Vero Engineering Ti Neuron & Mini Fulcrum - Small Details Review - Double Detent Slipjoint & Pry Bar
Published: 2 years ago
Today we're taking a small-details look at a pretty neat little double-detent slip joint: the Neuron from Vero Engineering. It has one of the best and most-enjoyable fidget actions of any double-detent knife I've handled, but as a *knife* it has a couple significant flaws that may or may not be deal breakers for you. Let me know what you think!
As an added bonus, we'll also be taking a look at the Mini Fulcrum pry-bar and screw driver at the end! Spoiler alert: it too has some fatal flaws. AND BEFORE YOU LEAVE A COMMENT, I understand now that the keyring add-on does indeed still hold the bits!
Big thanks to Joeseph Vero for offering these up for passaround, @LeftyEDC organizing the whole thing, and @NeevesKnives for sending it my way!
You can check out Vero and the Neuron/Fulcrum at...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veroengineering/
Facebook: https://fb.com/groups/VeroEng
Neuron: https://veroengineering.com/collections/vero-neuron
Fulcrum: https://veroengineering.com/collections/fulcrum-pocket-tool-options
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:52 My First Vero Experience?!
01:21 The Blade - Shape, Stock, Cutting
03:12 Neeves Knows Sharpening
03:37 Sharpening Choil
04:07 Acute Tip
04:21 Double Detent Safety
05:00 Egros & Grips
06:37 Safety Design Flaw
08:11 Ergos Pt 2
09:16 Fit & Finish
11:32 Ergos Pt 3
12:51 The Clip Is Great!
13:31 The Action: Fidget Monster
14:02 Why Non-Locking Knives
15:34 Flipper Tab Design
17:08 Opening Action: Super Light Detent
20:09 Negative Consequence of Front Flipper
21:39 Super Important Jimping
24:19 Closing Action
25:35 Price/Value
26:11 Comparison to Axon
27:41 Aesthetically Off-Center
29:39 Size, Weight, Balance
31:43 Odd Double Detent Implementation
32:13 Disassembly!
32:48 Clever Locating Pin
33:17 Double-Detents Don't Normally Do This
34:02 The Trick To Disassembly
34:47 Good, But Uncommon Bearings
35:13 Titanium Liners
35:27 Imbalanced Leaf Springs
36:09 How Double Detents Work
36:39 Knife Design: How to Bias Toward Open
44:33 Internal Stop Pin
44:53 That Detent Misalignment
46:11 Final Thoughts
49:04 Value Proposition
51:27 Bonus: Mini Fulcrum Review!!
52:00 Fatal Flaw 1: Bit Access
53:31 Fatal Flaw 2: Utterly Unusable Clip
56:04 Good Wiha Micro Bits
56:27 Could Easily Be Clipless (If They Let You)
57:03 Fulcrum Final Thoughts
As an added bonus, we'll also be taking a look at the Mini Fulcrum pry-bar and screw driver at the end! Spoiler alert: it too has some fatal flaws. AND BEFORE YOU LEAVE A COMMENT, I understand now that the keyring add-on does indeed still hold the bits!
Big thanks to Joeseph Vero for offering these up for passaround, @LeftyEDC organizing the whole thing, and @NeevesKnives for sending it my way!
You can check out Vero and the Neuron/Fulcrum at...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veroengineering/
Facebook: https://fb.com/groups/VeroEng
Neuron: https://veroengineering.com/collections/vero-neuron
Fulcrum: https://veroengineering.com/collections/fulcrum-pocket-tool-options
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:52 My First Vero Experience?!
01:21 The Blade - Shape, Stock, Cutting
03:12 Neeves Knows Sharpening
03:37 Sharpening Choil
04:07 Acute Tip
04:21 Double Detent Safety
05:00 Egros & Grips
06:37 Safety Design Flaw
08:11 Ergos Pt 2
09:16 Fit & Finish
11:32 Ergos Pt 3
12:51 The Clip Is Great!
13:31 The Action: Fidget Monster
14:02 Why Non-Locking Knives
15:34 Flipper Tab Design
17:08 Opening Action: Super Light Detent
20:09 Negative Consequence of Front Flipper
21:39 Super Important Jimping
24:19 Closing Action
25:35 Price/Value
26:11 Comparison to Axon
27:41 Aesthetically Off-Center
29:39 Size, Weight, Balance
31:43 Odd Double Detent Implementation
32:13 Disassembly!
32:48 Clever Locating Pin
33:17 Double-Detents Don't Normally Do This
34:02 The Trick To Disassembly
34:47 Good, But Uncommon Bearings
35:13 Titanium Liners
35:27 Imbalanced Leaf Springs
36:09 How Double Detents Work
36:39 Knife Design: How to Bias Toward Open
44:33 Internal Stop Pin
44:53 That Detent Misalignment
46:11 Final Thoughts
49:04 Value Proposition
51:27 Bonus: Mini Fulcrum Review!!
52:00 Fatal Flaw 1: Bit Access
53:31 Fatal Flaw 2: Utterly Unusable Clip
56:04 Good Wiha Micro Bits
56:27 Could Easily Be Clipless (If They Let You)
57:03 Fulcrum Final Thoughts