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feenxfire

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Post Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:03 pm

Re: Just so you know...

Would you, by any chance, have the time to send me an explanation via PM? I'm really curious to see how something like this works. It's killed me not knowing about IKBS or the Maxx-Glide(sp?) system. If not, no biggie. No harm in askin, right?

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Jason

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Post Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:09 pm

Re: Just so you know...

Here's a little hint. It's a scale image of my fingertip, next to a pin. Look very closely at the tip of the pin.


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feenxfire

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Post Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:12 pm

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Fuck me....that's crazy man!

heh...now i'm droolin for info!

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Jason

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Post Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:26 pm

Re: Just so you know...

I can tell you how IKBS works.

It's a simple ball bearing system integrated into the knife. The walls are made of the blade and handles. The inner race is the pivot. The outer race is a hole bored into the handle. The ball bearings themselves actually sit mostly inside the handle. The reason for that is because if you just tried to slip a 1/16" bearing system in between the handle and blade, you'd have a 1/16" gap there, and that's WAY too big, so the bearing system has to be embedded into either the handle or the blade, but embedding it in the blade creates a lot of weakness there. So IKBS is a bearing system with the outer race integrated into the handles.

More on how IKBS is put together here:
http://www.ikbsknifetech.com/11/1504.html

IKBS won't work on typhoons because it requires an outer race of at least 5/16", and Typhoon handles are only 5/16" wide at the pivot, so there's no room for it.


I don't know much about MaxxGlide. What I do know is that DDR has installed it into channel-style knives, and in order to do that, the bearing system must be self-contained in a neat little package. Kinda like the bearings you find in bicycles, complete with spacers and all that, but on a much smaller sclae.
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FaultyPly

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Post Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:28 pm

Re: Just so you know...

Man. You let them in on it. I here-by disown you jason :evil:
"Well, if you live, you wanna give or get old; And if you never knew that we get old, you live it up. You live it up, you get old"
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Jason

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Post Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:32 pm

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Hahaha

Don't worry. The only information I've given so far is public domain. Stuff everyone should know already.
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linett122

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Post Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:33 pm

Re: Just so you know...

damn you so how does it flip?
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I havn't had this much resposibility since I adopted that African kid just to get that cool watch-FaultyPly

we insta-ban stupids.-looseyfur
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Jason

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Post Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:44 pm

Re: Just so you know...

Like I said, it flips like someone put bearings in it.

The bladeplay and pinching effect are reduced, making it a lot more predictable. It's also a lot smoother, requiring less force to manipulate it.

I should have one up for sale in about a week or so.
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