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FirstEdge TrackLock Tactical Hunter ELMAX Folders

FirstEdge TrackLock Tactical Hunter ELMAX Folders

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ELMAX is an advanced powdered metallurgy steel with extreme corrosion resistance, high compressive strength, and superior edge retention. For all of these reasons, it’s been chosen as the focal point in these Tactical Hunter folders from FirstEdge Read More

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massdrop01
783
May 11, 2018
5.1 inch handle for 3.2 inch blade, the ratio is way off. Being 5.9oz doesn't help too. You can buy a much smaller & lighter knife with the same blade length. This design just isn't efficient size and weight wise..
Cyda
13
May 11, 2018
massdrop01Agreed. This has much potential, but this present execution is a bit ugly and unbalanced
Laserbait
40
Jun 8, 2018
CydaI like it - it reminds me of the Emerson CQC-14 Snubby. I rarely need a 3.5-4" blade, but I despise small handles.
Knifemike117
0
May 11, 2018
The lock is solid on this but take forever to break in
lobster
687
May 9, 2018
would really like to know more about this lock--a verbal explanation would be fine if there are no pictures of a disassembled unit to share. It's strange that this knife and specifically this lock seem to have been released at least 5 years ago, and I can't find any information about how the lock works internally (like reviews or videos or pictures). So pushing the slider forward releases the lock, but is the part that actually locks the blade a liner type lock, a bolt lock, axis type lock or a completely new animal. A picture looking down into the handle would be very useful just to understand how this type of lock works.
Hatuletoh
850
May 13, 2018
lobsterI'd never heard of first edge, but BladeHQ does carry them.
Regarding the lock, the BHQ web pages say:
"The tracklock features a large steel locking pin that passes through the blade and liner providing a safe and secure lockup that well exceeds the industrial standard."
Which sounds pretty solid. MD might have sold a few more if theyd have bothered to put that in the description.
BladeHQ has both the manual and spring-assited types, as well as automatics. All of the same body design as what was offered on this drop, however all of BHQ's offerings have are tanto blades. And here's a real oddity: there is a plain tanto blade and a partially serrated tanto blade version of the spring assited models, and both are listed on bladehq.com for a "sale price" of $199.99. There are the same two blade options for the manual folders, but the plain edge has a non-sale price of $125.99, whereas the serrated manual folder is "sale priced" at $179.99. That's...odd, to say the least.
And I just double-checked to be sure that I did not, in fct, receive any notice about this drop. It's all very esoteric.
lobster
687
May 13, 2018
Hatuletohhttps://www.firstedgeusa.com/
The catalog explains it a little more. Looks like the lock works on the same shearing principle as button locks or imagin half an axis lock where the blade is drilled out to accept the locking pin which is spring loaded to press it back out against the metal liner. When the blade reaches full open, this coincides with a circular hole cut out of the liner, into which the locking pin is pushed, wedging itself across the blade and liner in the same orientation as the axis lock or button lock. There are older models on YouTube that have an older cut away design in the handle which exposes the locking pin. They appear to have upgraded the scale to do away with the need to physically press the locking pin back down like a button in order to unlock. They have replaced the old milled out scale with a scale containing a slider, which I believe serves to slide forward under the scale towards the pivot, and depress the lock pin in order to unlock the knife.
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i Think the dimensions of the knife are dictated by the lock to some degree and this is the reason why people have intuitively picked up on something looking ”off” about the blade to handle ratio, and how far back the pivot seems set on the current model in the massdrop pictures.
rob-okray
185
May 9, 2018
Looks like ass. Good specs though.
JimmyP
134
May 9, 2018
Do these come with a pivot tool?
RoDilla
122
May 8, 2018
Can someone comment on the locking mechanism? How secure is it compared to a liner or frame lock? I'm wary based on that video about accidentally engaging the handle button during hard use tasks.
PNWNative
448
May 8, 2018
RoDillaLooks like the Benchmade lock, but you would probably need both side by side to be sure.
The blade to handle ratio on this makes it look lopsided. It looks like one of those "California legal" autos where the blade is shortened for legal reasons. I don't know of anywhere that has a 3.2 inch cut off though.
PNWNative
448
May 8, 2018
Color me impressed. I am really digging this knife. American-made assisted opening supersteel folder for less than $120? Sold! Personally I think the blade size is perfect for a folder; anything much bigger and a fixed blade makes more sense IMO (and you’re more likely to spook bystanders.) The handle is indeed beefy, it should be big enough to grip comfortably while wearing gloves and for extended use like bushcrafting, etc. It is built like a tank. Rock solid, zero wiggle. Shaving sharp out of the box. Design seems to have taken a hint from the AK; everything is wide open, allowing grit to just fall out or get blasted out with compressed air if need be. I haven’t had any issues with the lock and I was able to quickly open and close with one hand. My only quibble is the handedness; I’m a lefty and there is no way to open it one handed with the left hand, but this is pretty typical, so no disrespect to FirstEdge. I truly feel like I got a deal, which I can’t always say about Massdrop.
mo8ius
11
Oct 4, 2017
Anyone have any issues with the lock releasing? Every 4th open or so, the lock appears to jam, and is very hard to push the slide to close the knife.
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