Lock rating on the Delica 4?

Sal had a thread a while back that explained the lock ratings, and approximately where certain types of models would fall. If I can find that thread, I'll post his response here.
 
Found it. From a thread late last year. Sal was talking about the 3rd gen Endura originally, but mentioned the E4, and I would expect comparable performance from the 4th Gen Delica

Sal Glesser said:
The Endura hovers between very high medium and low heavy duty. These are pressure tests, not impact tests. All of our knives are spine tapped a number of times during the manufacturing process, but they are not destructive taps, enough to test the fit and geometry. They are again tested in QC.

The Endura 4 with full, but nested steel liners are well into the heavy duty range. We'll have more consistent testing done when they are in production.

sal
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Here is the whole thread.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=371522&highlight=rating

Hope that helps.


sal
 
To give you an idea, i've done full force hits on the spine of my Endura 3 trainer without collapse (put a good size gash in a telephone poll). It's a very solid lock and lockbacks by their nature are much more impact risistant than many other locks. If the E4 is even more solid than the E3, i wouldn't worry one bit.
 
The post above is very reassuring. That's why I love the Endura, a great reliable "beater" knife (got the E3).
 
Sorry to correct you Mongo man,

"Very Heavy Duty" is our reference to prior our MBC.

Keep in mind these are just "in-house" ratings for our own use.

sal
 
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