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I was initially planning on picking up a Kershaw launch, until I read the reviews... seems it's not uncommon for them to open and not lock up fully. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N920A using Tapatalk I wanted to update this in case anyone else was thinking of getting a Kershaw. My Kershaw Launch 6 came in the mail today. I bought from GPKnives and recommend them highly. I opened the box and opened the blade. There was no wobble side to side nor up and down, really solid knife. I started playing with it by repeatedly firing the blade. After about 30 openings it hadn't failed to lock and I thought , " well nothing wrong with this knife!" . You all have heard about those famous last words , or in this case thoughts ...... , well I fired the blade again and no lockup. As long as you hold this knife loosely between your thumb and first finger with the other fingers just touching the handle to stabilize the knife , it will lock every time you fire it. If you take a firm hold on this knife so that the handle part of the knife can't move when the blade is fired , it will fail to lock every time. There is only about a 1/16" of the plunger that contacts the blade to hold it open. This is a very well made knife and very sharp blade if it only had a better lock. I will now be looking for a different brand unfortunately . My new Launch 2 from GP works great, every time. I could not get it to misfire whether holding it tightly or with just pinching the handle with 2 fingers (one finger on the button/one on the other side). Very happy with it for about $100 after tax (I went to their shop in Troy, IL.