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Difference between the Axis Lock and the Arc Lock
- Thread starter MickMan
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Search for arc lock in the review forum. It should turn up some information. I think a Polish gentleman wrote a review on the SOG Night Vision. That should have some information on it, especially the debate on whether it was a clone of the REKAT rolling lock or BM's axis lock.
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Jim March
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If you wanna get technical, the Arc and Axis are both very loosely based on the old Blackie Collins "Bolt Action", still in use on some Gerber models. I examined a Gerber BA lock a week ago, the small folder with the "finger ring" right through the lock pivot pin. Weird but reasonably cool design in a poor steel.
Anyways, all three put a "barrier" in place right at about the same location on the blade's tang metal. How they get that "barrier" into place varies a bit. I for one see no reason the Arc shouldn't do reasonably well and better than almost all classic linerlocks.
The Bolt Action is well over 17 years old now, which reduces patent arguments to nitpicking bordering on absurdity.
Jim
Anyways, all three put a "barrier" in place right at about the same location on the blade's tang metal. How they get that "barrier" into place varies a bit. I for one see no reason the Arc shouldn't do reasonably well and better than almost all classic linerlocks.
The Bolt Action is well over 17 years old now, which reduces patent arguments to nitpicking bordering on absurdity.
Jim