Stop with the half stops

Prester John said:
Same experience: Sheffield lambsfoot with extremely strong spring. Wore a Band-Aid for a week! Never had a problem with half-stops. With or without is fine with me.
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The worst part about my whole situation is I'd just opened the box. The first thing that I cut with that knife was my finger. I actually recently re homed it with my mechanic. He's in love with it.
 
Wild Willie said:
The only knife I've cut myself opening was a Sheffield Lambsfoot with a cam tang. The spring was so strong it slipped after breaking my thumbnail. My favorite slip joints all have half stops, but it doesn't particularly matter one way or another, if I like the knife overall then it'll wind up in the stable half stop or not.
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Broken nail AND a cut...worst possible combination....😖
 
if they'd just do a run of 72s annually, this concern will work itself out for me, at least, lol.
 
euroken said:
Broken nail AND a cut...worst possible combination....😖
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Definitely an insult added to the injury. I feel the brittish diet must include something mine doesn't. Those boys must have the toughest fingernails in the world to open their knives.
 
euroken said:
Did a search and found an interesting read...

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Knife Knowledge 101: What is a Half Stop?

Safety feature, bell and whistle, or what have you, the half stop on slipjoint knives stimulates lively discussion. Here's what you need to know.
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Also, it is really fun to see how many times this has been discussed on the forums in the past!!! 😁
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Unfortunately, the internet is full of rubbish! 😖 What a terrible piece of journalism, does nobody do any research, or even read books anymore?! 😩 The advantages/disadvantages of the half-stop are debateable, their historic origins can be researched, there is no 'murky mystery' (looking for the 'slaps forehead' emoticon! ;)) :thumbsup:
 
Sorry Jack, I should have consulted with you in advance 🤣

I just found it amusing read the debate between Ruple and Russell.
 
Lesknife said:
Mechanical design fault….. plain and simple. Absolutely no advantage in the design only resistance to operate smoothly and safely.
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Lesknife said:
Why does it have to snap to a stop midway through the travel? And why do some like them to be a bear trap . Comments like; it’s snappy like a gator? Does not infer that they are particularly safe especially if a person struggles with arthritis at times. Rounded cam style tangs have and are much easier to open and close than squared half stops. While some younger persons still have the strength and dexterity in their hands and fingers just wait till they get older and find that it is a problem to operate a half stop folder. All my cam style folders are no problem for me and much easier and safer to operate.
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Just because you are afraid of them or can't manage to operate them properly doesn't make it a design fault. Plenty of folks seem to have no problems at all, and its been that way for many many years.
There are a lot of people can't drive anymore because of the effects of old age. That doesn't mean in any way that cars are defective......
 
Arathol said:
Just because you are afraid of them or can't manage to operate them properly doesn't make it a design fault. Plenty of folks seem to have no problems at all, and its been that way for many many years.
There are a lot of people can't drive anymore because of the effects of old age. That doesn't mean in any way that cars are defective......
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Maybe they shouldn’t drive cars with square wheels! And I’m not afraid of them I just don’t like them the same way I don’t like jeans that are absent of pockets and a fly.
 
Jack Black said:
Unfortunately, the internet is full of rubbish! 😖 What a terrible piece of journalism, does nobody do any research, or even read books anymore?! 😩 The advantages/disadvantages of the half-stop are debateable, their historic origins can be researched, there is no 'murky mystery' (looking for the 'slaps forehead' emoticon! ;)) :thumbsup:
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Agree. They do make the point that it is the appendix of the knife world. A vestigial feature that serves no real purpose. Well it does if you need a moment to decide if you really want to open your blade all the way.
 
It would be nice if more people were concerned about stops with no stop. A slip-joint with nothing but slip. Now, those bite back almost 100%.
 
I'd never turn away a nice slippie because it didn't have a half-stop, but I'd always prefer a half-stop. The WAY that a knife moves from open to half-stop is a large part of how I judge the action. I love it when it snaps to half with enough authority to actually travel slightly past the stop, and then reverses direction and comes to a rest at half, almost vibrating as it snaps to attention. To me, there is something immensely satisfying about an action that is tuned this way. It looks, feels, and sounds amazing.
 
ea42 said:
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
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It was quite crunchy. Bought it from that place in Sevierville via eBay. Returned it with a note about the problem, but they put it right back on eBay with no mention of the issue.
 
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