Someone mistreated my knife.

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The Trout

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There were some guests at my place last night and I took out my knife to open a box and someone asked if they could see it.

I handed it to him, and he flung it open so hard it made a big snap when it opened. Do you think it's alright or should I have someone look at it? I also don't know if he correctly pressed the axis lock spring down when he closed it. Could the spring be damaged?

I don't want the knife to be less reliable than it was before, I'm hoping it wasn't damaged, but how could I know?

Lesson learned I guess, it really bothered me.

What should I do?
 
What knife? An axis lock can withstand a hell of a lot more than a hard snap, don't worry about it. :)
 
Has the function of the knife changed?

I have flicked my 710 open pretty darn hard a bunch of times. More times than necessary and it has held up fine.
 
Don't you just hate when people pull that kinda stuff? It's happened to me once or twice, and then I learned my lesson.

Anyways, like Kirby said the Axis lock is plenty strong and I guarantee the knife is just as reliable as it was before the incident.
 
benchwarmer380 said:
Has the function of the knife changed?

I have flicked my 710 open pretty darn hard a bunch of times. More times than necessary and it has held up fine.
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i dont think so, so hopefully its fine, i just wanted to check with you guys, i don't know much about knives
 
grownstar said:
Don't you just hate when people pull that kinda stuff? It's happened to me once or twice, and then I learned my lesson.

Anyways, like Kirby said the Axis lock is plenty strong and I guarantee the knife is just as reliable as it was before the incident.
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it drives me crazy, when i got my first gun, a revolver, while i was filling out the paperwork, this kid behind the counter started dry firing it, spinning the cylinder, etc. it really bothered me
 
The Trout said:
ok thanks, this makes me feel better
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You should have kicked him in the shins, while hollering Knife abuser! Knife abuser! That would have taught him a lesson and made you feel even better! :D (that is after you got your knife back of course)
 
We've been dealing in Benchamdes for 4 years. I have actually seen a Adamas (275) jabbed into a tree, used as a step, yanked back out and still work on the other side. While I don't particularly recommend actually doing that, the 275 is designed to take far more abuse than your ever going to give it just flicking it open. I think your safe!
 
The Trout said:
I handed it to him, and he flung it open so hard it made a big snap when it opened. Maybe he is stonger than you

Do you think it's alright Yes Unless it flew out of his hand and got damaged when it landed.


or should I have someone look at it? WHY.. Is there something noticably wrong with it ? did he do this a couple hundered times

I also don't know if he correctly pressed the axis lock spring down when he closed it. If it unlocked he did it the right way

Could the spring be damaged? Did he dismantle the knife? Maybe. If all he did flick it harder than you. Not Likely

I don't want the knife to be less reliable than it was before, I'm hoping it wasn't damaged, but how could I know? Was It dismantled? No stop worring about it

Lesson learned I guess, it really bothered me. OCD

What should I do? USE IT
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Yes smarty pants answer.
But unless he dismantled it chances are no harm was done.
If you have a fancy GOLD knife you should of known better.
Blue or black... You are being OCD.
Its a tool and a harder than you give it flick is not going to do anything to it.


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No worries, man! The Adamas is about as hard use as they come. Big brick of a handle, wide D2 blade, and reliable Axis lock. You'll be just fine.
 
I've watched videos of that knife getting abused a lot more than a wrist flick and still functioning fine. I've also seen one of the guys at my LGS show me the abuse he's put his BM 275 through and it still functions fine. I think you're good to go.
 
It wasn't his knife. He wasn't even thinking if what he was about to do might damage it. If you don't know the person well enough to be sure he'll treat it with respect, don't hand it over. In this case, I would tell him, that's not a good thing to do. The knife isn't a cheap toy.

In fact, it is a good solid knife, and I doubt there's any real damage. Keep it up, though, and there will be. A thumb flick or a wrist flick is nothing. A full arm slam-it-open flick is
not the right way to treat someone else's property.
 
It wasn't his knife. He wasn't even thinking if what he was about to do might damage it. If you don't know the person well enough to be sure he'll treat it with respect, don't hand it over. In this case, I would tell him, that's not a good thing to do. The knife isn't a cheap toy.

In fact, it is a good solid knife, and I doubt there's any real damage. Keep it up, though, and there will be. A thumb flick or a wrist flick is nothing. A full arm slam-it-open flick is
not the right way to treat someone else's property.
 
The Trout said:
it drives me crazy, when i got my first gun, a revolver, while i was filling out the paperwork, this kid behind the counter started dry firing it, spinning the cylinder, etc. it really bothered me
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Dry firing a center fire revolver won't harm it. I had to dry fire my Ruger SP-101 hundreds of times until it's action was buttery smooth. Spinning the cylinder isn't bad unless they slam it in against the way it turns. What I don't like is somebody letting the cylinder fall open without supporting it. Or, flicking it shut with the handle. Best just to not let idiots look at your toys, cause they're idiots and I think some of them are jealous, so they try to do stuff to cause harm to your shiny new toys.
 
The Trout said:
I handed it to him, and he flung it open so hard it made a big snap when it opened. Do you think it's alright or should I have someone look at it?
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The sound was probably just the blade tang slamming into the stop pin. Both of those parts are very sturdy so no worries.
 
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