^this^I'm in serious need of a polymer handle for the shovel. Maybe a bit longer as well.
It wouldn't take much to do it & I expect it would be quite popular.
All Cold Steel seems to do is focus the Triad for abusive self defense mall ninja stuff.
What's self-defense/mall ninja about the med Voyager lineup, or the Hold Out 3? Even a big blade like the Rajah 2 is really well suited for outdoors useage, quite a few people on these forums have mentioned using it while hiking/camping as basically a folding machete.
Its a tactical handle not a true field knife. .
We will agree to disagree then. Just because a handle is polymer doesn't make it "tactical", it simply makes it "modern".
That one kinda went over your head I take it.
He's not talking about handle material, he's talking about handle design. A lot of Cold Steel knives have handles that are not conducive to multiple grips (other then forward and reverse). I just sold a Mini Recon 1 because of this. A neutral handle can be use forward grip edge in/edge out, and reverse grip edge in/edge out just as comfortably. A example of this would be the Hold Out folders. Which is why I just picked one up in place of the Mini Recon 1 I sold.
Except for the fact that I specifically mentioned the Hold Out 3 and it was dismissed for the same reasons as the others. So...curious how your explanation accounts for that one.
Also, if that's his definition of "tactical", I gotta ask...what? The Svord PEASANT knife and the Buck 110 certainly aren't tactical, but you're not going to use them comfortably in anything but forward and reverse grips either...
Well, I used the Hold Out as a example of handle shape, not blade. He also never specifically dismissed it and you also lumped it in with the med. Voyager and Rajah II, both of which have the handle issue I'm speaking of.
The Buck 110 is actually a pretty neutral handle, there are no deep finger grooves to force your hand into a specific position. You can choke up without having to jump your index finger over a giant hump that makes up the guard/finger groove portion. You can use it edge in no problem as the handle only has a slight curve.
The generation of Voyagers right before the 2011 change were a good example of a fairly neutral handle. I really like them, wish they'd bring the design back as a new 'Lightweight' Voyager series (or call them something else, don't care, just would like to see them again).
He dismissed the entirety of knives I mentioned, that includes the Hold Out 3. At least with everyone I know, if you don't exclude something when you're dismissing a list of suggestions, it means your dismissal includes the entire list.
And have you ever tried using the Buck 110 in grip other than forward/reverse? I just did, and I sure as hell wouldn't want to use THAT in any other grip. Hell, it's no more comfortable in other grips than the Rajah 2 is, so if the Buck is an example of neutral handle, then so is the Rajah 2.
He dismissed the entirety of knives I mentioned, that includes the Hold Out 3. At least with everyone I know, if you don't exclude something when you're dismissing a list of suggestions, it means your dismissal includes the entire list. And have you ever tried using the Buck 110 in grip other than forward/reverse? I just did, and I sure as hell wouldn't want to use THAT in any other grip. Hell, it's no more comfortable in other grips than the Rajah 2 is, so if the Buck is an example of neutral handle, then so is the Rajah 2.