Liquid Cobra wrote:I would love to see a sprint g10 UKPK someday but I understand why Sal has reservations about that. I still (really) hope we see a sprint using the current FRN mold with 52100 which he mentioned a while back. Also still hoping the current UKPK gets the S110V treatment. That dark blue FRN would look great on the UKPK in my opinion.
I would also love to see UKPKs with G-10, Tiatnium or Carbon-Fiber handles once again (and would certainly buy them), but I like the knives with the actual handles, too. Not because of the FRN but because of the genius functional and simple construction - and, as I mentioned in my initial post, I have UKPKS in multiple variations due to a vast variety of aftermarket scales available.
Joris Mo wrote:Definitely great, have most of the FRN ones but still need to get a new UKPK, only have the first gen. which was hollow ground with a rather weak 'lock' but I like the newer ones much better. Urban being my favorite.
Might go to UK this summer so that would be a good reason to finally have to get a new UKPK.
I feel like my FFG UKPK BD-1 have a really weak "lock" compare to Pingo or Urban which is the strongest !
Do you think it's normal ?
I used to keep track of it a lot better than I have been recently, but I think the way the FRN UKPK revisions have gone was:
So, it's possible that you got one of the BD-1's before the lock was made stronger. The way to identify the stronger lock is that there's a split in the end of the lock bar.
Check out Wouter's picture of the "new" lock spring from the 2011 Amsterdam meet:
Thanks a lot for the reply Donut !
It look I have the 1st BD-1
I knew the GIN-1 had weak lock, didn't remember there were 2 with BD-1. Arghhhh
Did you get answer to question "I just hope I can backorder a handful of these springs to upgrade my collection of FRN slipits."
Well, one for me will be fine.
The different perspectives on these is interesting. I am more than happy with the Gin1 and spring strength on my UKPK.
The Gin1 performs well enough, easy to sharpen to screaming sharp, and the back Spring keeps the blade open, or shut without being limp, and no doubt entirely as intended by Sal.
I wonder how much of the CQI on the UKPK was informed by forum hysteria (i.e. just to keep the customer happy!)
I think you can read a lot into people referring to the back spring strength as "lock"...most, and I am certainly included, want a firm snap and rigidity in the open position. The old folks call this "walk and talk" on a slippie
I mainly feel that the spring strength on the originals was too weak in combination with the thumb ramp, I was always pushing my blade somewhat closed if I wasn't pushing the blade into something for a moment..
