Cold Steel Tri Ad Lock Stiffness

[Wowbagger]

Mine are stiff too. I found that, rather then them getting less stiff over time, I just got used to them.

As my old room mate (a hard core mountaineer and marathon runner) used to say : must have thought all that pain was just part of living.

If you ask me people put up with too much as it is . . .
. . . you know "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more".
(old movie line)

 

[Wowbagger]

How do you lower the spring tension? I m going to try that with my Holdout 2. I ve tried leaving it half open for a week or so with only a little benefit.

So I'm on your ignore list ?
or did you miss my post with the link in it ?

 

[marrenmiller]

As my old room mate (a hard core mountaineer and marathon runner) used to say : must have thought all that pain was just part of living.

If you ask me people put up with too much as it is . . .
. . . you know "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more".
(old movie line)

Honestly they're not that difficult to actuate. I hardly think that counts as something to "put up with".

 

[John_0917]

It is normal to be very stiff at first but in time, and with repetitions in it (the spring) it will break in. They are not as stiff when they’re older, kind of like...doors.

 

[craytab]

How do you lower the spring tension? I m going to try that with my Holdout 2. I ve tried leaving it half open for a week or so with only a little benefit.

You take it apart and bend the peice of metal that actuates the back lock.

 

[WValtakis]

You take it apart and bend the peice of metal that actuates the back lock.

Or just overtravel the lockbar using something that will fit between the scales like I mentioned in my earlier post...

Where did this idea start that springs never can lose strength? Sure they can, especially if over stressed. Spring streel still has a yield point, its just harder to reach. The problem is that a properly designed mechanism should not allow that point to be reached under normal operation.

Exactly why my method works

 

[craytab]

Or just overtravel the lockbar using something that will fit between the scales like I mentioned in my earlier post...



Exactly why my method works

Interesting method indeed. Sounds like it would work fine.

 

[Mike51772]

So thumb work outs. Or have your wife open it up for you.

That’s funny! And it’s so helpful too! I think maybe I’ll just bring the knife with me when I meet your wife at the hotel and have her open it up for me! That’ll make 2 things she’s good for!

 

[Dogdrawz]

My first CS was a Recon1, ultra-loc I think it was called? Had it for years. Great knife. Bought a new Recon1 with that triade, tricycle, thyroid, triangle...whatever lock & I said, nope...nope, no sir-eee...ain't gonna happ'n capt'n. Shot it outta a cannon back to the seller.

 

[unwisefool]

That’s funny! And it’s so helpful too! I think maybe I’ll just bring the knife with me when I meet your wife at the hotel and have her open it up for me! That’ll make 2 things she’s good for!

That's a little over the top and uncalled for.

I just opened and closed my triad lock a bunch over the course of a few days and it started to become easier to unlock.

 

[marcinek]

That's a little over the top and uncalled for.

It's way over the top even in some of the more "colorful" subforums.

 

[katanas]

That’s funny!

You're not!

 

[Boru13]

So thumb work outs. Or have your wife open it up for you.

That’s funny! And it’s so helpful too! I think maybe I’ll just bring the knife with me when I meet your wife at the hotel and have her open it up for me! That’ll make 2 things she’s good for!

I would suggest that if you two want to act like you have the IQ level of a pet rock that you do it somewhere else.

Talking shit about someone's family has no place on the forums.

 

[Insipid Moniker]

So I'm on your ignore list ?
or did you miss my post with the link in it ?

Not to offend, old chap, but your posts tend to be both verbose and a bit rambling. A lot of us just kind of skip past them.

 

[whp]

So I'm on your ignore list ?
or did you miss my post with the link in it ?

No, you re not on my list. I usually enjoy your contributions.
I wrote that response to craytab s post before I got to yours. Even though the responses show up later in the thread, I write mine after reading a post of interest, usually before I read the entire thread.
I took my Holdout 2 part last night and bent the spring a bit. I didn't to want to bend it too much, so when I put it back together, the lockup release was better, but not as easy as I would prefer. I may try to use your method with a small vise grip with a rubber washer to over compress the lock for a couple of days. I can use the lock release one handed w/o much trouble, but it could be better, more like my Recon 1 which is easy to unlock.

 

[BladeScout]

I just opened and closed my triad lock a bunch over the course of a few days and it started to become easier to unlock.

Thats what I would do under the circumstances.

I also disassemble some of my triads and change the way the latch works.
I do these sorts of things for a living. YMMV

You mod knives for a living?

 

[GlockMonkey]

This one looks like it's been derailed, but just wanted to add that in my experience it's almost always a burr making it difficult to close instead of spring pressure. The spring is definitely stronger than in most lockbacks, but the difficulty unlocking it is usually a burr at the back of the cut-out in the blade. Possibly in the lockbar as well, but usually the cut-out in the blade is pretty rough. Smooth that out just a tiny bit and it's way easier to unlock.

 

[eugenechia1989]

Agree, I just remembered my American Lawman did seem to have quite bad lock-stick at the beginning. Only happened once every five or so times, but when it did, it absolutely jammed it up.