Mcusta Katana question.

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White Mule

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I just received this lovely blade. I noticed however that there is zero detent retention in the closed position. I mean zero. There is a detent ball located on the liner lock. It seems to do nothing at all? The seller tells me that this is very normal and it has been discussed (where?). Can anyone shed any light? I'm afraid to lube this thing for obvious reasons. Good thing it's tip down only I guess...
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Your best bet is to contact Mcusta, zero detent is a design flaw, it should not be like that, but you are not gonna get many responses here, Mcusta is not known for producing quality products
 
That sucks because it's a great knife!
Mine doesn't have the strongest detent, but it does have one.
Joe
 
Came razor sharp and dead centred. If it had a detent, it would be strong to the left. Lol!


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Mcusta katana sound too much like hakuna matata. If you have kids you probably know what I'm referring to and now it's stuck in your head too.
 
Grandmaster said:
YMcusta is not known for producing quality products
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I like some of their knives very much; I disagree with you entirely in your assessment of their product quality. I own several and in particular I've carried and used this knife a bunch for years, and it's been great:

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I would agree with that nasty evilgreg!!
I've had these 2 for more than a year and have no complaints at all.
I don't like the tanto blade shape much, but I love the way Mcusta does it. Both of these blades were stupid incredibly sharp out of the box and a little stropping after use brings them right back. Both also have excellent action.
Only small issue I had was blade centering........but little blue loctite & adjustment was all it took.
Joe
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I don't own any MCusta. So this is purely just an opinion for the sake of discussion.

I have seen MCusta knives and know that they can make good knives. What they lack I think is user-feedback. Many knifemakers have made a lot of back lock knives, and thus many Japanese knife users have a good amount of experience with it. However, when liner/frame lock knives started to swarm the global knife world, the Japanese knife law got tightened up (in late 90'/early 00'), due to several crimes involving knives. We cannot really carry any knives fully legally or comfortably here and therefore have not really built up our experience on these types of knives. Also, MCusta and G Sakai are probably the only mass production knifemakers making these types of knives in Japan.

This makes, I think, MCusta devoid of user-feedback on the modern lock mechanisms (including lockbar tension, % engagement, detent strength, etc) for improving their products.

Although MCusta seems to be a typical Japanese company lacking international affairs, you can probably send your feedback to them. I am sure they can understand it in this Google Translate era!



Miso
 
I feel that this knife is worthy of a spot in my collection as well as daily use. If the one I purchased had a detent, this thread wouldn't exist. I thought about keeping it, taking it apart and investigating, but....maybe this one is a pass. Blade came nutty sharp. Lock-up is solid in all directions. Action is smooth as glass. Tip down only is not an issue on this one. Clip is stout. Deep carry to boot. Colours pop. Weight and Ergos are acceptable. Tanto looks great. Tip looks very fragile. Slices awesome. Overall a keeper. WITH a detent of course.

P.S. I tried contacting Mcusta, but can't find a website on a google search.


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http://mcusta.jp/

It is in Japanese, but there is a language option in the middle of the front page using Google Translate.
They have a contact page again only in Japanese without a language option there.
In case you are willing to contact them despite of this, I annotated their contact form in English.

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Miso
 
Thanks, Miso.^
btw, I just received a Mcusta katana, thank you Sal, and it's my new EDC.
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