Was scratching my head on how I was going to put Chris’s Boba Fett scales on my Manix 2 LW when I saw this. Great quality as always. Buy with confidence!
Own multiple Manix 2s because they have been, currently are, and always will be da way. Picked up a LW MagnaCut example and wanted to use some AWT scales with it. Since I already had multiple iterations of the knife I utilized the guts from a G10 version to put the knife together with the AWT scales and the MagnaCut blade. The knife functioned flawlessly but I did notice that when the lock was engaged it did so further toward the blade end of the knife than any of my other Manix 2 examples. This in no way compromised the function of the knife or the strength of the lock, but it did theoretically mean that the self-correcting functionality of the lock design was lessened. Admittedly, the likelihood of ever seeing this sort of wear from use is highly unlikely, but also not impossible.
Enter Third Threshold's compensated lock backspacer. The design and implementation of the part by TTD absolutely and completely eliminated this (potential) problem for the use case of swapping a blade from a lightweight Manix 2 into a knife that utilizes all of the other components from a non-LW model. Lockup was returned to the same degree as experienced with an original, non-LW version of the knife.
I've used this model knife for nearly a decade, have multiple examples of it, and have disassembled and reassembled this model many, many times. It is obvious that TTD took the time to accurately analyze where the very slight differences in blade dimensions between the LW and non-LW Manix's created this discrepancy to determine the root cause of the issue. And then they also put the time in to design and produce a product that absolutely corrected for that discrepancy.
I will say, this isn't necessarily an issue that will realistically lead to any kind of negative impact for, likely, the vast majority of users. But it also isn't completely non-existent either. This product does EXACTLY what it was designed to do and it does it without changing or compromising any other aspect of what I consider to be among the absolute best folding knives in its class. If you are wondering whether or not this does what it purports to do know that the answer is yes, it absolutely does.
Perfect transaction
Perfect transaction
Perfect transaction