Benchmades 761 ti mono lock got me. usually the detent stops the blade but one day I used too much force and the blade flew past the detent and whacked my thumb knuckle. all I could think about was how awesome the action was. I just wasn't prepared for such awesomeness. can't wait for the 765 mini to come out. tip up carry woohoo!
Nick Shabazz Hey Nick...quick question on the 452cf. With the knife opened with very light pressure on the lock bar, if I shake the knife there's a rattle where the lock bar meets the blade. There's no blade play when I move it up and down or side to side. It wasn't this way for the first month having the knife. Wondering if you might have an idea why it's doing this and any solution. Thanks.
A year and a half between bites!? Impressive, only 3 months for me and I thought I was doing good. Great tip, especially if you use nano oil, it's amazing stuff!
I did the same thing with the same knife. The first couple months of fear passed. Couple years later it’s still my EDC. Use it for everything including being very rough with it. It’s durable and capable knife but with a sharpened blade and clean bearings it’s scary to close for folks not used to it.
A somewhat similar thing happened to me with my Benchmade Griptilian. I was fiddling with the axis lock, flipping the knife open and closed, and wasn’t playing enough attention to my finger placement. During one closing flip my index finger was in the way and the blade made solid contact with the side of the tip of finger and bounced off. Unfortunately that little “kiss” left a cut about a centimeter long and about 3.5mm deep. Surprising clean cut for a knife with a crappy factory grind.
I sliced my thumb with the 0452CF within 30 seconds of opening it, about an hour ago. Nothing that drew blood; just skimmed off some surface layers of skin when closing it. But... this thing needs to be respected.
my new feldspar literally just gave me the same little love bite.. its kinda "lurch-ey" out of the box, by lurchey i mean a stiff detent but like once it starts closing that boi movin'!! i index-pushed it to assist the close and that fker bounced off my thumb knuckle like a basketball :o
I had just bought a crkt fossil a ball bearing flipper and my friend wanted to see it so I let her hold it and when she went to shut it the knife closed a lot faster then she was expecting and it cut her hand in three different places.
I know this won't be popular but in "olden days" knives didn't have edges that went to the end of the blade and dropping them onto your finger was absolutely safe. I kinda miss those. For example, spyderco Delica and Endura -- good examples of knives that no matter how smooth they may get - you can always drop them 1 handed and not worry. Or a CRK seb - it has that knotch at the end of the blade so you can drop it onto your finger with relative safety (though it's still pointy). I know we want to "maximize" our cutting surface, but I have to ask - "why"? does it really matter? how often are you cutting things next to your hand vs using the "working edge" of a knife.
I thought my Reate was smooth (it is) but then a customer sent me two ZT's with rock solid lockup and they just fell shut it was nuts. Even more nuts after I'd sharpened the blades, very scary once you get past the detent when trying to close it and it flies shut with no effort.
Hey Nick, do you know if loosening the pivot screw a bit will screw up blade alignment or is it an effective way to reduce friction on a well-lubricated knife?
+DavidMN There's a trick to adjusting the pivot screw while keeping the blade centered. I should make a video some day. But no, I kind of dialed mine in by loctiting, then quickly adjusting to the point where it was (too) smooth but had no blade play. Full-crank-down smoothness is a sign of a supremely well made knife, but in a knife like this, there's no harm in loosening a bit.
+DavidMN No problem with putting a dab of locktite blue on the pivot screw and then slowly torquing until you're at the point where it's really smooth, but also has no blade play. On a well-made knife, that shouldn't affect centering too much, but you can always slip a bit of paper between the scale and blade to push the blade in the direction you need it going when you do that.
This is why I'm not a huge fan of frame locks (tho I'm carrying one right now lol) . Too many goofy quirks-detent too loose/tight, risk of overextending lockbars, lock stick, lockup timing, and of course having to put my fingers in the blade path to close the knife. Give me the compression lock or axis lock any day.
+Shawn Byron Beckett There's a whole lot to be said for the compression lock. But framelocks do have a beautiful simplicity to them, even with those faults.
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i like how he cut himself/made a video on it and still closes it the same exact way
Benchmades 761 ti mono lock got me.
usually the detent stops the blade but one day I used too much force and the blade flew past the detent and whacked my thumb knuckle.
all I could think about was how awesome the action was.
I just wasn't prepared for such awesomeness.
can't wait for the 765 mini to come out.
tip up carry woohoo!
+Big Brown As much as I wanted to like that 761, I just couldn't do it with Tip-Down Only. That's a big change :)
Same
Nick Shabazz Hey Nick...quick question on the 452cf. With the knife opened with very light pressure on the lock bar, if I shake the knife there's a rattle where the lock bar meets the blade. There's no blade play when I move it up and down or side to side. It wasn't this way for the first month having the knife. Wondering if you might have an idea why it's doing this and any solution. Thanks.
damn near took the top of my pinky off with a cold steel voyager . nothing like a cut from a freshly sharpened blade to wake you up.
RcTrue
I usually just have a cup of coffee but each to their own I suppose.
Not down for rebull and a finger? jk
cold steel talwar victim here, LOL. those triad locks man... so much power when closing
I just picked one of these up recently. I love it. My 561 bit me the same way though.
