just gotta tell ya guys

Jack142

Jack142

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A buddy of mine stopped by the office to say hi.
He showed me his christmas gift from his brother .. A Maxum Knife... linerlock partially SE...
Well I'm looking at the knife and the linerlock didnt look right..
I gave it the old spine wack test and sure nugh.... Thing closed right up on me...
Now I'm trying to tell him to be careful not to let the thing close up and his hand and cut himself.... And he tells me it did already didnt cut him but closed on his fingers...
And hes still going to carry the D*@% thing.....

What are some people thinking ?????????????????????
Jack
 
Jack, long before liner locks came along, people carried folding knives. Slipjoints. No lock at all. They didn't cut themselves all the time, either. :)

You did him a favor by showing him it was a design failure. Now he has to be careful and use the knife as if it had no real lock.

Maybe someday he'll get the idea :D
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Jack, long before liner locks came along, people carried folding knives. Slipjoints. No lock at all. They didn't cut themselves all the time, either. :)
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Esav,

I have this same thought every time I read the ponderings of whether or not this liner lock which will not support a 700 lb load, or that Frame lock which may not support the weight of towing a small car is a danger to the knifes owner. I dont reacall growing up as a kid in the 70's all that many of the old timers in my large family walking around missing several fingers from all the knife accidents. Of course I believe they also used a axe to cut firewood not an oversized folder etc.. I think us knife nuts lose sight of the fact that a knife can be used perfectly safely whether it has a locking blade or not. My favorite is arguments from SAK users that liner locks are not a safe design.. Ummm hello most SAKs have no kocks at all yet we manage to use them safely millions of times a year.
 
chris in mo said:
Esav,

I have this same thought every time I read the ponderings of whether or not this liner lock which will not support a 700 lb load, or that Frame lock which may not support the weight of towing a small car is a danger to the knifes owner. ... ... ... My favorite is arguments from SAK users that liner locks are not a safe design.. Ummm hello most SAKs have no kocks at all yet we manage to use them safely millions of times a year.
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I've been carrying a Laguiole Elite lately, bone stag handles, just under 4" blade. Stiff opening and closing, but not difficult.

I was doing a LOT of slicing and dicing tonight, and put aside the fixed blade I'd been using, and took out the Laguiole for the last few items -- mushrooms, onions, and broccoli. These are all very different foods to cut, and I was cutting each of them differently -- the onions got minced. No effort. That narrow, thin blade made the job easy. No lock, either. You just have to remember which edge is sharp. :D
 
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