Nick Shabazz after many battles with the axis lock and it's dreaded Omega springs , has a eureka moment , I shall disassemble it like it is an integral he says , and thus is triumphant . Spyderco , seeing Nicks happiness , says we can't have that ! They then take the Axis lock and add more complexity , more moving parts , and have it assembled by people with child like hands , then send it not once , but twice to Nick . Spyderco , you are truly evil geniuses .
I’m sorry but this is like watching an old Benny Hill show. Hilarious, I needed that after a long hard week. You should play this one in fast forward to Yakety Sax music.
This is the first disassembly by Nick for which I’m feeling very nervous watching 😬😬😬. I love the blade shape and will probably buy one but will never be taking one apart 😂
Nick, I am guilty of being a sadistic man. I truly enjoy watching you struggle and eventually defeat this knives disassembly. I disagree you are a brilliant man.
Well after watching the Nick for as long as I can remember, before the slysz Bowie, I believe I really started diving in when he got the Norseman, then sold it, then bought it back. I believe this is the hardest I’ve seen Nick struggle with disassembly and reassembly of any knife ever. I just found out about this knife and the maker today. Love the mechanism
You are amazing Nick... your patience... I love this design... but construction wise this is a nightmare... Imagine this "hunting knife" full of mud or worse... then have fun cleaning it...
Citizen 1 I completely agree! I do like that they came up with a new type of lock but I do not see this lasting long at all. Spyderco should’ve went with the compression lock instead
Nick Maccioli ,,,,The ONLY thing keeping this knife from breaking in two is the scales. Look at the notch for the thumb lock. Maybe 3/8” of G10 and it has the hole for the over travel pin. This one is NOT for me
So I ended up here because I started and got stuck. Ended up watching about 1 minute after his spring went flying out and disregarded what he was doing. Take the stop pin and the studs off the lock and it was a 5 minute disassembly and reassembly. He made it so much harder on himself. Definitely entertaining though lol. After putting on some KPL the action is so much better. Worth it just take the spring out right after you remove the scale so it doesn’t go flying
I left out the GD lanyard tube! Saw that but watching you notice creates a comedic affect to this disassembly. Don’t mean to poke fun but your frustrations are mine. That’s why I could NEVER have your job. Thanks for being THE Nick!
So just in case anyone else ever has the misery of needing to do this. Take the lock studs off before trying to reassemble and do not put them on until you are completely reassembled. Makes this 1000% easier. I’m only 13 minutes into this video so I’m not sure if nick ever does this. But I hope you see this comment before it’s to late.
Nick, have you looked into getting a model maker's bench vise of one style or another? It would answer you extra hand needs without damaging valuable knives.
Don’t feel bad Nick it took me a few dozen tries to put mine back together. It’s one of the very few knives I have that I absolutely hate to disassemble
Just by watching the disassemble, I re-live the pain of having disassemble it myself ...the horror😱 ...took me a day and a half to have it done and centered🤣🤣🤣🤣
in the factory, this knife is assembled by six tiny Japanese elves, working like a Indy car pit crew. It appears to be a Rube Goldberg original design. Spyderco should have gone with their ball-bearing lock. K.I.S.S.
Always interesting to see a new lock, but I'm curious about long term durability. Axis and assist failures taught me to stay far away from anything that has flimsy wire as a main part.
Is there any chance this could be disassembled like an integral? Doing it that way seems to make AXIS locks easier, maybe it would help with the Stop Lock as well? I feel kinda conflicted about this lock. I like how compact it is, and the way it actuates seems to have all the advantages of AXIS type locks, but it doesn't look like something I could trust myself to maintain. It kinda reminds me of the Steel Will Ant-lock too, just more smaller and more complex.
I was getting frustrated doing my own reassembly and watched this to get ideas. In the end, I took off the thumb studs and everything became... Well, not easy, but straight forward. Take off the thumb studs and assemble on the table one piece at a time. With the blade in the closed position.
I guess it is first and last stop lock knife. Machining is expensive, maintaining is hardcore. Sad they didn't just made it with CL like Ouroboros. Or with Smock like button CL. Made in Taiwan with cf/g10 composite, better lock, s30v or cts xhp, full flat grind or hollow grind, would be great collective piece.
Ohhh man.. I would be sooo frustrated!!! When something don’t work right for me I’m like a volcano! Just waiting to go off!!! Lol if I ever get one just cause it’s soo cool lookin I’m never taking it apart!
Haha. Poor Nick. What a nightmare. Good reason never to buy. You deserve a star on the fridge for this one. “If you screw up you get put on Parata duty.” Funny.
“If ya screw up, ya get put on Parata duty.” Awesome! Oh my God! The name, Paul Alexander has to be a new curse word in Japan. I love this knife, but I’ll bet the Japanese don’t.
To overprice msrp's is just a marketing strategy... but I believe on this knive they have to charge more money to pay those wizards who assemble these knives in less than a hour per piece...
Meh, for that kind of cabbage I'd like to see actual full liners, and not just have plastic, thank you. Give it a week, Ganzo will make one that is quite robust and heavy for $17.00.
Well this knife is just needlessly fiddly. Good to know the design is a hard pass for me. Way too expensive for me to chuck into the street in a fit of rage.
@@NickShabazz I love knifes and I'm a loyal watcher of your channel. It's great content. But your ability to assemble... I'm sorry to tell you that you are really bad at it.
