Knives with bearings, eh?

Yep...I have been bitten by my Shirogorov 95T M390 after it got re-profiled to a screaming sharp full-polished edge, and it was a bad one. Never even got any pictured because I was a little too busy driving myself to the emergency room.

The nurse was amazed when they got the bleeding to stop though because it was such a clean and smooth cut that I didn't even need stitches and it hasn't left a scar at all :D

So yep, they definitely close fast as well ;) :D

But hey, once they bite you, they're yours forever :D:D
 
I have the same knife, and yes if you have the tension just-so and push the lock at a tad too far it will snap on you.
Still my edc though, love the 0562!

 
Lance23 said:
I have the same knife, and yes if you have the tension just-so and push the lock at a tad too far it will snap on you.
Still my edc though, love the 0562!

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Love that scale on your 0562!
 
Ha, that's funny. I have so many diagonal scars on my right thumb, that my skin just looks textured now. Yup, a really smooth pivot, sharp edge, and gravity sometimes work together to bite the hand that feeds it. :)
 
My 0801bw got me the first day I had it, was trying to learn how to flip it and on the way closed it bit me....
 
This is funny, my wife cut herself opening mine last nite just as I was saying careful! Everyone gets bit at some point.
 
It wasn't the bearings that made it close fast, it was the pressure of the lockbar. However, bearing flippers tend to have lockbars that exert a light amount of pressure on the blade tang, thus allowing it to close fast.

I don't really carry flippers anymore because of this exact reason. I've been cut too many times at work, and that slows progress down when you have to take a break in the middle of something to stop bleeding and clean things up. Lately it's been just thumbstud openers for me; either a Rockstead or a CRK.
 
I'll echo blues bender a bit. My 0562cf closes dangerously easy. My 0560s and 801 also dangerous but less so. Now my 550 might be more dangerous than all of them! No bearings but not a lite lock bar either. Just super smooth.
 
So far so good, no bites from the flippers. Funny one of my worst bites was from one of those tiny leathermans, with a friction blade, I picked it up, did not notice the blade orientation and pushed on the blade side to close, not a happy cut
 
I never had that problem with flippers as the flipper catches on my thumb preventing accidents. I have however almost lost my thumb with my bastinelli RED.
 
I'm okay with my flippers, but haven't owned any with bearings. Perhaps it's better that way...for me.
:)
 
Blues Bender said:
It wasn't the bearings that made it close fast, it was the pressure of the lockbar. However, bearing flippers tend to have lockbars that exert a light amount of pressure on the blade tang, thus allowing it to close fast.

I don't really carry flippers anymore because of this exact reason. I've been cut too many times at work, and that slows progress down when you have to take a break in the middle of something to stop bleeding and clean things up. Lately it's been just thumbstud openers for me; either a Rockstead or a CRK.
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This is a pretty good concept really. I always use my thumb to stop the blade from closing on my hand by catching the flipper tab, but it is probably a little harder to do that on a job site, huh? ;)

When I'm out doing heavier work I usually end up using a thumb-stud opener as well though. It's a little bit more reliable to manipulate with gloves if needed, and I have the option of opening the blade much slower that way if I need to or I need to have more control over the blade to keep it from hitting something in tight spaces.
 
I only own 2 knives with bearings, I love them, should they run dry or with a little lube, I put a little drop of nano lube in mine.
 
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