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I have heard of Ceramic/steel combinations. But they were much to brittle for cutlery use, from what I've gathered and read.

Mine was dreadfully hard to close and it barely flicked open when I got it. A question to you guys, does yours have a bit of side to side play?

You're gonna hate the XL out of box. Just be prepared for breaking it in.

I just found out this one today, when tightening, get both sides of the screw just barely out of the scales enough to catch your nail on it, with CBBL's at least this seems to get it uber smooth and without play.

^ I agree with Blerv.

My Cara Cara 2, was somewhat tight from the factory, but not super tight. After a few months of use (And some hard cutting) a long with over oiling (Not suggesting this, I accidently put a big glob of coconut oil in the pivot) it became quite smooth and is still tight in the lock up.

Have fun sharpening tungsten carbides.

Wait, the Caly 3.5 lacks bearings? (Or washers, if you call them by part and not function). How does that work out?

A Military 2 that is lefty friendly.

Nice! :spyder:

I want to get a 3.5 before they go away. So if you are disappointed with yours... :D

Haha. It's not 4v, it's CPM 4v.

I cleaned it. (pictures coming as soon as I can, I am pretty busy right now) It appears that the sharpish corners that appear when transitioning from the round polished tang area to the flat part where the ball rests, and the little concave part behind the choil have worn a little bit concave.

Yeah, the only thing stopping me from getting one is they're righty D:

I'll try to get around to cleaning it tonight and then I'll try to get some pictures, hopefully tomorrow. Thanks for your help :spyder:

I need some new batteries to take a proper picture of the wear... Hm. Imagine .5 mm more or less grooved into where the ball travels and rests on the tang when it's locked. (And I've never put negative pressure on the blade except for the ever so often bump on a desk or something which doesn't even ...

On my Manix 2 XL I've noticed that a groove has started to be worn into the tang, especially the corner part that transitions onto where the ball rests, there's a visible dip there. Is this a normal part of the wear of a CBBL lock knife? It's also got a polished section in the middle of the tang whe...

Something Shemp Rock sized, that I could use to *oh no god forbid* chop with?

I surely hope I am not part of the problem

What about the Manix pivot?