HTM DDR Madd Maxx 5.5 Has Arrived!!! w/ Pics...

If you see using the wave draw method, no AO.
 
cziv said:
Some guys hate AO's. I like them. I believe you said your's deployed with authority. That's my last hurdle - to get or not to get A/O? :D
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Go for it. The assisted mechanism is one that he designed with Blackie Collins. It should be awesome. If you want to wave open it, skip the A/O like CM said.
 
harkamus said:
I prefer manual as well. While a/o are quite robust, most use some form of spring which can break especially if the spring is in the form of a torsion bar. Believe it or not, the torsion bar spring on my 0350 snapped. Besides, a well designed flipper like a DDR opens plenty fast without an a/o.

If you're using the flipper to open the knife then, you don't need a lot of force to open the blade anyway. A/O is helpful if you're having upside somewhere and need to cut yourself free and don't have a flipper tang. That's about the only useful situation I see.[/QUOTE]

That's funny harkamus..lol :D So am I to understand that this knife is a flipper - via one of those protrusions at the top of the knife, above the pivot area? Is it bearing assisted? Sorry guys - lots of questions. :)
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I have several CUDA MAXX's in both sizes (5.5&7). One of the 7" models, a custom, has a reversible clip for tip up or tip down carry. When I carry tip up, the ears snag on my pocket edges like a gun hammer might. The easiest way to deploy the blade is to put a thumb under one ear and a forefinger on top of the other. Simply pull down with finger while pushing up with the thumb to roll the blade out.
 
A little late in answering this cziv, but I have the DLC manual version and like it much. If I do go with a special HTM Shop model, bowie blade, it will be a satin finished manual. Btw, I think the lock on the other model you mentioned is inlaid in, and nothing wrong with that. It doesn't have full liners though, if you were expecting that.:thumbup::)
 
cutter17 said:
Btw, I think the lock on the other model you mentioned is inlaid in, and nothing wrong with that. It doesn't have full liners though, if you were expecting that.:thumbup::)
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The HTM Gunny does have an inlaid liner, which is quite genius if you ask me. If the lockbar ever wears out all the way, you can just replace that piece without replacing the entire liner, since the "liner" is the handle scale.
 
harkamus said:
The HTM Gunny does have an inlaid liner, which is quite genius if you ask me. If the lockbar ever wears out all the way, you can just replace that piece without replacing the entire liner, since the "liner" is the handle scale.
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Definately an advantage to this style of build.:thumbup::)
 
The Maxx doesn't have a torsion bar mechanism, rather an actual spring inside the handle. I is built and seems like it will hold up to years of abuse.

This is my only AO knife. I figured if I am spending this amount of coin, and the knife is so sexy, I might as well get the AO version.

Out of the box, it fired so hard that the was hard to disengage the liner lock. CLP and lots of playing with it fixed that :). This thing opens QUICK though. Don;t regret my decision at all... :)
 
Packohotdogs said:
The Maxx doesn't have a torsion bar mechanism, rather an actual spring inside the handle.
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I really would have preferred he stick with the Robo assist. The current spring system makes a horrible sound. Compare a Cuda Dominator with a any of the new shit when you can. World of difference.
 
Never. Just not practical. The largest blade I can comfortably carry is around that 5.5" mark for folders. My pimped CS Spartan and Demko Navajah are the perfect size for me (4.5" blade and 10.5" overall).
 
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