Anybody ever got trouble with chinook's backlock?

yzhai · #1

I plan to buy a chinook as my second spydie (I already got a ss police). I know chinook perhaps gets the strongest backlock on the planet, but I am worrying about a different problem: As I talked about it with several friends, seems like everybody are telling me that backlock will get loose after heavy usage and I'd better consider a linearlock. Has anyone here met such problems? And could anyone give me some draw-backs and pros of both backlock and linearlock?

zatoichi · #2

I have many a backlock & I've neer had a problem with it getting loose. I have no idea what kind of usage could loosen up a chinook, but that's some serious usage! the chinook's built like a rhino....I don't own one but I've held it & it's a rugged one. The lockback is tough. Built for a lumberjack!

Jeff/1911 · #3

It won't get looser with use. It may have barely perceptible play when new, as this is apparently normal but it is a very, very rugged folder. Buy it with confidence.

Jeff/1911.

ronin203 · #4

As i've said many times on this forum, the chinook is my favorite knife. It is built like a bank vault, and I can't imagine it ever loosening up. Sometime's I do have a problem getting the lock to disengage, But that's not a big deal. Buy yourself a chinook, believe me you can't go wrong with this knife.

ronin203 · #5

However I would like to see the chinook with the compression lock.

Sword and Shield · #6

I've never seen a backlock get loose from wear, only mistreatment. Liner locks, on the other hand, require someone special to care for them. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Keepin' it real...real sharp, that is.

Mancer · #7

Buddy your friends could not be more wrong, my chin has been used and abused for a looooonnnng time noe, still shaving sharp and solid as a rock.
That lockback on that blade is freakin HUGE!!!!!, incredibly strong, my fav cutting blade.

Take my advice, get a chin

seeya

MaNcEr

It's Time To Kick @$$ 'N Chew Bubble Gum

Mancer · #8

Ronin bud, yeah the compression lock is a wonder, real strong but.....
To be honest, Im not a compression lock fan on a working knife, for a self defense weapon like the gunting its good, since under those conditions the lockback could get closed on your fingers (goodbye fingers)

But for a working knife I prefer the lockbacks for the reason that I can flick them closed with 1 hand, whereas its difficult to do that with the compression lock.

Just my opinion, but I dont really think its needed to have a lock of greater strength on the chin, its more than strong enough for its job.

Just my opinion, use it, dont use it <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Seeya

MaNcEr

It's Time To Kick @$$ 'N Chew Bubble Gum

ftkinney · #9

i did not realise that a compression lock was hard for one had opperation?

FTK

hy · #10

The chinook is my favourite knife due to its toughness and the solid feel. In addition,i dont think there's any evidence that the backlock will get loose, especially the one on the chinook. Go ahead and get one!!!!

Edited by - hy on 11/29/2001 7:15:04 PM

scolby · #11

Just a negligible play. Do a search and you will find a thread where Sal talks about a tiny bit of play that is inevitable with a lockback.

If you look around on bladeforums, you will find many people that will swear on a stack of bibles that linerlocks fail easily. You will also find those that suggest that linerlocks the choice of "serious operators" if you can believe that.

I have over 20 Spyderco knives, and never, ever have I had a lock fail, period. But then again, I don't use my knives as jackhammers.

"Chance favors the prepared mind" - Louis Pasteur

haji · #12

I found my method works as well, if not better, with the Compression Lock as it does with the Al Mar designed lock found on most Spydies. For right handers, take index finger and place said index finger tip in right side of Spyderhole. Release lock with thumb, and use index finger to control the blade to close it. Roll the handle over towards the end, and close it with the spine of the blade facing up. I don't recall how I found this, but I've been using the Haji Method for a lot of years now, and haven't seen anybody but me do it. Now you can too...maybe.

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