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Adding one stop pin changes all lock and applying force vectors. Pushing on the cutting edge (cutting/chopping) - load comes on the stop pin, not...
This question bothered me slightly when I bought first tri-ad-lock knife (Lawman 1-st gen., with steel liners), and all cold steel folders after...
Locking mechanism seemed to be a bolt-lock with extra steps. You know - "tri-ad-lock is an improved back-lock" sorta thing. Looks familiar, but...
Don't know exactly about M390 version, but standard D2 model have 2-56 (half inch long) screws on the handle and 8-32 pivot screw (1/4 inch long)....
This tool called "large paperclip". Cut the U-shaped part of it, bend the tips 90 degrees inward, lock it in axis bar holes and fix the tool with...
2 questions: Is Kiridashi comes with flat bevels? I still can't convince myself to buy a Tuff as a working knife because of godawful hollow-grind...
I'm a huge fan of Voyager series, but nowadays stuck with Counter-point. Voyager have generally stronger construction, but despite lightened lock...
Blade play means that blade joint suffer small side tilt every time you apply force to the knife (e.g. cutting), which leads to slightly faster...
Sounds like the pivot itself rotates slightly during opening/closing and loosen the screw by this movement (maybe?). I'd recommend to try thread...
Hmm, maybe it's not my particular luck with steel - I just like my edges sturdy, and sharpen all knives on bigger angle (with final strokes on...
Cypress I don't think so, dimensions varies from 0,3mm to 0,8mm on edge thickness, 3mm in blade length and 2mm in width. Also recurves were...
Factory sharpening wasn't a strong side of Benchmade even in better days. I've bought a bunch of standard 710s over time, and many of them were...
We need to decide whose hands more delicate - mine abraded with crude texturing, or yours - that can't grip the handle firmly enough to feel...
None of both. Contego has uncomfortable notching on the handle edges and quite flimsy handle - can be squeezed by hand. Adamas is unwieldy, fat...
Such a blade shape on tanto was a necessity, if I didn't grind the spine - tip of the blade would stick out from the handle when closed. Now tip...
insta9ves Funny thing - there is just a minor grinding job to make from 4in. Voyager an 3,5in. model. I don't know why Cold Steel ignores such a...
You thought I massacred only clip-point? Don't underestimate my need for ruining perfectly working knives! [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
When the Large Voyager is too big, but Medium is too small: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
No bearings (inappropriate feature for working folder). Dumb placed stop pins that require half-moon cutouts in the base of a blade (which greatly...
Maybe worth trying old method - close the knife, apply tourniquet to center of the handle, capturing the blade (gently, but inexorable), until...
