Any new blade locking mechanisms on the horizon?

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are any knife companies working on or coming out with something never seen before in blade locks?
 
You still don't trust the axis huh? I have heard talk of Spyderco developing a new lock for the Military 2.
 
There are a few you may not be familiar with:
RAM locks (See: kershaw RAM)
Spine locks (See: Kershaw Spec Bump, CR TiSpine)
Button locks on manual knives (See: Hogue EX-01/03/04)
Glide locks (See: SOG Pendulum, CRKT GlideLock)

I haven't heard of any specific kind of new lock being in development, though.
 
I'm always for new innovation but its hard for me to imagine anything I'd like better than the Axis.
 
I cant really picture something better than the axis. The lockbar spins a little bit on each lockup so it doesnt wear in one spot, and automatically slides up the tang. I cant imagine how many years it would take to have 100% lockup.
 
bladeboss said:
I cant really picture something better than the axis. The lockbar spins a little bit on each lockup so it doesnt wear in one spot, and automatically slides up the tang. I cant imagine how many years it would take to have 100% lockup.
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It's only downside is that the wire for the locks aren't given out freely.
 
No, it's a version of the shift-lock, as BUCK uses on the Paradigm - a lever twists stop-pin/lock-bar to lock/unlock the blade from open or closed position.
 
chiral.grolim said:
No, it's a version of the shift-lock, as BUCK uses on the Paradigm - a lever twists stop-pin/lock-bar to lock/unlock the blade from open or closed position.
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Soooo.... Not like the arc lock? I'm still having trouble. Usually I'm pretty mechanically minded.
 
ALLHSS said:
Soooo.... Not like the arc lock? I'm still having trouble. Usually I'm pretty mechanically minded.
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The Arc-lock functions like an axis-lock - there is a pivot-pin, a stop-pin, and a lock-bar shifts into place behind the tang to hold the knife open or closed.

The "Stop-lock" or "Shift Lock" does not use 3 pins/bars as above. Instead, there is only the pivot-pin and stop-pin. However, the stop-pin can rotate via an attached lever-arm. The stop-pin is not a simple cylinder as on most folding knives, rather it is shaped such that rotating it provides/eliminates tang-clearance, thereby allowing/preventing motion of the blade depending on rotation of the stop-pin itself. The stop-pin IS ALSO the lock-bar.
 
Kiley Harris has lock that's guaranteed not to fail...at least I think it was Kiley. He's got some new take on the frame lock architecture that he was fairly certain wouldn't fail.

[video=youtube_share;M2cZQv5cIqQ]http://youtu.be/M2cZQv5cIqQ[/video]

I've wanted one for a while, but I'm unsure if he's still producing them.
 
This is sure to invite horror stories of people cutting their fingers...but I'd like to see more of the lock used on the CS Pocket Bushman. It seems absolutely rock solid in my use.
 
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