As a long time bicyclist having to deal with carbon brackets, wavy washers, stacking plasticy nylon washers on one side of the crank and having to chase down the tolerances on the other etc I appreciated this video. Throw a little mud and water on it and all of a sudden a week later your press fit system develops play.
There’s something about the Medford Tanto grind that is just amazing to me! The way the two grinds, belly and tip, come together makes it different from any other tanto I’ve seen.
Noting new here with multiple washers in one knife, Buck is doing it for years, my Buck Strider 880 has it too, and that thing is more than 20 years old.
I enjoyed that. If I didn’t live here in the U.K. nanny state, I’d send my original Medford, an On Belay, in for a service. It’s never really run smoothly. I notice the difference since I got my Slim Midi, which was so smooth almost from day one. I’m worried that if I send it from here, I may never see it again.
So he's machining counter bores for the bearing have you guy's experimented wilh needle in place of cylindrical to spread surface tension on the blade an liner or is the action become restrictive
Question: Why the difference in blade to scale thickness from the .260 knives and the .190 knives? Why is one 10 thou and the other 20? For some reason that’s got me intrigued. Love the video.
Could you speak to avoiding lockbar inserts? It seems that the same argument of the softness of titanium vs bearings would also apply to titanium vs blade.
Medford knives all come with extra early lockup. This basically makes it so the titanium lock face has time to work harden. It will move over a little bit but by then your ti should be hard enough you don’t have to worry. I haven’t used my medford enough to verify any of this though.
As far as disassembly and hand fitting go, what would you say to someone who bought a Medford that had a swapped the blade and sculpted/reanodized the handles on the secondary market?
I've got a 187 dpt DLT exclusive in s90v and I really like it but I can't take it apart because it has your proprietary pivot screw and I don't have a tool which sucks!!! Don't get me wrong it makes for a good looking pivot but I'd like to be able to take the knife apart and clean it if I want to.
Different expectation of life of tool, amount of play and frankly I’ve never really felt more than a couple of their models. Different planet. As I said explicitly, the production makers don’t have the same “no-play” expectation of their much higher volume products. The thousands of knives I have felt over the years has shown me the industry has a level of play it finds acceptable that I don’t particularly favor. If we left blades a very tiny amount looser they would easily be assembled with 2 uniform washers and have the same play most people are used to.
@@KnifeHandleSupplyI think I know the answer… I have 17 Chris Reeve knives and have just started my Medford Journey - I have 7 Medford’s… in my sample set of 24 knives, my CRK’s which I love are close to perfection - however, some of them have slight (very slight) variance in fit and centering. I returned 2 for off center issues. Keep in mind, the CRK’s weren’t leaning like a new Benchmade, the variance was something a casual knife person would t notice but I do. There have been zero deviation in my 7 Medfords. The best analogy I can make is the CRK is a Wilson Combat and the Medford is a Nighthawk (ish) from the 1911 handgun world. I believe based on my sample set they are both exceptional but the Medford (Nighthawk) gets a bit more personalized attention and hand fitting. Again, this is my opinion based on my small collections - I really love both companies and they are the only knives I buy however, I prefer Medford because I like the individuality that goes into each knife - or the extent of more individuality. Maybe every CRK is manipulated by a craftsman- I don’t know but because of Greg opening the kimono and letting us see the process I appreciate his contribution. I love CRK but Tim, as nice a guy as he is, doesn’t give us this level of passion and inside baseball and that means a lot to me.
@@DavidV4444 that’s a fair assessment. I think my biggest issue (political and life view ideology aside) is that I have trouble buying a knife from someone who doesn’t carry a knife…. Or even like them whatsoever.
Always great information. Would love to see a video on setting the lockbar tension and lockface/lockbar relationship. Imagine those also contribute the the awesome Medford sound. Proud to own several.
Why do the midsized models have a larger space (.02) while the full sized models have a smaller space (.01)? Why not make both models the same, like .01?
