First let me say i'm not trying to rustle any feathers, just taking an objective look at knives because i am the kind of person who likes to inspect every structural aspect on knives even when it can be a bit overkill.
I had the pleasure of handling a 95T yesterday and i'll say it's a beautiful knife, it has a very CRK vibe about it. Love the thinly ground FFG blade in M390 and as you'd expect it flips like no other. Machining of the handles also fantastic as well as all tolerances. Now, the only thing that concerned me was the steel lock bar insert design. If you look closely at the pictures below, you can see that the insert actually sits lower than the lockbar, now when this insert engages the tang it only has a few millimeters of travel before it hits into the overhanging lock bar. Basically if the lock bar was to try and settle it's self in over time or naturally adjust for wear and walk over, or if you grip the knife hard to secure the lock bar it simply cant...because the lockbar lip hits the tang and stops it in it's tracks. Now i understand the steel on steel interface will be fine for a long time, but the lock bar contact tension is very light and if you squeeze the handle at all the bar walks straight across as far as it will go until it's stopped by this overhanging lip.
This might seem great visually because the lockbar will always look as tho it's at 35%, but in reality if the steel insert flattens down or wears at all and in unable to move across naturally - it can develop lock rock. It's a confusing design choice i must say, i just felt like discussing it as out of the hundreds of knives i've broken down and inspected in my time i've never seen something like this. Other than that it's a beautiful well made knife and this wouldn't cause any major issues, just a very strange design choice.
I had the pleasure of handling a 95T yesterday and i'll say it's a beautiful knife, it has a very CRK vibe about it. Love the thinly ground FFG blade in M390 and as you'd expect it flips like no other. Machining of the handles also fantastic as well as all tolerances. Now, the only thing that concerned me was the steel lock bar insert design. If you look closely at the pictures below, you can see that the insert actually sits lower than the lockbar, now when this insert engages the tang it only has a few millimeters of travel before it hits into the overhanging lock bar. Basically if the lock bar was to try and settle it's self in over time or naturally adjust for wear and walk over, or if you grip the knife hard to secure the lock bar it simply cant...because the lockbar lip hits the tang and stops it in it's tracks. Now i understand the steel on steel interface will be fine for a long time, but the lock bar contact tension is very light and if you squeeze the handle at all the bar walks straight across as far as it will go until it's stopped by this overhanging lip.
This might seem great visually because the lockbar will always look as tho it's at 35%, but in reality if the steel insert flattens down or wears at all and in unable to move across naturally - it can develop lock rock. It's a confusing design choice i must say, i just felt like discussing it as out of the hundreds of knives i've broken down and inspected in my time i've never seen something like this. Other than that it's a beautiful well made knife and this wouldn't cause any major issues, just a very strange design choice.
And i also agree on the spare parts idea, i've always wished companies would send by default some spare washers/bearings in case you lose on or damage something. Even stop pins etc. they can't be too costly to chuck in a bag. Maybe one day!
