Sal Glesser
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Hi Jeffrey,
Steel (& other metals) can be quite unique, nothing quite like them.
Coil springs are very reliable and last a very long time because the compression is spread out over the entire spiral, which is quite long when spread out.
We use two springs, one inside the other, both will do each others job, but eash is acutally specifically created to serve a particular function of the lock.
They rinse out easily.
Mongo man buried one and it still functionsed.
The idea is intriguing, and valuable, but it might be ahead of the materials technology.
At any rate, at Spyderco, design is a work in progress. You can't step in the same river twice and it is our obligation to continually improve. When (not if) the technology is there for non metallic springs, we're ready to play.
sal
Steel (& other metals) can be quite unique, nothing quite like them.
Coil springs are very reliable and last a very long time because the compression is spread out over the entire spiral, which is quite long when spread out.
We use two springs, one inside the other, both will do each others job, but eash is acutally specifically created to serve a particular function of the lock.
They rinse out easily.
Mongo man buried one and it still functionsed.
The idea is intriguing, and valuable, but it might be ahead of the materials technology.
At any rate, at Spyderco, design is a work in progress. You can't step in the same river twice and it is our obligation to continually improve. When (not if) the technology is there for non metallic springs, we're ready to play.
sal