Greg you can rotary lap all the thrust washers too .0003 perpendicular or better even 40yr old machines, lapping plates can hold 100's of parts in 1 cycle. Doesn't mater steel bronze copper whatever
Thanks for the informative information. As through my knife journey so far one thing I do know from experience, is that all other knives are just fidget spinners. Medfords are a Tool for life. Thanks for what you do and the quality/ excellence you provide. Luv my Medfords without a doubt 🤜💯🤛🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Okay let’s be honest. Greg is a bit a doosh, but laying it out like this is as real as it gets. All those twerps on the forums talking about washers this and washers that, could probably learn something from this video. His product speaks for itself. There is no knife that sounds like his, and it’s so cool to know why.
Hilarious . . . people think you started a thriving business and designed all these knives etc. , but can’t figure out a way to use one washer per side on a knife if you wanted. Keep ‘em coming.
Wow, sorry you had to actually make this video Greg. I don’t think I’ve ever had some one question why there are different size bearings in their engine.
I bought a second hand Praetorian from a guy online. He said it was from your new company that you'd farmed out. Just wanted to say that I really like your new way of just using the two phosphor bronze washers. It actually feels tighter than my US made Medford that I've had for years. I never liked chinese made knives, but this new Medford is the real deal!
@@CobraKaiNoMercy yes. It still flips great but they are the real thin washers… they stick together so you think it’s less washers sometimes and then they come apart. Medford took awhile to break in and now is smooth !
@@sigberetta72 I had a Proxima and hated it. I own a 187DP that out of the box was butter smooth and after a few days feels even better! I’m glad you’re enjoying your knife. I think my 187 has 4 washers (2 on each side) 🤔, and they are two smaller thin ones.
@@CobraKaiNoMercy I was not liking it much at first but I took it down , and polished washers, put KPL Heavy On it , had to put pencil on the lock face because of lock stick. But, now I don’t have to do that anymore… no lock stick at all and flips great . It should not take so much work to make it that good … but it did . Now I like it though!
i dont take any of my knives apart EVER thats why u buy a 200 , 300 , 500 , 1200 dollar knife so the manufacturer can worry about screwing with it ! im not a maker im a user / collector so i enjoy knives not working in em
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Love this guy. He’s as real as it gets.
Love the explanation. This is great. Thanks for explaining it Gregg 🙏🏻
Awesome video. Thanks for all this info. Now I want even more Medfords.
This was actually fascinating. Thanks for the explanation.
You roasting people is hilarious! 🤣 but I've learned so much from your videos, much appreciated brother.
As a long time bicyclist having to deal with carbon brackets, wavy washers, stacking plasticy nylon washers on one side of the crank and having to chase down the tolerances on the other etc I appreciated this video. Throw a little mud and water on it and all of a sudden a week later your press fit system develops play.
Very informative! Thank you and keep up the great work! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Although I don’t make folders, wish I could, as I grind steel I enjoy listening to Gregg teach me a little something
Great explanation and video, thanks.
Thank you for explaining this to the people who do not know how precise you make your knives. Some people are just ignorant.
Really enjoyed that one! Learned a few things too! 👍🍺🍺
Great video Greg
Cheers
There’s something about the Medford Tanto grind that is just amazing to me! The way the two grinds, belly and tip, come together makes it different from any other tanto I’ve seen.
I agree the only tanto blades I own are my 4 medfords lol
Love the video great information.
I'm a machinist. Tolerances are everything. Its the difference between a piece of shit, and a piece of art.
this made me want one even more. love your process.
Fascinating!!! I’m glad I watched and listened thoroughly to this video!!! Just busted my Medford hymen and bought a Smooth Criminal. Here we go!!!
"Pretty god damn perfect". Luv it!
Thank you for doing this.
Noting new here with multiple washers in one knife, Buck is doing it for years, my Buck Strider 880 has it too, and that thing is more than 20 years old.
I enjoyed that. If I didn’t live here in the U.K. nanny state, I’d send my original Medford, an On Belay, in for a service. It’s never really run smoothly. I notice the difference since I got my Slim Midi, which was so smooth almost from day one. I’m worried that if I send it from here, I may never see it again.
