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CUDA vs ROBO CUDA?
- Thread starter GarageBoy
- Start date
- Joined
- Apr 15, 2003
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- 11
Huh? People are having trouble opening a MAXX? I find the quick-flik mechanism actualy far easier than the thumbstud approach. Most thumbstud knives are made for people with bigger thumbs than mine, so I can't realy seem to reliably open them, and I also have a fear of cutting my thumb if it slips while I'm opening one of those.
With the MAXX I just pull the flipper, flip my wrist in the direction of blade rotation, brutaly reverse the wristflip direction and CLICK, one open MAXX ready for action. I don't have to rotate my wrist for more than five to ten degrees; hardly noticable. The key is not how much you swing the blade to open; blade inertia will keep it going pretty far, but the explosive reverse movement is the whole trick to this knife: it helps the blade in the last few degrees before the framelock engages.
My pivot pin is fastened pretty tight too - I hate lateral movement on folders and find it safer if the blade is harder to accidentaly open - but still find it real easy to open a MAXX.
I love the knife; it's one of those things that you can give to anyone to play with for 5 minutes after demonstrating how it works, and they immediately get it. The real challenge is in getting the knife back once they start playing with it. It's highly addictive.
With the MAXX I just pull the flipper, flip my wrist in the direction of blade rotation, brutaly reverse the wristflip direction and CLICK, one open MAXX ready for action. I don't have to rotate my wrist for more than five to ten degrees; hardly noticable. The key is not how much you swing the blade to open; blade inertia will keep it going pretty far, but the explosive reverse movement is the whole trick to this knife: it helps the blade in the last few degrees before the framelock engages.
My pivot pin is fastened pretty tight too - I hate lateral movement on folders and find it safer if the blade is harder to accidentaly open - but still find it real easy to open a MAXX.
I love the knife; it's one of those things that you can give to anyone to play with for 5 minutes after demonstrating how it works, and they immediately get it. The real challenge is in getting the knife back once they start playing with it. It's highly addictive.