The liner has a ball in it, but the blade has no hole to make it functional. I assume it's just there to make the blade open smoother.
To improve upon the scary lack of closing tendency, I drilled a hole into the blade (well, ground it in with a diamond bit). Sure it has a safety catch, but as we all know that thing is a microscopic plastic POS.
It "worked" because there is now a definite wall of resistance to push past when flipping it open, which is feels a lot more secure than just slowly mushing open until it pops.
The result is not perfect because the knife is not the most precisely manufactured thing ever, introducing the classic "too tight or too loose" pivot dilema, and there is enough stiffness that the blade doesn't quite snap shut like a non-assisted liner lock would, but when I close it I can feel a good snap-in. I am now not afraid to carry it in my pocket. Maybe.
I might still eventually remove the spring and just have a cute little manual knife.
This was the nylon slab model, not the aluminum version.
To improve upon the scary lack of closing tendency, I drilled a hole into the blade (well, ground it in with a diamond bit). Sure it has a safety catch, but as we all know that thing is a microscopic plastic POS.
It "worked" because there is now a definite wall of resistance to push past when flipping it open, which is feels a lot more secure than just slowly mushing open until it pops.
The result is not perfect because the knife is not the most precisely manufactured thing ever, introducing the classic "too tight or too loose" pivot dilema, and there is enough stiffness that the blade doesn't quite snap shut like a non-assisted liner lock would, but when I close it I can feel a good snap-in. I am now not afraid to carry it in my pocket. Maybe.
I might still eventually remove the spring and just have a cute little manual knife.This was the nylon slab model, not the aluminum version.