This video is what has sold me on buying a Medford. I'm headed to Greentop tomorrow to buy my first new one.
So he's machining counter bores for the bearing have you guy's experimented wilh needle in place of cylindrical to spread surface tension on the blade an liner or is the action become restrictive
Question: Why the difference in blade to scale thickness from the .260 knives and the .190 knives? Why is one 10 thou and the other 20? For some reason that’s got me intrigued. Love the video.
My first Medford arrives today 👍🦅🇺🇸
Sweet....what did you purchase?
@@MedfordKnifeTool 187 s35vn american flag
Wow thank u, that was great.
Could you speak to avoiding lockbar inserts? It seems that the same argument of the softness of titanium vs bearings would also apply to titanium vs blade.
Medford knives all come with extra early lockup. This basically makes it so the titanium lock face has time to work harden. It will move over a little bit but by then your ti should be hard enough you don’t have to worry. I haven’t used my medford enough to verify any of this though.
Would love more videos like this!
Great information
As far as disassembly and hand fitting go, what would you say to someone who bought a Medford that had a swapped the blade and sculpted/reanodized the handles on the secondary market?
Sounds like a voided warranty to me my friend
Really enjoyed the show. At least I was smart enough to try the Dremel on a Spyderco first.
I've got a 187 dpt DLT exclusive in s90v and I really like it but I can't take it apart because it has your proprietary pivot screw and I don't have a tool which sucks!!! Don't get me wrong it makes for a good looking pivot but I'd like to be able to take the knife apart and clean it if I want to.
Lol I love this guy
585 dollar flipper knife with an exposed detent that doesn't flip without force. That's MKT in a nutshell
This is a great video
My Medford folding knife's lock up is close to fixed-blade solid, seriously rock solid. I never considered the sound.
He knows washers! He uses tons of them….
how does crk manage perfect smoothness and tightness with same 2 washers?
Different expectation of life of tool, amount of play and frankly I’ve never really felt more than a couple of their models. Different planet. As I said explicitly, the production makers don’t have the same “no-play” expectation of their much higher volume products. The thousands of knives I have felt over the years has shown me the industry has a level of play it finds acceptable that I don’t particularly favor. If we left blades a very tiny amount looser they would easily be assembled with 2 uniform washers and have the same play most people are used to.
@@MedfordKnifeTool are you really saying that a CRK has a measurable amount more play than your knives? 😂
@@KnifeHandleSupplyI think I know the answer… I have 17 Chris Reeve knives and have just started my Medford Journey - I have 7 Medford’s… in my sample set of 24 knives, my CRK’s which I love are close to perfection - however, some of them have slight (very slight) variance in fit and centering. I returned 2 for off center issues. Keep in mind, the CRK’s weren’t leaning like a new Benchmade, the variance was something a casual knife person would t notice but I do. There have been zero deviation in my 7 Medfords. The best analogy I can make is the CRK is a Wilson Combat and the Medford is a Nighthawk (ish) from the 1911 handgun world. I believe based on my sample set they are both exceptional but the Medford (Nighthawk) gets a bit more personalized attention and hand fitting. Again, this is my opinion based on my small collections - I really love both companies and they are the only knives I buy however, I prefer Medford because I like the individuality that goes into each knife - or the extent of more individuality. Maybe every CRK is manipulated by a craftsman- I don’t know but because of Greg opening the kimono and letting us see the process I appreciate his contribution. I love CRK but Tim, as nice a guy as he is, doesn’t give us this level of passion and inside baseball and that means a lot to me.
@@DavidV4444 that’s a fair assessment. I think my biggest issue (political and life view ideology aside) is that I have trouble buying a knife from someone who doesn’t carry a knife…. Or even like them whatsoever.
What you don’t understand is mo washers = mo better
He'll man I love this video I am a engineering manager that deals with some tooling love this explanation!!!
Love him or hate him, but this man knows his shit. Some big names could learn a lot just from this one video.
Insert racist Asian stereotype accent here________.
