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At first I was going to ask if you'd ever had a folding knife fail on you, but I decided to open it up a little to ANY knife. And I don't mean a knife you purposely bought to wump on for a YouTube test. I mean just a knife that failed on you when you needed it.
For example, I've often wondered if those LAWKS knives made by CRKT work as advertised. The only failures I've seen on those knives are ones that have been grossly abused. Nutnfancy coaxed a failure out of an M21-04 (one of my favorite knives) while thumping on it to see how well it would stand up to batoning. He rationalized that since CRKT billed their LAWKS knives as the next best thing to a fixed blade, strength wise, that if he needed something in an emergency in the woods, it might work. Unfortunately, the lock didn't hold (apparently because the retaining screw wasn't Loctited in place).
Next in line was the Tri-Ad lock system, a seemingly bulletproof system that actually does make a folder as strong as most fixed blade knives. Despite the caveats put out by Cold Steel, I've never actually seen or heard of a failure of a Rajah II or a Spartan Tri-Ad knife. I have heard of a number of fixed blade knives across the gamut.
So I'm looking for any kind of a failure. Let's say you bought a bargain knife at a gun show (where even the compass worked on the end of the grip). Photos would be even better!
Thanks in advance!

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For example, I've often wondered if those LAWKS knives made by CRKT work as advertised. The only failures I've seen on those knives are ones that have been grossly abused. Nutnfancy coaxed a failure out of an M21-04 (one of my favorite knives) while thumping on it to see how well it would stand up to batoning. He rationalized that since CRKT billed their LAWKS knives as the next best thing to a fixed blade, strength wise, that if he needed something in an emergency in the woods, it might work. Unfortunately, the lock didn't hold (apparently because the retaining screw wasn't Loctited in place).
Next in line was the Tri-Ad lock system, a seemingly bulletproof system that actually does make a folder as strong as most fixed blade knives. Despite the caveats put out by Cold Steel, I've never actually seen or heard of a failure of a Rajah II or a Spartan Tri-Ad knife. I have heard of a number of fixed blade knives across the gamut.
So I'm looking for any kind of a failure. Let's say you bought a bargain knife at a gun show (where even the compass worked on the end of the grip). Photos would be even better!
Thanks in advance!

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