MOD CQD Mk1 Mil Ltd. Edition

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Hello everyone. This is my first post on the forum. I've been a lurker for a few months and finally registered. I recently bought a CQD Mk1, the "military or LE model". I have had the pleasure of owning an auto version for a few months, and looked forward to the manual. When it arrived, I noticed the blade had a bit of lateral play, and the action was rough. I cycled the blade about 50 times and applied a little militec-- thinking that would help with the roughness. After all that, I noticed the blade was so loose it rattled in the locked position. It had about 1/32" vertical play as well. The edge was a suprise also. The bottom edge was rolled over and the grind was very rough. The top edge was so dull I could draw it across my arm with moderate pressure-- obviously without injury. After a couple of days of using the knife, the thumb studs were so loose they were turning in the blade. Considering the knife is priced well above the regular model, ever more than the auto, I expected more. I called Jim at MOD and after a lecture on how it was my fault that the blade was loose, they agreed to repair it for free. My auto is perfect in every way and a trusted EDC, so I can't understand why the QC on a limited edition would be so poor and why they would be so defensive when I pointed it out. I'm 1-1 with MOD, but the win was a big one with the CQD-A.
 
Just an update, MOD returned the knife repaired as promised. After considering the fact that I may have been at fault for the problem, I decided to test it out. As is was, fresh from the warranty dept., it had very little blade play. After a few proper openings, no play. After half a dozen spirited wrist flicks, the blade actually rattled in the open position. I learned two things from this test. First, I did cause the damage to the knife. Second, it its manual version, this design just isn't workable. This one is going in the waste of money pile.
 
My buddy got an MOD Trident auto after playing with my Socom Elite Auto tanto. He's had it for about a year and I'm not going to tell him but it's f-d up. The thing has lots of blade play. I really like MOD's designs but after seeing that one there is no way I'm buying one. They are on price with Microtech, but I would put their quality below benchmade. To qualifty that, that is after handling one piece, but ya know, quality control means that you don't let even one piece out the door if it's that bad.
 
I was really underwhelmed when I got a Mk1 MA, and it arrived with a defective secondary lock that would not do anything. I just havent bothered to return it for repairs as it gets very little use. I was led to believe that quality would be higher than the knife seems to be.

For what is supposed to be the ne plus ultra of heavy duty folders, in my opinion taking responsibilty for causing damage is being very generous to MOD. Either that, or you have one hell of a wrist-flick.

And what's with the Elishewitz sorta but not really gravity half fixed OTF non-auto? Another solution in search of a problem?
 
The CQD Mk1 manuals are not to be wrist flicked. It will ruin the lock eventually.

Have one in the loop for testing soon on the site. This one is tight. I popped it open a dozen times and put it back into the box it came in for testing later.

Talking to them that it arrived, they explicitly said not to do it.

Also the MODS come with the same warning. It could void the warrantee and is considered abuse.

I've popped the MODS open continuously for months on the tempest, the trident and hornet with no ill effects to the ones I own.

Should I admit to that?

Brownie
 
I have a MOD Trident satin blade, and it has zero blade play. I flick it open all the time, as it is one of the smoothest knives I have. I put the quality of MOD (having handled several) above benchmade.

Funny you should mention Microtech. I have a real gripe with them. I sent my UMS (which is an auto) back to them. They have had it now for almost a month. This is ridiculous. All I wanted them to do, was put the one screw in that fell out of the clip. Their clip has three proprietary screws, and one fell out. Imagine that, you make a proprietary screw, then expect people to somehow be able to tighten it. This is not to mention the small nick in the blade and the lanyard pin completly missing since day one. Btw, I bought the UMS at their booth at Blade.

So no, I'm very unhappy with Microtech. Lousy customer service. No reason why it should take so long to fix those minor issues. This and they wanted $10 to ship it back...

Oh well... :mad: :barf:
 
I have this knife in the auto version, and it's perfect in terms of lockup. Maybe I'm giving MOD a little too much by saying it's my fault, I'm just saying that they said not to flick it, I did, and it broke. For all it's hype I have to say it's the most delicate knife of it's type I've fiddled with. It's a neat idea, but poorly executed.
 
Who in their right mind would make a military/police style knife that can't be flicked? There are boatloads of similar knives that can be flicked from Spyderco to Camillus. Benchmade sales reps flicked their knives open in their booth at the 2001 NRA convention. Sounds like MOD is either ignorant of proper assembly and parts heat treatments, or just ripping off the consumer.

Besides the flick problem, tpg had a rolled edge, dull top edge, and loose thumbstuds. Did MOD indicate this was your fault also?
 
I didn't mention it to them before I sent it in, I figured that it'd be seen and corrected. They tightened the thumbstuds and I had already fixed the edge before I sent it in. What suprised me was the contrast between my "non-special" auto version and the "limited edition" manual. My auto was perfect and cheaper!
 
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