First liner lock: Comments, criticism, advice welcome

Josh Rider

Josh Rider

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I've been trying to come up with a liner lock folding knife that I like and that works for longer than I care to admit.

Please let me know what you think. Things I could improve on or any advice in general is appreciated.

There is alot of work still to be done to this.
I still need to polish the hamon more. The black g10 is meh...boring, the pivot is generic, it's riding on teflon washers.
I haven't carbidized the lock face (because I don't have a carbidizer yet) but so far I'm ecstatic that I have a knife that can flip, lock, and be easily stored in a pocket. Not sure why I favor wharncliffe knives so much, but for some reason I dig them.

Let me know what you think!

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It looks pretty great to me. Wharncliffe blades are great for utility knives. I had to slay a lot of cardboard recently - did it with a Delica in HAP40. It worked OK, but thin wharncliffe blade would have been much better suited for the job.
 
matus said:
It looks pretty great to me. Wharncliffe blades are great for utility knives. I had to slay a lot of cardboard recently - did it with a Delica in HAP40. It worked OK, but thin wharncliffe blade would have been much better suited for the job.
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Thanks matus. I wasted quite a bit of titanium to finally nail down a knife I like. I think I'll make a few of these and try a drop point.
 
Hey Josh! You know how I feel about it bro. I love it. Great design and execution. I don't think the g10 is blah. Finish up the g10 nice and shiny and it woks on that knife beautifully. If you want to send it to me for carbidizing just shoot me an email. Keep it up!
 
Thanks Mark! I'm a big fan of your work. I appreciate the offer, I may take you up on that. :thumbup:
 
I definitely wouldn't put myself in the great knifemaker category but I'm a big fan as well. I carry and use a liner lock everyday and I'd be very happy with that one. Looks ergonomic and useful. Blade shape is perfect and I also like the black g10. Keep it up man!

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josh81 said:
I definitely wouldn't put myself in the great knifemaker category but I'm a big fan as well. I carry and use a liner lock everyday and I'd be very happy with that one. Looks ergonomic and useful. Blade shape is perfect and I also like the black g10. Keep it up man!

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Thanks Josh, I plan to make some more real soon.
A bunch of my friends have been wanting folders for a long time and I've had to practice in between other projects.
 
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