"Drop Shutty" - Can We Have the Conversation?

Hal said:
Just freaking great.....as if I didn't have enough in my life to worry me - now I have - "Drop-shutty" to contend with!!!


:D :D :D - just (mostly) kidding here.

I never - until just now - thought about it.
Now, just like trying to not think about a Zebra during having sex, this is about the only thing I'll think of for the next week at least - when I open and/or close a knife.

It's enough to make a person carry a fixed blade...
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I will have forgotten drop shut by the time I click post, but zebra's may now haunt me the rest of my life. Thanks
 
The tendency for a knife to drop shut has always struck me as just another property of knives that happens to have caught on in popularity. Things like this become self-referential in that people reviewing knives want to differentiate themselves from their peers to gain popularity so are looking for something new to criticize, and when they get noticed the property they focus on gets more visibility, which causes more reviewers to focus on it, which causes more knife buyers to, and away it goes.

Dropping shut is just one more property in a long line of properties. Blade centering, pivot strength, lock rock, lock stick, ultimate lock strength.....on and on.

In general I think this is a good thing as it tends to push knife makers to improve, but it can pretty quickly run way off down the road of diminishing returns.
 
Hal said:
Just freaking great.....as if I didn't have enough in my life to worry me - now I have - "Drop-shutty" to contend with!!!


:D :D :D - just (mostly) kidding here.

I never - until just now - thought about it.
Now, just like trying to not think about a Zebra during having sex, this is about the only thing I'll think of for the next week at least - when I open and/or close a knife.

It's enough to make a person carry a fixed blade...
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Uh oh,
It’s the cult of beasteality
 
I don’t understand why knives need bearings in the first place! And why not roller bearings like my old Megalodon?
They will keep making them and I will keep buying them….. the circle of life. 😊
 
I like my fidget knives, keeps me off the adhd and anxiety meds. However, it is the action of opening the knife that I enjoy. I don't watch YouTube videos about knives, I'm not on social media, so any trends in the knife world I learn about are stuff that's posted here. I hardly have an internet presence actually, this is the online forum I actively participate in. Life is too chaotic for me to sit around on the computer. I'm on it all day at work.

I had actually been pondering posting this very topic.

I like it to close smoothly with a shake.
 
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DMG said:
I cringe every time I hear “drop shutty” from some clown on social media that lives in an apartment and uses knives as fidget toys. Same as the dipshits preaching about “ergos” when they use a knife for 5 minutes a week.
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That stuff drives me absolutely bonkers.
IF YOU'RE WEARING GLOVES TO MAKE A FEATHERSTICK IN YOUR REVIEW DO NOT &*$%ING TALK TO ME ABOUT ERGOS
 
It makes me laugh. I never thought this was even a thing until I started reading and watching knife "reviews." I might be nuts but I prefer my Locks to lock and my knife to be tight rather than so loose it closes without effort. I also prefer bar/Axis style locks so I have never been able to get drop shut and no blade play. It's always been one or the other and I prefer no blade play.
 
Monofletch said:
I don’t understand why knives need bearings in the first place! And why not roller bearings like my old Megalodon?
They will keep making them and I will keep buying them….. the circle of life. 😊
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This guy gets it...roller bearings > ball bearings

Real Steel is the only company i know of that uses roller bearings.They also made this really sleek,slim knife with RBs..forgot the name though
 
There is "drop shut" action and "controlled drop" action. To me, drop such action is the less predictable form and requires additional safety precautions - which is something I would rather not have to worry over. I do not like when the blade seems to close unarrested.

I much the prefer "controlled drop", but have only experienced it with a few high quality production knives on bearings in which the detent and pivot are so well-tuned as to allow the blade to close with controlled smoothness. Koenig and Shirogorov do this well.
 
Does anyone know who coined the phrase drop shutty,or fidget factor ? gotta be a youtube dork,sure wasnt a distinguished member of our society :D
 
I've got a couple knives that are literal drop shut monsters. I'm not sure how I feel about them. One's a Kizer Begleiter and one's a Reel Steel G3 Pukko. The Begleiter is one of my heavy work knives and I'm constantly blown away by the quality and apparent tolerances of that pretty inexpensive knife. Absolute drop shutty, yet zero blade play, no blade lash, and no pivot lash. It's pretty crazy. However I'm not really sure how much I like it. When I get done sharpening it, I WILL cut my finger if I don't get it out of the way before the blade swings closed. I love how it's almost impossible to get a failed smooth full opening, however I like having a little more control of the blade when opening and closing.
 
goldie said:
Does anyone know who coined the phrase drop shutty,or fidget factor ? gotta be a youtube dork,sure wasnt a distinguished member of our society :D
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I heard that it was that Nick Shabazz feller. I've only seen one of his videos and don't really watch knife videos on youtube, except for cut tests, but I listen to knife podcasts while I drive for work and heard it there.
 
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