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GronK
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. . . . . .or are you just happy to see me?
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You find it odd that knife fanatics would talk about the bits they don't like as well as the bits they do? Calm down, none of us has the power to eliminate any of these features and I doubt we would if we could. I will, however, quite happily and loudly let manufacturers know which features I'm willing to pay for and which I'm not. Nothing wrong with you preferring a different feature set, but claims of features being taboo because we don't all like them is pretty damn dramatic.
Secondary locks- yeah, CRKT AutoLAWKs, I'm looking at you, don't pretend you don't see me pointing at you.
If you designed your main lock properly, once and first time around, maybe you wouldn't need to build in a whole bunch of extra components as in an anti-litigation device....
I don't see an AutoLAWK as a "whole bunch of extra components". If you don't like it, or the extra margin of protection from cutting your fingers it offers...don't use it...so simple.
+1 Exactly.
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Well said.
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Because they are actually features the answer questions no one asked and they are specific to a small number of knives. Calling out ubiquitous features like flippers, frame locks, assisted opening etc just because you don't personally like them doesn't mean tons of people don't find them useful. I've never heard of someone mention how useful they wiring stripping jumping on a DPX was. I mean if I wanted to play the 'I'm going to call out features I just don't like even though plenty of people have found it useful' I would have said partial serrations or overbuilt locks specifically designed to pass useless tests like spine whacking.
Because standoffs have to all be EXACTLY the same width with no variance or else the liners will not sit perfectly parallel and the knife will be hard or impossible to center. A solid backspacer is much easier to maker perfectly parallel thus the liners are perfectly parallel and the knife centers easier.
Not saying standoffs suck, just that there is a good reason why some makers like to use backspacers.
I guess it shouldn't.
Yeah, my bad.
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Thank goodness you came along to let us know which opinions were appropriate to hold and which features we're allowed to criticize.
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No problem, happy to help.
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That's my point- the older LAWKS could be ignored or used as you chose- AutoLAWKs snaps into place without choice, and you have to use it.
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Yes, the auto part of autolawks means it happens automatically. So by "don't use it" you really mean either mod it or don't buy it. So simple :thumbup:
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Oh yea, I almost forgot...
Scurvy, if you're still reading this thread. Take a good look at the pic below
Scurvy, if you're still reading this thread. Take a good look at the pic below
Locks, assisted opening, one-hand opening, pivots and other folding mechanisms, ball bearings and washers, blade coatings, synthetic materials.
I guess that about sums it up.
So that leaves pretty much nothing but fixed blades with wooden handles, and satin blades. You sir, are an ultra, mega, super traditionalist.
I'm not saying that I don't like all of those modern features. They just aren't necessary, and they don't do anything to improve a knife's ability to perform it's actual intended function, which is to cut stuff.
I am a huge fan of fixed blades with wooden handles and satin blades though.
Heh...apparently I don't know what I'm talking about. I just recently bought a CRKT G-10 Heiho Assisted Folding Knife 2901, which has the manual locking mechanism, Which I think is a good thing, as it offer maximum protection against inadvertently closing the knife on fingers. Then, at some point, I clearly had a brain fart and was thinking this lock is the AutoLAWK that is upsetting people. After clearing my mind of such confusion, I have to say that I severely AGREE with those who have expressed dislike for the auto mechanism, and apologize to those I might have mistakenly berated, in my addled lack of understanding. ;')
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Oh yea, I almost forgot...
Scurvy, if you're still reading this thread. Take a good look at the pic below
Nothing unnecessary about the standoffs in that! Should make it a breeze to clean. On the other hand the recurve and flipper can be eliminated and not missed at all.
That's a beautiful knife and I'd be proud to own it. But I wouldn't miss the recurve blade, liner lock, thumb ramp, pocket clip, flipper, or carbon fiber scales if those features were eliminated.
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That's my point exactly, it's not that I don't necessarily like all of these new fangled features, and none of them are deal killers, I just wonder sometimes where they came from. Was there an actual need, or just trying new things to sell knives.
And who doesn't like fixed blade knives with wooden handles and satin blades (rhetorical question everybody, no need to answer)
:thumbup:I'm not saying that I don't like all of those modern features. They just aren't necessary, and they don't do anything to improve a knife's ability to perform it's actual intended function, which is to cut stuff.
I am a huge fan of fixed blades with wooden handles and satin blades though.
That's my point exactly, it's not that I don't necessarily like all of these new fangled features, and none of them are deal killers, I just wonder sometimes where they came from. Was there an actual need, or just trying new things to sell knives.
And who doesn't like fixed blade knives with wooden handles and satin blades
(rhetorical question everybody, no need to answer)