The C-40 Jot Khalsa> A CLOSER LOOK

[JD Spydo]

There are a pair of Spyders that have adorned my collection for quite some time now. The more I handle them the more they grow on me. It is really a Spyder that once was in obscurity but now a days you see it popping up in the strangest places. I am referring to the Spyderco C-40 Jot Khalsa model. I have a plain edge and a serrated edge version of them and just don't want to part with them.

This knife is built rock solid and has a handle that really grows on you. OF all the threads we have had recently on some of the more celebrated Spyders you just don't hear much about this model. IF there was a top 5 of overlooked Spyders this one would have to rank about 2 or 3 at least. I keep hoping that the man Jot Khalsa himself would someday decide to do another collaboration with Spyderco.

This is truly one of the more Non Conventional of all of the recent Spyderco collaborations. I have come to somewhat of a conclusion that this blade and it's brilliant design may have been 5 to 10 years ahead of it's time. What do you all say about the C-40 Jot Khalsa model?

[tonydahose]

post a pic for us newbies

[brainus]

http://images.google.com/images?q=C-...-8&sa=N&tab=wi

The knife that is in most of the pictures is it.

[kwakster]

I own a plain edge version also, and my supplier has a couple of serrated versions left.
Beautiful fit and finish, and it has been said before, it looks like a gentleman's Gunting.
Mine is impeccable, and i will not part from it,

[Halfneck]

Love my PE Jot Singh Khalsa. Then again I am biased as I love wild looking designs. I can understand someone with large hands not liking it as the grip might be too small. Also the blade hump is noticeable during pocket carry. Still I love the blade design and length. For my semi-average/slightly large hands it is comfortable in hand. I like the smaller cutout for the liner lock - dislike large cutouts to access the liner.

If it was brought back with differnt steel or different handle material I would buy another.

[Civilian]

All I know about it is that I want one or two. Somthing else just keeps poping up in front of them!

[ronja2211]

No doubt - one of the most intriguing designs ever. Simply a little too small. But so are the customs of Khalsa as well. Let´s hope there´ll be another one in the future. Enlarge it about 20% and its perfect!
To be quite honest - I love my Khalsa but its not what I would call "Rock solid". It´s an appealing, delicate cutting tool - and no doubt one of the spideys with a real attitude.

[severedthumbs]

what is a closer look with out pics?

[JD Spydo]

what is a closer look with out pics?

Go to the 3rd Post by Brainus. there is a link there with a picture of it.

[Fairlane]

I believe this is one of those knives that will become very sought after in a few years. It's just to special to disappear.
I really appreciate my Khalsa's allthough i believe it looks a little wicked in SE i still think it's a great knife in both edges. And it just fits my small hands incredibly well!

A Spyderco classic!

[JD Spydo]

I have heard this common rumor/conjecture that the Jot Khalsa is like a gentlemen's Gunting. Other than a remotely similar blade shape I really don't see much overall similarity in the 2 blades at all. The handles are completely different in geometry, in scope, in size and in the material used in them. The locking systems are not even similar. Other than the blade shape/geometry can someone tell me how this urban legend got started.

The Spyderco C-40 Jot Khalsa is truly a knife all of it's own. I can't think of any production knife that I could closely compare it to. Which is what differentiates the Great Spyder Factory over many other companies. Most companies wouldn't have had to guts to touch the Khalsa with a 50 foot pole.

[smcfalls13]

I have heard this common rumor/conjecture that the Jot Khalsa is like a gentlemen's Gunting. Other than a remotely similar blade shape I really don't see much overall similarity in the 2 blades at all.

It KinOps just as well as a Gunting, and that's enough to make it a gentlemen's Gunting

Though I do have my doubts as to whether that liner lock will hold up to use as an impact tool

[Halfneck]

The review of the Jot Singh Khalsa in "Tactical Knives" was done by James Keating. In his review he mentioned being able to kinetically open the knife and use the blade hump, while closed, as a pressure point/impact device.

[JD Spydo]

The review of the Jot Singh Khalsa in "Tactical Knives" was done by James Keating. In his review he mentioned being able to kinetically open the knife and use the blade hump, while closed, as a pressure point/impact device.

What issue of Tactical Knives was that Halfneck? I have a bunch of older back issues. It seems to me like the knife was launched about 1997 or so. So I bet it was either 97 or 98. Also was that the only article written about it?

[DAYWALKER]

I believe this is one of those knives that will become very sought after in a few years. It's just to special to disappear.
I really appreciate my Khalsa's allthough i believe it looks a little wicked in SE i still think it's a great knife in both edges. And it just fits my small hands incredibly well!

A Spyderco classic!

Aloha Fairlane,

I totally AGREE! I am extremely thankful to Hannibal Lecter for sending me one...(mahalo Hannibal!)

God bless and take care

[zenheretic]

Oh how much better I would like it with a comp lock.

[JD Spydo]

Oh how much better I would like it with a comp lock.

Was there even a model made with a compression lock back in that era? I don't recall but I don't think so .

[zenheretic]

Was there even a model made with a compression lock back in that era? I don't recall but I don't think so .

Looking forward not back.

[JD Spydo]

Looking forward not back.

The point I was making was: I don't even think the compression lock was an available option back then. In part I was actually agreeing with you that given that type of a knife design I totally agree that it would have been a much better lock to use. The first Spyder that I remember that had a compression lock was the Gunting which hit the scene about 4 years later.

I would bet however if they did ever resurrect it that they probably would use the compression lock>> especially with all of the current negative talk about liner locks.

I think the biggest hurdle the Khalsa would have in regards to a comback is two fold: It really wasn't a barnburner on the sales charts when it was in production and sad to say that because Jot Khalsa himself is from the middle east; there are a lot of narrow-minded people who wouldn't buy the knife for that reason alone. But I still say it was a superb design. It was another in a long line of super quality Spyderco knives that literally slipped through the cracks as far as catching on with the main knife collecting crowd. In it's time and era it was "state of the art".

[Halfneck]

Actually Jot Singh Khalsa is an American from Boston who converted to the Sikh religion.

I do agree that the C 40 was not a big seller. I also strongly agree if it was brought back with a compression lock, or even a back lock, I would buy it.

J D Spydo - Not sure what issue it was featured in. I have every issue since #1. At work right now so I can't search through them.