I might feel the same way, I will give the full size a go, if its too cumbersom it will give me a reason to buy the compact model too;)

I know this is an older thread, but was going to do a product review on my M1911 knife, and did a search first and found this thread.

Looks like some of you guys already found this gem, and have purchased it. Olympus do you still sell them? Are they still the great quality they were when I got mine? as I believe its a Gen 3.

I'd like to install slim grips on mine, but need the bushings, and the grips heheh

If anyone wants me to do a product review on this with some pictures, let me know, I actually carry mine almost daily, and really do love it!

-S.c.o.t.t.

Howdy All

I have two of the 1911 knives , one large and one small .
The trick is to learn how to open it and work in the knife action, but that is easy. you can do that while watch T.V. or reading the COTEP site.
The real trick is learning how to close it one handed with out taking off your fingers.
I got mine for the developer when he came out with them and almost lost a finger learning how to close it.
I suggest putting some tape on your fingers if you are going to practice one handed closing....
I have some very interesting grips on mine and I will take some photos and post them in the morning.
But be prepared that they are "X" rated on one and nice wood on the other.
The case that comes with it is ok, not great so I had my Holster maker make me a carrying be;t case for them.
All in all I would buy one if I did not have one for my collection..

GaryR

That is not a knife for patrol duty... Man up donut muncher...


This is a knife, well it is really two, and two guns
http://www.pbase.com/dsgrouse/image/...6/original.jpg

Scott, I sent you a PM. But no, I do not sell the M1911 knife any longer. The original company, Ultimate Equipment, got bought out by another company, Gunner Products maybe???. But either way, the new company sent an email to all the dealers explaining the change in leadership and also made other changes. Two of the changes that were the deciding factor for me was that they raised the dealer price on the knives and they also raised the dealer minimum order number to what I considered was a ridiculously high number. These are not knives that sell quickly. So I decided to cut my ties with them.

As far as slim grips and bushings, I do not think that will be possible. Unless the new ownership has changed the design of the knife, the Ultimate Equipment version had staked bushings that you could not remove. There'd be no way of removing the normal bushings for slim bushings without damaging the knife.

Howdy Pard's

As promised here are my M1911's

The smaller one (Officer Size is CPM 530V) and the Larger one is (Full Size 440C)


http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/a...to/M1911-1.jpg


********ADULTS ONLY************

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/a...to/M1911-2.jpg



GaryR

very stylish GaryR

Very nice, GaryR!

I got the whole set for Christmas a few years ago....
(Just need to get the grips matching again)


http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/g...e/P1011458.jpg