A few more questions re: MT LCC DA

Sproles

Sproles

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OK---I know that EVERYONE is talking and drooling about this knife...me included. HOWEVER...this is going ot be my first auto and I am still learning here.

The firing button is the big silver button on the non-clip side...right? When opening it manually...how smoothly and quickly does it open? As fast and smoothly as a manual? (My BM Stryker is awfully fast.) Also, what kind of lock does it have? I am unaware (and uneducated) about the locking mechs on autos. What kind does this one have?

Also...isn't this about the sweetest knife any of you have seen? PLUS...it's tip up!!!

Thanks for the info!

David

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David P. Sproles
Eagle Scout Class of 1988
dps2970@hotmail.com
 
I'm not the expert here... But I believe the firing mechanism is the Bolster itslef, not the pivot pin. Being a DA I believe the lock is a liner lock. Just like the customs from Lightfoot himself. I have never handled a prototype, so I don't know about the smoothness in opening manually. Chief, John Hollister, any of you guys with protos have anything to say about the opening in manual mode?
 
The beauty of the LCC design is that there is no "button". What your looking at is the pivot pin for the blade.

The DA LCC is a "bolster release" auto. To fire the mechanism, simply slide the bolster towards the spine of the body. Kind of hard to explain with out pictures.

Patrick from "Triple Aught Design" took a series of great pictures of the LCC DA, including one of the bolster in the "open" position. As I am about to use the guys photo, please allow me to give him a shameless plug. Patrick is currently taking pre-orders on both the DA and MA LCCs.

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More pictures of the LCC DA by Patrick.

As to the question about how smooth the knife is when opened manually. It is absolutely as smooth as any MT out there. You are correct that it is a liner lock in either mode.

Unless you fire the bolster release, you simply have a great looking "tactical". Moving the bolster releases a leaf spring that kicks the blade into the open position . . . . with authority!

When opened manually, the spring remains locked and waiting.

Hope this helps, any more questions, just ask.

John

[This message has been edited by John Hollister (edited 08-12-2000).]
 
Looks like I am late to this party. On my protos the ball detent that holds the knife closed is more secure than lesser knives, is truly more like a high quality custom. Meaning they don't wrist flick easily. The easiest way to open the DA using the bolster release is to imagine that you are "pinching" the bolster using your thumb and index finger. Once you do it a couple of times, it is a natural movement. The sound these make in auto mode is some kind of wonderful, and as John said, "with authority".
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Chief’s Cutlery Specializing in Microtech Knives
 
So . . . if you open the d/a LCC manually; and THEN operate the bolster release, does the spring just go t-h-a-n-g-g-g or ker-click or what? Any probability you could damage the knife by operating the bolster release after the knife is already open?
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ralph
 
I asked Al the same question a couple of weeks ago. His answer was that it would release the spring, which may hit the liner lock. Not something I would do on a regular basis, but you'll be fine.

John
 
Sometimes I hate living in the Golden State...
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James Segura
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