WOW...just as I was about to post how impressed with this Timberline Envoy I just got, I realized it fails the spine whack test. Worse yet...if I just thumb it open, it can be closed like a slipjoint. Yikes says me...never had a knife do that before. I like the knife(it was free) the handle is comfy and the blade is AUS-8 so a good user, but now, makes me think I like to have ten digits more than a user knife. It just engages on the tang, it is flush on the left side. I think a few HARD flick openings and it will wear in a bit. 420-J2 liners so not sure how good they are?? At least the blade is not 420-J2 :)
At first it felt like a solid little folder, better than comparable CRKT folders I have had. Quite impressed overall and if the liner "sets" into place better this might become a beater and get a little pocket time. Nothing compared to my Spydies though :) Take Care all!!!!
My first liner failure:(
My first liner failure:(
Keep Fighting the Good Fight!
Sorry to hear that bro.
I've only had one go myself, was not pretty at all. I used to swear by liner locks, still like them. Have a lockback now, not as fast to open or close.
Seems stronger tho. Auto are a dif. story.Have owned four. Never had a failure. Depends on the laws whereever you are.
Seems stronger tho. Auto are a dif. story.Have owned four. Never had a failure. Depends on the laws whereever you are.
You too my friend.
Life is cold and rainy here. My autos don't see the light of day anymore either.
still play w/ them anyway. Take care CKE. Ray
still play w/ them anyway. Take care CKE. Ray
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Well, if it's any consolation Craig, I attended the NY Custom Knife Show this past weekend, handled some beautiful custom liner locks, but a few of them, with prices over ten times the MSRP of the Envoy, behaved more like slip joints that locking folders.
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Yipes! :eek:
Be careful Craig! I had a Gerber EZ-Out fail the spine whack test on me...LITERALLY on me! LOL! Good thing I didn't know how to sharpen anything besides a pencil at the time! :D
Deac' my NY bro...are you serious about them Liner...er, "slip joints"?! Mahalo much again bro!
God bless guys!
Be careful Craig! I had a Gerber EZ-Out fail the spine whack test on me...LITERALLY on me! LOL! Good thing I didn't know how to sharpen anything besides a pencil at the time! :D
Deac' my NY bro...are you serious about them Liner...er, "slip joints"?! Mahalo much again bro!
God bless guys!
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"Where's the best little big knife not designed by Sal or Eric?" ~ thombrogan, WSM
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