new 112 Pro TRX design question

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BennyBlade

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I bought my wife an orange g10 112 for christmas... the past 2 times she has taken it out to stab me (kidding), she has cut herself due to unintentional snapback into the handle... both times we laughed about it, and I chalked it up to operator error... today I was using it and I notice her knife has a substantial, almost 2 step process to opening it. there seems to be a substantial amount of metal where the rounded edge of the blade meets the flat snap producing surface. I have a new condition 112 pro that was manufactured in 2019. It opens much more smoothly, and you dont notice the hump in the metal. It snaps opens with relative force to which it closes. It still has enough snap to keep it shut all the time... are the new knives designed this way?
 
I have one that does the same thing. :( Thought maybe it was just made that way. Interested to see if there are more.
 
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Well Benny, It looks like you and I are the only ones that notice this issue. So I guess try to live with it or send it back to buck. 🙁
 
I have a 112 Pro that suffers from the same glitch. It has bit me a few times. I'll be taking the knife with me the next time I drive through the States and will drop it off at Buck to let them decide what should be done.
 
wackafew said:
Well Benny, It looks like you and I are the only ones that notice this issue. So I guess try to live with it or send it back to buck. 🙁
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Well I was honestly hoping for more feedback on this post. I guess Ill make a decision today if I want to spend the 10 weeks to send it back. such a major minor issue...
 
The 110 and 112, and probably other lockbacks, were designed with a bias towards closure. This was to prevent California from outlawing them as gravity knives. It sounds like on the newer lighter framed knives, this bias is showing more than it does on the brass framed knives. But that is just a guess on my part. I don't own any of the lighter framed models.

O.B.
 
Old Biker said:
The 110 and 112, and probably other lockbacks, were designed with a bias towards closure. This was to prevent California from outlawing them as gravity knives. It sounds like on the newer lighter framed knives, this bias is showing more than it does on the brass framed knives. But that is just a guess on my part. I don't own any of the lighter framed models.

O.B.
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its a non issue on my standard 112. also a non issue on my g10 722, 110 slim, ranger pro.... I understand what you are saying, but this thing is horribly uncumfortable to open. deleted my comment on California... :D :cool: I am moving in a couple of weeks so I can think about it until the enfd of may at least. I'll probably send it back to them and let them decide if its within their QC limits...
 
Perhaps lack of response comes from not understanding the issue.

Forgive my simple understanding of things, but it sounds like there was flesh in the path of the blade when it was closing and someone got cut?

Because if there's no flesh in the blade's path, no one gets cut right?

Or perhaps you were in the act of opening it and the blade snapped back shut because you didn't have a from grip on the blade or stud?
 
I guess my concern is that the lock works.

Beware when it's not.
 
I won't speak for the original poster but in my case there is so much resistance at one point while opening the blade that it can and will slip from your fingers. At that point it snaps closed on whatever might be in the way.

As a former working man with dirty, greasy fingers I was in a hurry to get the job done. After a few too many slips I switched over to a knife with thumbstuds. No more cuts.
 
MT_Pokt said:
Perhaps lack of response comes from not understanding the issue.

Forgive my simple understanding of things, but it sounds like there was flesh in the path of the blade when it was closing and someone got cut?

Because if there's no flesh in the blade's path, no one gets cut right?

Or perhaps you were in the act of opening it and the blade snapped back shut because you didn't have a from grip on the blade or stud?
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so you are correct, except that the defect causes such a change in momentum during opening, that your thumb may either lock up or slide off the thumb stud, causing a lot of instability which may cause the knife to move in your hand unexpectedly... (such as JotN is suggesting above)
 
BennyBlade said:
so you are correct, except that the defect causes such a change in momentum during opening, that your finger may either lock up or slide off the thumb stud, causing a lot of instability which may cause the knife to move in your hand unexpectedly... (such as JotN is suggesting above)
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Correct. I love the knife (112 Ranger Pro) and don't want to give it up but it will require service at some point.
 
GPyro said:
Ok.
I was unsure myself what the OP was referring to.

Isn't the pivot on the TRX adjustable with the torx screw construction?
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Good point! I don't know if adjusting the pivot would help though. I open my TRX models via the thumbstuds which should allow a more secure grip but even if my old Pro had studs, it might still slip. There really is some serious resistance at one spot while opening and if you don't have a secure grip the blade snaps closed with a heck of a snap.
 
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Jeff of the North said:
As I've just discovered, in my case, installing a stud provides a very secure grip to prevent the blade from slipping out of my fingers when it hits that "sticking point".
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I was confused on the model knife you were talking about... those are nice looking.. The orange one is the one im having the issue with... definitley not a pivot point issue or an ignorance to rule #1 knife safety issue... I'm going to send it back to buck shortly after I move and I will get back to everyone with my results then.
 
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