That is super stupid and I am very disappointed in Kizer for not doing something to mark these as different. Lundquist I can't believe you are letting them halfass the fix like this? Even if a store sold 100 Feists and only one customer complained that could just mean that only one customer used the knife, or knows knives well enough to recognize the issues.
All it would have taken is a friggin permanent marker X on the box.
Just out of the box, my new Feist from EDC is perfect.
It looks the same as the old Feist.
But the difference is immediately noticeable: No grittiness. Smooth. Easy to open and close.
Congratulations to Jason Lundquist, whose name appears just underneath that of Feist. This version is a real pleasure to use. It even feels like the maker took care to get this one right.
That said -- for now at least, if you are purchasing anywhere else, I don't know how you can be sure what you are getting.
How do you tell if you're ordering a new one. Does it have a different name or code?
thanks for the update, i received mine from urbanedcsupply yesterday as well. I disassembled and scrutinized mine VERY closely and concluded the stop pin issue is not "perfectly" fixed. my stop pin is very slightly loose, so the grittiness is only 98% fixed. again, if i wasn't looking for it, this might have been negligible and i wouldn't have noticed it, and it's to the point where the action is smooth as desired. the only time i can hear the grittiness is if i hold it up to my ear and wiggle the blade up and down. My theory is they tightened the tolerances to prevent sending out some of the really bad units that were floating around, but the execution still isn't 100%. at this point, i think my bar may be too high. we all deal with plenty of quality control issues in this price range with benchmade, ZT, and spyderco, and are happy with our knives as long as there are no deal breakers.
All in all, i was initially slightly disappointed that the issue wasn't completely gone, but in conclusion, i do have a very decent knife that i enjoy, so i am satisfied.
here's an action clip, extremely fun to fidget
https://gfycat.com/SillyJollyHalcyon
I was wondering if there was any update since people actually had them in hand but feel free to be rude instead. Even just writing 'no' would have taken up so much less of your precious time.So if you read this thread, the last two pages detail this issue.
I was wondering if there was any update since people actually had them in hand but feel free to be rude instead. Even just writing 'no' would have taken up so much less of your precious time.
Hmmm..... after reading this I've been wiggling and listening, wiggling and listening....Putting it right up to my ear.... Nothing loose. Still no grittiness.
Seems perfect.
Add some grease in the area that's loose. Could help a little.excellent! then i guess i got a lemon lol (relative to yours). either way, the "lemons" of this batch are pretty close to perfect, and even calling it a lemon is holding kizer to CRK level standards, and that's not fair considering 3X pricing.
Also... i have an extra stop pin on the way from kizer. i'll update here in a month lol
Add some grease in the area that's loose. Could help a little.
excellent! then i guess i got a lemon lol (relative to yours). either way, the "lemons" of this batch are pretty close to perfect, and even calling it a lemon is holding kizer to CRK level standards, and that's not fair considering 3X pricing.
Also... i have an extra stop pin on the way from kizer. i'll update here in a month lol
What I mean is.. Take a speed safe knaf for example. We use grease on the tension rod to stop the rattling. If you add grease to the pin that's rattling it will cease making the noise. Now I'm unsure the exacts but I hope you understand what I mean.I've fully disassembled cleaned, oiled, tweeked 3 out of the 4 feists ive owned. everyone seems to love to tell me to add more lube lol