Flipper Hawk RAM, has anyone

[gull wing]

lifted the hood and looked inside? I know we are all curuous to see what makes it tick.
No, I don't have one, my favorite dealer doesn't have them yet.(will soon)
How about some nice photos with it's guts showing

 

[riffraff]

"Yeah, go ahead and open it! It's nothin' but an old rattle-trap!"

As spoken by my dad to his friend (of the same age, about 5) to entice him to dismantle his toy dump truck. Both kids had received identical trucks for Christmas.

 

[offsetlover]

i can tell you that from just playing with it, that the lock is nothing more than a pin and leaf spring. the blade has a notch that will "hook" onto that pin (would work like the speedsafe mechanism)when open and closed. when in mid open the blade pushes the pin away and when the blade travels far enough, it will then find that notch and lock in place.

btw, that is a GUESS. if i am anywhere CLOSE, i deserve a cookie.

 

[gull wing]

....So the spring action pushing the pin also keeps the blade closed??

 

[svrider3]

....So the spring action pushing the pin also keeps the blade closed??

It appears that way to me. I haven't taken it down yet, but yeah it seems
like that is what's going on.When manually opening the blade the lock
release slides down a little and back up, then as the blade actually locks,
it slides down then back up.

 

[offsetlover]

It appears that way to me. I haven't taken it down yet, but yeah it seems
like that is what's going on.When manually opening the blade the lock
release slides down a little and back up, then as the blade actually locks,
it slides down then back up.

i have pics that i will post tonight guys. stay tuned

 

[svrider3]

i have pics that i will post tonight guys. stay tuned

Thanks OL. Can't wait to see the internals of this wicked knife. :thumbup:

 

[offsetlover]

okie dokie enjoy!

 

[offsetlover]

view away guys. my guess was kinda on, kinda off. i was right about the pin, but not the spring. it really is a SIMPLE design there too. nice job G&G Hawk

 

[svrider3]

Thanks for the pics OL. I thought I saw 2 pins in there......correct??
One for the closed position and one for the locked position??

 

[offsetlover]

yeah there are two pins in there. one for open one for closed.

 

[svrider3]

yeah there are two pins in there. one for open one for closed.

That's what I thought. Thanks for the info and pics OL. :thumbup:

 

[cutter17]

Same as on the ZT0500 MUDD knife, one of my avorite ZT's!

 

[gull wing]

Thank You, this helps a lot. Lots machining going on in there and tight fitting.
The actual operation is simple the good stuff always is.

 

[gull wing]

Oh, offsetlover, what does the clip look like?

 

[reholli]

Thanks for the pics, OL! :thumbup: ...looks like a nice solid mechanism...

Ray

 

[svrider3]

Oh, offsetlover, what does the clip look like?

It's the same one on this Groove, just silver. Sorry about the bad
pic but I suck with a camera.

 

[gull wing]

Nothing wrong with that clip, it's a keeper. Glad it's not one of those designer clips.

 

[svrider3]

It is a nice clip. Not to long, not to short and it keeps the knife
sitting fairly low in your pocket.

 

[CL01]

It is a nice clip. Not to long, not to short and it keeps the knife
sitting fairly low in your pocket.

Yeah, the clip's fine, but it needs to be "tweaked" so that it's not too tight, just like the Grooves.

I just got my RAM today & I played musical clips with my Grooves. I tweaked the clips on both of my Grooves (Regular & tanto) & I just swapped the uncoated clip on my regular Groove onto the RAM & it is now just about perfect.

The RAM's not smaller than I thought it'd be, in fact, it's sized just right. Great knife.