As long as we are on the topic of the sheepsfoot...
Gotta happen soon. Probably behind the Eklipse, Jurassic maybe behind the Firetac....full TI triway version...
Makes me miss my micarta MP1. What I really want though is a full TI triway version. That I think I'd have to have.
Looks great!!Black 3" hardware back in stock at DLT
Question for you XM-18 Gen6 Non-Flipper owners..
I’m definitely biased towards flippers vs thumb studs, but those non flippers have great lines. And the Gen6 bearings change the game a bit I would assume.
How is the detent and action/deployment? I would imagine the detents are tuned specifically around the non-flipper. Are they pretty smooth? Definitely tempting as the Gen6 Spearpoints just hit en masse..
Wow! That’s like exactly what I was needing! Thanks Gideons!Rick Hinderer did a video on what you're asking about.
Man, I don't know - I've spent the last while manually flipping my Gen6 XMs by their blade stops and I'm not sure if I can pull the trigger on a non-flipper.
As Rick said, it's not exactly optimal placement on the thumb stud/blade stop. Whereas other knives were built from the ground up with optimal thumb action in mind.
He sure didn't seem to have any issues in the video firing away though. It takes a bit of work to bust loose the detents on all 3 of my XM 3.5s by the blade stops.
If that's the amount of pressure it takes for a non-flipper *or more* I think I'll have to pass on these Beauties.
Unless I'm missing something and shouldn't be comparing an XM flipper in any way. Are the non-flipper detent holes somehow ramped?