Nyefmaker, Zaan lockbars and friendship

[Sonnydaze]

Nyefmaker and I have been discussing the difficulty I've been having in trying to unlock the Zaan's blade. I have a Dec 2010 model, without the LBS. By design, very little of the lockbar on my knife is exposed for the thumb to press on, and hence, I can only unlock the blade sporadically...if at all. This has caused me to leave it in the safe and generally carry one of my Sebbies. (which I also love).
Nyefmaker mentioned to me that the newer design on the Zaan's LBS model would be much easier to unlock, due to the larger area of thumb access to the lockbar. We were barely discussing this, and one arrived for sale on the Exchange. I noticed that Nyefmaker had beaten me to the punch, with a PM, so I did not post. I sent Nyefmaker a note and congratulated him on the sale.
Well, being of noble birth, Nyefmaker informed the seller that he would give me first place in line, and that he would take second place. Nyefmaker wrote me and said I could have it in his place if I desired. I held off, as I didn't want to "steal" his knife.
Shortly thereafter, Sinister Shogun posted a desire to purchase. Three hours later, still not having seen any resolution (by the seller) of the proposed sale, I posted that I would take it, IF it was still available.
Later that evening, the seller contacted me and said that it was mine if I wanted it. Hurrah!
My hat is off to Nyefmaker for his generosity , and to Sinister Shogun, who passed for reasons unknown to me.
I don't know too many guys that would do this for a mild recent acquaintance, but I am totally impressed by Nyefmaker. Thank you, Sir.
Sonnydaze
p.s. I will post relevant comparison pics of lockbar designs once the newer Zaan is received.

 

[daisy cutter]

Class act right there, class act indeed

 

[Haze]

Good guys do good things. :thumbup:

 

[Sharpski]

No surprise here, Maker is a stand up guy (and Haze you too for that matter) and we are lucky to have such helpful, and as sonny put it best, noble members on the CRK forum!

 

[1AbominAble1]

Stand up move by a stand up guy.

I have three Zaan's, a Tanto from 10 (with the original shape of the handle), and two StarTacs ( A mid gen handle and a current gen handle with new jimping on the blade ). I love all three of them and have no prob opening any of them. I've read a lot recently where some people have had trouble and its made me very curios if there's a version of the handle that I don't have or if some of the knives are tighter than others. I'm curious to know if the hard to open knives have a better detent than the easy ones. I wonder if lockbar tension is contributing to the difficulty of opening some knives.
Just curious, maybe some of you other Zaan lovers will know, maybe ill start a thread

Take care.

 

[nyefmaker]

Thank You my friend. Your giving me far more credit than I deserve. I am just a huge CRK Fan, thats all. Any info I can pass on that helps people is all good. There are forum members that are far more knowledgable and have far nicer collections than I do. All I can do is share what I know, and am always glad to help whenever I can.

I know you will love the zaan when you get it. I find the newer version with the raised thumb release much easier to manipulate closing. I know how bad you wanted one from our conversation and was so glad to see your PM saying you got it.

Thanks Again Sonnydaze, A Great Forum Friend.

 

[Desert Hermit]

Good guys do good things. :thumbup:

Which includes Haze as well by the way.....

Nyefmaker was right there to help me out when I first ventured onto this Forum, and I have never forgotten it. I am proud to call him "Friend". :thumbup:

 

[Lone_Wolfe]

A lot of good folks here, nyefmaker and the OP included. I like when I get the chance to do things like this for my friends, too.

 

[Sonnydaze]

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