Guess I'm just too picky and used to Axis locks .
ooooohhhhhh
wait .
that first one was before I ever had anything , other than a Buck 110 , to compare it to .
I would have to press down on the lock bar with both thumbs one on top of the other to get the lock bar BELOW the surface of the handle to get the lock to pivoted FAR ENOUGH so the hook on the lock bar would clear the blade notch .
Before modding it I finally had developed a "technique" where I pressed the lock bar in with the bony side of my index finger and could just get the lock to release .
Once I modded it I didn't have to FOCUS on unlocking the blade anymore I could just use the knife without thinking about it .
See the difference ?
I've bought probably a hundred Cold Steels over the last decade and a half and most of them have been this way .
Silly rabbits .
My favorite post that I can't help harping on is the : clamp the lock bar in over night and the Spring will get softer !
If that were true cars would get closer to the ground the longer they sat in the driveway .
