5 stitches in my finger - Extrema Ratio fail

Frame lock is the only lock I trust for harder use, since my fingers are part of the lock function and security. I can feel and see the lock working, with my grip confirming it. Other locking mechanisms are hidden away and you just have to trust everything is working correctly with no defects. I do not really trust what I cant see. Glad you didnt hit a nerve, but only will have a small scar with a story and lesson learned behind it
 
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Nedser said:
Sawing motion without much downward pressure on the knife, hits the staple near the tip of the knife causing it to snag as he's pushing forward while the lock was accidentally disengaged somehow?
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This is what I'm picturing based on the description.
 
Companies who talk the talk but don't back it up leaves a bad taste in my mouth. So much for ER's "fixed-blade-like" folders. Hope you heal fast and get back to cutting stuff, hopefully with a knife with a more reliable lock ;)

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I'd say just bad luck. I had a bm1 and bm2 a d I don't see the lock failing one bit. As many fakes that I see on eBay and Amazon I wouldn't be surprised if that was the problem.
 
TRUE LIBERTY said:
Might check out Cold Steel, I just love watching all the Cold Steel You Tube videos putting all the other locking mechanisms to shame. I just can't get enough of it. One day looking for my next multitool I accidentally ran into one and my new latest interest for knives began a few months ago. They will name some competition knife maker and I google it up and find the following is quite stiff for that brand and than it makes sense why the people commenting are so angry and defending it when they have shelled out the big bucks. Anyways tons of fun to watch and read the comments while having dinner.
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Tri-Ad lock is probably the best solution I've seen in folding knife . THAT liner lock is worst , cheapest solution that is used to avoid more precisely to build knive ! With liner lock is very easy to make a knife that has no play when open ......probably all of this applies to frame lock , and they should be banned if you ask me . The only benefit have manufacturers, users get screwed ....well some of them :D
 
extrastout said:
Frame lock is the only lock I trust for harder use, since my fingers are part of the lock function and security. I can feel and see the lock working, with my grip confirming it. Other locking mechanisms are hidden away and you just have to trust everything is working correctly with no defects. I do not really trust what I cant see. Glad you didnt hit a nerve, but only will have a small scar with a story and lesson learned behind it
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Sometimes we not holding knife in way that finger is part of lock function ..............
 
This is the sort of thing I think of whenever the CRK cult people explain away the Sebenza's terrible CS lock strength test performance with something like "there should never be any pressure on the blade spine anyway, so the test is silly". Sometimes when you're using a knife, stuff happens and the lock comes in handy. I prefer whittling with a locking folder or with a fixed blade for this reason. Sure, I've carved a pile of stuff with traditional slippies, but accidents happen so why not rule one sort out?
 
Glenn056 said:
Companies who talk the talk but don't back it up leaves a bad taste in my mouth. So much for ER's "fixed-blade-like" folders.
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The model the OP is referring to is ER's lightest duty folder. Simple steel liner lock "gentleman's folder" design.

http://www.extremaratio.com/catalog/product/view/id/824/s/bf1-cd-black/category/14/

ER makes no claims of it being in any way fixed-blade-like. You might be confusing it with the RAO folder, which is essentially an axis lock with an additional steel stop pin. Pretty solid.

For whatever it's worth, the liner lock hat failed on my fingers was a Benchmade
 
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Emre said:
ER makes no claims of it being in any way fixed-blade-like.
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The marketing copy at a popular knife retailer online says this, as the first sentence in the description:

"The Basic Folder BF series from Extrema Ratio are compact-sized offerings with all the strength of a fixed blade."

It's ridiculous, but these things are advertised to be impossibly solid.
 
jackknife said:
When I was a kid, pocket knives didn't even have locks and nobody cut themselves.
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Yeah, I ani't buying that. ;)
My dad grew up in the time before locks; locks were showing up on folding knives in his late teen years.
People cut themselves.
 
Natlek said:
Sometimes we not holding knife in way that finger is part of lock function ..............
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Ummm.... ok?....I will just to continue to use/respect my FOLDER as a broken knife and not get stitches. Good luck with your technique....
 
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This is something that I don't like about locking folders, they can give you a second of false confidence causing you to use your folder like a fixed blade.
Locks are great for when you're cutting something where a slipjoint can tend to want to fold ( some things are just like this ), but not something I rely on for tough fixed blade suited tasks.
I only carry locking folders because I have some that I like and because they're easy to open, I don't carry them for the strength because I have fixed blades.

I hope your finger heals up nicely, and hopefully you've realized that a folder can never be a fixed blade.
 
Op when I cut my finger the nerve damage wasn't apparent until it healed more. You may not have nerve damage further down the finger but still could locally. Mine got better after a few years.
 
One of the things I really like about all the Cold Steel and Spyderco models I own is that if the lock were to fail (not likely with a Triad) the unsharpened portion of the blade or the choil will be what comes down on my finger. Many flippers offer a similar sort of protection with the flipper tab. This is an absolute must for me when buying a folder.
 
Heal up, t_a, & here is to intact nerves!

I like framelocks or the spydie bb lock. However, I have been told that I am essentially a dumma***, & that liner locks are best?

I wonder how the newer spydie powerlock will do.
 
Nfd538 said:
Frame locks never failed me, Hinderer being a top choice.
With that said nothing beats a fixed blade.
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The only frame lock I've ever had fail was on a Hinderer. I love frame locks in general, but don't consider them to be as heavy duty as they're claimed to be.


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If only someone would invent a folding knife with fixed-blade capabilities. A folder as solid and strong as a fixed blade - a folding fixed blade!
 
Mecha said:
If only someone would invent a folding knife with fixed-blade capabilities. A folder as solid and strong as a fixed blade - a folding fixed blade!
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You meant a folder that can only fail when the blade is broken? They are already here for a few years, and you can find multiple variations of them.
 
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