Emerson Lock Slip

yes I know it is graphite.

Maybe you are not aware that using pencil lead on a lockbar is common practice. Most people do this because of sticky locks. But it should not cause a lock to slip.
 
MrPocketsOfSteel said:
I'm just reading the thread like you. I have heard this stuff for years so I'm sure there is some validity to it. As for myself, I have yet to own a knife with a spine so sharp it could cut so I indeed use the side that is sharp.<shaking my head>:rolleyes:

My former neighbor had a linerlock (won't name the brand) and the third or fourth day he used it the lock slipped and bit him pretty good. The day he got the knife I told him I didn't like the look of the lockup, it was "stupid early". He was as new to knives as one can be so I can guarantee you he didn't try to whittle with the spine side, only experts use that side. Heh. I'm not an expert. Maybe one day I'll reach that elite level.

The way he explained it to me was that he was just carving on a stick and when he followed through on the cutting stroke he didn't clear the piece of wood enough and the tip part of his knife (on the spine end)....hit the wood - I'm sure you can figure it out if you think about. I've had that scenario happen to me so many times I couldn't count them but never with enough pressure or sucky lockup to disengage the blade itself. He'd have no reason to make it up and only experts spine whack their knives.
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I'm sorry, I can usually pick out the point among drivel but in this case, I failed to find said point. Could you highlight in your posts where you help to provide a solution to the OP's problem? At this point all I can see is a few walls of text in which you describe "regular use" and one in which you explain to all of us the reason as to why you won't purchase an Emerson.


To the OP, EKI has a warranty for these reasons; take advantage of it.
 
colubrid said:
yes I know it is graphite.

Maybe you are not aware that using pencil lead on a lockbar is common practice. Most people do this because of sticky locks. But it should not cause a lock to slip.
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Why do I even bother? You said you put it on a slipping lock, and then complained because it slipped more.....
This is why I usually avoid BF - way too much lack of common sense here. Ugh.
 
cevtv said:
Why do I even bother? You said you put it on a slipping lock, and then complained because it slipped more.....
This is why I usually avoid BF - way too much lack of common sense here. Ugh.
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I'm not sure I would trust a lock that'd slip with a bit of lubricant on it. It's not that a liner lock doesn't depend on friction... but the geometry of the lock pretty much ensures the majority of the force is driven parallel to the blade, and not to the side of the knife to disengage the lock.
 
Send them in. I just got my roadhouse taken care of and my mini com both for lock rock and lock slip. Had it back in a week
 
I got worried reading all these threads about lock failures on the Emerson knives so I got by Combat Karambits out and tried them. One is a 2004 and the other a 2012. Absolutely no slippage. I would trust these in any battle situation. I'm not a fanboy. I have a Fox FX599 and a Combative Edge M1 and neither of those slip either. The M1 has ridiculously early lockup, but great design.
 
CLE said:
I'm curious if this is endemic to a certain model year... My 2011 and 2013 knives have had absolutely no problems and I have as much confidence in them as I should with a liner lock... Only my 2012 model has an issue -- a 2012 horseman with super early lockup... it looked suspicious and sure enough it closed on me. Upon further investigation the lock continuously fails with light/medium pressure on the spine. I am planning on sending it in to Emerson.
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I don’t think that’s the case as my 2013 horseman’s lock slipped easier than most decent quality slipjoints I own.:mad:
 
I've owned 7 Emersons and had 2 knives with lock slip, which is way too much for my liking. Will they fix it? Yes, but it's a hassle especially since i live overseas and frankly should be right the first time for the prices asked.

I only have an A-100 now. I love the designs but there's something wrong in engineering to have this sort of failure rate.
 
The only liner locks that I've ever had problems with have been Emerson knives. I think the problems are that they get a little lint or dirt in the tang and lock face and cease to function correctly. When I clean the lock face and blade tang the lock over sticks sometimes. It's hard to find a happy medium but permanent marker on the lock face works for a little while until the lock face wears in appropriately. Great designs, need to be refined and tuned for retail asking price.
 
I've never had a problem with the locks on any that I've had, even on brand new ones with really early lockup. They break in nicely with use.
 
I have a CQC8 and a Horseman, both from 2012, no issues at all with either. Just did the spine whack repeatedly, after reading this thread, with both on carpeted stairs. Pretty hard. Neither budged.

And I've kinetic-opened the 8, hard, literally a couple hundred times. If anything should do it, it should. And it does not.

Just 'sayin.
 
i had this happen 2x cqc-7, once after owning the knife for about 4 years, and then they replaced the lock, and within 2 months it started doing it again. after they replace it again haven't had any problems
 
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