Testing the Emerson Lock

n2wilderness

n2wilderness

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Brought the Emerson CQC-8 with me in the cave a couple weekends ago and found some of the thickest mud you will ever come across. So, what else could I do but give my CQC-8 a mud bath? :D

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[video=youtube;8Z4kDTb0a6U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z4kDTb0a6U[/video]
 
perhaps you could put your results into words?
 
knarfeng said:
perhaps you could put your results into words?
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The short version...the lock works like it's supposed to work. It would help to watch the first minute of the video so you can see how thick this mud is b/c that's a variable which is hard to put into words. Of course this isn't an all-encompassing test but something that was fun for me to see if the lock would engage in that environment.

Some after that fact pics:

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Excellent! Thanks for making the extra effort!
 
Is that rust I spot on the edge? And boy, that sure doesn't look like mud if you know what I mean :D.
 
GRIM 62 said:
Are you sure you did'nt use baby poop:eek::D?
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:D I've got plenty of it around here with a 7 week old in the house...would make for an interesting test! I can verify that I was at a completely different location from my little pooping machine:D

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That IS a great baby pic. Congrats!
 
Congrats man. Having a girl will change a man...

Like you wouldn't beleive.

Just wait a few years HA HA HA HA!
 
Cave mud is a different animal, it's more like clay, actually I think it is clay. I used to take a lockback Spyderco in my caving days but the mud got into the lock channel and prevented a good lockup.Thanks for the pics.
 
I finally got around to watching this video... Great test of lock reliability, in, ahem, sticky situations... I'd love to see it done with a few other knives, a framelock (with no liner on the non-locking side, just G10/Carbon fiber/ titanium/ whatever handle material, a good, reliable, easy to clean design), a benchmade axis lock, and a spyderco compression lock. I'm very very curious how the axis and the compression locks will respond to that cave mud... I've seen a few tests done with relatively dry sand, but the way the cave mud cakes onto the knife's surfaces and sticks... I'm very curious. Anyway, it was a great test, thanks!
 
ohmyheckinslc said:
I finally got around to watching this video... Great test of lock reliability, in, ahem, sticky situations... I'd love to see it done with a few other knives, a framelock (with no liner on the non-locking side, just G10/Carbon fiber/ titanium/ whatever handle material, a good, reliable, easy to clean design), a benchmade axis lock, and a spyderco compression lock. I'm very very curious how the axis and the compression locks will respond to that cave mud... I've seen a few tests done with relatively dry sand, but the way the cave mud cakes onto the knife's surfaces and sticks... I'm very curious. Anyway, it was a great test, thanks!
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Thanks for watching and making some great suggestions. If I had all those locks I would definitely test them. I am getting a triad lock for Christmas so I'll bring that when I go back. Maybe I can convince my dad to let me throw his axis lock in that stuff...
 
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