Gress
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I've been reading 4max US to Italy production comparisons for some time now.
I have a US production model and it indeed gives me this one "extra click" when I push the bar to unlock it to close. It did not annoy me, but I eventually became interested in checking on the quality of the parts and assembly of this knife.
So I disassembled it to inspect. Here is my findings.
The fit and finish of the parts when you disassemble it look great. All the parts are tightly fit and at the same time disassembly is easy enough.
The blade is quality made and the lock surface on the blade is very smooth and well done
The lock bar is equally well made with the lock surface being smooth and even
Here you can see the triad lock mechanism. Everything is done properly.
I think that the "extra click" when unlocking is just due to very tight lock between the blade and the lock bar. It might be due to Ti to steel interface we all know on Ti locks. I am sure it will go away with use. For now I decided to put the knife together without any modifications or attempts to improve it.
The knife is assembled back and as expected still has this "extra click", which now after I disassembled and inspected the knife I really completely fine with and even appreciate. It makes me feel this extremely solid and safe lock is even one extra click safer
Hope this is useful for those who like me was wondering if this was a production quality control issue. It sure does not look like that. Enjoy!
I have a US production model and it indeed gives me this one "extra click" when I push the bar to unlock it to close. It did not annoy me, but I eventually became interested in checking on the quality of the parts and assembly of this knife.
So I disassembled it to inspect. Here is my findings.
The fit and finish of the parts when you disassemble it look great. All the parts are tightly fit and at the same time disassembly is easy enough.
The blade is quality made and the lock surface on the blade is very smooth and well done
The lock bar is equally well made with the lock surface being smooth and even
Here you can see the triad lock mechanism. Everything is done properly.
I think that the "extra click" when unlocking is just due to very tight lock between the blade and the lock bar. It might be due to Ti to steel interface we all know on Ti locks. I am sure it will go away with use. For now I decided to put the knife together without any modifications or attempts to improve it.
The knife is assembled back and as expected still has this "extra click", which now after I disassembled and inspected the knife I really completely fine with and even appreciate. It makes me feel this extremely solid and safe lock is even one extra click safer
Hope this is useful for those who like me was wondering if this was a production quality control issue. It sure does not look like that. Enjoy!
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