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Danggit, I'm about to lose more money....


Alright, so is the Aluminum or the FRN preferred, and why? Also, aftermarket deep-carry clips?
 
chiral.grolim said:
Danggit, I'm about to lose more money....


Alright, so is the Aluminum or the FRN preferred, and why? Also, aftermarket deep-carry clips?
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If you want to take out the torsion bar then you want the aluminum model. The FRN dosnt have a detent hole on the blade.
I have both versions but I prefer the traction on the FRN so I dropped the aluminum's blade in and now I have the best of both worlds (IMO).
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12thMan said:
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If you want to take out the torsion bar then you want the aluminum model. The FRN dosnt have a detent hole on the blade.
I have both versions but I prefer the traction on the FRN so I dropped the aluminum's blade in and now I have the best of both worlds (IMO).
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Nice revision :thumbup: :cool:

And thank you for that VERY important bit of info! No detent on the FRN version but there is one on the Alum?? I too prefer the traction and warmth afforded by FRN but am not a fan of torsion-bars... Hmm, looks like the Alum handle is also a LOT thinner - 0.49 vs 0.6" :eek: I may have to go aluminum then, and I guess I'll need a ZT clip :) Again, thanks for the info!
 
You bet.
I love this knife. If I had buckets of money I'd buy up a couple dozen of these. Not just to have extras on hand for gifts and backups but to show Kershaw how much I appreciate a very affordable, great quality USA made knife.
 
12thMan said:
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If you want to take out the torsion bar then you want the aluminum model. The FRN dosnt have a detent hole on the blade.
I have both versions but I prefer the traction on the FRN so I dropped the aluminum's blade in and now I have the best of both worlds (IMO).
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Huh weird, my frn blade has a detent hole.

Also, some clips are painted and some are parkerized
 
Ok - now you rascals have made me curious, I'll be going home tonight and taking apart my Links.... ;^)

And I say rascals in the most loving way....

best

mqqn
 
DeadboxHero said:
Huh weird, my frn blade has a detent hole.

Also, some clips are painted and some are parkerized
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Dangnabit. I got jipped then!
I thought it was really odd that the lockbar had a detent ball but the blade had no detent hole...
Figures.
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Its a $40 knife and I owned it. Then quickly returned it. Very well built but I disliked how slippery it was in hand. One handed closing was odd and i found the assisted opening rather slow. The ZT0770 is the CF version IMO but, has a few small changes that make it worth the price change. Light weight and jimpping where this knife lacks it.
A deep carry clip would also have been great. All that for $40 its hard to beat for a solid knife thats USA made. But it slipped out of my hand and almost took out my flexor digitorum superficials.
 
I have a kershaw thistle and it works great. I was hesitant about buying a kershaw but they seem to be very good knives. I may just stick with kershaw because you get a great knife for a low price.
 
I went to take mine apart yesterday, but the pivot screw was very tight. I figured that was a good thing so I left it. If its so tight that its hard to take out, I figure it won't back out on me.
If it ain't broke don't fix it. :D
 
I took the torsion bar out of my aluminum one and the detent is too weak to hold the blade in and it doesn't flip correctly.
 
Prophet118 said:
I took the torsion bar out of my aluminum one and the detent is too weak to hold the blade in and it doesn't flip correctly.
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Dang.
Well, I guess like a lot of knives you can get detent strength all across the board. Mine's solid and snappy.
 
Prophet118 said:
I took the torsion bar out of my aluminum one and the detent is too weak to hold the blade in and it doesn't flip correctly.
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Slip in a folded piece of paper, ala Bluntruth4u and his mini dejavoo (different knife but same principle, increase the spring-tension on the detent) - skip to ~8:51 if it doesn't do it for you.

[video]https://youtu.be/SOjwG98ftpk?t=8m51s[/video]
 
chiral.grolim said:
Slip in a folded piece of paper, ala Bluntruth4u and his mini dejavoo (different knife but same principle, increase the spring-tension on the detent) - skip to ~8:51 if it doesn't do it for you.

[video]https://youtu.be/SOjwG98ftpk?t=8m51s[/video]
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I appreciate it. I'll give a shot.
 
ChrisLee said:
So does anyone know why some have the US flag and some don't on the AL handles?
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I believe the earlier ones did not have the flag, and they added it on sometime later. None of the ones I've gotten have the flag.

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Just got my second Link in from Dave today, a aluminum black wash blem. As usual, it arrived a day early. And as usual, I cannot find the blem. Great blade with great fit and finish. It has the flag but I took it apart and it has no detent. So I put the torsion bar back in and it will stay that way. I don't mind the speed safe but was curious because everyone has had different experiences.
 
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