emerson horseman takedown video review

[zyhano]

Hey all,

just uploaded a new video on youtube of me taking apart an emerson horseman. I had an earlier post about me 'hard beating' on it and you can see the result in this vid.

it's a 2 part thinggie because of lenght restrictions on youtube.
part 1: takedown
part 2: reassembly


Hope you enjoy it and please rate the vid :thumbup:

btw: in the video i'm saying about 8 foot 6 that's not the case, I'm not a giant and am more of a metric system guy so I looked it up, I'm 6 foot 5

 

[Hornady]

Awesome vid!
Exactely what I wanted to see and some more.
Very good information!
Please keep up making those great videos!

Groeten!

 

[STR]

I have not seen that big hole in the back of the lock side since my 98 model Specwar. Can't say I ever cared for it. My Horseman does not have that hole in it at all! Its a #56 satin plain edge model. Come to think of it. I can't recall seeing another Horseman (when they were coming to me a lot) that had that hole in it like yours. Seems very unnecessary to me in a lock that thin. Your detent wasn't working anyway apparently. You are basically carrying around a gravity knife now until you get that ball back in and fix that spring tab.

STR

 

[zyhano]

Seems very unnecessary to me in a lock that thin.
STR

Hi STR,
I'm not really sure what you mean with the quoted line above. The rest of your post basically reads "you're knife is screwed, you gotta fix it" right?
tnx for pointing out the memory function on the metal in the youtube comment.

 

[sscups]

I have not seen that big hole in the back of the lock side since my 98 model Specwar....STR

Just looked at my 2008 Horseman and I don't have any hole on the lock side. Just a thin horizontal groove from the front towards the back, but at the back, no circular cutout at all.

 

[STR]

Hi STR,
I'm not really sure what you mean with the quoted line above. The rest of your post basically reads "you're knife is screwed, you gotta fix it" right?
tnx for pointing out the memory function on the metal in the youtube comment.

I mean fix it to make it safer to carry in tip up mode. I'd recommend getting that detent working at least somewhat. They never grab real good even when they do work so you'll always fail that New York state "flick test" for a gravity knife if you got a cop that tested it for that that was a stickler for the law. I know some of the folks in NY and Illinois that have lost liner locks they carried and read of others fined for just that reason having to appear in court for that so its always an issue in some areas with a liner lock that the detent doesn't work that well on. With that said its not really for the legal reason I mention it so much as it is safety for carry. From the sounds of it you are a physical guy. I think a lot of Emerson users are active probably more so than most so keeping that tip down when carrying the knife is important in my opinion.

Gravity tends to do its thing and that ball in that tab is the only thing keeping the blade tip safely down in the folder with the blade closed since the lock side is not activated. So unless you carry it such that its tucked nice and tight in the corner of your pocket at all times so that keeps the blade tucked in better (but even thats not full proof) I'd say get that ball replaced yes. If back pocket carry is what you do the tip could come down on you from jarring your body and jumping and stuff like that with that ball gone or if the ball is in place and the spring tension is gone and you see that tab flattened out like it is on yours.

Emerson really needs to start activating the lock side on those models made after 2007 in my opinion. My ball popped out after about three months of carry also and I've seen three others with them missing where folks didn't realize it. Send it back to them and have it fixed up to keep the point down in normal carry. If I do it it technically voids your warranty the minute I touch it.

STR

 

[zyhano]

thanks STR for a lot of good advice on the issue.
Safety first, I agree. Your argument is actually the one that will probably end up in me sending the knife in, thanks again.

I also get what you and sscups mean by the hole, so thanks for pointing that out. It actually never caught my eye but is is enormous, it would only be needed to get a saw in to get the liner cut, so I'm not sure what is happening there...

 

[STR]

thanks STR for a lot of good advice on the issue.
Safety first, I agree. Your argument is actually the one that will probably end up in me sending the knife in, thanks again.

I also get what you and sscups mean by the hole, so thanks for pointing that out. It actually never caught my eye but is is enormous, it would only be needed to get a saw in to get the liner cut, so I'm not sure what is happening there...

It may be that in the first run of some they just had that. It was done on older models because as I said my old 1998 SpecWar B has that going on also and I've seen it on a few others from that era with a big hole in the rear at the end of the long cut for the lock just like that. I honestly thought I had not seen it on any of the newer models but upon checking some of my own photos of Horseman models I rebuilt I did indeed see at least one that also was done like yours. I just forgot or didn't notice at the time. Pics don't lie though. It may be that this hole is physical proof of a first run of the series or something I really don't know. It doesn't hurt anything. I just wonder what the purpose was for doing it unless its just to make springing the lock easier but on something that thin its not that hard to do anyways so I have trouble believing thats the purpose.

STR

 

[DarwinG31]

Mine also doesn't have that cut out.