Curious (not bad) observation about Maxx's lock-up

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I've got my Maxx and it is spectacular. I've noticed a peculiar phenomenon with it's lock-up, and this is not a complaint. Being the geek that I am, I've pondered the physics of this and I just can't figure it out so I thought I'd play... 'Ask the Experts'!

When I open my Max slowly, it takes a huge amount of torque to unlock the lockbar. If I flip it open with authority and it locks open with that "Ka-chunk", disengaging the lock-bar is pretty normal and easy.
Why is this? I'd think with the hard flick and a well seated lock, the bar would be harder to disengage than with a light opening where the lock just slips into place.

This geek is baffled and while I'm admiring my Maxx, I thought some of you fellow geeks, I mean experts, could clue me in. :D
 
I would gamble and say that when you slam it, you are actually wedging the blade slightly harder against the stop pin and removing the "wedge" effect that the frame/lock causes when opened more softly.

Just a guess!
 
Thanks! That was my hypothesis but I didn't want to say it in my original post for fear of slanting the responses. It sounds like my guess was correct. Good to know that it's a common phenomenon with most framelocks.

:D
 
Can this variation in lockup be affected by how much side to side blade play the knife has? Could tightening the pivot screw and reducing blade play make the lockup more consistent?

Does the rubber o-ring in the pivot actually help keep the pivot screw from loosening? On DDR kits and the Cuda Maxx, the o-ring doesn't seem to me so serve much purpose. The pivot screws loosen up like any pivot that hasn't been loc-tited.
 
Granted, I've only had my Maxx about a week and half now but I've been flicking fool and there's no blade play or loosening of the pivot whatsoever. Don't know what to tell you...
 
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