Bit disappointed at the new perrin ppt...

spydernewbie · #1

Was looking forward to making the new perrin ppt my new edc knife...

Until I just found out that it weighed 5.3 oz!

Anyone else a little disappointed in how much it weighs?

SmoothOne25 · #2

http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43637

SmoothOne25 · #3

weight IS alot. BUT it is made like a tank. SOLID. you have yours yet? just look at the back of it.

SmoothOne25 · #4

heavy clip and heavy spine. not blade spine, the handle spine... whatever thats called

SmoothOne25 · #5

double jimping on blade. the jimping goes up half the blade

Mako109 · #6

spydernewbie wrote:Was looking forward to making the new perrin ppt my new edc knife...

Until I just found out that it weighed 5.3 oz!

Anyone else a little disappointed in how much it weighs?

Yay, it's 0.2 oz lighter than my Gayle Bradley!

Just messin with ya...I agree it's quite a chunk :) Still, I have one on the way being the Spydie nut that I am.

Blerv · #7

It's on par with the standard Manix2 which is perfectly EDC'able for many folks. The weight makes sense to me as there is a lot of steel and G10...it's basically a Sage2 with THICK scales.

I think with the 3D handle shape and sculpted scales it should be very comfy in hand. Looking at the pics it seems to be a GREAT hard user and SD blade.

It's not a banter-weight. Luckily we have knives like the Salt line and Rookie G10. Sometimes you want a brick in your pocket and sometimes not so much.

Fred Sanford · #8

I got no problem with heavy knives. They all can't be FRN or Titanium.

The Deacon · #9

The combination of a wrong handed lock and partially blocked Spyderhole make it "lefty hostile", so I have zero interest in it. Whether it weighed half as much or twice as much wouldn't change that. On the other hand, it's four grams lighter than a Schempp Persian. So, if it had a midlock and the Spyderhole was fully accessible from both sides, the weight wouldn't bother me a bit.

araneae · #10

The weight moved it from must have to won't have for me.

LowTEC · #11

150g is way over my EDC requirement. For the size, I would expect it weights about the same as Sage1

Blerv · #12

Paul you might check out Jess' video on youtube. He does left handed flicks with some ease.

Billy · #13

Not really sure what the big deal is about the weight. If someone handed you a C83 Persian right now, would you not carry it because of the weight (5.38 oz.)? Seriously, yes, it's heavier than alot of other knives in the 3+" class, but we're generally talking a few tenths of an ounce. Personally, I don't really notice that all that much and it's definitely NOT a deal breaker for me. :p

The Deacon · #14

Blerv wrote:Paul you might check out Jess' video on youtube. He does left handed flicks with some ease.

Thanks, but I can't be bothered. The fact that someone can do a parlor trick doesn't make me any more inclined to carry a knife with the lock and clip on the wrong side and a Spyderhole that's partially blocked for me. Someone once told me something regarding dogs that I've found to be true for many things - there's too **** many good ones out there to waste time or money on a bad one.

bh49 · #15

Billy wrote:Not really sure what the big deal is about the weight. If someone handed you a C83 Persian right now, would you not carry it because of the weight (5.38 oz.)? Seriously, yes, it's heavier than alot of other knives in the 3+" class, but we're generally talking a few tenths of an ounce. Personally, I don't really notice that all that much and it's definitely a deal breaker for me. :p

+1

PPT is not my cup of tea, but weight is not a problem.

Badhammer · #16

I'll be getting a chance to handle one in person tomorrow. I'm expecting a very well made, perhaps even an overbuilt workhorse of a blade. Doubt I'll be disappointed. As far as the weight goes I can't honestly see that it's a deal breaker. We fought and won WWII with a 10lb rifle, I can't see being overcome by a 5oz knife.

Blerv · #17

The Deacon wrote:Thanks, but I can't be bothered. The fact that someone can do a parlor trick doesn't make me any more inclined to carry a knife with the lock and clip on the wrong side and a Spyderhole that's partially blocked for me. Someone once told me something regarding dogs that I've found to be true for many things - there's too **** many good ones out there to waste time or money on a bad one.

No offense intended.

Your bias against "wrong handed" knives is very well known.

I just thought it was interesting Jess did a comparison between a few common liner lock/frame lock knives in that video. One of his more interesting videos (even though I'm right handed).

Buy what you want. There are certainly a few options out there.

flipe8 · #18

The Deacon wrote: there's too **** many good ones out there to waste time or money on a bad one.

I don't think I'd call it a bad one. It looks easy enough to use with both hands, eventhough I wouldn't go so far as to call it ambi.

gull wing · #19

Handling a knife makes a big diff in how you feel about a knife, providing you even like the looks of it in the first place.

The Deacon · #20

flipe8 wrote:I don't think I'd call it a bad one. It looks easy enough to use with both hands, even though I wouldn't go so far as to call it ambi.

"Bad" only in the sense of being unsuited to my needs. No single knife, or anything else, is "good" for everyone, The Bugatti Veyron is a beautiful car, but even if I could afford one, I would not own one. It is "bad" for me because as with the Perrin, it is unsuited to my physical parameters.

I'm confident the Perrin is a very well made knife and would give someone many years of excellent service. I'm also sure it could be operated with both hands, probably even by me. Let's just say I just see no need to embrace diversity when it comes to operating a pocket knife and leave it at that.

:D