BM 710 Axis Lockup

[Shmackey]

I've had my 710 axis for about a month and I love it. I have a question for other owners, though: when my knife is closed, the two "opening buttons" sit as far to the left (end) as possible; there is no more room for them to move over. When the knife is open, though, there is room left over where the buttons end. Basically, the lockbar is contacting the notch in the blade and that's stopping it from going farther over. Thing is, I wonder if the lockbar should be farther over than it is (since there's room for it). Right now, the blade definitely locks up tight, but I only have to move the buttons a little over to the right for the knife to close. Seems to me that BM could have set it up so that the bar sits farther over in the notch for extra security. Maybe this is one of those built-for-wearing-in things and the bar will actually move farther over the blade notch as time goes by. So the question: how are your 710s set up? Does the lockbar _just_ go far enough to lock the blade, leaving room for the opening buttons to travel farther if they could?

Thanks,

Shmackey

 

[Zensho]

When the blade is closed the stop for the locking bar will be the end of the slot that the bar rides in. When the blade is open the spring tension of the bar will ride over the flat of the blade back towards the end of the slot, what you dont want is for the bar to be anywhere near hitting the end of the slot before blade lock up. It wont take much of an engagement for the bar to lock the blade up, mine is about 1/16".

 

[e_utopia]

That's normal. As the lock wears, the bar will move farther over when locking to compensate for it.

--JB

P.S., left and right are when looking down at the spine of the knife, with the blade pointed away from you, front and back are along the axis of the knife, and top and bottom refer to the spine and edge sides, respectively. So, your lock is moving to the forward end.

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[Shmackey]

Cool! That's what I figured, but you can't be too careful with your lockup. In that case, let me tell anyone who doesn't yet have an Axis-based knife, you owe it to yourself to get one. Yes, it's brilliant, and yes, it's probably as safe as you can get with a folder, but most importantly, it's a whole lot of fun.

Shmackey

P.S. Thanks for the left-right clarification.