Comprehension locks? Are they like the shorts?

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I just got a vintage, used Paramilitary. I notice the lockup is rather late, almost to the other side. Is that an issue with a compression lock? The lockup is still rock solid, with no blade play, but I was just curious if late lockup in a compression lock is as undesirable as it is with a linerlock.
Also, is flicking a blade open as hard on a compression lock as it is on a linerlock?
 
Inertial openings (flicking open) are usually why you see the sort of lockup you describe. Having the blade pounding on the stop pin will hammer a flat on the pin, allowing the blade to travel a little farther so the lock has to travel a little more to compensate. Eventually, the lock runs out of travel, and vertical play sets in. The lock will still be utterly reliable in preventing unwanted closing, but folks around here sure seem to bitch a lot about a little play.
 
Flicking a knife open. Will cause premature wear on the locking mechanism. Not something that is adviseable on any lock for that matter.
 
"Comprehension lock." I like that! Sounds like you have to solve a riddle or something to get your knife to close. :D
 
There have been moments when I felt exactly like that. I never really did get used to the comp lock.
 
It makes me think of an occasion when I was running wires in the home of a former SEAL. He was profoundly impressed with himself, in the kind of way that puts a glaring DOUCHEBAG stamp over all a person's accomplishments. He had just finished talking about something impressive, I think it was how he was having a special weapon design made, because he felt the AK and Stoner platforms were too inferior for him. He needed to sharpen a pencil to mark off some measurements, and looks at me for my EDC.
It seemed funny enough to me that for his whole "Unstoppable Merchant of Death" shtick, he didn't even have a pocket knife. But the truly amusing part was seeing the look of pure, unbridled confusion when he tried to disengage the liner lock. He looked around the knife for a few seconds before handing me the still open knife with a look of mild disgust on his face.
The compression lock is usually good for a few yuks watching someone try and close the knife. One of my professors needed my Paramilitary to cut some tape, but to his credit, he was able to disengage the lock after seeing neither backlock nor linerlock.
 
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My new Para2 was sitting on the coffee table at my folks house and my pops picked it up and checked it out. Said he liked it. He was also able to close it without any assistance from me, I was pretty surprised! :D
 
I think the compression lock is also a good barometer of relationships. I once met a woman who, just looking at a mini Griptilian knew how to close the blade. I'd have proposed on the spot if she weren't 10 years older than me and already married.
I think it's just generally understood that, if you meet a woman can disengage the compression lock with one look, cling to her. Like grim death.
 
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