CQC-14 snubby

Very solid. More so than my Benchmades. Kinda sticky near the totally open posistion but some solid whip opens will cure that.

Fit & finish is perfection. Very sharp. Outstanding grip. Well done.

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The lock release is very tight also. I hope this thing loosens up after some playin.
 
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I have opened and closed my Snubby many times in the last two weeks to try to make it "work in" and make it smoother. I now notice that the locking liner is not holding correctly. I must have gotten a lemon. I cannot imagine that most Emersons would be like this. I am sure they will fix the problems. With all the praise they get they must have great customer service.
 
glend65,

I read one of your posts about being able to cause the liner to fail from gripping your cqc-14. I am not able to do what you described with mine.
 
Hi Kaizen1,

I should have been more specific. Hand pressure on the the blade spine will cause the liner to work back off of the blade tang allowing it to close. I have had a couple of other locking liner knives release on me while I was trying to cut plastic crate straps. I got cut one of those times. Because of those incidents I like to test all locking liner knives with pressure against the spine. You would be surprised how many "tactical" knives fail this test, even high-end models. I also do the white knuckle grip test.
 
glend65 said:
Hi Kaizen1,

I should have been more specific. Hand pressure on the the blade spine will cause the liner to work back off of the blade tang allowing it to close. I have had a couple of other locking liner knives release on me while I was trying to cut plastic crate straps. I got cut one of those times. Because of those incidents I like to test all locking liner knives with pressure against the spine. You would be surprised how many "tactical" knives fail this test, even high-end models. I also do the white knuckle grip test.
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Hi glend65,

I have heard of that issue, even among higher end liner lock knives. STR was the first one to bring that to my attention. He tests his liner locks on a regular basis to check for that very problem. Up to this point, any attempt that I've made at applying pressure on the spine has not resulted in the liner moving at all. I just did it once more while typing this and I couldn't budge it.
 
Update. After slicing some newspaper(how i test sharpness) i wasn't terribly impressed with this V-grind. Put it in my Lansky and put a nice 20 degree angle now it glides through paper.:)

Also putting heavy pressure on the spine mine won't budge either.
 
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