Manix 2 owners, pic request/experiment
Manix 2 owners, pic request/experiment
I feel like i might be stirring the pot here, but honestly that's not my intention, this is just pure innocent curiosity.
I was looking at my Manix 2 today, studying the ball lock and trying to get a good look at how much the ball engages the blade, and i got an idea. If everyone who owns one wouldn't mind posting up pics of their knives in the opened/locked position, and show in the pic how far forward their lock engages the blade...i'd like to see if there's much variance between them.
Without measuring mine, i would guess i have about 3/32 left of "self adjustment" before the plastic cage is totally forward and pressing against the handle. From what i can see, the ball on mine is WAY into the blade...i'd say from the mark on the blade it's a solid 1/16 inch into it. This knife has probably been opened and closed a couple hundred times but is still very much a virgin as far as use goes IMO. I'd especially like to see some well used knives to see how much difference there is in long term use, to see if those balls engage any deeper than mine.
Unfortunately at the moment i only have a cell phone pic but you get the idea.
I was looking at my Manix 2 today, studying the ball lock and trying to get a good look at how much the ball engages the blade, and i got an idea. If everyone who owns one wouldn't mind posting up pics of their knives in the opened/locked position, and show in the pic how far forward their lock engages the blade...i'd like to see if there's much variance between them.
Without measuring mine, i would guess i have about 3/32 left of "self adjustment" before the plastic cage is totally forward and pressing against the handle. From what i can see, the ball on mine is WAY into the blade...i'd say from the mark on the blade it's a solid 1/16 inch into it. This knife has probably been opened and closed a couple hundred times but is still very much a virgin as far as use goes IMO. I'd especially like to see some well used knives to see how much difference there is in long term use, to see if those balls engage any deeper than mine.
Unfortunately at the moment i only have a cell phone pic but you get the idea.
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hey david,
here's a pic of mine. not a close up, but you can see the lock.
i'm the second , if not third owner, so i don't know how much it's been opened, plus, it was modified as you can see.
there seems to be less than a 1/16" before the cage will touch the scales/ liners.
later,
don
here's a pic of mine. not a close up, but you can see the lock.
i'm the second , if not third owner, so i don't know how much it's been opened, plus, it was modified as you can see.
there seems to be less than a 1/16" before the cage will touch the scales/ liners.
later,
don
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, even if it is wrong.:rolleyes:
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hey d,
this manix was modded by a member here at the forums.
the scales are thicker, so much so that after i received the knife, i had to chamfer the front of the cage opening to get better purchase on the lock. the cage is almost flush with the scales.
the original owner also removed all the jimping around the perimeter of the knife, and reprofiled the handle shape.
this is the only manix i have handled, so i have nothing to compare it to, but i had to have it because of the digicam scales.
i traded for this knife and got a good deal on it, so i'm happy.
i am curious how a unmoddified manix feels in hand, and would like to get a foliage sprint or a black on black.
later,
don
this manix was modded by a member here at the forums.
the scales are thicker, so much so that after i received the knife, i had to chamfer the front of the cage opening to get better purchase on the lock. the cage is almost flush with the scales.
the original owner also removed all the jimping around the perimeter of the knife, and reprofiled the handle shape.
this is the only manix i have handled, so i have nothing to compare it to, but i had to have it because of the digicam scales.
i traded for this knife and got a good deal on it, so i'm happy.
i am curious how a unmoddified manix feels in hand, and would like to get a foliage sprint or a black on black.
later,
don
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, even if it is wrong.:rolleyes:
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Here's mine
Had it about three weeks.
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Not the angle you wanted, but I tried to show that in a video a few months ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNiyIsMRK_4
Don't know if it shows well there, but it seems to engage fairly deeply, as they go. I'd say there's about 2mm left between the cage and scales.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNiyIsMRK_4
Don't know if it shows well there, but it seems to engage fairly deeply, as they go. I'd say there's about 2mm left between the cage and scales.
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id imagine its possible to get some movement in the back spacer that could change the amount of travel the ball can move up or down.
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kershaw Leek Buck 119 Cold Steel Recon tanto
Cold Steel Ti Lite VI ,
Spyderco: Tenacious ,Persistence, Endura 4 blue Stretch zdp blue, Manix 2 ,Native s30v . Sage2 titanium, Gayle Bradly cpm m4, Muleteam mt 10, woodcraft mule s30v. Orange Delica 4
Bark River PSK 154cm, Gunny, Bravo 2, Canadian Special