I wont ever carry another triad lock again after today.

I didn't read every response but I will echo what some people have said about a couple of other options:

Emersons: I love them with a wave for working. If you get used to waving it open when your other hand is holding something or whatever it gets weird when you don't have a knife that waves.

Spyderco Compression lock is amazing. Some people have mentioned a Yojimbo but I would say the Paramilitary 2 is a better choice for most applications. It's considered by many (myself included) to be a perfect production knife. I'll throw the Manix 2 in as well bc I love it.

Sorry if all that has already been said. None of those knives should have the same issue your Lawman had.
 
You probably should have learned the quirks of the knife before one handing it.
Im guessing you werent looking at it when you opened it as well?
 
the kid said:
Assisted opening, yes I know. The danger in that knife is in opening not closing. It was just an example how some knives are obvious a lot more dangerous then others. Or require a lot more attention at least.
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Knives aren't dangerous. People are.
 
Sounds like you needed to play with your knife a little bit more to break it in more. Give the lock and knife another chance.
 
grownstar said:
I can see how much blood was caked on your palm...damn!
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Funny thing is, it barely hurt.
Probably went a half inch in my palm.

See what BF has done to me? My first reaction when that happened was "Where's my phone? I need to take a picture!"
 
I cut myself these days, no matter how nasty it might appear, apply some pressure for awhile, put some isopropyl alcohol on it, bandage it and get on with life. I've cut myself bad enough that others might say it needed stitches. Two days later it's healed.
 
Any knife can bite you if you get sloppy. My first compression lock Spyderco (full serrated PM1) fell closed on my finger while I was learning the ins and outs of using the lock. The weight of the blade, no springs, took the serrated edge to the bone. I recently started back with traditionals and two of my GEC's have bit me with their uber strong springs. I know, lets insist on new laws making all knife companies build in half stops for our protection! :rolleyes:
 
cbxer55 said:
I cut myself these days, no matter how nasty it might appear, apply some pressure for awhile, put some isopropyl alcohol on it, bandage it and get on with life. I've cut myself bad enough that others might say it needed stitches. Two days later it's healed.
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Forget bandaids! Nothing but butterfly tapes for me now. I learned about them after slipping while stropping on my jeans and driving a Mili straight into my thigh.
 
This happened to me with my espada extra large. Needless to say, I bleed like a stuck pig. I learned to be more carefull with that monster blade after that.
 
The nature of a back lock type design or even a slip joint with a half stop makes this a real possibility. To me this is just one more reason to love the compression lock.
 
These kind of posts irritate the crap out of me, because people give them some sort of credence by using it as a 'use my favorite brand (SPYDERCO, BENCHMADE lemmings) and your life will be peachy' platform. It's not a knife issue. The Triad lock is one of the best features on CS folders. The guy put his fingers in the path of the blade, didn't engage the blade far enough yet, slipped, and chop'ola. Duh. Rookie move. Like fondling your AO knife flipper in your pocket and stabbing your leg (not that I have EVER done that move... twice).
 
jimh0220 said:
These kind of posts irritate the crap out of me, because people give them some sort of credence by using it as a 'use my favorite brand (SPYDERCO, BENCHMADE lemmings) and your life will be peachy' platform. It's not a knife issue. The Triad lock is one of the best features on CS folders. The guy put his fingers in the path of the blade, didn't engage the blade far enough yet, slipped, and chop'ola. Duh. Rookie move. Like fondling your AO knife flipper in your pocket and stabbing your leg (not that I have EVER done that move... twice).
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Yup. This is a good post.

The first time I played with my first AO (a Kershaw Oso Sweet), I wasn't expecting the "thwack" with which it would open; the knife fell onto my ceramic floor and the tip was busted. Luckily that was easy to fix, but if it went into my foot, it would have not been so easy to fix. Learned my lesson, won't happen again, and I absolutely do not blame Kershaw or the SpeedSafe mechanism for my user error.
 
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