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EDC XIII Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

DocJekl said:
OH. MY. GOD!



I'd rather morning drink than smoke (prayers for my older brother dealing with lung cancer right now, sorry for being judgy). I remember the days of working nights at the hospital, and 8AM being like my 8PM...
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Sorry about your brother. Prayers for him. When I work nights, I flip everything.
1911bphil said:
I worked 3rd shift years ago. I would grill my steak, have a beer, and be in bed by 9 or 10am. If someone is not paying your bills, they have no place to say anything.
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I have been on my apartment balcony drinking apple pie shine at 6:30am while others are going to work. Yeah you get some funny looks until people learn you work night shift.
 
I got back into the Russian drawer and grabbed my Leader LightWeight this morning. Following Wasatch11253 Wasatch11253 's lead (😜) at the Cheburkov Channel I Iightened (😜) both the lock bar pressure by slightly bending for an easier flip and the knife overall by removing the backspacer. I liked this one well enough to begin with due to its unusual construction. I like it even more now that it doesn't leave a painful depression in my index finger and also went from being a ridiculous 3.625 oz for a full 4" bladed knife to an absurd 3.125 oz. The open back is just a bonus.

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As to the knife's construction, this one's what I'd call a linerless liner lock, with only the steel (?) lockbar inside the otherwise unsupported CF handle slabs. Here you can that lockbar in a shot from the spine down into the open back. There are two screws driven from the exterior, their heads hidden under the clip, which are threaded into the lockbar, holding it in place. The clip screw extends from its head on the show side, through a sleeve, and threads in the clip, holding the entire butt together. The two other pins toward the rear are shouldered and went through holes in in the backspacer and locked it in. My Small Strizh is similarly constructed, though I've not had it apart to see what might be done with it.

Below, you can just make out the lockbar from the knife's spine in the open position, it's rear end disappearing into a milled out recess in the CF. A shot from the opposite side would have been more revealing, but I missed my chance this afternoon.

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