Wobble

black mamba said:
To me, this thing of grabbing the tip and moving the blade side to side to try to make it wobble is ridiculous. That's not the way anyone uses a knife. I've never done it, and won't do it. If the knife doesn't have any noticeable movement when in use, then it's fine.
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fair.
 
If all you do with Swinden key knives is cut apples, they'll be fine. In my experience, any amount of enthusiastic use, (not abuse), will result in unacceptable wobble. The only solution is disassembly and replacement with proper pivot pins.
When I could get both Schrade and Camillus (US made) knives for modification and resale to my whittlin' students, I always chose Camillus because they DIDN'T use the Swinden key construction.
I have in my accumulation, a 5OT and a 124UH that I think were probably actually made by Camillus because the pivot pins go all the way through. Of course the LB7, and LB5 have through pins too, and are wonderful knives. My LB7 has disassembled more than a dozen Moose.
In my opinion, the Swinden key system is a bad idea. Everything else about the Schrade products, was pretty good.
 
I had a magnificent custom that moved when closed. When opening it was gone by about 30° open and had excellent lockup with zero movement. I have a Douk-Douk that does the same thing. Any movement at all used to bug me until I realized a favorite folder of mine had some movement. After that I was much more forgiving.
 
Mr. Chips said:
If all you do with Swinden key knives is cut apples, they'll be fine. In my experience, any amount of enthusiastic use, (not abuse), will result in unacceptable wobble. The only solution is disassembly and replacement with proper pivot pins.
When I could get both Schrade and Camillus (US made) knives for modification and resale to my whittlin' students, I always chose Camillus because they DIDN'T use the Swinden key construction.
I have in my accumulation, a 5OT and a 124UH that I think were probably actually made by Camillus because the pivot pins go all the way through. Of course the LB7, and LB5 have through pins too, and are wonderful knives. My LB7 has disassembled more than a dozen Moose.
In my opinion, the Swinden key system is a bad idea. Everything else about the Schrade products, was pretty good.
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Ugh. I really like my schrade 834 and i fear this is true.
 
black mamba said:
To me, this thing of grabbing the tip and moving the blade side to side to try to make it wobble is ridiculous. That's not the way anyone uses a knife. I've never done it, and won't do it. If the knife doesn't have any noticeable movement when in use, then it's fine.
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I'll follow your advice since I agree. I do have an aptitude for not listening to my own advice, even if I believe in them though.
 
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