Ever been cut by a folder whose liner lock failed?

[Joeninja]

Thanks Joeninja,

I see what your'e saying. That's exactly what I practiced what you said. I can't understand why anyone would use the Police model in that manner.

If held firmly with the thumb locked into the thumb ramp and jimping - even with a "death grip" on it. You have powerful thrusts and a flull range of slashing cuts open to you. Oh well. No biggie - be careful, something in that grip & knife might get your knife to fail, but I don't think it would be the Spyderco Police 3.

ive never seen a police 3 mine was the original way back in the day
having your thumb on the ramp and jimping is what i show in my second pic and i call epee' or a fencing grip this is by its nature the best ranged thrust grip but the thrust will never be as powerful as some other grips like the classic point up or my modified fencing/point up however how much force do you need when thrusting to someones throat??. also if you try slashing holding a wooden dowel on something like a punching bag with all three grips you will see what i mean. look up some survival vids on youtube and see them cutting wood with a knife, no one is holding the knife with thumb over blade. all grips have strengths and weaknesses my modified grip works well for me. i beat a well known tack knife instructor with dvds on the market, in knife to knife with this grip.(i guess i should mention my reach was aprox 8 inches (finger tip to finger tip) longer than his so give me four inches or so advantage. i freely admit his skill was superior.
anyway
this pos is a liner lock and i tested death grip with no movement of the locking mech
i cant say the lock wont structurally fail.....
oh and thanks for the links

 

[Vess]

I often wonder if liner lock failure actually happens as much as people talk about it or if it is matter of much specualtion and urban legend amongst the knife community?????

I think it happens quite often, but just as often it falls under "I should have been paying attention" category, so people are reluctant to share the story!

I've not been badly cut, but I have accidentally disengaged the lock on a few liner locks, and on frame locks and even lockbacks (without Boye dent). I've also had lint from pocket carry get inside the lock of a lockback so it did not engage fully. This last one would have ended very badly had I not noticed the lack of the *click* when I opened the knife.

Truth be told, I favour knives with finger choils for exactly that reason. Should the lock fail or be defeated for any reason, I would rather have the choil snap shut on my index finger, not the cutting edge.