Wet Liner and framelocks

orthogonal1 said:
Oh, that doesn't count. That knife is obviously a cheap, and therefore inferior, knife.

Being facetious, BTW.

I don't buy into the price reasoning.

Oops, forgot to say "thanks" for the video. Thanks.
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That knife looks familar to me but I am not so good yet identifying knives.

What knife is it?
 
orthogonal1 said:
Oh, that doesn't count. That knife is obviously a cheap, and therefore inferior, knife.

Being facetious, BTW.

I don't buy into the price reasoning.

Oops, forgot to say "thanks" for the video. Thanks.
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Sorry , thats the only one I could find , I shall try to improve my U-tube Fu ! ;):D;)
wildjim said:
That knife looks familar to me but I am not so good yet identifying knives.

What knife is it?
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Benchmade Monochrome .

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1234 said:
Sorry , thats the only one I could find , I shall try to improve my U-tube Fu ! ;):D;)


Benchmade Monochrome .

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WOW! That's scary to me. . .

I assume its not the brand but the Frame Lock design?

I thought the Frame Lock design wouldn't slip like that.
 
The Monochrome is a reasonably decent knife, though I had liked the EDC from Camillus more when I was in the market for such.

Just to cover my bases, "facetious" means "playfully jocular; humorous: facetious remarks."

I think the stainless steel frame may have contributed to the observed behavior.
 
Perhaps this will start a new spine whacking trend ,
now they must pass the water test too !

Can you see the number of threads on this subject ? :eek:

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1234 said:
Perhaps this will start a new spine whacking trend ,
now they must pass the water test too !

Can you see the number of threads on this subject ? :eek:

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I am not going on a spine whacking spree of all my frame lock knives but my faith in the frame lock design is shattered : (
 
As Joe Dirt says "I'm new I'm new I don't know what to do"

What folder knife lock designs are (proven) reliable and safe?
 
wildjim said:
I am not going on a spine whacking spree of all my frame lock knives but my faith in the frame lock design is shattered : (
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Nothing is perfect in life , not even knife locks ! :eek:

My tip is spine whack fixed blades only , the chance of failure is minimal ! :thumbup:


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noodlefish said:
To all the people who think the autolawks is great it is except my m16 is my only liner lock that moves off the tang it moves so much that it slides up against the lawks bar when I put pressure on the blade when I go home I will test mine with the lawks disengaged and see if it fails I will report back
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UPDATE- with lawks engaged lock did not fail
With lawks disingaged liner failed 80% of the time WOW
Pretty bad
 
What exactly does a spine whack test simulate with regards to actual knife use ?

If you really want to do a test to see how "strong" a lock is secure the blade in
a vice or something and see if you can get the lock to disengage by trying to move the handle about.
Thats far closer to how a knife is used in real life that pumeling the spine of a blade off something.

With a frame lock just holding the knife helps keep the lock engaged, the same
can not be said for liners obviously but proper fitting makes all the difference.
 
Haze said:
What exactly does a spine whack test simulate with regards to actual knife use ?

If you really want to do a test to see how "strong" a lock is secure the blade in
a vice or something and see if you can get the lock to disengage by trying to move the handle about.
Thats far closer to how a knife is used in real life that pumeling the spine of a blade off something.

With a frame lock just holding the knife helps keep the lock engaged, the same
can not be said for liners obviously but proper fitting makes all the difference.
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It seems to me the vibration or shock and bounce from striking a hard object somehow causes the lock to slip sideways off the back of the blade and fail especially if the lock surface is wet or oiled.

I am not sure in my daily casual application of a folding knife if it would fail for me but it is a failure just the same which causes some worry for me.

I would like to know if any current lock types are proven reliable and safe?

It seems from the post above there is some safety when using LAWKS.
 
wildjim said:
It seems to me the vibration or shock and bounce from striking a hard object somehow causes the lock to slip sideways off the back of the blade and fail especially if the lock surface is wet or oiled.

I am not sure in my daily casual application of a folding knife if it would fail for me but it is a failure just the same which causes some worry for me.

I would like to know if any current lock types are proven reliable and safe?

It seems from the post above there is some safety when using LAWKS.
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A knife lock is just a mechanism that makes a folding knife harder to fold, as with any
mechanism there is always room for failure in one way or another.

If one really feels the need to hammer the spine of their knife off things use a fixed blade.
I personaly tend to use the sharp side of my knife alot more than the spine :rolleyes::p
 
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