Weird Knife Wednesday: Gerber Doubledown
Weird Knife Wednesday: Gerber Doubledown
I wanted one badly for my hiking backpack, but it was so difficult to release the latch (along with the price tag) I had to say no.
Still want one, but not at that price and with the impossible latch.
I imagine you could tune the latch engagement by grinding away at the steel liner. It’s all exposed, and shouldn’t be too tough. Whether or not you’d want to is a different story. It might be easier and/or cheaper to just show up with a fixed blade knife.
Edit to add: Another ancient ninja secret for fiddling with the closed lockup on a balisong is to lightly shave the pockets where the kicker pin resides. It won’t take much material removal to cause the tips of the handles to end up closer to each other at the end of their stroke, which is what will loosen your latch (ultimately up to the point where it doesn’t stay engaged at all anymore if you go too far).