@blaineg they’re extra stabbier now though.

@blaineg But you get an IRK refund

@blaineg @troy

But you get an IRK refund

Only if you buy an IRK.

@blaineg Dangit, can’t cancel my Tuesday order, can I? OTOH, don’t really need/want another IRK. Win-win

@maxemusway ISWYDT.

@maxemusway but how will you open the package??

@maxemusway @mehvid1 Power tools are always a possibility.

@werehatrack is this what mansplaining is?

@mickeefynn

Look around 9:40 mark for one example

@medz To someone who hasn’t dealt with a liner lock before, it’s not obvious what the thumb is doing there.

@werehatrack ask your dad to show you

@medz He’d be 117 if he was still around.

@werehatrack I’ll try to make a video when I get mine and explain how to close it like you were my 6yo son.

@medz I thought about doing that. I’m not fond of liner locks, and I typically do a bit of reworking of them to ease their operation when they’re overly stiff or sticky, as some of them often are.

@mickeefynn The video applies, but the points where the reviewer is operating the liner lock are not very obvious unless you’re already familiar with how a liner lock works.

@mickeefynn Look in the slot where the blade gets stored. See the angled piece of metal with teeth on it, that has slipped sideways at the blade end, blocking the blade from swinging back closed? Push that sideways to flatten it against the side of the slot, and the blade can be closed. That’s how a liner lock works.

I personally prefer almost any other kind of lock over these, but this kind is really common.

@mickeefynn OBTW, don’t start trying to close the blade until the liner lock has been pushed aside. The lock may jam until you stop pushing on the blade.

@mickeefynn And make sure to get all fingers, thumbs, and other miscellaneous body parts out of the path of the blade’s edge while closing the knife.

@mickeefynn @werehatrack
I found a video for this very topic.
https://youtube.com/shorts/Y3Oebttm4ws?si=AyhAp2FgYnqrU1cW

@mickeefynn