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ponagathos
512
May 3, 2018
I received this today and my first thought was why would I order such a small knife? This thing is tiny. I suppose the blade is technically 3.4 inches but the actual edge of the blade is about 3.2 inches. I probably should not of ordered this knife. Does mass drop normally measure this way? I have ordered several knives from them with 3 1/2 inch blades and they are all much larger.
The knife itself looks good but the action is terrible. Using a nice strong flick of the wrist, it consistently does NOT open. Having recently received my Kaiser textured titanium and Boker Gent (both fantastic), this thing feels like garbage in comparison. I have a similarly shaped Kershaw AM4 (also Al Mar inspired). . that cost less than half and it feels much better .
Please excuse all the extra spaces, my iPad does not like this form it seems.
BeardyJ
22
May 4, 2018
ponagathosIt's a lock-back. It's not a flipper knife.
ponagathos
512
May 5, 2018
BeardyJ What does the lock have to do with being able to open the knife one-handed with the thumbstud as designed? I probably have over a dozen lock-back knives, such as the Spyderco Endura and Delica, that open smoothly with one hand. This is not an old-fashioned knife with a nail nick that is meant to be opened with two hands.
MoonStan
220
May 12, 2018
ponagathosIt is indeed much smaller than what I expected. Here it is along an Ontario RAT 2 :
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And with a Boker Kwaiken, a Kizer Begleiter and a CRKT Crossbones :
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And as for your deployment issue, mine is smooth as butter without lateral blade play. Your pivot might be too tight.
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Still, the knife is already growing on me, it has such a nice, precious line. Great little EDC/gent folder .
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ponagathos
512
May 12, 2018
MoonStanHello MoonStan. I had tried loosening the pivot, to no avail.
I played with a bit more today. Removing the pivot pin and blade I noticed one of the nylon washers looked like it had been partially captured by the pivot pin as it was slightly crushed and the pivot did not want to be removed. Put it back together and the action improved slightly. But if I give it a flick like you do in the video you attached it only opens a bit past the halfway point. I was wondering if the pivot itself might be a bit to large for the blade, then noticed some wear marks where the blade engages the lock. So, not sure, but think some bit is off just enough to cause the problem.