I've been carrying mine the past few days and enjoyed putting it to use. Wanted to see some other peoples opinions about it.
Came across an interesting post where the reviewer ended up doing a lot of mods.
It's an interesting read seeing the mods the OP does. But I can't help but notice the dramatic emphasis he places on the comp lock nub.
I'll quote the parts I'm talking about:
A multi-paragraph rant early in the review claiming it gets in the way of lock function. Funny, the lock on mine works perfectly, best compression lock I've owned in fact. Smooth but with a stiff detent.But there is a problem. The Yojumbo from the factory has a completely senseless tang design that needlessly enters into the lock bar cutout, getting in the way of lock function.
Spyderco has received and acknowledged criticism about about this "feature", and yet they keep doing it. Why? The shape of the tang there serves no actual purpose to the design of the knife, and actively reduces its user friendliness. It makes it more difficult to get your finger in there to actuate the lock and open the knife, if that's how you like to open your compression lock knives. Also, like the Shaman, it requires you to move your finger out of the way at the last microsecond if you want the knife to close all the way.
If this is something that annoyed you about the Shaman, get ready to be annoyed with the Yojumbo. If it didn't bother you on the Shaman, it won't bother you here either because it is not as bad as on the Shaman. But come on, this is a design flaw, pure and simple. I knew about it in advance from looking at the pictures, and I also knew I would be fixing it on my own knife. And if I were not the type to do such a thing, I would certainly have given this knife a miss.
He goes on to grind the nub off:
Like I said, his mods are interesting and I enjoyed looking at them.
I ground the tang to remove the metal corner that intruded upon the lock bar cutout. I can still feel it touch my finger when I close the knife, but at least now the knife closes all the way without my having to move my finger out of the way. I can also use the compression lock more easily to open the knife, if I want to (but this isn't something I do often with my compression lock knives - I'm a Spydie hole thumb and index finger flicker
But I can't fathom how anyone gets so annoyed at the nub.
https://vidsli.com/watch/CkvyXjcrLq
That's me with a stock yojumbo. I never open or close it that way yet it's still perfectly intuitive for me despite the nub.
I just don't see the big deal. At all.