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CBBL flipper, anyone else want one?

Cereal_killer

Cereal_killer

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Dear spyderco- please make us a CBBL flipper.

Bearings, BBL/CBBL, and with a shorter opening hole hump (like the southard). I'd love something like that.
 
The mechanics of the lock make this pretty much impossible. I've been trying to get them into the same package for a few years, and while I wont say it can't be done, it will be very difficult.

I think the closest you may get with a flipper is a stop lock because the spring can be transferred to outside the plane of the blade. It is a very similar locking system in some ways.
 
SolidState said:
The mechanics of the lock make this pretty much impossible. I've been trying to get them into the same package for a few years, and while I wont say it can't be done, it will be very difficult.

I think the closest you may get with a flipper is a stop lock because the spring can be transferred to outside the plane of the blade. It is a very similar locking system in some ways.
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I would have thought the same thing with the Axis lock, but Benchmade made it work. It probably is possible with the CBBL, but it might take a lot of engineering tweaks.
 
JNewell said:
I would have thought the same thing with the Axis lock, but Benchmade made it work.
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Does the 300SN really work well? I've heard different from some users who have stated that the axis lock doesn't have the detent pressure to make it flip well.
 
Bugout Bill said:
Does the 300SN really work well? I've heard different from some users who have stated that the axis lock doesn't have the detent pressure to make it flip well.
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I haven't handled on, but I've read quite a few posts by people who thought it worked well. Whether their idea of "working well" would agree with yours or mine, I can't say. :D
 
The axis works because the spring is out of the plane, like previously mentioned about the stop lock.
 
I think we are more likely to see a back lock flipper before the CBBL ones come out.
 
Bugout Bill said:
Does the 300SN really work well? I've heard different from some users who have stated that the axis lock doesn't have the detent pressure to make it flip well.
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Speaking of the 300SN I would really like to see a picture of the blade to see how the heck it works, I posted a few days ago in the BM forum but didn't get a single reply and I've looked threw pages and pages of google images to no avail. I'm sure it can be done (because of the 300SN) but I can't envision how its set up.

I don't remember who but just recently someone here made himself new omega springs for his Adams out of keychain ring wire and said it was about 2x as strong as the factory ones. Increasing the omega spring wire diameter is all it takes to increase the detent strength on an axis lock. For a CBBL it would be even easier as it's just a single coil spring.


Another point to bring up, the flipper doesn't have to be permanently attached to the blade, look at the Kershaw OD 1&2, that sort of device could be used to not interfere with the BBL/CBBL.
 
Not interested in the slightest. I like a flipper here and there but I'm not ape crazy over them so I'm good. Especially NOT with a CBBL.
 
Cereal_killer said:
Speaking of the 300SN I would really like to see a picture of the blade to see how the heck it works, I posted a few days ago in the BM forum but didn't get a single reply and I've looked threw pages and pages of google images to no avail. I'm sure it can be done (because of the 300SN) but I can't envision how its set up.

I don't remember who but just recently someone here made himself new omega springs for his Adams out of keychain ring wire and said it was about 2x as strong as the factory ones. Increasing the omega spring wire diameter is all it takes to increase the detent strength on an axis lock. For a CBBL it would be even easier as it's just a single coil spring.


Another point to bring up, the flipper doesn't have to be permanently attached to the blade, look at the Kershaw OD 1&2, that sort of device could be used to not interfere with the BBL/CBBL.
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When it first came out I saw a pic of what the blade tang looked like, but I can't seem to find it. Basically the flipper wraps around behind the Axis bar in the closed position. I do not think a similar design would work on the CBBL
 
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