Speed Safe..Holding up?

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Mi.Mike

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Well the Kershaw Speed Safe knives have been out for some time. For you that have had one for awhile, how are they holding up?

Mike
 
Quite well, I pop my Blackout habitually about 15 times a day, and pop it for use about 5 times a day, i've had it for about a month and a half now, it's still in good shape, though I had to tighten up the pivot screw 'cause the thing got too loose, but some of this can probably be attributed to the fact that i've dropped it about 4 feet on hard surfaces on about 3 or 4 occaisons.

Also i've every confidence that if/when my Torison Bar breaks,Kershaw will speedily fix it free of charge.
Quite simply, i'm planning on another speed-safe or two in my future.
 
I've had my Ricochet now for about 10 months, and nothing's broken or loose yet. Surprisingly the pivot has stayed perfectly adjusted. I first few weeks I had the knife I compulsively played with it, probably cycled it a couple hundred times a day. Then it settled down to 50, then 30, then 20, and now about 5-10 flicks/day. The only thing that's strange is a rattling noise if I shake the knife when the blade is open, this developed after a couple months. My 3 month old Boa started rattling recently too, maybe it should be called the "Rattler" :)

Other than the rattling, everything else is good, no liner lock wear or anything.
 
I like speed safe knives but my results have been mixed. My Riccochet works well but has bad vertical play. The same is true of a few otherss I have. Some also have developed noticeable rattles like my Boa. The Blackouts and Mini-Task, however, have been flawless.
 
I've had my boa for about 5 months and no problems whatsoever. I routinely take it apart clean it and replace the grease (it probably doesn't need it but i just can't leave things alone) the black coating from the factory looked spotted and uneven so I polished it all off so the blade is shiny and I polished the liners. it has absoloutely no blade play and snaps open quicker than it used too since I polished it(maybe that's just wishful thinking but it definately is fast) I put grip tape on the clip and on the handle because I felt the aluminum was a bit slick. with the improvements I have made I have turned this into my definate favorite EDC and i'm very happy with it
 
. . .18 months ~ and not a single problem ! The snap of the blade action is crisp and extremely strong.

Have been very very pleased with this selection of my "Every Day Carry" line-up ! :D
 
Well, I posted a while back when my Chive broke; some of you may remember that. It just stopped flicking one day; I heard a sort of *snap* and it would no longer flick at all. I haven't sent it in yet, simply because I'm too lazy. Don't let this put you off a SpeedSafe, though. One guy here talked to someone at Kershaw and they said they've only had ten returned out of some 70,000 shipped. So, I think they're good deals, and I just got a lemon.

Asha'man
 
No dis-respect intended, but the adding of springs to a knife only
increases the "toy" factor. I can tell you from experience that the
darn spring will break or get weak when you need the knife the most.
That is why knives with a hole in the blade or a thumb stud will be
there when needed with NO loss of speed or ease of opening.
A butterfly knife , a spyderco or a thumbstud knife always will
be the safest, surest, knife to carry / use for daily use. That or the
good old slipjoints / lockbacks.
 
I personally don't care for any of them, but have many friends that love them! The only problems I've heard have been related to vertical blade play (definitely unacceptable), but I also don't know if "use-abuse" was a factor in the two cases I'm thinking of.


"Hunters seek what they [WANT].., Seekers hunt what they [NEED]"
 
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