Spine whacking the T-Mag

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Spine whacking the T-Mag

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Anyone else try it? I did, last night -- good, sharp rap against a stack of (Blade) magazines. D@mned if it didn't pass. :eek: Turns out the magnet actually holds pretty well against a force directed perpendicular to the blade.
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Ummm, thanks for the test of this non-locking Spydie. Could you please test the UKPK next. Thanks :cool:
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LOL

This must be difficult sarcasm. :D
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What, none of you are ever bored and curious?
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Yeah, my Tmag will close with just a flick of the wrist. No need to spine whack.

I'm not depressed by this fact, I see it as a gentleman's folder, so it doesn't need the strength.

I also don't try to open clam packs with it anymore either.
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dsvirsky wrote:What, none of you are ever bored and curious?
There's a difference between "bored" and "bored and stupid."

Spine whacking is not an intelligent activity.
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Oh, come on. It's not like there is a locking mechanism to harm. Tell me the negatives of spine whacking a lockless knife. Other than the typical inertiatic forces of flicking a knife open/closed, there is no harm.
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WHAT??????!!!! YOU MEAN IT WONT STAY OPEN WITH A SPINE WHACK????!!! Im sendin BOTH of mine back LOL!!!!!! :D
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Silly, you can't "spine whack" an invertebrate... :D
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Piercieve wrote:Oh, come on. It's not like there is a locking mechanism to harm. Tell me the negatives of spine whacking a lockless knife. Other than the typical inertiatic forces of flicking a knife open/closed, there is no harm.
I was thinking more about the inevitable loss of blood and tissue, then the subsequent "Spyderco T-Mag done me wrong" thread that would follow.
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CombatGrappler wrote:I was thinking more about the inevitable loss of blood and tissue, then the subsequent "Spyderco T-Mag done me wrong" thread that would follow.
That's what I'd worry about too. Considering how fluidly this blade will disengage and move, doing anything like spinewhacking seems like a recipe for getting cut.
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What I want to know is *should* a gentleman's folder be able to open a clamshell... I say yes.
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dsvirsky wrote:What, none of you are ever bored and curious?
Once in a while...

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:D
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Paul, your humor is excellent ... I could hug you Sir :D
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The Deacon wrote:Once in a while...

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:D
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I assume the unstacked penny below the blade is the one that ultimately "breaks the camel's back"?

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dsvirsky wrote:Anyone else try it? I did, last night -- good, sharp rap against a stack of (Blade) magazines. D@mned if it didn't pass. :eek: Turns out the magnet actually holds pretty well against a force directed perpendicular to the blade.
:D

Now that is sarcasm!
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spydercofanatic wrote:WHAT??????!!!! YOU MEAN IT WONT STAY OPEN WITH A SPINE WHACK????!!! Im sendin BOTH of mine back LOL!!!!!! :D
Sorry to pick on you spydercofanatic, but your words are a good "post" to hitch my reply to:

To steal a line from a movie, what we have here is failure to communicate.
"D@mned if it didn't pass." English translation for y'all -- the knife passed the spine whack test. That's why I posted. There'd have been no surprise (hence the "D@mned") and no reason to post if a lockless knife failed the test.

The words, "[t]urns out the magnet actually holds pretty well against a force directed perpendicular to the blade" should have been a clue. :confused:
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