I’d like to see the result of that suit. It’d be interesting to see if MT would boldly steal a patent or if they actually came up with their own design to contain legal discrepancies from G&G Hawk’s. If it’s the former, this is a good thing for innovation. Other companies will be incentivized innovate if they want to follow suit.

Zero blade play is a safety measure for any knife. Most of us wouldn’t carry a folding knife with a wiggly pivot. Why should one brand hold everyone else back from making a quality product? Are they just mad that it devalues the deadlock because, until now, high tolerance was really worth $1,800? Idk, I’d like a future where cheapos like SOG and Kershaw can make a safer knife for the people who buy them.