Reasons not to have a 1/2 stop?

[cpirtle]

I like 1/2 stops for several reasons, can't think of a reason why I wouldn't want one.

So my questions is, can you think of any reasons not to want a 1/2 stop on a slippie?

 

[JamesA]

Half stops... my head says yes, but my heart says no.

This isn't really the practical answer you're looking for, I'll bet, but while I like the functionality of them -- they're safer, and sometimes it's actually kind of nice to use a knife that's half open -- I don't really like the "feel" of a half-stopped knife. It feels like a scratch looks.

Honestly, though, I could take it or leave it. Pluses and minuses balance out pretty well.

 

[fasteddie]

On a split back whittler, the main blade is easier to open when there are no half stops. If you draw yourself a picture of a squared tang and a rounded one, you will quickly see that the squared tang, which gives the half stops, has higher steeper cam lobes (the corners) than the rounded one, and that makes it harder to open. When its got two springs working against it like on the main blade of whittler, that adds up to a stiffer opening blade.

 

[Paul Granger]

On the half-stop folders that I have made, I somewhat round over the corner of the tang that rides the spring during opening. I keep the other corner mostly square. That way it stays closed, opens more easily & won't close accidently.

 

[Bastid]

Hi Paul,

Great to have you along for the ride here. Now I have to get my hands on some of your work.

 

[markd1]

funny this should come up today. I have a band aid on my ring finger covering a cut that I received today when opening a pretty tight queen D2 stockman. The blade stopped at the halfstop but my finger didn't