Chronovore
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My initial impressions from TwoSun are that the knives are reasonably well-made and can be had for a decent price. They use a lot of 14C28N on the budget end and that's nice. One issue that's been consistent in this thread over the years is that they tend to use overly thick blade stock. That has discouraged me from trying some of their knives.
I have a TS201 with an unusual feature. There is a ramp on the lock bar for engaging the detent ball. So when it closes, the detent ball contacts the ramp, rides up, pops over the top and into the hole. I'm familiar with feed ramps from guns and I think I get the general concept... but was there an issue with not having a ramp there? A result of this design is that whenever the ball is against the ramp and there is pressure from the lockbar, it wants to push the blade away. It gives the action a strange feel and actually prevents the knife from being "drop-shut".
I have a TS201 with an unusual feature. There is a ramp on the lock bar for engaging the detent ball. So when it closes, the detent ball contacts the ramp, rides up, pops over the top and into the hole. I'm familiar with feed ramps from guns and I think I get the general concept... but was there an issue with not having a ramp there? A result of this design is that whenever the ball is against the ramp and there is pressure from the lockbar, it wants to push the blade away. It gives the action a strange feel and actually prevents the knife from being "drop-shut".