Timberline Special Service Folder

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I just bought a Timberline Special Service folder plain edge.
The knife is all stainless steel and is very solid when unfolded.
When folded, the knife blade rattles. It comes with a tanto blade made of AUS-8 steel.
About unfolding, how on earth did they come up with this "hole".
It's almost impossible to open the folder onehanded. The so called hole is purely for cosmetic reasons.
This is by far the worst folder in the medium price range I've bought.

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Thomas,

I really like the look of this knife but was wondering about the funny shaped hole so thanks for the "heads up". One thing, if you read it's product description on Knifeoutlet it says,
"Model TM 94041 ,Inventor: Spyderco® Design Team" Does that mean Spyderco had something to do with that design or is that just the name they gave their in house design team? Further down the description it says, "Diamond-shaped "thumb" hole Special thanks to Sal Glesser for making this knife possible." Again, I'm wondering if this means direct contact with the master Sal or does it mean they were inspired by him? Just some questions for the forum. -Rick

 
the clip and clip screw look like the ones on spyderco's lightweight clipits. Built it lanyard hole and everything...
 
Timberline is another Colorado company. They're friendly with Spyderco, and there was indeed "direct contact with the master". :) Much of the knife's design came from Spyderco, and I believe that Spyderco also had a patent for the diamond shaped hole that they let Timberline use.
 
I think this knife is directly designed at SPYDERCO exactly as it's specified. It's enough to take a bit more careful look to convince yourself :) When you will take it into your hand you will lose last doubts about this matter.

Mine works very well, doesn't rattle in closed position and I have no problems to operate it with one hand - both opening and closing. It's very solidly made knife and my single complaint is the so called tanto blade which in fact is nothing to do with traditional Japanese knives.
 
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