Just learned what an Emerson was for !!

shane45-1911 said:
This coming from the guy that states I am "waging war"..........LMAO.

Your post was meant to incite a reaction with your "knocking and laughing" comment. No one was doing either.

TROLL.
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Who was "laughing" or "knocking" emerson? If anyone was "knocking" emerson it is him. Selling a 50 dollar knife for 200? Yea, he is the one talking smack. Everyone else is on topic to the OP and the thread was quite good.
 
shinyedges said:
Who was "laughing" or "knocking" emerson? If anyone was "knocking" emerson it is him. Selling a 50 dollar knife for 200? Yea, he is the one talking smack. Everyone else is on topic to the OP and the thread was quite good.
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Yup, that is his typical approach. I guess he felt he needed to get an unwarranted slam against Ernie for some reason. There was nothing negative about this thread until THE TROLL showed up.
 
shane45-1911 said:
Yup, that is his typical approach. I guess he felt he needed to get an unwarranted slam against Ernie for some reason. There was nothing negative about this thread until THE TROLL showed up.
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it’s not a SLAM to say someone is able to make something more profitable than anyone else.. and I already TOLD you I have three of his knives. I love them. You think it’s an insult to say he’s been more profitable on a per knife basis than anyone else? Don’t be naive. In your rush to hurry up and insult me, you didn’t THINK about what I was saying.

Now go on and smash that keyboard, call me a troll in all caps, enlarge it, bold it for dramatic effect. That’s pretty much all you do.
 
Paratrooper06 said:
Y’all can laugh all you want, but the guy figured out how to sell a $50 knife for $200. Knock it all you want, but he’s laughing all the way to the bank.
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This post had nothing to do with the topic... designed to antagonize from the start.
jux t said:
Nobody here laughed at or was knocking the Emerson wave or his knives (yet).
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Correct... the (yet) won't last long.
shane45-1911 said:
Just another TROLL comment, as we have come to expect from Paratrooper.
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Report it instead of taking the bait.
shinyedges said:
Here we go. Another thread down the gutter. 🤦‍♂️
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Not this time.
 
I've had one Emerson. CQC 7 IIRC. Fit n finish was poor. The wave seemed to tear up my pockets. It was my first and probably only Emerson. Maybe I just got a lemon. I paid $140 or so and it was a user. I sold it and got almost all my $ back.

For those that love Emerson knives or the wave feature (modified or zip ties, et all), more power to you.
 
shane45-1911 said:
Yup, not necessarily pocket friendly by any means. I ripped more than a couple pockets until the novelty wore off. It is/was still a very innovative feature, however.
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Agreed. I learned that ... 1. I don't need to deploy a blade that fast . 2. I don't like ripping the top of my pants. 3. It is an innovative feature. Just one I don't need.
Gilbert G said:
Did I miss something here? Anyone have a link to this "Spyderco video on Emerson"? 🤷‍♂️
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I also wondered about the video. I wasn't sure what exactly the video said, I just posted about my one experience with an Emerson knife and the wave opener heh,
 
Gilbert G said:
Did I miss something here? Anyone have a link to this "Spyderco video on Emerson"? 🤷‍♂️
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My guess would be this one from Spyderco's YouTube channel, or maybe another review of a Spyderco knife with the wave oprner on it.


(Edit: double linked video)
 
I just can't get on board with the wave feature. It works almost TOO well. While it is nice to have the knife ready at hand when I draw it from my pocket, being that I am WAY more likely to need to fish the thing out of my pocket while sitting down in my truck so that I can secure it in my glove box before entering a restricted building than I am going to need to tactically deploy a folder rapidly, the risk of it coming partially open when I don't want it to is greater than the benefit.

I will say that my ZT 630 is a fine knife and certainly springs into action as designed. It certainly think it feels very well made. My biggest complaint on that one is that even a bit of pressure on the frame lock makes using the thumb disk awkward at best and almost impossible under a stressful situation. I think the wave works great, but a secondary opening method like the disk would work better on a frame lock or lock back where the lock isn't so easily jammed up with unwanted pressure.

So for me, spydie hole/stud/flipper tab/automatic before choosing a knife with a wave feature, especially sporting a frame lock. I get most of my novelty high-speed low-drag fix on a Cold Steel budget and spend most of my money of Emerson price level in other genres of knives.
 
Steely_Gunz said:
My biggest complaint on that one is that even a bit of pressure on the frame lock makes using the thumb disk awkward at best and almost impossible under a stressful situation.
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Interesting, I have never had that problem. Mine flies open every time, in fact it is one of the smoothest opening knives I have. It almost feels like it is on bearings. And I find I get a very positive lock on the thumb disk instinctively. But everyone is different, so could just be the shape/size of your hands or how you grip it.
 
unwisefool said:
Interesting, I have never had that problem. Mine flies open every time, in fact it is one of the smoothest opening knives I have. It almost feels like it is on bearings. And I find I get a very positive lock on the thumb disk instinctively. But everyone is different, so could just be the shape/size of your hands or how you grip it.
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Totally could be that. While I don't have a overly large hand, the way my grip naturally falls right in line with the cut out on the frame I'm sure us causing the issue. To be fair, I also keep the pivot a bit tighter because blade wobble irks me.
 
I got my BiL the orange zt 0630 for Christmas a few years back. I'm absolutely kicking myself for not picking up one for myself. Now they're gone

I had an Emerson Bulldog that I carried for a while, but that G10 was like sandpaper, so I let it go.
 
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