Alright folks.
I don’t do many follow up videos…
but my review of the Boker Slack, proves I need to spend a bit more time on the lockup
on the slip joint.
I suck at slip joints…
I’m doing it wrong, I wear the underwear of ladies…
I’m a little girl..
I’m new to slip joints.
A few of those are probably accurate.
A more accurate thing to say than I’m new to slip joints, is that your new to this channel.
I have reviews at least 4 slip joints over the years, not a lot- but it’s because I
like locking knives better- and the Boker Slack is by far and away the hardest closing
of any of my slip joints for friction folders.
Now to prove that it is, let’s whip out some of my favorite non-lockers or friction
folders and slip joints.
But first let’s try some of the tips from viewers who think
I suck.
MacMurfy22ka said to place fingers on other sides of the pivots… that assumes the blade
requires less force to close than the force required to hold the knife into place… as
you can see when I do it this way the knife requires a ton of force, and that dfisengagment
of the lock back nearly causes me to lose grip of the knife.
I know my fingers aren’t quite on the pivots but close.
Cool.
Olmeddic said I suck at them and I’m new to them… so let’s try it his way.
Which is close to to the same way MacMrfy said…
Now I like placing my hand on the top of the blade away from the tip, because I can apply
more force to it…
Olmmedic said I need to put thumb on one side- and fingers on the other…
I don’t see how the hand isn’t going to slip this way either…
again because the force you have to apply to break the slip joint is as great or greater
than the force you need to hold on to the sides.
This way works and there’s nothing wrong with it, but it isn’t necessarily safer.
So let’s open and close a few other slip joints and see how they differ.
How about the Bastard Halibut from HX Outdoors.
This one isn’t bad…
very easy to open and close.
No problems there.
How about my Sanrenmu 9052, no problems here either.
This one is nice and easy.
I reviewed this last year sometime.
How about this Sanrenmu too…
this one is pretty easy too.
So the point is… the Boker Slack is in a whole other class of slip joint…
it is not an easy knife too close.
And yes I do not own a whole lot of slip joints because I don’t live in a area with restrictive
knife laws.
I own about half a dozen slip joints and as many friction folders.
I am not an expert, but I guess you’ll have to wait until other reviews come out.