Fireman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:47 pm
I was tempted to do the same because I am a tinkerer at heart but for the sake of the 1000 challenge, I will leave it alone. My guess is it is just a slight burr but a S90V slight burr will take some time to smooth out with action wear. I whacked the spine a bunch of times to test the knife for lock failures but it did not budge. I tested the knife for any rocking side to side or “lock rock” but only got “Lock Rock” when I put so much pressure that I perceived that I was actually bending the frame lock. This is my first Paysan so I am still getting used to the knife. I love how it locks up with authority being a titanium frame and how much inertia the large blade gives you when you open it. Word of caution, have a good grip on it when you wrist flick it because a weak grip may send your very sharp knife flying. I was shocked when I first tried it and the thing nearly came out if my hand. Might have to put skateboard deck grip tape on the handle if I am going to do that often to keep my foot from being cut (again) Personal embarrassment time… I sharpened my Caribbean too well and was fidgeting it under the influence
and it fell so perfectly as to give me a cut almost worthy of an emergency room visit but my pride and inebriation prevented me from driving to the hospital. Got a 1 1/2” long cut on the top of my foot but only about 1/4” was all the way through the skin all the way. Sharp knife cuts heal faster but bleed 10X more. Lessons learned? Don’t fidget with extremely sharp knives after a few drinks while barefoot. I did follow the unwritten rule of “A falling knife has no handles” but if I was sober, I probably would have never been in that situation and had a quicker reaction time to get my foot out of the way. I can still see it in my mind in slow motion falling on my foot and I knew immediately, this was not good
OUCH! Glad you’re OK! I had a “knife coming at my foot scare” with a cold steel 4max…. Also may have had some drinks. Ha. The slow motion “oh crap” fall is no joke. It barely missed, and that knife is so blade heavy it cracked tile like I hit it with a chisel.
We need to be careful with these Paysans and our self imposed challenge to open and close them a lifetimes worth of cycles in a few days! Hahahaha.
I am personally very used to closing a frame lock or back lock knife by choking my thumb up high on the handle, letting the choil or flipper tab hit my thumb when I snap the blade past the lock, and then moving my thumb out of the way to close it the rest of the way home. It’s a fast as heck way to close a Police, Native Chief, delica, any flipper, etc. However, with something like a spydiechef, Gayle Bradley, or the Paysan… it’s a good way to get cut fast, because It’s almost all sharp blade down to the tang. It’s been a long run since I’ve cut myself, I’m trying to not to end it with this Paysan.