Question about assisted knife - CRKT My Tighe

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mr_sarge

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Hi,

I'm pretty new with knife and would like some information.

I've bought my first assisted knife this week. A CRKT My Tighe (http://www.knife-depot.com/images/product/27/395016.jpg).

I checked a lot of video review on youtube and everyone seems to open them with a very little flick from the thumb.

I'm unable to even make the blade move when I push as hard as I can on the little knob !

I've even tried to open it with my 2 thumbs at once and the blade won't move at all !

I have to pull the blade for about 1mm, just to disengage the lock, to be able to flick it open with my thumb :(

Is this because it's new or the lock is just too strong and it's a defective unit?

Thank you,

mr_sarge
 
Not sure about your particular knife, but I have a CRKT M4-02S that is very difficult to open one handed when using the thumbstud over the top of the button. In my case, it's the way it's designed. There just isn't much leverage to overcome the spring. What I did find, is that it's very easy to open when my thumbnail got between the button and the knife instead of the thumb on top of the button. It became second nature to open this knife that way.

Your knife looks similar in the thumb stud arrangement.
 
I've finally gave up for now. My thumb and thumb nail hurt so much :)

I have removed the Outburst spring bar and will use the knife without the spring for now. When it already started to be easier. I'll try to put the spring back later and see if it's better.

Even without the spring, it open really quick.

see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oej7h9m-MR8

The spring is not really needed.

Thanks
 
Mine has never had the problem. They are all slightly stiff to get over the ridge that keeps it closed, but not as bad as you described. You might have a defective knife. Good thing is CRKT customer service is AWESOME. Email them from the web site and you will here back within 24 hours ish and they'll send you a new one or let you change to a different knife. I'd try another of the same. It's a great knife.
 
I'm with Jim, the one I played with was a little stiff but not all that hard to open and I bet CRKT would take care of you.
 
Ok, thanks for the advice. I didn't buy it directly from CRKT since i'm in Canada and price + shipping was way too high. I'll contact customer service where I did buy it.

In the meantime, I did a small video with the Outburst bar installed: http://youtu.be/dw74lMYKC3s

I'm pretty sure your's are not that hard to open :)
 
The store you bought it from would send t back to CRKT. You might as well do it yourself and save some time. Also, that knife isn't an automatic, rather assisted. Completely different mechanisms.
 
RevDevil said:
Also, that knife isn't an automatic, rather assisted. Completely different mechanisms.
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Yeah, I know. I titled this thread as an assisted knife and not a automatic one. I posted it here since I didn't find a "assisted knife" category ans thought it was more apropriate than normal folding knife. You can move it I were wrong...

For the warranty, I'll check with both to be sure :)

Thanks.
 
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