Stop with the half stops

[conrad gutierrez]

"Hey Siri, call 911, I just cut off my thumb and I can't dial..."

Luckily im left handed lol

 

[Hammer67]

I did make a video not long ago on this topic...

For your viewing pleasure...put my self in danger for you all...

https://imgur.com/bEj98AL

Have you considered offering seminars? Just think of the digits it could save.

 

[Hyesouljah]

Honestly I prefer half-stops

 

[ea42]

Here's weird one from the last couple years of Queen. Forget about half stops, let's think "gear"

Blade was laser cut and they forgot to clean up the tang. Bet you can feel that when you open the knife! I'm really surprised it got past inspection.

Eric

 

[sf fanatic]

Well…in my neck of the woods we’re into the notorious California Stop. Unfortunately, it has cost me $ from time to time.

 

[Hammer67]

Well…in my neck of the woods we’re into the notorious California Stop. Unfortunately, it has cost me $ from time to time.

Having recently spent some time in CA, I can vouch for this.

 

[euroken]

Have you considered offering seminars? Just think of the digits it could save.

Not my digits lol

 

[King of the Cheese]

Sliced fingers builds character. Just ask Johnny Depp.

 

[Hickory n steel]

I think I only own 2 knives with half stops.
Most of what Case makes doesn't have them.

 

[Hammer67]

I think where problems really ensue is when switching back and forth between what are, essentially, different manuals of arms. When one is expecting a half stop and there isn't one, or vice versa, is where slip ups can occur. Much like with firearms, it's best to dedicate oneself to a single platform exclusively, lest under duress you forget which platform you're dealing with. And in this case, I would define "duress" as being, "when I want a BLT sandwich right now, but still need to slice the tomato."

 

[Jack Black]

Even then, I'm sure you know more than I do about their history...but it's hard to imagine that no one made a folder with a spring before they figured out how to build in half stops.

But...I dunno. So, further, affiant sayeth naught.

They had half-stops, it was cam-tangs they didn't have!

I'll throw in some more detail, and a reference tomorrow (running on Yorkshire time )

 

[Locutus D'Borg]

Even then, I'm sure you know more than I do about their history...but it's hard to imagine that no one made a folder with a spring before they figured out how to build in half stops.

But...I dunno. So, further, affiant sayeth naught.

Apropos of not much, your writing style suggests you are an attorney, or a litterateur. Hmmm.

 

[Blues]

Apropos of not much, your writing style suggests you are an attorney, or a litterateur. Hmmm.

It's just because I spent a lot of time around attorneys while putting miscreants away for their crimes.

I was actually a federal agent for 20+ years in NYC and Miami.

But thank you, I think?

 

[King of the Cheese]

Actually, it's just because I spent a lot of time around attorneys while putting miscreants away for their crimes.

I was actually a federal agent for 20+ years in NYC and Miami.

But thank you, I think?

The dress code was a little cooler in Miami, right?

 

[Blues]

The dress code was a little cooler in Miami, right?

Everything about it was cooler. My old outfit in NYC was very, very anal about most everything from the format for reports to dress code.

Miami was like the wild west in comparison...and thankfully so. It was a fun time to be in LE.

(I transferred down there from NYC in '87, to give some perspective on what was going on at the time. (It was mostly narcotics, money laundering, arms smuggling, with a sprinkling of anti-terrorism for added flavor.)

 

[JohnDF]

Unfortunately, it has cost me $ from time to time.

I can't tell you how many times I've almost been rear-ended because I actually stop at stop signs... people expect everybody else to roll right through.

 

[kamagong]

Everything about it was cooler. My old outfit in NYC was very, very anal about most everything from the format for reports to dress code.

Miami was like the wild west in comparison...and thankfully so. It was a fun time to be in LE.

You guys have no idea. This was basically Blues before he retired.

 

[Modoc ED]

Before some "wise-acre" comes in and says; "ha ha ha ha, if more people would carry a "fixed blade" they wouldn't have to worry about cutting themselves because of half stops", I'd ask; how many times have you stabbed yourself putting your fixed blade back in it's sheath?

 

[Blues]

You guys have no idea. This was basically Blues before he retired.

I got suspended for slapping my partner in the whiskers for disrespecting my wife...

Oh wait...

 

[Modoc ED]

As you watch a cam action blade close on your finger or hand, it's as if it's happening in slow motion; however, if the knife is equipped with a half stop, it's fast.