Chris Reeve's no-flick policy

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Hey guys, I've got a Umnum in the mail coming my way, and I have a few questions on the no-flick policy. Is any kind of "flick" abuse, or is it mainly the flick-it-like-your-life-depended-on-it that fits under abuse? With my knives, a flick is just enough force to get the blade open all the way or almost all the way with very gentle wrist movement if necessary. The only exception would be my police, but that's just to overpower the tension(Pretty sure it's not very damaging to lock-backs.) Anyways, I'm not sure if I'm going to make her a safe queen or a user yet, so I just wanted to know these things so I don't screw something up. Thanks. :)
 
I own a small group of CRKs, 3 large Sebenzas and 1 Umnumzaan. I just don't flick the knives open. When I first got into knives years ago, sure. Bu I find a slow deliberate opening of the knife is just fine. I'm not all into the flashy attention get ting that flicking can bring.

The Umnumzaan is tougher to flick, but I wouldn't advise it. No need to.
 
The Umnumzaan comes with directions on the proper way to open it, follow the directions from Chris Reeve himself and don't worry about what anybody tells you.
 
I've also heard through the grapevine that you should not slice with a Chris Reeve knife, as it might eventually make it dull. I'm still looking into that one.
 
powernoodle said:
I've also heard through the grapevine that you should not slice with a Chris Reeve knife, as it might eventually make it dull. I'm still looking into that one.
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^^ True story :p Really though I'm about 90% sure that in the directions that came with my 'zaan it states that after you have applied loctite to the pivot and put the knife back together, you're supposed to flick it a few times to set the pivot in place (I think...or something like this). I feel like the word "flick" is in the directions...but that can't be right :confused: I could be making all this up, I'll check it out when I get home.
 
RevDevil said:
I own a small group of CRKs, 3 large Sebenzas and 1 Umnumzaan. I just don't flick the knives open. When I first got into knives years ago, sure. Bu I find a slow deliberate opening of the knife is just fine. I'm not all into the flashy attention get ting that flicking can bring.
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I completely agree. When I first got into knives I was all about flicking them open. Now I don't flick any of my knives. I find more pleasure in a slow, controlled opening of the blade. I open it, I use it, I close it and put it away.

The CRK stance on flicking gets a lot of attention, with some people cracking jokes that the big bad expensive knives can't handle a couple of flicks. Most of my collection is now CRK and I can tell you that they are by far the most robust knives that I have owned. But any knife will develop issues when that kind of force is applied to the parts of the knife over and over again. Chris isn't saying the knives will fall apart if you flick it open once. He's saying take care of your knives and they will take care of you. If you do abuse your knives in any way, be prepared to live with any issues that arise; the maker is not responsible for those.
 
humblerodent said:
I completely agree. When I first got into knives I was all about flicking them open. Now I don't flick any of my knives. I find more pleasure in a slow, controlled opening of the blade. I open it, I use it, I close it and put it away.

The CRK stance on flicking gets a lot of attention, with some people cracking jokes that the big bad expensive knives can't handle a couple of flicks. Most of my collection is now CRK and I can tell you that they are by far the most robust knives that I have owned. But any knife will develop issues when that kind of force is applied to the parts of the knife over and over again. Chris isn't saying the knives will fall apart if you flick it open once. He's saying take care of your knives and they will take care of you. If you do abuse your knives in any way, be prepared to live with any issues that arise; the maker is not responsible for those.
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I understand. I was mainly asking is any type of flicking is abuse, or if just enough force to get the blade open and to lock would be fine.
 
Well, I'm a flicker, and I'll just live with the consequences. Sometimes you gotta stand up to The Man.
 
i think flicking the umnumzaan can actually be dangerous to your thumb. it can be difficult to get enough purchase on that thumb stud.
 
powernoodle said:
Well, I'm a flicker, and I'll just live with the consequences. Sometimes you gotta stand up to The Man.
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Keep fighting the good fight. You have my support. :thumbup:


Safest bet is to search the official posts of CRK and see what they say on this subject.
I wouldn't trust anyone else, if it were my warranty.
 
VolundoftheForge said:
I understand. I was mainly asking is any type of flicking is abuse, or if just enough force to get the blade open and to lock would be fine.
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From what I understand, if you send your knife into the shop, and they suspect the knife sustained some abuse, they can and will refuse to service it. Whether or not what you are saying, just giving it enough power to open, constitutes abuse, chances are that it will be fine. Just know that the possibility is there. In the end, you bought it, it's your knife, use it and be happy with it.
 
I think it just comes down to common sense. If the way you are opening the knife feels like abuse, it probably is. If the way you are opening it feels controlled, you should be fine. Compare it to slamming a car door. If you slam it so hard you are afraid the window will break, you are abusing the door. If you give it a good firm push so it closes soundly, you are fine.
 
What's the point of doing all of this stuff to make a knife smooth if you don't want to flick it open?
 
Just curious about not-flciking knives.. how do I open a ZT with only the flipper without "flicking" it?
Hmm...
 
jasperjb said:
Just curious about not-flciking knives.. how do I open a ZT with only the flipper without "flicking" it?
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The ZT isn't the rock sold super sebbie, it's made to be abused since it's a cheap knife, like any other $250 knife :foot:
 
Free2game said:
The ZT isn't the rock sold super sebbie, it's made to be abused since it's a cheap knife, like any other $250 knife :foot:
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In Australia they don't come cheap :( $350 for a ZT350 and the Aussie dollar is higher than US at the moment. Sebenzas go for 600+ though.
 
Any flicking is considered abuse.

Unless your finger guides it the whole way its considered abuse.

Don't do it, and be careful opening and closing your sebby too many times too; that can give the effects of flicking and Chris will still consider it abuse.

How do I know, its happened to me.




Not again.... oh well.
 
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