Longevity of lockbar on military?

[JNewell]

Ahh that is great to hear!

If there is any peening of my stop pin, is there any way I can rotate it to distribute wear evenly?

Yes/no? Stay with me. In theory, since the stop pin is concentric, you can't rotate it to adjust it. In practice, if hard openings managed to bend the pin slightly rather than just compress it, I guess you could encounter a pin that could be rotated to change the lockup. I wouldn't worry about it, though. The basic design of this knife has been proven in the field over a lonnnng time. Use it and forget it. By the time you wear it out, there will be some new design and/or steel and you'll be wanting an excuse to buy that, not repair these.

 

[Jason B.]

I thumb flick, and not very hard either. Also, flicking probably represents 4/10 openings for me.

I will probably stop flicking it altogether now that I know it can damage the stop pin. I'm getting a new camera today so I'll post a picture of my lockup later today.

I have thumb flicked my millies and about every other knife I own, Its how I open a knife 90% of the time and I have never damaged a knife from this. If you are snapping your wrist along with it then I could see how damage may occur but you can also feel that you are being excessive when the blade slams open. Think of a AO or flipper knife and suddenly thumb flicking your blade doesn't seem so bad.

 

[CrimsonTideShooter]

I have thumb flicked my millies and about every other knife I own, Its how I open a knife 90% of the time and I have never damaged a knife from this. If you are snapping your wrist along with it then I could see how damage may occur but you can also feel that you are being excessive when the blade slams open. Think of a AO or flipper knife and suddenly thumb flicking your blade doesn't seem so bad.

I'm putting 0 wrist action into my thumb flicks, so I must not be doing any damage.

Thanks for the info everyone. If it gets any worse you can bet I'll make another thread about it.

 

[CrimsonTideShooter]

Made a little video of me flicking the Millie in slow mo. It's a little dark but you can still see.

I barely put any wrist into my flicks, but there is some there. Think doing this over and over would cause damage?
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[Nemo]

Made a little video of me flicking the Millie in slow mo. It's a little dark but you can still see.

I barely put any wrist into my flicks, but there is some there. Think doing this over and over would cause damage?

Hey ! nice slow motion !!!
IMHO I don't think it should/could "wear" it more than everyday multi spyderdropping.
I got a 1998 Starmate which has been really through folders hell.
The eccentric pivot helped me to maintain it below the 50%. No play. Secured lock.

The C36 is made to resist to that kind of opening. You should not worry about it. Enjoy your knife !:thumbup:

 

[CrimsonTideShooter]

Hey ! nice slow motion !!!
IMHO I don't think it should/could "wear" it more than everyday multi spyderdropping.
I got a 1998 Starmate which has been really through folders hell.
The eccentric pivot helped me to maintain it below the 50%. No play. Secured lock.

The C36 is made to resist to that kind of opening. You should not worry about it. Enjoy your knife !:thumbup:

Thanks! I plan on doing more of these slow mo videos, in better light of course. I was hoping it would show exactly what I'm doing when I thumb open my knife.


I'm thinking of starting a thread and taking requests for slow mo shots.

 

[Nemo]

Now that the technology is more and more available, this is going to be amazing to play with !

I heard breaking knife and filming the breakpoint in slow mo is very instructive...
But I guess the video are classified !

We want MORE knives "snuff movies" in slow motion ! True engineers wet dreams !

 

[Joshua J.]

I've flicked open one of my millies probably a couple of thousand times, and I notice that now my lockbar travels about 50% across the tang - but it hasn't gone any further because there is a noticeably steep angle on the rest of the tang, so it will need to wear a lot more to reach the other end.

How long do you guys think it will take? And has anyone ever worn through to the other side on their Millie? Also, can someone who has a fairly old and worn in millie tell me how far their lockbar engages the tang?

These things tend not to change once they settle down (once you and your Military have known each other long enough to become emotionally attached). It is more likely that you will do some heavy cutting and change the position of the stop pin, or accidentally whack the blade spine.

 

[Peter Parker]

I Spyderdrop mine better then half the time, and I can't tell hardly any difference from when I pulled it out of the box nearly 8 years ago!

 

[bodankers]

A couple of years back I purchased my SE 440V Millie second hand. The blade appeared almost unused but the handles and lock told a different story. The lock was horribly sloppy and engaging at about 70% travel, this wasn't exactly inspiring any confidence in my first Millie. It seemed to me this knife had spent it's whole life being constantly flicked open and never used to cut anything.

Anyway given that the older Millie's used an eccentric pivot, getting the old girl ship shape again was no problem. After a few tweaks I had the liner solidly locking at about 30%. Now a few years on, seeing more use and it's fair share abuse compared to all my other Spydies put together it's locking at just over 40%, and never has never missed a beat.

My 2c

Bo