<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">What I don't understand is why MT can't re-engineer the plunge-type lock so that it will work?</font>
Whoops, let's not start any rumors here. There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with MT's plunger locks. No one is even implying that.
The conversation is about the "Cam Lock", which again, works flawlessly in the pieces I have seen.
The anti-"Cam Lock" implications are that 1) the knife can't be closed one handed (which is pretty irrelevant when put into context, but in any case, it
can) and 2) that the "the average consumer would not buy it as it was too clunky to operate".
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Is the plunge lock the same deal as on my MOD CQD MK!?</font>
Actually it's close. The "safety" on the CQD is manually applied by the user, similar to the LAWS lock on some CRK&T knives. With the "Cam Lock", the "safety" automatically engages as the knife locks up and the "safety" is spring loaded rather then being held by a detent.
To disengage the "Cam Lock" from a "Saber grip", one simply shifts their grip slightly, places their thumb on the plunder lock, their index finger on the cam lock (middle finger is against the clip side of the knife with the other fingers), roll the cam lock to the rear and depress the plunger. The blade is under no tension at the point and a roll of the wrist closes it. Actually it's easier to do then to say.
(Or if the user is
willing to use two hands, you can roll the cam with the index finger of one hand and depress the plunger with the thumb of the other)
If one can master the CQD's lock or the "LAWS" lock, you can certainly figure out the "Cam Lock". I mean it's not like thier asking someone to set the time on their damn VCR . . . it's a knife!
hth
John
