Spyderco domino flipper

RamZar said:
My Domino looks, feels and flips great. The only minor gripe I have is that the blade is too wide so it doesn't have a slim profile.

Here's a picture alongside a few other Spydies (top to bottom): Southard, Domino, Bradley and Para2.
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You missed putting it next to the non-flipper version, the Sage series. Check out my post over the Spyderco subforum, I did something similar but used a Sage in place of the Bradley earlier. The Domino is basically a slightly larger Sage with a flipper:

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evilgreg said:
You missed putting it next to the non-flipper version, the Sage series. Check out my post over the Spyderco subforum, I did something similar but used a Sage in place of the Bradley earlier. The Domino is basically a slightly larger Sage with a flipper
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Nice. :thumbup:

I wanted to use similarly sized knives. I have a Sage 1 coming soon and LSCF scale for my Southard so I'll do a group picture then. Comparison pictures give people perspective and the more variety the better. :):thumbup:
 
Many people including myself on another forum have noticed the extreme tension of the lockbar causing the detent ball to cause grittiness up against the grind lines. It is audible as well as tactile. I threw some nano oil on it and noticed a bit of a difference but I am hoping over time it breaks in and is silky smooth. Now with the bad out of the way...I must say I love this knife. Besides the detent ball issue, the flipping action is fantastic, and the thumb hole works extremely well. The ergos are exemplary whether you choke up on the choil or use it in standard grip and of course the fit and finish is second to none just like my other Taiwan spydies.

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I think the minor grittiness will hopefully go away after many flips and light Tuf-Glide.

This weekend, I'm going to flip back and forth between Domino, Southard, CRKT Eros, Kershaw RAM, ZT 0801 and Wilson Combat (Les George) Eagle. They're the unassisted flippers I'm carrying most these days.
 
RamZar said:
I think the minor grittiness will hopefully go away after many flips and light Tuf-Glide.

This weekend, I'm going to flip back and forth between Domino, Southard, CRKT Eros, Kershaw RAM, ZT 0801 and Wilson Combat (Les George) Eagle. They're the unassisted flippers I'm carrying most these days.
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I'm hoping so too RamZar, but as I stated the rest of the knife is so superb it really isn't a huge deal. I'm carrying mine tomorrow so I will be flipping and using it as much as possible to break it in!
 
I'm not really used to closing frame locks
It is giving my hand a workout lol
Knife is great so far!
 
I like the blue G10 version that I handled at Blade better, but nonetheless time to thin the herd for this beauty. With ZT and Spyderco dishing out a number of excellent folders for the next year or so, looks like I'll be here green with envy...
 
throwback8 said:
Many people including myself on another forum have noticed the extreme tension of the lockbar causing the detent ball to cause grittiness up against the grind lines. It is audible as well as tactile. I threw some nano oil on it and noticed a bit of a difference but I am hoping over time it breaks in and is silky smooth. Now with the bad out of the way...I must say I love this knife. Besides the detent ball issue, the flipping action is fantastic, and the thumb hole works extremely well. The ergos are exemplary whether you choke up on the choil or use it in standard grip and of course the fit and finish is second to none just like my other Taiwan spydies.
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Mine does this a little bit as well, but it's only noticeable when you're closing the knife (I've only opened it by flipping it, really). I don't find it obnoxious as I think that's the trade off to have the feisty detent that makes it flip so well.
 
evilgreg said:
You missed putting it next to the non-flipper version, the Sage series. Check out my post over the Spyderco subforum, I did something similar but used a Sage in place of the Bradley earlier. The Domino is basically a slightly larger Sage with a flipper:

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Could someone tell me the blade style second up from bottom is . Theres another spiderco with this blade style I really like although I've never been much of a spiderco fan . I kinda think they're ugly :foot:
 
xICEMANx said:
Wish it had better handle to blade ratio and real carbon fiber not this glass weave laminate stuff. I'm sure it will be a quality folder but I'm not sure why Spyderco has an issue with blade to handle ratio. Case in point Military, Para Military, Domino, etc. The southard is the only one I can think of that truly has a good handle to blade ratio.
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I will never understand this " blade to handle ratio" stuff. If you think the handle is too long compared to that of the blade, isn't that a matter of, solely, looks and appearance? I guess for me, I'd rather have more purchase than less for a knife that is getting used, so I wouldn't call it an issue.
 
KNaB said:
I will never understand this " blade to handle ratio" stuff. If you think the handle is too long compared to that of the blade, isn't that a matter of, solely, looks and appearance? I guess for me, I'd rather have more purchase than less for a knife that is getting used, so I wouldn't call it an issue.
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I think people might be viewing it from different perspective- their reference is the knife in closed position, and might find it a bit underwhelming if comparatively small blade pops out when they open the knife. E.g. compare the size of Millie to that of the 710 for only .1" difference in blade length. Hope noone minds me nicking the pics to show what people might mean, but Google turned up pics I was looking for from somewhere around here (BF):

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RamZar said:
It should be fine. It's similar to the Spyderco Southard flipper and needs to be away from the titanium lock bar.
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I think I understand what you are saying here, sir, but I have a whole bunch of CRK's and Striders here that don't care if they do sit right on top of the lockbar... I have "played around" with varying pocket-clip pressures on the lockbar and I'll be darned if I can tell any difference. My concern originally came about due to the older Zaan I was carrying, and the fact that I had great difficulty in closing the blade one-handed. Of course, the "cure" was in presenting a greater amt of thumb access to the lockbar, which Chris designed into his newer Zaan (with the LBS).
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Nickites, I was also amazed by Navaja I bought recently (11.5 cm closed, 21.5 cm open- and even slimmer than 710):

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