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Cold steel mini recon 1 spear point??
- Thread starter kicwk
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- May 23, 2004
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Here is one opened up
Mine is ridiculously smooth and easy flick open or unlock - it was out the box but even more a couple days later after use and cycling it about 100 times while watching the kids play or something on netflix. Think the blade tang being nicely polished from the factory, and the dual teflon and bronze washers, makes a big difference.
2nd or 3rd day I had it I put a dot of nail polish at the top of the pivot screw and a dot on the handle right above it to see if it will loosen at all when giving it a really good work out or the first few days. The one morning I spent 10-15 minutes doing drills on a man-sized double thick box of cardboard then compared it to a old stand-by standard Victorinox SAK making notches and shaving wood for a little while then slicing up a large piece of old scrap leather.
The two knives the day I got the Mini
Sliced and cut very well for how stout the little blade is and still shaved arm hair after. The SAK would before but not after - even though all it did was the wood and leather.
Mine is ridiculously smooth and easy flick open or unlock - it was out the box but even more a couple days later after use and cycling it about 100 times while watching the kids play or something on netflix. Think the blade tang being nicely polished from the factory, and the dual teflon and bronze washers, makes a big difference.
2nd or 3rd day I had it I put a dot of nail polish at the top of the pivot screw and a dot on the handle right above it to see if it will loosen at all when giving it a really good work out or the first few days. The one morning I spent 10-15 minutes doing drills on a man-sized double thick box of cardboard then compared it to a old stand-by standard Victorinox SAK making notches and shaving wood for a little while then slicing up a large piece of old scrap leather.
The two knives the day I got the Mini
Sliced and cut very well for how stout the little blade is and still shaved arm hair after. The SAK would before but not after - even though all it did was the wood and leather.
- Joined
- May 23, 2004
- Messages
- 1,496
Looks sweet bro, the tanto has to be a real mini tank. Was the blade stonewashed under the coating like the bigger Recon 1's?
