Hinderer xm-18 almost no lockup

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Aronb

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I just got a new hinderer xm-18 3.5 and I noticed that the lockbar only catches the tang of the blade on the corner is this normal? It looks as if the lock face was not ground please advise
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It doesn't look out of the ordinary to me. Since it's new, it will probably wear in a little. If there is no blade play and the lockbar isn't slipping, I wouldn't worry about it.
 
tokerblue said:
It doesn't look out of the ordinary to me. Since it's new, it will probably wear in a little. If there is no blade play and the lockbar isn't slipping, I wouldn't worry about it.
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Thanks it just looks scary when the only contact is that little bit only infront and not across the length of the lockbar. I guess it will wear in faster because it just contact on such a small area
 
Aronb said:
I just got a new hinderer xm-18 3.5 and I noticed that the lockbar only catches the tang of the blade on the corner is this normal? It looks as if the lock face was not ground please advise
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Its actually normal, on gen 4 where he still carbidize the lockbar face, he just carbidize that small portion of the lock bar that contacted the tang of the blade.
 
Kmikaz3 said:
Its actually normal, on gen 4 where he still carbidize the lockbar face, he just carbidize that small portion of the lock bar that contacted the tang of the blade.
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This knife is brand new Gen 6 just got from dealer
 
There’s light because the lock bar only contacts the tang on the front. That’s standard among many makers. Strider does the same. I think even CRK may do something similar. Lock bar position looks fine to me otherwise. I have a Gen 4 and it started with even earlier lock up.
 
I agree with the others. Looks totally normal, even proper.

As far as the part in your pic about the light you can see.....that's exactly what you want. It might seem counterintuitive, but the smaller that contact surface is, the more solid your lockup will be. You actually don't want contact along the entire face of the lockbar or you will have lock rock.
 
J. Doyle said:
I agree with the others. Looks totally normal, even proper.

As far as the part in your pic about the light you can see.....that's exactly what you want. It might seem counterintuitive, but the smaller that contact surface is, the more solid your lockup will be. You actually don't want contact along the entire face of the lockbar or you will have lock rock.
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Interesting I thought less contact would equal more wear and more pressure on one spot causing failure I guess I need to research it more
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Murdamook said:
There’s light because the lock bar only contacts the tang on the front. That’s standard among many makers. Strider does the same. I think even CRK may do something similar. Lock bar position looks fine to me otherwise. I have a Gen 4 and it started with even earlier lock up.
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The earlier lockup doesn't bother me it was that just a small part of the lock face was actually touching and not the whole length (not width)
 
Aronb said:
Interesting I thought less contact would equal more wear and more pressure on one spot causing failure I guess I need to research it more
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If the knife withstands a moderate spine tap on something like the heel of your shoe, I'd call it good. I have seen some ZT models that had lockup that looked too little and it didn't take much to jar them out of lock up. Never had any other brand do that in my personal experience.
 
jill jackson said:
If the knife withstands a moderate spine tap on something like the heel of your shoe, I'd call it good. I have seen some ZT models that had lockup that looked too little and it didn't take much to jar them out of lock up. Never had any other brand do that in my personal experience.
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Kk ill give it a try
 
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