2 Chinooks & a Manix failed a "spine-whack"?

Cliff Stamp said:
The method names really need to be changed, the "spine whack"...
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you're right I should have written batoning or sth....

ThinkOfTheChildren said:
But does the rapid-fire style of spine-whack in that video really simulate anything at all? Sure, it's not that hard, but the lock is only disengaging because of the repeated blows which the above poster says cause the lock to bounce out of engagement.
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well I did not mean it does simulate anything. I just said that I can disengage this kind of lock in such way...

but I think the most important is that this is not a design flaw IMO but just a matter of regulation. After tightening the screw I can't do this anymore. And I love my Chinook no less then before ;)
 
Well it is not really anyones fault, the testing is rather new and the terms fairly loose. I'd like to seen them broken up into spine tap, spine snap, spine rap and spine smack, or something similar where the name is fairly obvious as to the test.

-Cliff
 
About 5 years ago, I had a new standard where the lockbar broke under very light usage. I think there was a problem in the metal. Sent back, replaced, after that retired it. Since then, I bought another 20 plus spydies with no problems so far. I do the spine on the hand whack, and none of them have failed.

With 3 pieces failing, I can only assume there was a shortcoming with the manu process, just like my standard. Did those 3 pieces come from same batch, even though diff models? Could be that batch has some prob not present in other batches. Just like my standard had that weak lockbar.

Strange that the endura can pass yet the chinook can fail. Also the CS voy, as CS voys usually have some blade play when locked.

The spydie remains my basic "user" knife.....reliable, works decent and value for money.
 
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