Racist lol
Always great information. Would love to see a video on setting the lockbar tension and lockface/lockbar relationship. Imagine those also contribute the the awesome Medford sound. Proud to own several.
Absolutely! Me too. I'd love a bunch of these videos.
Why do the midsized models have a larger space (.02) while the full sized models have a smaller space (.01)?
Why not make both models the same, like .01?
This guy is methodical
Greg you can rotary lap all the thrust washers too .0003 perpendicular or better even 40yr old machines, lapping plates can hold 100's of parts in 1 cycle. Doesn't mater steel bronze copper whatever
Thanks for the informative information. As through my knife journey so far one thing I do know from experience, is that all other knives are just fidget spinners. Medfords are a Tool for life. Thanks for what you do and the quality/ excellence you provide. Luv my Medfords without a doubt 🤜💯🤛🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Nishimoto doesn’t like 2 washers?
Bring back slim midi washers please
Okay let’s be honest. Greg is a bit a doosh, but laying it out like this is as real as it gets. All those twerps on the forums talking about washers this and washers that, could probably learn something from this video. His product speaks for itself. There is no knife that sounds like his, and it’s so cool to know why.
Hilarious . . . people think you started a thriving business and designed all these knives etc. , but can’t figure out a way to use one washer per side on a knife if you wanted. Keep ‘em coming.
Thanks John, hope you enjoy your ASK. Eva
I don’t like you or your knives but this makes sense. Good job.
My maytags broken and I learned more watching this
there is always a method to the madness...
could it not be called a bushing
Wow, sorry you had to actually make this video Greg. I don’t think I’ve ever had some one question why there are different size bearings in their engine.
This why I can't till I can afford a medford usmc fighter "no washers" lol ❤😊
🤘🤘
😂 DBAC!
I bought a second hand Praetorian from a guy online. He said it was from your new company that you'd farmed out. Just wanted to say that I really like your new way of just using the two phosphor bronze washers. It actually feels tighter than my US made Medford that I've had for years. I never liked chinese made knives, but this new Medford is the real deal!
Stethoscopes on knives? Wow bet they’d hate the one I made.
Enjoyed - Thanks!
I'd watch similar classroom sessions weekly..
Iv owned and own a bunch of knives. But never seen anyone talk about there knives like this but you. I will know own nothing but Medfords.
I noticed my Proxima actually has 4 washers per side.
8 washers total? 😨
@@CobraKaiNoMercy yes. It still flips great but they are the real thin washers… they stick together so you think it’s less washers sometimes and then they come apart. Medford took awhile to break in and now is smooth !
@@sigberetta72 I had a Proxima and hated it. I own a 187DP that out of the box was butter smooth and after a few days feels even better! I’m glad you’re enjoying your knife.
I think my 187 has 4 washers (2 on each side) 🤔, and they are two smaller thin ones.
@@CobraKaiNoMercy I was not liking it much at first but I took it down , and polished washers, put KPL Heavy On it , had to put pencil on the lock face because of lock stick. But, now I don’t have to do that anymore… no lock stick at all and flips great . It should not take so much work to make it that good … but it did . Now I like it though!
@@sigberetta72 Yeah I feel you, well I’m happy it all worked out 😎👍🏽.
Gonna give you a like for being a fellow KPL guy.
Calling washers thrust bearings is like calling Greg a knifemaker instead of grifter.
Johnny Rotten Crotch the Knife Tinker Dog is going to be the name of my RUclips channel
I've never seen the point of ball bearings in a folding knife
Same here. I say keep it simple and avoid anything that could cause potential problems.
Easily understood concepts. Just do the math, guys. Thanks for doing the video, Greg.
i dont take any of my knives apart EVER thats why u buy a 200 , 300 , 500 , 1200 dollar knife so the manufacturer can worry about screwing with it ! im not a maker im a user / collector so i enjoy knives not working in em
It's not hard man. Pretty hard to mess anything up too. The quality stuff goes right back together np
This is EXACTLY why we are proud to carry Medford.
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Medford dropping knowledge
Memento Mori? does he even know what that is? I wouldn't want that shit on my T-shirt