A while back someone said their Manix failed the whack test. I saw one at a show a couple days ago, and I noticed the wedge property of the lock was significant in the closing direction. That means if you have the blade locked open, put lite closing pressure on the blade, and press the lock bar, you can see the blade rotate slightly as the lock bar moves, even before the lock is actually disengaged.
Some wedging is necessary for a couple reasons, but many lockbacks, such as my US-made Native and one of my Voyagers, have no wedging in the closing direction, it's only seen by moving the blade upward.
I didn't actually give it a whack test, as I am not brave enough to do it with someone else's knife in front of them, but going on the lock design (maybe just of that unit?), it's certainly possible it might fail the test (or it might pass). I just wanted to note that the person originally posting that complaint is not necessarily nuts.
Some wedging is necessary for a couple reasons, but many lockbacks, such as my US-made Native and one of my Voyagers, have no wedging in the closing direction, it's only seen by moving the blade upward.
I didn't actually give it a whack test, as I am not brave enough to do it with someone else's knife in front of them, but going on the lock design (maybe just of that unit?), it's certainly possible it might fail the test (or it might pass). I just wanted to note that the person originally posting that complaint is not necessarily nuts.
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