I've done something similar to that with a tenacious, pretty bad. Thanks for the tip
i've done that also, my new XM-18 bit my thumb in the same spot as yours.
A year and a half between bites!? Impressive, only 3 months for me and I thought I was doing good. Great tip, especially if you use nano oil, it's amazing stuff!
My 0452 cf just bit my tumb too today, too sharp 😂😂
Same exact thing happened to me. I was also used to slightly longer flipper tabs. Trial and error. All good now.
You're a natural comedian! Great video
I did the same thing with the same knife. The first couple months of fear passed. Couple years later it’s still my EDC. Use it for everything including being very rough with it. It’s durable and capable knife but with a sharpened blade and clean bearings it’s scary to close for folks not used to it.
A somewhat similar thing happened to me with my Benchmade Griptilian. I was fiddling with the axis lock, flipping the knife open and closed, and wasn’t playing enough attention to my finger placement. During one closing flip my index finger was in the way and the blade made solid contact with the side of the tip of finger and bounced off. Unfortunately that little “kiss” left a cut about a centimeter long and about 3.5mm deep. Surprising clean cut for a knife with a crappy factory grind.
I'm still thinking about this knife! I don't know how much longer i'll wait before caving in and buying this! ;) haha
How is the lock of this knife? Is it reliable? I don't trust frame locks too much.....
Just got this knife. I did the exact same thing at the knife store. Same place.
I sliced my thumb with the 0452CF within 30 seconds of opening it, about an hour ago. Nothing that drew blood; just skimmed off some surface layers of skin when closing it. But... this thing needs to be respected.
ZT 0452CF less safe than Z-hunter confirmed.
my new feldspar literally just gave me the same little love bite.. its kinda "lurch-ey" out of the box, by lurchey i mean a stiff detent but like once it starts closing that boi movin'!! i index-pushed it to assist the close and that fker bounced off my thumb knuckle like a basketball :o
She's truly yours now Nick. When's the ceremony?
+ThroatScratch Weirdly, my future wife really loves the design and knife. So, that wouldn't be as much a problem as you'd think...
+ThroatScratch Weirdly, my future wife really loves the design and knife. So, that wouldn't be as much a problem as you'd think...
It's really a beauty. Hope you're willing to convert to mormonism for that sweet, sweet polygamy.
I had just bought a crkt fossil a ball bearing flipper and my friend wanted to see it so I let her hold it and when she went to shut it the knife closed a lot faster then she was expecting and it cut her hand in three different places.
I did the same thing when I first got mine except I didn't cut myself cause the blade wasn't that sharp out of box.
i did this with one of these my buddy had out of the box less than an hour. the flipper is small and is easy to miss.
I know this won't be popular but in "olden days" knives didn't have edges that went to the end of the blade and dropping them onto your finger was absolutely safe. I kinda miss those. For example, spyderco Delica and Endura -- good examples of knives that no matter how smooth they may get - you can always drop them 1 handed and not worry. Or a CRK seb - it has that knotch at the end of the blade so you can drop it onto your finger with relative safety (though it's still pointy).
I know we want to "maximize" our cutting surface, but I have to ask - "why"? does it really matter? how often are you cutting things next to your hand vs using the "working edge" of a knife.
I thought my Reate was smooth (it is) but then a customer sent me two ZT's with rock solid lockup and they just fell shut it was nuts. Even more nuts after I'd sharpened the blades, very scary once you get past the detent when trying to close it and it flies shut with no effort.
+Maxwell Super (Atomedge Sharpening) Yep. Surprises can often be fun, but in the presence of a freshly sharpened blade, not so much!
Hey Nick, do you know if loosening the pivot screw a bit will screw up blade alignment or is it an effective way to reduce friction on a well-lubricated knife?
+DavidMN There's a trick to adjusting the pivot screw while keeping the blade centered. I should make a video some day. But no, I kind of dialed mine in by loctiting, then quickly adjusting to the point where it was (too) smooth but had no blade play. Full-crank-down smoothness is a sign of a supremely well made knife, but in a knife like this, there's no harm in loosening a bit.
+DavidMN No problem with putting a dab of locktite blue on the pivot screw and then slowly torquing until you're at the point where it's really smooth, but also has no blade play. On a well-made knife, that shouldn't affect centering too much, but you can always slip a bit of paper between the scale and blade to push the blade in the direction you need it going when you do that.
Drop shut action isn’t a thing I care too much about. As long its smooth I’m happy.
Been there, done that, doh !
Well Nick, we have something in common, my wife bit me last night, hmmmmm! Very nice knife...I like the long thin blades.
This is why I'm not a huge fan of frame locks (tho I'm carrying one right now lol) . Too many goofy quirks-detent too loose/tight, risk of overextending lockbars, lock stick, lockup timing, and of course having to put my fingers in the blade path to close the knife. Give me the compression lock or axis lock any day.
+Shawn Byron Beckett There's a whole lot to be said for the compression lock. But framelocks do have a beautiful simplicity to them, even with those faults.
Ouch!
+Arthur - Jake - Leyenberger Not my finest hour!
I dislike flippers, assisted, and tip down knives.