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Dont get on my case about insults if that is the tone you are going to keep. Its not my fault you have the attention span of a goldfish and the reading skills of a toddler.
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Best way to store assisted openers?
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Dont get on my case about insults if that is the tone you are going to keep. Its not my fault you have the attention span of a goldfish and the reading skills of a toddler.
How dare you say my attention span is HEY, WANNA GO RIDE BIKES?
Not gong read it....uh uh.
Oh hey....speaking of my reading skills...back on page three....your post #45? That would be "DATUM point." The use of 'data' would require the object "points," as it is the plural of datum. Quibling toddler syntax I know, but......
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How dare you say my attention span is HEY, WANNA GO RIDE BIKES?
Not gong read it....uh uh.
Not going to read it or cant?
If it all "works just fine with no hint of difference" as Sonny said, does it really matter? Probably not. It only matters if it impacts functionality in a discernible way.
This has been an interesting (and mildly entertaining) thread, but I think we're getting dangerously close to the point of thread lock here... Personally I think we can get a bit more out of the functionality of assisted openers and the two schools of thought here, but...
See my addendum edit above....
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Thats kinda how I look at it. I dont care if there is any scientific measurement that can in fact prove there is a difference if that difference cant be noticed by me, the human. And if we are debating just a stupid 95 cent part that is easily replaced then I see no reason to baby a disposable part for what theoretically might possibly happen over years of storage. Id rather buy a couple back ups and get back to life.
No. It doesn't. It's so minor and theoretical. I've only said that about five times in this thread. *L*
But Sunnydaze hasn't answered yet....
Yup....
I'd agree with that....I'm the same way. Pretty minor isn't it?
I tend to agree... but I thought you are one who feels that storing them closed for long periods would negatively impact the function of the spring. Is I misread that I apologize though. But it seems, in general, it has no discernible effect, at least on the knives presented.
I feel similarly (and in fact I probably should buy a couple of back up torsion bars anyway.)
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And I am sure you will find spelling errors, missed punctuation and made up words in many of my posts as well. I didnt ask if you can write without errors or recite what you learned in school today. I asked if you could read two paragraphs containing more than 5 sentences each.
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No, you're right..I did say it would negatively impact the spring. But on such a MINOR level admittedly. I said that from page 1. I think the word I used was "picayunish."
No apology necessary. This thing just suddenly reached a molecular level of discern and it got stupid.
There was kind of a similar thread on "the other big knife forum" some years back, a new guy was really worried about long term storage of his fixed blades, in their sheaths, in his closet or somewhere. I took a few of mine out that had been laying around for at least a few years to check for problems and none presented.
That's somewhat different, since we all know there are some minor precautions when storing knives to ensure that they won't get any corrosion and such, but still. He was still really worried about it even after myself and some others showed him some photos of "long term storage" fixed blades. If I was really that worried about it, I would just get rid of the knives altogether. Not worth it. In fact when I did start worrying about my collection size and found myself worrying more about some knives that enjoying them, I pared it down and gave a lot away. Might as well go to some people who will use and appreciate, rather than me worrying over them, which sucks all the joy out of it.
Sometimes no amount of info or reassurance is gonna help with this stuff I guess.
No, you're right..I did say it would negatively impact the spring. But on such a MINOR level admittedly. I said that from page 1. I think the word I used was "picayunish."
No apology necessary. This thing just suddenly reached a molecular level of discern and it got stupid.
No problem. While I am pretty sure this has not been fun for Purpledc, at least everyone here can usually agree that it's kind of cool we CAN get to that "molecular level" sometimes. It's nice that we're passionate enough that we care about that stuff, so long as our passion doesn't get twisted up and start being some kind of joyless chore.
I remember that thread. Turned out the guy was right in theory. Many maufacturers recommend it now and there's a lot of cautioning among the experts to store a fixed long-term unsheathed, if it's leather, due to the moisture draw of leather. I also realized that was probably what pitted one of my prized bIades I'd left in the sheath for years. I stopped storing blades in leather sheaths after that. Glad I read what the guy said. Probably*saved me some blades.
Yeah, family strife.
You don't think it's been fun for him? Honestly I hope it has. Hell it's all in fun.I've read similar info in recent years and a lot of knife guys seem to agree that indeed, long storage in leather sheaths can present some issues.
Sadly a lot of my fixed blades don't have leather sheaths (although the ones I checked at the time for that thread did. I'm not even sure synthetic sheaths can present such issues.