I've always wanted an Emerson, and I had my eye on the Commander. I handled my friend's mini-commander, and wow. Was it just his, or is the lock ridiculously hard to close? With this in mind, I'm thinking about getting CQC-13 BTS, however, how is the lock on this? For me, it isn't that I have weak hands, but that there's so little surface area on the lock, and it's in such a weird place on the mini-commander.

Edit: does anyone know if Emerson will be at BLADE?