Bullet-Proof Folders

The Niemi Centerlock has to be the most bulletproof of lock/pivot combinations. The Extrema Ratio folders, especially those with the crossbolt, have got to be up there, too. Strider and Hinderer have been adding lots more strength and stability to their locking bars and Strider and Elishewitz have been making knives with huge pivots for a while now, too. Along the lines of Extrema Ratio, Spyderco's dual-lined, nested compression locks; dual-liner lockbacks; ball-bearing locks; and integral compression locks are on the massively-strong side of things.
 
Why bullet proof? Going to a "Gun Fight" with a folder? :D

A folder is as strong as it's locking system and the pin that attach the blade to the handle. It's more for convenience than bullet proofing. :)
 
I have a hard time thinking of any frame or liner lock as truly bullet proof, since it is a very tough lock to get just right, and then there's the issue of inadvertant unlocking while torquing the knife, so, I cant really call any liner or framelock bullet proof.

The ones that come closest are the Sebenza, a properly assembled Strider SMF or AR/GB, Scott Cook Lochsa, Tom Mayo TnT, anything from JW Smith.

I think the ER folders may be as close to bullet proof as you get in a folder.
 
thombrogan said:
How does a slipjoint have a strong lock?
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That's what I get for speed reading a post.

But if your lookin' for a tough slipjoint with a strong spring, try a Laguiole.

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Wow, I'm suprised no one has mentioned the original Chinook. Up there with the Sebenza IMO in lock strength and not subject to some of the shortcomings of a liner lock. As close to bullet proof as they get IMO.

Along with the big axis locks and solid frame locks there's a lot of tough folders out there to choose from :)
 
Lil'T. I think it is even tougher than Manix or Chinook....and that is saying something.
 
The original poster seems concerned mostly with the pivot/lock strengths over blade or edge toughness.

Going by this criteria, the Niemi Centerlock Megaladon is by far the strongest locking knife probably ever made.
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Thanks for remembering komondor. I look in here once in a while just to see if anyone is still asking witch lock is the strongest and most reliable. It's too bad I went broke finding out that talk is cheap. But its good to know some people thought it was a good knife.

Thanks
Arlee
:)
 
Buck/ Strider, Chinook I, BM 630, Microtech Amphibian. These are the toughest folders that I own. I regularly abuse the Amphibian and the Chinook and they have held up great.
 
thombrogan said:
How does a slipjoint have a strong lock?
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Just a thought -

there are plenty of slip-joint users - I'm one of them - having EDC a SAK for over 22 years.

It is very true that the blade could close on you accidentally -

BUT being a slip-joint with NO lock -
most experienced users learn not to use or stress the knife in a way that the blade will close.

Granted this may seem a limitation - but it's the users that recognize the limitations and use the tool accordingly.

Conversely when a folder has a lock - the user normally relies on the locking mechanism -
and unfortunately not all locks are built equal - that is why we hear about locks failing and closing on user's hands.....

It's not that slip-joint users don't have their folder close on them -
but for them it's a given that using or stressing the knife the wrong way will guarantee closure -
so they don't do that :D


Hope that makes sense -

So in that way I consider my EDC Victorinox SAK "bullet-proof" -
in terms of a combination of folder and user.......

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