Snecx CKF Terra Patiently waiting

jkilla2279

jkilla2279

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Patiently waiting here for my Snecx CKF Terra. It just shipped today FRWK. Says 12-21 days expected to my area here in the great USA.
Good video posted below shows cutting action and complete break down and rebuild by hand.


I'll post pics when I get it. Cost was 910 anybody want make higher offer? Let me know hehe
 
jkilla2279 said:
Patiently waiting here for my Snecx CKF Terra. It just shipped today FRWK. Says 12-21 days expected to my area here in the great USA.
Good video posted below shows cutting action and complete break down and rebuild by hand.


I'll post pics when I get it. Cost was 910 anybody want make higher offer? Let me know hehe
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You are a lucky guy. Snecx tooless disassembly knives are awesome.
 
Youtube video: "german german german spydie flick german german." :)

I am debating whether to buy this knife or not. On the one hand, it is exceedingly cool from a mechanical standpoint, which is my jam. On the other, it is, for me, very expensive. Twice what I usually consider my budget and $150 more than I have ever spent, and that was on a handmade "custom" knife.

One thing which confuses me a little is that the CKF website says "pieces interlock with one another to form a stable knife that stays centered and never loosens with use."

Is the "stays centered" a result of precision engineering (ie. there's no "play") or is there some unusual aspect of the design which causes this effect. From the video, it looks like the former.
 
Not sure yet? At least they send spare parts. So if you break it down and loose a part you have spare. I assume being that it has such tight tolerances it will stay centered and have no play. I have customs from other knife makers that have never loosened or didn't stay centered with less precision machining.
 
SpySmasher said:
Youtube video: "german german german spydie flick german german." :)

I am debating whether to buy this knife or not. On the one hand, it is exceedingly cool from a mechanical standpoint, which is my jam. On the other, it is, for me, very expensive. Twice what I usually consider my budget and $150 more than I have ever spent, and that was on a handmade "custom" knife.

One thing which confuses me a little is that the CKF website says "pieces interlock with one another to form a stable knife that stays centered and never loosens with use."

Is the "stays centered" a result of precision engineering (ie. there's no "play") or is there some unusual aspect of the design which causes this effect. From the video, it looks like the former.
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Weird, I can understand him just fine. *adjusts ears* :p
I'll check the video out now, if anybody wants to know something about I can translate if it's in the video. :)
 
SpySmasher said:
Youtube video: "german german german spydie flick german german." :)

I am debating whether to buy this knife or not. On the one hand, it is exceedingly cool from a mechanical standpoint, which is my jam. On the other, it is, for me, very expensive. Twice what I usually consider my budget and $150 more than I have ever spent, and that was on a handmade "custom" knife.

One thing which confuses me a little is that the CKF website says "pieces interlock with one another to form a stable knife that stays centered and never loosens with use."

Is the "stays centered" a result of precision engineering (ie. there's no "play") or is there some unusual aspect of the design which causes this effect. From the video, it looks like the former.
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I kinda doubt the "stays centered forever" aspect. Since it's a basic pivot with a built in proprietary tool, there is nothing preventing the pivot to loosen and the knife to lose center. The frame is under constant tension due to the backspacer spring system. It's definitely well engineered and precisely made.
 
b00n said:
I kinda doubt the "stays centered forever" aspect. Since it's a basic pivot with a built in proprietary tool, there is nothing preventing the pivot to loosen and the knife to lose center. The frame is under constant tension due to the backspacer spring system. It's definitely well engineered and precisely made.
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Who knows? maybe it screws until it locks in place???? Not sure yet. But i have Andre Thorburn, Jason Clark, Burger and many mid techs as well. None of them loosen or have gone out of center. I flick the Thorburn alot never had an issue. So I assume the CKF won't have any issues. Now a PM2 or other production knife like benchmade loosen and get out of center all the time. Blue lock tight time bro.
 
jkilla2279 said:
Who knows? maybe it screws until it locks in place???? Not sure yet. But i have Andre Thorburn, Jason Clark, Burger and many mid techs as well. None of them loosen or have gone out of center. I flick the Thorburn alot never had an issue. So I assume the CKF won't have any issues. Now a PM2 or other production knife like benchmade loosen and get out of center all the time. Blue lock tight time bro.
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Oh yeah, I wasn't knocking the knife, I really like the construction. I think for me the biggest upside to the construction is that there aren't and scale threads you can mess up. You can assemble and disassemble the knife as often as you want. And I loooooooove the fact that CKF puts in spare parts, I know in a way it's to make up for the 1 year warranty, but something about getting spare parts without having to deal with the company and asking for a screw or some other small part is just so good. Everybody should do that, at least in that 300+$ range. (Reate does it too, but CKF just goes the extra mile) And honestly I can't image it costs a lot, I'd happily pay 10-15$ more if I got the extra parts. Do I need them? Probably not, does it add a peace of mind to it, for sure.
 
