Really not much metal holding that D'Allara Drop Point's blade to the pivot...

peacefuljeffrey

peacefuljeffrey

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That's the biggest thing that bugs me about a knife I otherwise probably woulda loved...

Your thoughts? Does it look as weak to you as it does too me?

That and the pointiness of the thumb-ramp area (when closed) kept me from going right out and buying two of this thing... :(


-Jeffrey
 
peacefuljeffrey said:
That and the pointiness of the thumb-ramp area (when closed) kept me from going right out and buying two of this thing... :(


-Jeffrey
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De gustibus non es disputandem! I see the pointiness of the thumb ramp as serving as a focal spot for hitting pressure points when using the knife as a fist load. Same as the Lil' T.:cool: train hard and stay safe.
 
I haven't seen the insides of the DDP, but all of the knives I have seen have horrified me as to the amount of metal keeping them together. But when you think about it, steel is pretty strong — a lot stronger than a lot of people realize. That little bit of metal keeping the blade attached to the handle is stronger than the pivot or the handle. IIRC, Sal said that on the FRN knives (without liners) the first thing to break is the FRN and on the knives with liners the first thing to break is the pivot pin. It makes me a little uneasy, too, but I have faith that spyderco puts enough R&D into their knives to have worked out things like that.

- Chris
 
How many of us have actually broken a high quality folder lock? I have broke cheap knives and I have have faulty knives that failed but I have never actually broke a lock on a decent folder.

What most often happens is the lock gets disengaged by accident or the lock somehow fails (i.e., linerlock slips ect.). I have broken tips on my Spyderco but never a lock. I have not even broke any SPyderco FRN yet. I have used an Endura 3 to the point where I was half expecting it to break but it didn't. I can't imagine anything short of pure abuse that would hurt the DDP. That is a well made beefy knife that is not going to be easy to break. In fact, if you need a knife that is stonger than a DDP, I think you really need a fixed blade. If you are putting that much pressure on a folding knife, you are in for some bloody days.
 
Something tells me the pivot itself would shear long before the size of the blade tang, or the positioning of the pivot hole in the liners became a fail point. So I would think it to be just as strong as any other screw-pivot Spyderco.
 
I've handled one, and they are like tanks. Strength is certainly not an issue. The size when closed is what bothers me.
 
peacefuljeffrey said:
That's the biggest thing that bugs me about a knife I otherwise probably woulda loved...

Your thoughts? Does it look as weak to you as it does too me?

That and the pointiness of the thumb-ramp area (when closed) kept me from going right out and buying two of this thing... :(


-Jeffrey
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It's because of the ball bearing lock, IMO. The amount of space needed to be taken off the tang for lock engagement needs the horn for latereal support.
 
I sure would like it if Sal would stop in here and address testing that was done on the DDP, so that I might build confidence in the knife enough to get myself one or two...

I want to like it because it has a blade shape I like and a lock I love... The rest of the shape and construction is what I have to see about getting used to...


-Jeffrey
 
There was a guy who wrote a lot of helpful stuff in my review of the d`allara in the reviews section...he has tons of photos too...he beat the hell out of his d`allara and it came out rock solid. Check it out, very in depth stuff from this guy. Wish I had the guts to that with a brand new knife!
 
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