Ever feel like your axis lock is going to fail on you?

[zimmerDN]

My first knife was the griptillian with D2 and I liked it a lot. In fact I like it so much that I find myself playing with it constant. Flicking it open and close quickly and quite hard. Makes that loud whacking noise every single time.

Do you think the axis lock will fail due to these stress (or abuse)? I am afraid to push on the back of the blade really hard when it's open because I think it might close on me.

The knife if a lot looser now then it was when it was new (to the point when I flick it close I have to do it lightly or it will just bounce right back open). Is this normal?

 

[yoda4561]

That's due to the pivot screw loosening over time. Just get an appropriately sized torx or whatever they're using these days, and snug it down to where the blade is the tightness you want. If it loosens up quickly you should pick up some blue/medium strength Locktite/threadlocker, remove the pivot screw (but not the pivot pin, leave that be) and clean it off, apply the threadlocker and then retighten it.

 

[WadeF]

I've been flicking my BM710 open and closed for 4 years on a daily basis and never felt like it was going to fail on me. However, I don't flick it super hard like an idiot, just enough to open and close it. If you're sitting there trying to snap it open with as much force as you can muster to make a super loud clack to get your rocks off you deserve to have it break.

 

[allenC]

No, never.

Cheers,
Allen.

 

[Hateman]

I've often 'knifesterbate' with a 710 or mini grip or whatever axis lock. I sit and read, look at television, etc., flicking the knife open and closed. I've wondered if the lock would ever fail. However, I have heard of very few instances (you could count them on one hand) where an axis lock broke. In between flicking, the 710 has been used to break down boxes, prepare food, hack away at plastics and perform just so carving on trail walks. I've noticed no detriment in lock strength while performing these tasks. The only detriment is the loosened pivot screw that is remedied with minute turns of the appropriate screwdriver. Flick away. Hope this helps.

 

[marauder220]

I have both a preproduction 806D2 and a 710, I've done things with both that I feel would have overpowered some linerlocks. The 806 in particular was used for everything from camp\hiking chores, to jimmying locked doors, some light\moderater prying, and all manners of other daily uses. The lock has yet to fail\loosen, etc. Most of the openings have also been via a flick or snap as well. The pivot does loosen at times but is easily fixed. The action has smoothed out amazingly over its use and right now is super-smooth to say the least. The 806 in particular really sold me on the AXIS mechanise and from my experience I have no conerns about lock failures anytime soon. I'm not sure what it would take to make an AXIS fail, but I'd venture to say it'd have to be a heck of alot.