Just watched the video. The one thing that concerns me is the spare parts are all in the same bag with nothing separating them and the scratches that are already all over the pivot and are on the blade. Hopefully it was from the reviewer but we'll find out soon enough.
 
dustinarai said:
Just watched the video. The one thing that concerns me is the spare parts are all in the same bag with nothing separating them and the scratches that are already all over the pivot and are on the blade. Hopefully it was from the reviewer but we'll find out soon enough.
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I checked both of my spare sets (Morrf+Kwaiback) everything was separated, three baggies, one for pivot, one for screws and washers and spare clip in one. So nothing scratched up, I gotta check the video again, it's not an original unboxing, he borrowed the knife, so maybe the original owner just put everything in one bag.
 
Snecx Tan is an interesting guy but I can't quite figure him out. I asked him once on his IG why such a mechanically-inclined guy was using frame locks when there were so many objectively mechanically-superior locks available. He replied along the lines that frame locks appealed to him because of their simplicity. But then he goes and creates a puzzle frame like this.

He has since announced that he's working on a new lock design. That should be very interesting.
 
b00n said:
Oh yeah, I wasn't knocking the knife, I really like the construction. I think for me the biggest upside to the construction is that there aren't and scale threads you can mess up. You can assemble and disassemble the knife as often as you want. And I loooooooove the fact that CKF puts in spare parts, I know in a way it's to make up for the 1 year warranty, but something about getting spare parts without having to deal with the company and asking for a screw or some other small part is just so good. Everybody should do that, at least in that 300+$ range. (Reate does it too, but CKF just goes the extra mile) And honestly I can't image it costs a lot, I'd happily pay 10-15$ more if I got the extra parts. Do I need them? Probably not, does it add a peace of mind to it, for sure.
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I totally agree. Given what it likely costs to do this, I believe that ALL makers should pick up the habit. There's nothing like knowing I have a spare clip, pivot, bearings, and backspacer. I'd happily pay an addition $10-20 to receive spare parts with all of my knives. It reminds me of the older ZT models that would have a titanium lockside, carbon fiber show scales, and then a steel liner? I could never understand why they'd choose to cheap out on the liner. I would've gladly paid the difference between the materials if it meant having titanium liners for my titanium framelock...I still love my 0560, regardless ;)

dustinarai said:
Just watched the video. The one thing that concerns me is the spare parts are all in the same bag with nothing separating them and the scratches that are already all over the pivot and are on the blade. Hopefully it was from the reviewer but we'll find out soon enough.
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All of my spare bits came in separate bags. Regardless, if you're actually carrying your knife to the degree in which you inevitably need spare parts, some superficial scratches that may or may not take place while being moved around in a cushioned bag are likely to be of no concern to you.
 
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b00n said:
I checked both of my spare sets (Morrf+Kwaiback) everything was separated, three baggies, one for pivot, one for screws and washers and spare clip in one. So nothing scratched up, I gotta check the video again, it's not an original unboxing, he borrowed the knife, so maybe the original owner just put everything in one bag.
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Ah that makes sense, I watched the video on my phone so I couldn't translate it. SNECX is so meticulous with his knives I couldn't imagine his collaboration with CKF would be handled carelessly.
 
dustinarai said:
Ah that makes sense, I watched the video on my phone so I couldn't translate it. SNECX is so meticulous with his knives I couldn't imagine his collaboration with CKF would be handled carelessly.
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Yeah, Stephan borrowed it from somebody else, he would love to own one but it's out of his price range (I'd be about 1100$ to buy in germany) , a viewer/friend loaned it to him for review and send it over. I am assuming to keep it simple he just dumped all the parts into the largest baggy in the pouch, less risk of losing one of the bags, although for a disassembly I would have just send the knife and pouch, no need for the cloth, card and parts imho.
 
SpySmasher said:
Youtube video: "german german german spydie flick german german." :)

I am debating whether to buy this knife or not. On the one hand, it is exceedingly cool from a mechanical standpoint, which is my jam. On the other, it is, for me, very expensive. Twice what I usually consider my budget and $150 more than I have ever spent, and that was on a handmade "custom" knife.

One thing which confuses me a little is that the CKF website says "pieces interlock with one another to form a stable knife that stays centered and never loosens with use."

Is the "stays centered" a result of precision engineering (ie. there's no "play") or is there some unusual aspect of the design which causes this effect. From the video, it looks like the former.
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Let me know if you get one, don’t like it, and feel like selling it for a 400$ discount.
 
Additionally it kinda weirds me out how german knife enthusiasts keep refering to knives as "Stachel" (Stingers, like from a Scorpions Tail)...:rolleyes:
 
SpySmasher said:
Snecx Tan is an interesting guy but I can't quite figure him out. I asked him once on his IG why such a mechanically-inclined guy was using frame locks when there were so many objectively mechanically-superior locks available. He replied along the lines that frame locks appealed to him because of their simplicity. But then he goes and creates a puzzle frame like this.

He has since announced that he's working on a new lock design. That should be very interesting.
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I happen to like liner locks better than frame locks myself. I do agree that you would think Snecx would have come up with some other type of lock design just to be different. The liner lock from what i see in pics and videos at least looks cool machining wise and detail.
 
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