Maxx Glide or Assisted?

Maxx Glide or Assisted

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Well since I'm all about the GH2, I was going to make it about that. But I figured it may be better to leave it to just pivot systems. What do you think..?
 
Max glide for me!

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1SHOT1KILL said:
I was being facetious...I was hoping it was another poll regarding the special run GH2.
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Each person gets their pick of opening mechanism when they place the order for the special run HTM Gunhammer; that's why we didn't do a poll on it. :)
 
bushings ... yea i took out the maxx glide bearings on my v82 venturi custom .... imo it flips better for me on a bushing system
 
Help please??!!
I am in for the Gun Hammer order, but, I am having a tough time deciding which opening style to go with. It seems like the Maxx Glide is being requested most right now. Can you please help me decide? I already own a ZT flipper. What are the pro's and or con's of the Maxx Glide.
Thanks...
 
I'd say it's mostly personal preference. You can't go wrong with either. The Maxx Glide opens fast despite not being assisted. Bearings really do a lot for speed of deployment. I only have one knife with bearings, but you can tell the difference in speed and also smoothness. I used to own a ZT 0350 in the past and really liked the assisted mechanism, but still prefer manual.
 
harkamus said:
I'd say it's mostly personal preference. You can't go wrong with either. The Maxx Glide opens fast despite not being assisted. Bearings really do a lot for speed of deployment. I only have one knife with bearings, but you can tell the difference in speed and also smoothness. I used to own a ZT 0350 in the past and really liked the assisted mechanism, but still prefer manual.
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Thanks for the quick reply! This is a interesting choice. I have owned many knives over the years...many, but for some reason I am having a hard time time deciding which way to go on this one.
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It's not just about opening though. I chose Maxx Glide, and prefer unassisted to assisted where possible, because assisted knives are harder to close. Also, one of the 'problems' I've had with Gun Hammers is that they kick so hard that, for the uninitiated, they often kick right out of your hand. Which is cool, but dangerous if someone's borrowing your knife. The M390 one isn't quite as bad, but both of the others have taken numerous tumbles to the ground since they jump right out of people's hands. I've had to start warning people to hang on really tightly to the knives.
 
crimsonfalcon07 said:
It's not just about opening though. I chose Maxx Glide, and prefer unassisted to assisted where possible, because assisted knives are harder to close. Also, one of the 'problems' I've had with Gun Hammers is that they kick so hard that, for the uninitiated, they often kick right out of your hand. Which is cool, but dangerous if someone's borrowing your knife. The M390 one isn't quite as bad, but both of the others have taken numerous tumbles to the ground since they jump right out of people's hands. I've had to start warning people to hang on really tightly to the knives.
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Now that IS interesting. Kinda like the sound of that, actually. Impressive sounding. Being honest, this Gun Hammer will probably spend most of its life in the safe, with some EDC. Only a few will get to play with it.
Thanks...
 
crimsonfalcon07 said:
It's not just about opening though. I chose Maxx Glide, and prefer unassisted to assisted where possible, because assisted knives are harder to close.
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Same here, at least when it comes to the HTM Gunhammers. Those can sometimes be a b*tch to close one-handed, both because of the strength of the spring and (especially, at least IMHO) because you have to overcome the tension of the spring for the entire 180° that the blade has to travel from the open to closed position.

By contrast, Darrel's customs -- or at least the ones made over the past year, which constitute all the ones I own -- use a different assisted opening mechanism that's much quicker and easier to close because the spring is only exerting significant force over the last 90° when going from the open to closed position (i.e., the first 90° when going from closed to open). So when closing the knife, by the time you're really having to overcome the spring over that last 90°, you're in a much more mechanically advantageous position and it's very easy to close the rest of the way.

So for a HTM Gunhammer, I'd take Maxx Glide over assisted. For a custom Gunhammer, it'd be a toss-up for the reasons mentioned above.
 
Hi,
Does this mean that the AO option we have now has Maxx Glide Bearings?

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Because information is paramount and I don't want anyone to feel cheated for any reason, I was just informed that HTM Max GLIDE assisted Gunhammers are shipping to dealers as we speak. I don't know what blade steel (guessing s35vn). I just figured I should let people know. I'm guessing it will be a standard config Gunny in the black anno.
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Ray Allen said:
Hi,
Does this mean that the AO option we have now has Maxx Glide Bearings?
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No, only the unassisted version has Maxx Glide bearings. Bearings would be redundant on an assisted opener such as the spring assisted HTM Gunhammer, which as some of the other replies have attested, flies open just fine with standard phosphor bronze washers rather than bearings at the pivot. If any knife maker/company ever feels the need to put bearings on an assisted opener, they should fire the guy who designed their assisted opening mechanism. ;)
 
neuron said:
No, only the unassisted version has Maxx Glide bearings. Bearings would be redundant on an assisted opener such as the spring assisted HTM Gunhammer, which as some of the other replies have attested, flies open just fine with standard phosphor bronze washers rather than bearings at the pivot. If any knife maker/company ever feels the need to put bearings on an assisted opener, they should fire the guy who designed their assisted opening mechanism. ;)
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Thanks for the clarification.
The sentence " I was just informed that HTM Max GLIDE assisted Gunhammers are shipping to dealers as we speak." caught my attention in the post from above.
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Ray Allen said:
Thanks for the clarification.
The sentence " I was just informed that HTM Max GLIDE assisted Gunhammers are shipping to dealers as we speak." caught my attention in the post from above.
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Oh that's my mistake. I must've been hasty typing that. I copied part of an email response into the body of the reply I had written. Darrel is pretty quick in responding and doesn't proof read I find. There should have been a comma between Max Glide assisted, though in my case, I would have put an "and.". I did mention in several other responses though that ball bearings on an assisted mechanism are redundant. There just isn't a point. It's overkill. Although, I'm guessing if you wanted a custom version with ball bearings and an assist, he'd probably make it for you. But, the smoothness of the bearings would be lost with the bar/coil spring assisted mechanism. You would never notice it. It just makes no sense to me, but since when did everything have to make sense? If someone wanted to pay, I'm guessing Darrel will be glad to put both together on a custom build. Key word is custom.

Now I need to find that reply and edit it. Thanks for pointing that out to me.
 
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harkamus said:
Oh that's my mistake. I must've been hasty typing that. I copied part of an email response into the body of the reply I had written. Darrel is pretty quick in responding and doesn't proof read I find. There should have been a comma between Max Glide assisted, though in my case, I would have put an "and.". I did mention in several other responses though that ball bearings on an assisted mechanism are redundant. There just isn't a point. It's overkill. Although, I'm guessing if you wanted a custom version with ball bearings and an assist, he'd probably make it for you. But, the smoothness of the bearings would be lost with the bar/coil spring assisted mechanism. You would never notice it. It just makes no sense to me, but since when did everything have to make sense? If someone wanted to pay, I'm guessing Darrel will be glad to put both together on a custom build. Key word is custom.

Now I need to find that reply and edit it. Thanks for pointing that out to me.
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Thanks again for the help!
Just trying to understand everything before making that last decision before the order goes in. It has been a pleasure reading the evolution prccess leading up to this point. Wish I would have come across this from the beginning. I really appreciate the dynamics of efforts to get this launched.
Thanks again!
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