Well, vs. Ambitious: The G10 Pilar is lighter, uses the same blade steel, is $3 less, the finger choil gives my hands a 4 finger grip (I can only get 3 on the ambitious), the stainless steel frame on the clip side won't tear up my pockets like G10. I've had an expensive liner lock fail me, so I'll take the greater margin of error that the thick lock bar of a frame lock provides.MichaelScott wrote: ↑Sat Apr 28, 2018 7:05 amHad an original for about an hour. Lock up was so weak I could break it by whacking the blade on my thigh. Heavy. So-so steel. Returned it same day. The new ones cost about as much as a Dragonfly or Ambitious. Why would I buy another?
Vs. the Dragonfly: After the price increase the base DF is $62, or nearly 2x the price of the G10 Pilar. I still prefer a frame lock to a back lock. The DF2 wins in every other category, but it's should since it's in a higher price bracket. At nearly double the price, I didn't consider the DF2 as a competitor.
The Byrd Crow with it's finger choil and much better BD1 blade steel for $45 has been very tempting. Perhaps making the Crow as a frame lock would give buyers like me and Daveho a low cost Spyderco option to go with our Taichung frame locks.