Oh, I've tried that too, but the mating is off, gives vertical play if the liner isn't allowed to go all the way over to where both surfaces mate correctly. The bevel on the blade end is there for a reason.
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Vantage Force liner lock issue
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Oh, I've tried that too, but the mating is off, gives vertical play if the liner isn't allowed to go all the way over to where both surfaces mate correctly. The bevel on the blade end is there for a reason.
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I guess I just don't understand what "force on the blade" means to you. It's not like the blade is going to fold backward. There is a guide pin that prevents that so, which direction are you putting force on???
Simply pressing down on cutting edge against something firm like a piece of wood, the way you normally use it. The liner doesn't always seat to it's maximum travel until some normal real world usage force is applied.
I don't ever put force on back of blade, not even as some kind of test, as that's not what a knife is designed to be used for.
The whole issue is not whether the blade will stay locked or not, has to do with wear across the face of the bevel and liner contact point, which is why an early or at least center lockup is to be desired. If you start at the end of the bevel, physics suggests that eventually it will wear so that there's vertical play. As I mentioned, I even got one straight from the factory that already had it, without any wear at all.
Most all liner and frame lock knives from other manufacturers have early or mid lockup, even the quite modestly priced ones.
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Perhaps I'm just not as picky (or concerned) about where the lock engages. I don't see a problem with any of those pictured and even if the lock goes clear to the opposite liner, there's still no way that I can see for the blade to close past it. There's just not enough room between the blade and liner for the lock to slide into.
Again, safety is not the ultimate point. Fit and tightness over the years is. That and attention to precision as a matter of aesthetics. It is obvious that a late lockup is quite far from standard in the frame/liner lock knife world, and this line of knives is largely an exception to that norm.
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I really don't care if the liner locks up early, late or in between, as long as it locks up. Aesthetics, as minute as the appearance of where the liner locks up, is not something I worry about. This is a moderately priced work knife, not a $600 Chris Reeves that will sit in my safe for the duration of life.
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Like I said these are stamped out of steel not laser cut fine works of art. They are mass produced and in my opinion are a great value for under $80...
Standard in the industry and knife world is that you pay for what you get and the Buck Vantage line is an exception to the norm because you get a far superior knife for allot less that you could get in another knife brand.