Southard Flipping Question

dawgfan

dawgfan

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First one (tan/satin) I had wouldn't flip very well. I just got another one (black/black) that works beautifully. I may not have been paying attention, but there's a night/day difference. Did Sypderco change them at some point?

I posted this on another forum and it was suggested I might have bought a fake the first time. Although purchased here in the exchange, I was not aware of the counterfeits at the time.

My new one almost feels assisted; whereas, the first one I had to use a lot of wrist action to get it to move more than an inch or two.
 
My old one (brown handle) flipped great. I believe the only changes were cosmetic - the scale color and blade coating. I suppose it could have been a fake. Did you ever do anything to try to get it to flip better?
 
Nope. Traded or sold right away. That was over a year ago if I recall. Glad I tried another one.
 
I too have felt a difference between the brown/satin one and the black/coated version. I was actually somewhat disappointed with the brown version, especially when my Domino and Dice flipped so rocket fast.
My black/coated one is much better.

Not necessarily a counterfeit issue (although I don't know the history of yours), but there must have been some early batches that had lackluster action. Maybe a combination of contaminated bearings, and a soft detent. Coated blade detent maybe a hair stronger, resulting in a more explosive release and faster flip force.
 
mine was slow when i got it and the bearing wouldnt spin in the ti so i hit it on 4000 gr sandpaper till it spun free and then cleaned all parts and one drop of lube now its a flippin beast lovin it
 
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