Cold Steel SCIMITAR

ok I see your point. What I was thinking was seen it is all the way over. it has farther to go to unlock. I only have a couple of liner lock one is the covert it locks good the kiss it locks good and the other a EDI it doesn't lock(Will had me send back to him, said he will fix it)
But you know much more about them then me so I bet you are right. Thanks for the info

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-Greg Johnson
ICQ#4236341

 
Well...now, I've only seen one specimen. But that one was solid as hell, but the lock metal slid ALL the way across the blademetal's lockup face. So to unlock, the lock metal had to cross the whole blade width.

That's the part that's unusual. It *looks* like it was designed that way, it "feels right" but...others may still have some "wear room". Mike Turber should have seen more specimens, I hope he comments further on this unusual linerlock variant.

Jim March
 
Don't know it I'm getting off-subject, but regarding the locking liner sliding all the way over...my first linerlock was a Kershaw model called simply "The Liner Lock, medium-sized (3-inch drop-point blade).
The liner snaps all the way over to the opposite side (The end of blade tang is straight across, not angled as in a typical linerlock. It was definitely designed that was, and in fact the snapping of the liner also assists in shooting the blade out once you've got it going. The lock-up is rock-solid, and seems more solid and trustworthy that most other designs, at least as far as less chance of accidental release or liner wear for work use, though the liner is not recessed. So maybe such a linerlock design is more reliable/durable? It certainly seems it would be less subject to slipping off the blade as an angled blade tang might cause. I dunno. Is the end of blade tang straight across in the Scimitar?
Jim
 
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