Does Sirus Have an A/O Problem?

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I'm just wondering because a 3 1/2 in. A/O Buck should be pretty popular. The Odyssey seems to have more appeal for a similar knife but it isn't even a good flipper. I've heard the A/O is about the same as a Ken Onion Kershaw and what would Kershaw be without them?

Same steel as a 110, nice size and A/O, but I don't see the love here. And isn't it also American made?
 
I do love the Buck A/O's. I EDC a Tempest as back up for my 110. I have to confess that the Tempest see's the most work;)




jb4570
 
I love the Tempest (154cm). It was my primary EDC for a long while after I first got it. And yes its American made.

Buy one you'll like it if you like AO's, Drop Points, Light Weight, Premium Steel, & Good Looks...you know those type of things. Oh it has a locking feature thats pretty neat too.

As far as I can tell its AO works just fine.
 
I have a number of non-Buck asisted openers that I EDC. But I've handled the Sirus and Tempest a number of times at knife counters and the safety feels awkward to me. To be fair, I guess I should buy one and try it for a few weeks....
 
I had a Buck Sirus for a while. The problem is after a few months use it got gummed up in the pivot and would come about 1/2 way out. I tryed to dissassemble it (don't do this, send it in or something) and found that it has two small coil springs vs the torsion bar that Kershaw uses. Kershaw's torsion bar system is way simpler and is more reliable IMHO then the complicated coil spring system that Buck uses.
 
As for the Sirus, I have the Platnium colored one with the ATS-34 and it is a beautiful knife and the blade is just spectacular! The A/O fires Solid and the knife locks up great,IMHO. The reason I don't EDC it is because of the Extra Locking mech that is built in to the spine. It's a bit too much to fuss with when trying to deploy. I would use the heck out of the knife if it were a manual flipper. Maybe I can convince STR to do another conversion???? Hmmmm!!!
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I have the knife pictured above that is my edc. Sometimes it does get gunked up, but I just let it soak in water and then add a few drops of oil to the pivot and it's good as new.

Chad
 
Just a quick thought about torsion bars and coil springs. Coil springs spread the tension load over the length of the coil. Torsion bars flex/stress one area and we were worried that it would fatigue over time and lose the ability to send the blade all the way open.

I myself prefer a manual one-hander because my own strength I can always trust.
 
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