Griptilian Snap

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CanonRebelXTi

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Well, i've been playing with my griptilian a lot lately, the new 551s and when i flip it open now it makes a loud snap noise if i flip it open hard enough then the lock seems to stick, not that bad but kinda. Is this normal? Is it worked in now?
 
Actually flipping a knife like that isnt a great idea. Some people do it all the time with no ill effect, others have the lock and mechanics break down over time.
 
I dont flick it per say, i just push the thumb stud and it flies open, but theres no blade play so i guess i'm not going to complain about its smoothness.
 
Oh, i figured it out. its the blade stop that makes the big snap. But why does the axis lock feel a little big tighter sometimes?
 
For the sticking you're encountering, I can't be sure, but I do have a guess. Hopefully this is vaguely clear, but I would venture to say that it is the result of higher force than normal when the blade hits the stop pin, causing all those internal parts to flex or whatever just a very little tiny amount, allowing the blade itself to rotate backwards a fraction of a degree more than the stop pin would keep it at, which would then allow the axis bar to engage a little further up the ramp place where it makes contact with the blade. After that brief moment of tiny flex, everything goes back to normal, but the axis bar is left engaged a little further than usual, meaning that there's more tension between it, the blade, the stop pin, etc., which results in the sticking that we sometimes notice.

Clear as mud, right? But yeah, keep in mind that's my speculation based on subjective experience. It would make sense to me, though.
 
elmora2 said:
For the sticking you're encountering, I can't be sure, but I do have a guess. Hopefully this is vaguely clear, but I would venture to say that it is the result of higher force than normal when the blade hits the stop pin, causing all those internal parts to flex or whatever just a very little tiny amount, allowing the blade itself to rotate backwards a fraction of a degree more than the stop pin would keep it at, which would then allow the axis bar to engage a little further up the ramp place where it makes contact with the blade. After that brief moment of tiny flex, everything goes back to normal, but the axis bar is left engaged a little further than usual, meaning that there's more tension between it, the blade, the stop pin, etc., which results in the sticking that we sometimes notice.

Clear as mud, right? But yeah, keep in mind that's my speculation based on subjective experience. It would make sense to me, though.
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This is pretty much what I would've typed. This is my guess. A similar effect happens when you flick a liner/frame lock open.

The only way for this to happen the way elmora2 describes is if you're really wrist flicking the crap out of your 551. The 551 was one of my first quality folders and I flicked it an insane amount of times by thumb or pulling down on the axis and wrist flicking it without any noticable damage to the mechanism. The hard flicks are when you flick it open without the use of the thumb or without pulling down the axis bar and wrist flicking it.

I feel like I used the word flick in this post more than any of my previous posts with the word flick in it. Flick.
 
I agree with elmora2. Exactly what I was thinking. You could try oiling the axis bar a little that will help a little, if your interested.
 
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