciated about it was that I did not have to “think” much when I used it. I generally prefer long thin blades and usually carry the police 4. With that knife and others like it, I need to be more conscious about how I use it especially with regard to the tip. I’m and electrician and am constantly cutting near or against hard metal surfaces or in tight spaces, and the lil temp gave me confidence with its thick blade stock and stout tip that I wouldn’t have any issues while cutting. ...
This is exactly what i meant in my post above yours:
For me: If thick stock in the first place in a small folder, give it also a stouter tip.
I think many potential "super hard use" folder tasks (where there is a lot of twisting and torquing and light prying for example) actually lend themselves to shorter blades (while long blades rather lend themselves to slicing tasks).
If at all one ever came to a point where they really needed that that thick, sturdy stock: Defínitely in most cases a strong tip would also be needed. The Lil Temp. seems to do that pretty well, while one reason why I never could really warm up to the Para 3 exactly is that combo of fat stock, but rather fragile tip (admittedly my Para 3 (LW) was in SE, which makes the tip even thinnner due to the chisel grind).