Knife blade centering. Everyone should realize.....

[PURPLEDC]

More of a thread for newbs. If you are well versed in frame locks nothing to see here. But for you new guys a friendly reminder to you all evaluating a frame lock for blade centering. If you are checking centering near the pivot you will always be disappointed. The lockbar has a detent ball. That ball sits in a hole in the blade. So the lockbar side in 99% of all cases will be closer to the blade than on the opposing side. You should be checking for centering after the lockbar cutout. Saying a knife has poor centering because the lockbar is up against the blade shows a lack of knowledge of the user. Not a manufacturing error. I have no problem with people if they have a legitimate manufacturing gripe. I have just seen too many complaints about blade centering when the knife was perfectly fine.

 

[Deltadag]

Just about everybody gauges blade centering by taking a closed knife and noting where the point of the blade sits in relation to the left and right liners or scales. It's the most intuitive quality control check a person can make with any folder, locking or not. I'll wager that of all the photos posted on this site to illustrate good or bad centering, fully 99% focus on the just the blade's point.

 

[brancron]

Just about everybody gauges blade centering by taking a closed knife and noting where the point of the blade sits in relation to the left and right liners or scales. It's the most intuitive quality control check a person can make with any folder, locking or not. I'll wager that of all the photos posted on this site to illustrate good or bad centering, fully 99% focus on the just the blade's point.

Just about everybody, with the exception of this crazy person: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...-Avoid-buying-it-if-you-prefer-perfect-center. He was banned here on BF, then went over to Reddit's /r/knifeclub and started spamming the same stuff (a mix of pro-Ganzo and anti-Hinderer blather).

 

[SevenOfNine]

Just about everybody gauges blade centering by taking a closed knife and noting where the point of the blade sits in relation to the left and right liners or scales. It's the most intuitive quality control check a person can make with any folder, locking or not. I'll wager that of all the photos posted on this site to illustrate good or bad centering, fully 99% focus on the just the blade's point.

Absolutely. Well said. Too bad some of the trolls/nutjobs can't seem to grasp such a simple concept. It has been covered ad nauseum lately and still we have to say it. Glad OP started this thread. Let's see if (especially new)people actually read it before starting new threads embarrassing themselves about supposedly poor centering.

 

[Mick_1KRR]

Never seen anybody stupid enough to judge centering anywhere other than the tip. If its off at the tip then yes, go ahead and complain about the slabs being too close as you go further up. Simple.

 

[SevenOfNine]

Oh Mick you'd be surprised. We've had four or five of them just this past weekend. Well, potentially 1 or 2 since they were probably the same guy....but still. I've seen people judge it at the pivot and lockbar areas and then cry about it and even try to "fix" it.

 

[PURPLEDC]

Just about everybody gauges blade centering by taking a closed knife and noting where the point of the blade sits in relation to the left and right liners or scales. It's the most intuitive quality control check a person can make with any folder, locking or not. I'll wager that of all the photos posted on this site to illustrate good or bad centering, fully 99% focus on the just the blade's point.

LOL, which is precisely why I said "More of a thread for newbs. If you are well versed in framelocks nothing to see here." And I made the thread because in the last decade I have seen way too many Knewbs (spelled incorrectly on purpose) single out a maker or a manufacturer claiming their blades are always off center. Others have referenced the most recent example but it happens often enough that I felt it needed to be said. Again, not for the majority but for the small amount of people who speak before they learn about the topic. So in other words the OP is for the 1% and it was made clear in the first sentence.