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Looking at it from an outsider's perspective - Most people's idea of knives are kitchen knives which for the most part are duller than butter knives. And when they picture a pocket knife you can bet they're thinking swiss army style, or some old timey buck 110 looking knife with a dull scratched bla...

If you can manage to push the lock in enough that it doesn't contact the blade at all (not just disengage the lock enough to close the knife) you'll see that the blade swings pretty freely. Most of not all of the tension on the blade is caused by where the locking bar contacts the blade where it piv...

When I first got my E4 Stainless, I was pretty disappointed too with how hard it was to open the knife. I could push the knife open 1/2 way, then have to readjust my grip and push it open the rest of the way. I've had the knife for about 2 months now and I can flip it open with a push of the thumb n...

I had the same problem with the Stainless Endura4 I just bought. I was kind of disappointed when it took so much effort to open with one hand. Some oil in the spot you mentioned helped a little, but not enough to make the knife flip open with a push and a flick (of the thumb and the wrist respective...