830 Marksman

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Just wondered what everyone thinks of the 830 Marksman as EDC.. I got one on the way. I love to play with and fugure out best ways to open and close knives I don't care for assit knives.
 
Flipping action is amazing, lock is fun and cool, very useful blade shape, steel is decent, carries very nicely. I think it's one of the more underrated EDC options at the price point.
 
The marksman is my favorite! It will wear out your jeans a little but it's worth it! And one handed opening and closing you'll learn quickly
 
Definitely takes some getting used to. I hated mine when I first picked it up. Now I carry it all the time.
 
honestly , not a fan . It bit me once when i flipped open and it didnt lock. the blade pivots so easily it came back and cut me. I guess if your really careful with it it will be ok. Also while the lock is unique it is a pain to operate compared to a linerlock,
 
I like it okay. My first one I had to send back because the detent was way too weak. I could open it with just a slight flick of my wrist...no flipper needed. The replacement 830 is very solid. Very sharp right out of the box. And as with most responsive flippers, very addictive. It's not solely a flipper but the blade is also easily opened via an oval thumb hole, no nail nick. My blade is a tad off center but nothing to rag about.
Overall it's a comfortable robust knife with good steel (154cm) and a deep carry clip. Also ambidextrous, which as a lefty, I really like.
 
I think the lock on the Marksman is incredibly simple, comfortable, and satisfying to operate. But I use a method that I haven't seen in a video or read as described anywhere. It just came to me and it's the only way I close it and it made the darned thing 10x more addicting, actually.

I'll try to describe it.

With the blade open, hold the knife vertically with the blade pointed up. Your grip is going to be a gentle "pinch" of the lock bar generally right behind the pivot.

You want to Pinch with your thumb and your middle finger. Hold it so that the heel of the handle is resting against the heel of the palm of your hand while you pinch it. You don't have to squeeze like crazy, just a gentle, comfortable hold with your middle finger and your thumb. And keep your pinky and ring finger out of the way. My natural hand position while pinching the lock bar like this curls them up the same as the rest of my fingers (which keeps them safely out of the way) - you probably won't have to consciously do anything with your ring and pinky finger, but I thought I'd throw that out there in case someone doesn't.

Got it? So you've got it in hand held as above.

Now take your index finger and press gently on the spine of the blade at the foreward/tip end of the oval thumb hole. Maintain your pinch grip on the lock bar while doing so. Doing this does two things: Loads the blade to go snapping shut, and it levers the lock bar up off of the lock tab. Maintain your pinch grip while doing this.

If you hold it as I describe, when you have enough pressure applied to the spine to lift the lockbar, at "slams" shut with the same speed as it opened with, and the effort is minimal with no crazy gouging of your thumbs.

If you do this and the blade doesn't close all the way to the locked position, then the geometry of your grip isn't correct. Move your pinch a little lower and move your index finger push a little more forward towards the tip.

Try it!
 
I think the lock on the Marksman is incredibly simple, comfortable, and satisfying to operate. But I use a method that I haven't seen in a video or read as described anywhere. It just came to me and it's the only way I close it and it made the darned thing 10x more addicting, actually.

I'll try to describe it.

With the blade open, hold the knife vertically with the blade pointed up. Your grip is going to be a gentle "pinch" of the lock bar generally right behind the pivot.

You want to Pinch with your thumb and your middle finger. Hold it so that the heel of the handle is resting against the heel of the palm of your hand while you pinch it. You don't have to squeeze like crazy, just a gentle, comfortable hold with your middle finger and your thumb. And keep your pinky and ring finger out of the way. My natural hand position while pinching the lock bar like this curls them up the same as the rest of my fingers (which keeps them safely out of the way) - you probably won't have to consciously do anything with your ring and pinky finger, but I thought I'd throw that out there in case someone doesn't.

Got it? So you've got it in hand held as above.

Now take your index finger and press gently on the spine of the blade at the foreward/tip end of the oval thumb hole. Maintain your pinch grip on the lock bar while doing so. Doing this does two things: Loads the blade to go snapping shut, and it levers the lock bar up off of the lock tab. Maintain your pinch grip while doing this.

If you hold it as I describe, when you have enough pressure applied to the spine to lift the lockbar, at "slams" shut with the same speed as it opened with, and the effort is minimal with no crazy gouging of your thumbs.

If you do this and the blade doesn't close all the way to the locked position, then the geometry of your grip isn't correct. Move your pinch a little lower and move your index finger push a little more forward towards the tip.

Try it!

That works extremely well.
You need to add in a double caution...no, a quadruple caution in caps: KEEP FINGERS OUTTA DA WAY!
 
LOL - had you been using that method before I got long winded there? LOL

Nope OS, I didn't use that method. I just sorta used a couple non-effective methods that worked very non-satisfyingly. I will probably carry the 830 a bit more now that your method put the "fun" back into that knife.
Thanks for the tip!
 
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