half stops.... (bit of gore)

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TheGoldenWalrus

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hi everyone.

so i was wondering what your views on half stops are. i have personally had a couple bad experiences. like yesterday. simply closeing my new(ish) Boker congress knife after eating an orange. apparently my finger was in the way :eek:
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(next day after superglueing(picture doesnt get it very well either :P)

so what are your experiences with half stops?

Thanks,
Scott
 
Nothing that bad, but I believe there is a new thread here, might've been posted yesterday, regarding some nasty cuts.
 
i do know its not bad, but its just that this has happend at least 5 times on knives with half stops. so was just wondering if others have problems with them :P
 
I've had half stops PREVENT those types of cuts. Yeah, it's bad, not pack your finger on ice and drive to the ER bad, but it doesn't look like it was pleasant. What knife is that in the background? Is she the one that bit ye?
 
yep, its a Boker Carver's Congress Whittler. looks like she might be my new biter XD, before this the main knife that would bite me was my peasant knife (cut just about every finger on that knife XD) but so far ive cut myself 3 times on this knife in the past 2 weeks (i guess it just takes a while for them to get to know me, that or im just clumsy). still love it though :P
 
I have always preferred 1/2 stops because of the control a half stop gives. I never let my blades snap closed and the half stop give the control needed to stop in the middle and then close it gently.

Best regards

Robin
 
I agree with silenthunterstudios. Half stops are built on knives to prevent on those injuries. It usually should cause the knife not to snap back in one way. But the experience I made with half stops is, that the blade stops at 90° it snaps back like a muskrat-trap while the knives without half stops use to snap back a littler smoother than the ones with. If it would have been a razor sharp Douk-Douk you would have needed you finger sewed onto again, I think.

The injury is no fun. But I´ve never made such an experience with a half-stop on a knife. Sometimes those things just happen and you can do nothing against it.
 
What Pipeman said!

Touch wood, my half stops have kept my fingers unmarked for many years!

But I am slightly smarter than I was ten years ago - - - - - as far as closing knives goes anyway!
 
well, i think the only knife i have that has never bit me has been my Camillus TL-29 which i do carry quite often, it has a light half stop. which i do like, but the Boker has fairly strong half stop which forces me to apply more pressure than i should and normally i end up grabbing the knife in a way i shouldnt be while closeing.
 
[QUOTE=TheGoldenWalrus;11730796]well, i think the only knife i have that has never bit me has been my Camillus TL-29 which i do carry quite often, it has a light half stop. which i do like, but the Boker has fairly strong half stop which forces me to apply more pressure than i should and normally i end up grabbing the knife in a way i shouldnt be while closeing.[/QUOTE]

You are learning grasshopper!
 
I'm with GW, the only knives that have ever bitten me DID have half-stops. I much prefer cam tangs.
 
I like half-stops. I haven't always been lucky with OTHER PEOPLE'S knives, but (touch wood) so far I've been pretty lucky with my own. Might be something to do with growing up handling British army clasp knives, and their notoriously vicious bear-trap springs :)
 
Pipeman said:
I have always preferred 1/2 stops because of the control a half stop gives. I never let my blades snap closed and the half stop give the control needed to stop in the middle and then close it gently.

Best regards

Robin
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I couldn't agree more. I always grasp the blade and hold it, during the whole closing process. It seems to me it minimizes wear and tear on all the moving parts, as well as helping to keep my fingers intact. ;)
 
i think half the reason i cut myself is because im just plain clumsy XD but trying to blame it on something else.... but it does seem that i cut myself more with knives with a strong half stop.
 
Despite the enthusiasm here for them, I returned my Case Peanut after only a day of carry. I couldn't get over the half-stop. For me, it just seemed like an accident waiting to happen. To each his own, but I did not care for it and I now stay away from them entirely.
 
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