Buck 110 Quick-Draw sheath

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This design obviously predates the age of Spyderco and one-hand openers. It does have a certain nostalgic/romantic appeal, especially for Buck 110 fans, bikers, or people who just appreciate the gee-whiz factor (like me).

http://www.cowboyal.com/main.html
http://www.cowboyal.com/draw.html


My question, since I first saw this type of design a few years ago, is - would keeping the knife in the slightly open position, thereby keeping the lockbar under constant tension, do damage to the lock mechanism or reduce the life of the lock?

As a legal aside, I wonder whether a clever prosecutor could show a knife carried this way to be a de-facto "fixed blade", since it is impossible to draw the knife from it's sheath while folded?
 
I remember seeing ads for that sort of sheath in some knife mag years ago. I believe there are jurisdictions that consider a knife in a sheath like that to be a de facto switchblade. Bleep them.

A modern equivalent would be the kydex sheath Normark made for me that automatically open a Benchmade 710 when you pull it free. It pops open with a loud snap, just like any good auto! Cowboy Al looks like he's got the same effect in that video! :D
 
What effect will it have on the lock? The way a lockback is designed, it's under the greatest tension between full open and full close. When closed or fully open, it's kind of a passive tension, whereas when it's partially open the blade is exerting force against the backspring. Under normal use, it's only under that extra pressure for a split secon while opening.

Would sheathing it in this position eventually weaken the lock????
 
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I had one of there for years only mine was ballistic nylon. I picked up several at gun show in Reno in the 1980's.

They work but I found them to be a bit dangerous since the blade sweeps open out of the sheath.
 
That's probably not the safest way to carry and deploy a knife. I love the 110 but if you really need a knife to be ready for use that quickly then you'd be better off with a fixed blade.
 
I agree that it feels dangerous to carry the knife in a half open position like this also. And it bothers me about the lock's tension too. Can't tell whether it will damage the lock in the long term, though. Quality-wise the sheaths look really nice.
 
I remember those holders advertised in the back of gun magazines from many years ago and the same thought went thru my mind seeing it again.I wonder how many openings dragging the blade edge over the nylon spacer it will take to dull the knife?I concur that I've read that some locales have banned these as well.Looks like the Cowboy made them look nicer tho.tom.
 
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