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I received two Emersons in the mail yesterday, a 2000 Commander SF and a 2000 Mach-1 BT. The first thing I do when I get a new Emerson is disassemble it, clean it, reduce the tension of the second ball detent, lube it w/ Militech-1, reassemble it with lock-tite on the pivot screw, adjust the tension and let the loc-tite cure. I noticed the difference in size of the stop pins on the Mach-1 vs. the Commander. So I broke out my digital calipers and started measuring.
This is what I found:
Commander; .123" diam (1/8")
Mach-1; .185" diam (3/16") a 50% increase.
I thought why would a knife WITHOUT the wave have a stop pin that is 50% thicker? It seems it should be the other way around. [John - what is the diam. on a 98 Commander or ES-1M?] I mean, the wave opening puts alot more stress on the stop pin. Then I stared assembling the knives simultaneously and I noticed that the Commander's blade barely clears the stop pin, so a larger diam. pin would necessitate moving the hole location, which means changing the CNC programs of the liners and the scales. Not cheap to do.
I then measured a CQC7B-Wave, it's stop pin is .185". SARK - .185". Mini-7B - .185".
So, I think the Commander's ONLY weakness would be the stop pin. It would be nice to have a thicker one, especially if the Commander's pin is subject to a higher failure rate than the others.
Any thoughts guys?
BTW, Both knives are perfect, NO stripped screws, NO rubbing liners, excellent lockup, and they even had crushed boxes!!!!
This is what I found:
Commander; .123" diam (1/8")
Mach-1; .185" diam (3/16") a 50% increase.
I thought why would a knife WITHOUT the wave have a stop pin that is 50% thicker? It seems it should be the other way around. [John - what is the diam. on a 98 Commander or ES-1M?] I mean, the wave opening puts alot more stress on the stop pin. Then I stared assembling the knives simultaneously and I noticed that the Commander's blade barely clears the stop pin, so a larger diam. pin would necessitate moving the hole location, which means changing the CNC programs of the liners and the scales. Not cheap to do.
I then measured a CQC7B-Wave, it's stop pin is .185". SARK - .185". Mini-7B - .185".
So, I think the Commander's ONLY weakness would be the stop pin. It would be nice to have a thicker one, especially if the Commander's pin is subject to a higher failure rate than the others.
Any thoughts guys?
BTW, Both knives are perfect, NO stripped screws, NO rubbing liners, excellent lockup, and they even had crushed boxes!!!!
