I have been wondering and couldn't find a good answer. If you depress the lock bar when the blade is folded, does anything hit the edge? It makes a sound like something is hitting, but I know The out cropping on the to part of the choil is designed to hit first.
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Is the lock bar hitting the edge on my native?
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StuntDouble
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I would think the blade would hit FRN before it would be able to hit the lockbar.
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I dont own a Native anymore but none of my Spydies from past and present exhibit such behavior even when fully pressing on the lockbar while the knife is closed, it is one of the first things i check when i get a new knife.
yablanowitz
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Short answer: no.
Long answer: if the edge is hitting anything, it is either the spring or the backspacer, not the lockbar. I'd have to dig out a Native to check the geometry, but most of Spyderco's lockbacks are engineered to not allow that to happen. It depends on where the blade kick hits the lockbar. On the serrated blade of this Dyad, the kick hits the lockbar between the pivot and the lock end of the bar, so when you squeeze the closed blade it will lift the lockbar and allow the tip of the blade to strike the backspacer.
This is not typical on Spyderco lockbacks, although the Assist is made this way to deploy the glassbreaker. Most of their lockbacks are designed more like the plain blade of the Dyad, where the kick hits the lockbar between the pivot and the release end of the bar. When you squeeze the closed blade the kick tries to push the lever up, but since the other end is against the blade, it can't, so the blade doesn't go in.
Long answer: if the edge is hitting anything, it is either the spring or the backspacer, not the lockbar. I'd have to dig out a Native to check the geometry, but most of Spyderco's lockbacks are engineered to not allow that to happen. It depends on where the blade kick hits the lockbar. On the serrated blade of this Dyad, the kick hits the lockbar between the pivot and the lock end of the bar, so when you squeeze the closed blade it will lift the lockbar and allow the tip of the blade to strike the backspacer.
This is not typical on Spyderco lockbacks, although the Assist is made this way to deploy the glassbreaker. Most of their lockbacks are designed more like the plain blade of the Dyad, where the kick hits the lockbar between the pivot and the release end of the bar. When you squeeze the closed blade the kick tries to push the lever up, but since the other end is against the blade, it can't, so the blade doesn't go in.
Short answer: no.
Long answer: if the edge is hitting anything, it is either the spring or the backspacer, not the lockbar. I'd have to dig out a Native to check the geometry, but most of Spyderco's lockbacks are engineered to not allow that to happen. It depends on where the blade kick hits the lockbar. On the serrated blade of this Dyad, the kick hits the lockbar between the pivot and the lock end of the bar, so when you squeeze the closed blade it will lift the lockbar and allow the tip of the blade to strike the backspacer.
This is not typical on Spyderco lockbacks, although the Assist is made this way to deploy the glassbreaker. Most of their lockbacks are designed more like the plain blade of the Dyad, where the kick hits the lockbar between the pivot and the release end of the bar. When you squeeze the closed blade the kick tries to push the lever up, but since the other end is against the blade, it can't, so the blade doesn't go in.
Thanks Yablanowitz, the pictures were insightful. After looking at the mechanism more I realized the native is configured so that the kick hits between the pivot and dent. I guess I just wasn't used to the larger kick. I'd been wondering since i got it.