Can a knife be both a REAL folder and a REAL fixed-blade?

[B34NS]

If only. Still, even though my question wasn't as precise as it should have been, most people seemed to understand what I was asking and used their common sense. Restores my faith in humanity! :thumbup: And if the only thing that came out of it was FortyTwoBlades definition of a fixed-blade, it was worth the price of admission . . . or at least it was for me.

Haha I hear ya. I'm came for the turtles, but stayed for the convo. :thumbup:

 

[bld522]

Sweet! Sometimes I feel as if I spend all my time shooing flies. But every once in awhile, I get my hat handed to me. And that helps keep me rightsized!

 

[Czechmate]

So here's the question. Is there any way to construct a knife that is both a REAL folder and a REAL fixed-blade? And if it IS possible to do that, how would such a knife be constructed?

Thread closed FTW.

Folding fixed blade plus a saw... :thumbup:

 

[bld522]

Ouch! LOL!

 

[DAVE_M]

Thread closed FTW.

Folding fixed blade plus a saw... :thumbup:

But does it really "fold"? Shouldn't we call those Spinning Blades of Doom?

 

[bld522]

I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that thing when it fails the CS hanging weight test!

 

[al1395]

Lightsaber technically not a fold er but definitely a fixed blade
And a da otf

 

[bld522]

I think 42 would probably categorize it as a slider.

 

[Lycosa]

Can someone else comment on the CRKT Journeyer??!!
When the Torx screw tool is placed into position, this folder is now a fixed blade.
rolf

 

[bld522]

You want to take this one, 42? The answer as to whether it's a folder or a fixed-blade seems pretty obvious to me. But I'll step aside as rolf requested.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

If the blade is able to change its spacial relationship to the handle at any stage of its use, carry, or other operation then the knife is no longer a fixed blade. So regardless of what you choose to call such knives, they are patently not fixed blades. A removable bolt is no different from any other locking mechanism. When a frame lock is engaged the knife blade is fixed in position...but that does not make it a fixed blade because it both can, and is intended to, fold. In that act it breaks fixed spacial relationship with the handle (user interface) causing it to no longer classify as a fixed blade. The bolt is nothing more than a unintegral locking mechanism.

 

[Lycosa]

And here^ is the answer.
danks!

 

[DAVE_M]

Ya know, there's a lot of us, here, that like turtles, but I have yet to see a turtle.

 

[bld522]

 

[Catherine_Montana]

I voted NO.

I am NOT a knife expert but a FIXED blade knife means one thing to me and a FOLDING blade knife means something else to me.

Fixed is fixed!

Folding is folding!

That is like calling a LEVER action rifle that holds several rounds of ammunition a single shot BOLT action rifle!

Apples and oranges no matter how many rounds it holds. Two different things.

Cate

 

[Catherine_Montana]

Dang!



Cate

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Saw a few of these guys while canoeing a couple weekends ago.

 

[bld522]

Dang!



Cate

Yep. I saw that picture and realized it was absolutely perfect for this poll. A yawning turtle with its eyes half-closed represents the turtle lovers to a T, doesn't it?

 

[DAVE_M]

We should start a turtle knife club!

 

[bld522]

Might as well. The results of the poll are foregone conclusion. I'll leave it open for another day to catch any latecomers that may drop by and I'll close the thread tomorrow. Thanks in advance to everyone who participated and a special thanks once again to 42 for providing the best definition of a fixed-blade knife I've ever seen. :thumbup: