Just a wild guess, but I don't expect you'll be a customer for these new knives anytime soon. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> If you asked me for a list of what I'd most like to see changed on SAKs, the scales would be relatively high on the list, though hardly the top of the list. To me, first and foremost, a SAK is a knife and handles are an integral part of what makes a knife effective--or not. Guess I lack imagination... Whether this is the answer is yet to be determined. In any case, you're more than welcome to be "the heavy" here. Someone has to. Thankfully, the diverse opinions that exist in terms of what is desirable in knife design means there's usually something for everyone. That's a really good thing in my book.

BTW, if you think that much other than sales and marketing is the driving force behind most production knife design and production developments and decisions, you're mistaken. Technology and innovative design and production capabilties may offer options, but it is the sales guys who ultimately decide what gets done or not. More often than not, it is also the sales guys who drive what gets designed in the first place. True not just with knives, but in most all consumer products. Yes, there are exceptions, but they are relatively rare.