Yes! I took the pile of prototypes with me and got several sets of hands on them. Lots of love for the original choil-version of the ARK. The ringed versions got a sort of bewildering mix of reviews. Positive, generally, but no great consensus on which handle shape works best.
The one lady who I expected to give the most helpful review declared that she preferred the most sharply angled version -- though to my eyes it did not fit her hand all that well -- and wanted the whole package to be somewhat larger, which went contrary to our original intents.
She did manage to derail the conversation into a 10 minute diatribe about how the Scorpius is the greatest knife she's ever had -- how she never cared about knives much until she got one of those, and that one just fits her perfectly, just "springs into her hand," and how she owns four and scours eBay for them because she's afraid she'll finally lose her last one someday and will be defenseless. (Well, maybe not "defenseless." She's a Master class shooter who is generally well armed, but she does like that knife!) So, her version of the ARK would be larger and have a cute "dolphin nose" on it for her thumb to rest on when she's gripping it inverted.
Sometimes folks don't really care what you asked, they're going to tell you what they want you to know... you know?
The one lady who I expected to give the most helpful review declared that she preferred the most sharply angled version -- though to my eyes it did not fit her hand all that well -- and wanted the whole package to be somewhat larger, which went contrary to our original intents.
She did manage to derail the conversation into a 10 minute diatribe about how the Scorpius is the greatest knife she's ever had -- how she never cared about knives much until she got one of those, and that one just fits her perfectly, just "springs into her hand," and how she owns four and scours eBay for them because she's afraid she'll finally lose her last one someday and will be defenseless. (Well, maybe not "defenseless." She's a Master class shooter who is generally well armed, but she does like that knife!) So, her version of the ARK would be larger and have a cute "dolphin nose" on it for her thumb to rest on when she's gripping it inverted.
Sometimes folks don't really care what you asked, they're going to tell you what they want you to know... you know?