Olamic fans... enlighten me please

Popsickle

Popsickle

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those of you who own or carry an olamic 247.... how do you like yours? A lot of them seem to be too pretty to EDC. I'm looking into getting one but not before I here some testimonials of sorts of y'all are willing to help with that :)

This here calls to me in so many ways, but I'm just not sure.
 

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Well made, flips very smoothly and quickly. Solid, fits my hand well and carries nicely. Has nice touches such as the clip, with the ball to ensure it releases without trouble. Floating backspacer and great blade shape. I like mine and it's carried regularly.
 
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The 24/7 is a great all around pocket knife. Definitely not a pocket brick, it's a well balanced knife in every way. The only negative was mine came very tight and flipping action was blah at best. I used the supplied pivot tool to hit that sweet spot and now that it's broken in, I couldn't be happier. Lock up on this knife is solid! My 24/7 touts Elmax that came scary sharp. From what I have read, Olamic has top tier costumer service too. I'll try to supply some pic later.
 
A new phone is packaged immaculately, sleek and shiny. A phone is meant to be used. It will get fingerprints, maybe scuffs and scratches.

Shoes are often beautiful too, a nice pair of sneakers or even leather dress shoes. Shoes are meant to tread upon the earth, which is dirty.

A knife can also be a beautiful piece of craftsmanship. A knife is a tool, meant to be used. It will get dirty, scratched, scuffed.

The good thing about all these is you can clean them. Sure, they might not be immaculate ever again, but really, is its worth serving its purpose not greater than its appearance?
 
Aldebaran said:
What is the benefit to an internal stop pin? Beauty only? Is there no downside to an internal stop pin?
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They are done a couple different ways.

One way involves machining a channel into the tang for the pin to ride in. The other involves pressing a pin into a hole in the tang and putting channels in the liners on either side for the pin to ride in. I prefer the latter. Machining the channel into the tang on some knives removes more metal than I would like. An external stop pin does not require that the tang be machined or drilled to accept a pin and in my mind should be stronger.

I think it is done for aesthetic reasons only.
 
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