knives worth trust?

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some knives have stop pins and some have the thunb stud used to stop the blade. are knives with the pin stopping reliable? i had a crkt m16 that had the pins fall out. so i dont really trust knives like this too much. but some major companies likes trider use this design. so is it safe? reliable? or do i have a reasone for my fears
 
I have never had a problem on any folder. You shouldn't have a problem as long as you stick to the main players. I.E. Benchmade, Spyderco, Kershaw,
 
Well two of my favorite knives have stop pins, the Kershaw RAM and the Spyderco Paramilitary. If I was you I wouldn't worry, I have a lot of trust in both of those knives.
 
The pin fell out? The D-Bolt, screw and everything? That's REALLY weird.

I've never had this problem with any knife.
 
no system is failsafe. pins fall out and/or break.

i had a strider smf that had the stop pin (its not a thumbstud people!) come loose. with out the pin, the blade basically just flops around.

this in no way has affected my trust or use of knives with a similar system. the best you can do is buy from a quality maker, and decrease the likelihood as much as possible of lock system failure.
 
Besides that, folding knives have moving parts. Any tool with moving parts can come loose, fall apart, need repair. So maintain. Check your equipment out from time to time, and catch it before it's a problem.

When I was in basic training, one of the guys asked our sergeant why we had to spit-shine our shoes. He told him we did not have to spit-shine shoes. We had to keep our shoes clean and black with polish. Then he said that once we got our of basic, we'd be in the regular Air Force and responsible for all kinds of equipment -- like aircraft, radar, food service -- and if we couldn't keep a pair of shoes in good shape, how could the AF trust us with equipment that lives depended on?

Maintain your gear.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Besides that, folding knives have moving parts. Any tool with moving parts can come loose, fall apart, need repair. So maintain. Check your equipment out from time to time, and catch it before it's a problem.
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yes, the world is an imperfect place.

When I was in basic training, one of the guys asked our sergeant why we had to spit-shine our shoes. He told him we did not have to spit-shine shoes. We had to keep our shoes clean and black with polish. Then he said that once we got our of basic, we'd be in the regular Air Force and responsible for all kinds of equipment -- like aircraft, radar, food service -- and if we couldn't keep a pair of shoes in good shape, how could the AF trust us with equipment that lives depended on?
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that must have gone over well. or was it one of those open "question and answer" times?

when i was in the academy, i wouldn't have dared ask a d.i. why i had to do any particular task.

Maintain your gear.
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MORIMOTOM said:
that must have gone over well. or was it one of those open "question and answer" times?

when i was in the academy, i wouldn't have dared ask a d.i. why i had to do any particular task.
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In basic and afterwards, we were always encouraged to ask. USAF was big on having people understand how it all fit together.
 
I beat the hell out of my M16 and it lived until one of my friends lost it.

Manufacturing defects happen from time to time, but overall, I think any quality knife will more than stand up to recommended use.

If it reallllllly bothers you, you might try a 710 or maybe an umnumzaan, something like that.
 
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