Emerson - what's up?

GMAHN said:
So being honest about the fact that many of the designs of the most beloved companies on this board have issues is shitting on other companies?
Although there is no multiple clip configuration on the 7 it can be waved into lefty reverse. The Lum can't, it cant even be opened by a left hand.
I like how you say that I 'shit' on other companies while at the same time trying to insult me with snide remarks.
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What issues exactly are you referring to? Just because you don't like something doesn't necessarily a garbage design make. Being honest and being a troll are 2 completely different things. You can disagree with someone or something and remain polite and nonoffensive, but I guess some people have to go balls out and come off as offensive as possible. Aside from that, I do not need to insult you. There is nothing to gain from it really. I merely questioned you logic, or lack of it. You are being quoted a lot and being called on a lot of your "facts". An observation/opinion is different than a fact. You seem to let emotions cloud your ability be objective at all. You like Emerson knives, as do many here. I own and have used a few myself. Are you actually better than anyone here for it? It's easy to ramble for the sake of rambling but providing evidence would not require any further commenting or defensive postures.
 
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GMAHN said:
The lum can't be opened by either hand, that is a huge negative. I also doubt that it can be opened quickly because of the design of the tang and placement of the single thumbstud. It is an example of an otherwise great knife handicapped by a design choice that makes no real sense. A fast opening ambidextrous lum tanto from BM would be great but as it stands right now there is a reason that knife only earns a blue class labeling.

The Spyderco Military, with its point down design, is one of the best for opening boxes. Unfortunately that is not what I buy knives for. It also bears mentioning that it has no guard area worth mentioning. Pretty silly for a knife with the name military. Maybe it is issued in the military mail room?

The Tyrade is not made any more according to my research, it looked decent but it was apparently decent enough to not be made anymore.

The ZT 550 is another design with a handle that curves down in the back and a point that points down slightly in the front. It is the exact opposite of the cqc7. I have no idea why people like the 'bent knife' design.

The ZT 300 has great features but looks like it was designed after a whale. Seriously, what was it made to cut that it needed a blade like a spade. That blade, as well as the handle, could have been made significantly thinner and more streamlined if the blade didn't look like it was patterned after a shovel. Doing that would have also made the knife lighter.

I am not going to critique the M1 because I am not sure where I stand on it right now.

As a side note I'm interested where you buy your knives because your prices seem to be around thirty dollars off what I was seeing.

I see ZT knives posted a lot in threads about what to buy when it comes to tack knives especially when anyone mentions an Emerson, but how about if someone is interested in a strider. If the ZT has Emerson's beat then it REALLY has striders beat because they don't even open fast and their designs look pretty atrocious even compared to the ZT ones. From now on in every thread about Striders I want to see the first comment be 'buy a ZT', that would make me happy.

To sum it all up a handicapped design with all the great features in the world is still handicapped.
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Great post! I can't argue with any of those points.:thumbup:
 
BTW, I didn't feel like Gmahn was trolling with the comments, I thought those are interesting points. I did sell my zt301 because the blade was terrible at cutting even though the knife was real nice. Being lefty, I would not buy the Benchmade Lum tanto, he is correct. The Emersons can be deployed left handed, except the A100 I think. Anyway, it is an interesting discussion
 
GMAHN said:
The Spyderco Military, with its point down design, is one of the best for opening boxes. Unfortunately that is not what I buy knives for. It also bears mentioning that it has no guard area worth mentioning. Pretty silly for a knife with the name military. Maybe it is issued in the military mail room?

The ZT 550 is another design with a handle that curves down in the back and a point that points down slightly in the front. It is the exact opposite of the cqc7. I have no idea why people like the 'bent knife' design.
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The Spyderco Military was designed as a light-weight miltary utility knife, a task which it fulfills just fine.
Utility, not staby-stabby kill-kill.

The ZT 0550 (and 0551) is a very good knife which is very tough, cuts incrdibly well, and the tip is dead-on-target for stabs.
Seriously, try one out. It works (which is probably part of the reason people like them).
 
I recently purchased my first Emerson a CQC mini 15 and I love it, but I have a problem with the liner lock being extremely early, esp when you slowly open the blade, but then i realized that if I use the knife i will whip it out, and havent had any problems with any other part of the knife, it is all around amazing, but does anyone know how you would fix the early locking of the liner, basically only half the liner is only being used to lock the knife at its best.
 
mmoen747 said:
but does anyone know how you would fix the early locking of the liner, basically only half the liner is only being used to lock the knife at its best.
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Try waving the knife open hard for a bit. That usually breaks it in so that you get the engagement you're looking for.:)
 
MHGeckos said:
Really? Then why the heck does it taper down to such a thin "point-point":rolleyes:
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If you are interested in learning a thing or two about that particular knife, you should either search in the appropriate forum or start a thread in that forum. The designer would probably be happy to tell you himself.
 
Out of all the knives I have bought , there have only been a few that I did not like after purchasing them , my Emerson's were not in that group. Most Emerson knives are purpose driven IMO and with some research before purchase you will know what you are getting into as well as whether or not you should venture into EKI territory , or not. ( the same can be said with any knife )

I am curious about this floating stop pin thing , I have not used my CQC's in a while but I do not recall the stop pin being loose , can anyone who actually knows clarify this ?



Tostig
 
Tostig said:
I am curious about this floating stop pin thing , I have not used my CQC's in a while but I do not recall the stop pin being loose , can anyone who actually knows clarify this ?



Tostig
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I already did. They don't all rattle, but they are designed to rotate so they don't wear on the same spot every time the blade is locked open.
 
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