Compression Lock Strength

[hunterseeker5]

I don't agree with this guy's commentary per se, but watching him abuse this knife is a pretty graphic demonstration of just how tough the compression lock is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEH2erOh5Zw


MORE PARA2 SPRINTS. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D Mainly because I need an excuse to buy more of them. :rolleyes:




(also while I'm on my soap box I'd just like to say thanks to the spyder crew for the FANTASTIC USN sprint. We're always whining for special treatment, and we really got it. Fantastic knife, in a fantastic steel, with a fantastic coating. LOVING ALL OF IT.)

[rycen]

Can I guess who it is? Is is neptuneknives?

[Evil D]

Wow, and with a sprint knife too. More money than sense.

[hunterseeker5]

Oh just wait until you see the related video where he takes a 20CP para2 edge to edge against an s30v one to watch the 20CP "cut" the s30v. That sets my teeth on edge.

[Blerv]

Can I guess who it is? Is is neptuneknives?

Lol! So painful, the lies and confusion.

[Lefty923]

As my kids would say "Derp". :rolleyes:

[Muad'Dib]

What a terrible way to test something. Thank god it didn't fail and take off his fingers. The taped edge would have done nothing, and unless there were steel plates in his glove fingers, the glove would also have done nothing. More money than sense sounds about right.

[DeathBySnooSnoo]

just repeat to yourself over and over, shiny footprints, shiny footprints...

[Jordan]

While he takes certain liberties with the scientific method... I admire his enthusiasm :p .

Lets be fair, if not for people... um... lets say dedicated enough to spend ridiculous amounts of money and expose themselves to considerable damage, nobody would be there to keep knife manufacturers honest. Believe me, knowing that my Para can take anything up to repeated strikes from an ax handle while supported against a flat surface is somewhat comforting (well... not really... but I appreciate somebody else figuring it out for me :p ).

[Muad'Dib]

His enthusiasm is definitely admirable. His lack of concern for his fingers isn't...

[wquiles]

While he takes certain liberties with the scientific method... I admire his enthusiasm :p .

+1

Well said

[Arillon]

That boy should spend less time ruining beautiful $150 knives and more time lifting weights, watching him try to lift that measly 50 pounds was pretty sad.

[Drkknight614]

That boy should spend less time ruining beautiful $150 knives and more time lifting weights, watching him try to lift that measly 50 pounds was pretty sad.

Hahaha thats what I said. He should also invest in a tripod instead of having his little brother do it.

You guys ever see the manix 2 test where the guy tests the lock by spine waking the thing as hard as he can on a log. I hate these destruction/durabilitt tests...so unreal.

[razorsharp]

ugh- the worst part, he has all these expensive knives, some customs, and he cant even put a paper cutting edge on them :/

[SolidState]

If there were a stupid tax, this guy would be paying for schools instead of sprint runs.

[hunterseeker5]

Hang on just a second everyone. We can make fun of this guy endlessly for the fact that he did a destructive test on a sprint, apparently can't curl a mere 50 pounds, has poor camera-work, endangered his fingers, etc but its pointless. What I wanted to highlight wasn't his flaws, but was the quality of the knife. What a phenomenal showing. Seriously what other knife do you know which can take that? Do that to a frame lock and watch the cutout on the frame bend and fail. Do that to an axis-lock/bearing-lock/arc-lock and watch the stop drive upward and the blade close. I'm not sure how a lockback would tolerate that. I think in most instances the pin which holds the lock bar would fail or the area holding it. In others I'd think it could take it. The point is though that THE COMPRESSION LOCK TOOK IT. That knife, while ugly and a bit spent, would have still worked after that. You could EDC it starting tomorrow. Credit where its due that was a staggering show of quality and strength on the part of a spyderco product. I get a little swell of pride watching that, because all my friends who don't have the spyder-bite will tolerate my knives for their cutting ability but think of them as being a bit "delicate" with their fine tips and hard heat treats. Watching an ultra thin ultra light Para2 take what I've seen break fixed blades, and would have demolished a Strider SMF in short order, pleased me immensely in some respects. Is that unfair?

[.357 mag]

That boy should spend less time ruining beautiful $150 knives and more time lifting weights, watching him try to lift that measly 50 pounds was pretty sad.

As a heavy weight lifter, it was very funny. I lift more than that taking out the trash.

[2cha]

While he takes certain liberties with the scientific method... I admire his enthusiasm :p .

Well said. I thought the compression lock was strong, now I know it is.

And to Mr. Neptune, if you're out there somewhere, destroy all the knives you want, just be careful, and keep sharing the results!

And to the nay sayers--I'd rather see a knife put through it's paces than put in a safe!

[Fred Sanford]

... and would have demolished a Strider SMF in short order...

I just have to say.... I doubt that. The SMF is pretty darn strong.

However, as much as I thought the video was kinda funny, it really did prove the compression lock is crazy strong. It's a clown lock. How did they fit so much strong into that little area of lock? :D

[hunterseeker5]

Oh I should probably edit that part about the SMF out..... I don't want to start up that age old argument about striders. Let me then reform my statement to say "would have demolished many frame locks in short order." I mean I personally don't really believe in striking the back of a knife at all, so its a bit moot, and most frame locks are more than strong enough to stand up to well beyond what I'd consider to be "reasonable use."

If you would like to discuss the failures of the frame lock please shoot me a PM so we can avoid getting people's tempers heated and getting this thread derailed.