I purchased a Spyderco Chokwe knjfe and if you open it normally with your thumb it will close fine, But is you flick it open it is difficult to depress the spring so the knife can be closed. The faster you flick it the harder the spring is to release. My question is the knife defective or not. I can flick open my lock back and liner lock Spydercos with no problem but not with this one.
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Spyderco Chokwe Problem
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No, the knife is not defective. The same thing happens with most Titanium frame locks. Other knives don't have the same problems because as you mentioned, they have diffent lock types.
Too much hard flicking and you will eventually deform the Titanium.
Too much hard flicking and you will eventually deform the Titanium.
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It will break in with some use but as mentioned don't flick it really hard. It just needs enough to open the blade and that should be fine. Until it breaks in you can draw on the lock face where it engages the blade with a pencil or Sharpie marker. That will make the lock easy to unlock for now.
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Not to mention hairy palms
ever the more reason to test the sharpness of the knife on the hairy palms....it is a terrible circle!
Dont flick the knife. In short it will wear out the lock and damage the lockup faster then operating it as normal.
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You can light flick it open just don't flick as hard as you can, or a hard Spydie drop, or a gravity flick where the blade snaps open with a lot of force. Eventually the blade tang crashing into the lock will deform the titanium and cause the lock to travel further and eventually 'wear out' a lot quicker. light flipping should be fine and gets done everyday by thousands of people.
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To help with the stickiness of the frame lock, use a Graphite pencil (Regular school one) and write on the point on the blade and the lockbar where they meet, I find this helps with the stickiness, also as many have said, don't obsessively flick open your knife.