Hello guys,
Just because I wanted to see what the thing is all about and because it was affordable compared to the $70 or even more that I see it advertised I bought an Green S.W.A.T. Guardfather "automatic" Ice-pick.
Well a short review would be: "Piece of junk not worth the amount off money they ask for it".
First of all the spring in the Guardfather does not even have enough power to push the "ice-pick" fully out of the 'barrel' and to lock it in the second cut-out, so what you end up with is a semi ejected ice-pick that isn't locked and slides inside the "pen" when you push it against anything.
You have to manually pull it out the last 1/4" of the pen to let the button lock slip back in the cut-out of the ece-pick to lock it.
The Push button mechanism is not really easy to use, first fiddle with the rotating clip. I could live with that but the spring mechanism has less power then a Bic balpoint spring and is very gritty.
I read somewhere
"SWAT GUARDFATHER AUTOMATIC ICEPICK
When your business is producing gear for the real-life "James Bond's" of the world, making a product that is simply "acceptable" can get your customer killed. Specialized Weapons by Advanced Technologies of Phoenix, Arizona, has been providing the best and brightest to those on the sharp end for years."
Well they should be ashamed making something quality wise like the Guardfather.
The worst part, I can't seem to be able to open the pen so I can perhaps get another better spring for it, perhaps they superglued the threaded parts shut?
And I can't seem to find an company address so I can give them a call.
My advise, stay away from this piece of junk, $70 buys you a lot of quality knife.
Best wishes,
Bagheera
Just because I wanted to see what the thing is all about and because it was affordable compared to the $70 or even more that I see it advertised I bought an Green S.W.A.T. Guardfather "automatic" Ice-pick.
Well a short review would be: "Piece of junk not worth the amount off money they ask for it".
First of all the spring in the Guardfather does not even have enough power to push the "ice-pick" fully out of the 'barrel' and to lock it in the second cut-out, so what you end up with is a semi ejected ice-pick that isn't locked and slides inside the "pen" when you push it against anything.
You have to manually pull it out the last 1/4" of the pen to let the button lock slip back in the cut-out of the ece-pick to lock it.
The Push button mechanism is not really easy to use, first fiddle with the rotating clip. I could live with that but the spring mechanism has less power then a Bic balpoint spring and is very gritty.
I read somewhere
"SWAT GUARDFATHER AUTOMATIC ICEPICK
When your business is producing gear for the real-life "James Bond's" of the world, making a product that is simply "acceptable" can get your customer killed. Specialized Weapons by Advanced Technologies of Phoenix, Arizona, has been providing the best and brightest to those on the sharp end for years."
Well they should be ashamed making something quality wise like the Guardfather.
The worst part, I can't seem to be able to open the pen so I can perhaps get another better spring for it, perhaps they superglued the threaded parts shut?
And I can't seem to find an company address so I can give them a call.
My advise, stay away from this piece of junk, $70 buys you a lot of quality knife.
Best wishes,
Bagheera
