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I wasn't expecting to see any #85s show up! I can easily open my two blade#85 by pinching on the main blade! My well broken in #73 still just beats my still getting broke in #53 for most snap either way.....
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Knife you own that has the strongest snap ?
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I don't have any nail breakers but this one has pretty strong snap.
Schrade TL-29 Style Electrician Knife
Schrade Cut Co
Walden, NY
c1904-1946
Schrade TL-29 Style Electrician Knife
Schrade Cut Co
Walden, NY
c1904-1946
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This old Camco 229 electrician's knife.
The spear is a decent 6-7, and as you can see by the size of the blade, was my most used work blade for a long time. The driver, though, used to tear out my thumbnail. I usually keep a bit longer nails on my right hand for guitar picking, but I had to shorten the nail on my thumb just to open the driver blade. It literally hurt to open, and could hurt to close.
The spear is a decent 6-7, and as you can see by the size of the blade, was my most used work blade for a long time. The driver, though, used to tear out my thumbnail. I usually keep a bit longer nails on my right hand for guitar picking, but I had to shorten the nail on my thumb just to open the driver blade. It literally hurt to open, and could hurt to close.
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Hands down: this Halfrich Winchester
That is a very cool knife!
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This beast. 5.5 inches closed without the bail, 10.4 ounces, blade about an eighth-inch thick. Snap is my definition of a 10/10- pinch and pull HARD.
Daniel Dorn
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I have a Le Thiers par Chambriard in stag that has a great kick on the last leg of the journey towards open. It's quite a strong spring holding it open.
I have a TL-29 with the screwdriver that is difficult to open, but that's more a product of the the nail crescent being so close to the pivot. Overall pull is mid (6-7), but it is a nail breaker.
The snap on closing of my 2011 EO GEC Bladeforums knife is quite strong, as well, putting a ding in the blade, if I don't guide it home.
I have a TL-29 with the screwdriver that is difficult to open, but that's more a product of the the nail crescent being so close to the pivot. Overall pull is mid (6-7), but it is a nail breaker.
The snap on closing of my 2011 EO GEC Bladeforums knife is quite strong, as well, putting a ding in the blade, if I don't guide it home.
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Timely thread this. After my very first GEC, a 2006 early model 73 Scout 2 blade in stainless, I thought I'd encountered the ultimate snap and mega spring.
Until this morning. And this day....
Postman fetches a small box from France inside an Ebony handled Barlow type knife Le Garonnais by Sabot knives. Friends, this makes a bear trap sound wimpy, this is a DEATH TRAP
A stout and broad Sandvik blade, mega strong spring but if you (can) prise it open and then close it, the snap can be heard streets away!! Frankly, I actually believe it COULD take your finger off It may be a spring too far even for my extreme tastes, it's being oiled now but it has to be heard to be believed! Well. perhaps it's not THAT surprising, Frenchman Monsieur Guillotine did invent the ultimate chopper after all.....
Thanks, Will
Until this morning. And this day....
Postman fetches a small box from France inside an Ebony handled Barlow type knife Le Garonnais by Sabot knives. Friends, this makes a bear trap sound wimpy, this is a DEATH TRAP
A stout and broad Sandvik blade, mega strong spring but if you (can) prise it open and then close it, the snap can be heard streets away!! Frankly, I actually believe it COULD take your finger off It may be a spring too far even for my extreme tastes, it's being oiled now but it has to be heard to be believed! Well. perhaps it's not THAT surprising, Frenchman Monsieur Guillotine did invent the ultimate chopper after all.....Thanks, Will
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Too hard to say, I've had so many GECs with gator snap. My first ever GEC was a Tidioute big jack on the Cuban frame, and I thought, "Daayum, these springs are stiff!" Since I got used to that one, I think some of the #23 Pioneers have been even snappier. Their half-stop knives are the strongest, especially from before 2008.
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I've got seven GECs and a fair number of Cases and other brands, and some have pretty stout springs, but the hardest springs are on the big two dot 31 1/2 on the bottom. It's smooth like it's on ball bearings, but the springs on both blades have authority. I call it a man's knife. I've handed it to two women who couldn't open it at all--I won't let another try!
Believe it or not, one of them is a Bear and Son stockman I picked up---clip, sheepsfoot, and punch blades. You can hear it snap a block away and the F+F is nice too. But the winners are some Case knives from the 70's, in particular the 3347. Very strong snap on them.