Folder Locks.

Like somebody has already mentioned, I grew up with non locking knives. I learned from an early age to use them so as not to have them close and slice my fingers off. I've never had a lock fail, quite possibly because I subconsciously never put the sort of pressure on it that would cause even poor quality locks to fail. I just assume that they WILL fail and use them accordingly. Just like I was taught to assume that any gun is ALWAYS loaded and the safety never works, I just sort of assume that any knife lock will fail.
 
gajinoz said:
Like somebody has already mentioned, I grew up with non locking knives. I learned from an early age to use them so as not to have them close and slice my fingers off. I've never had a lock fail, quite possibly because I subconsciously never put the sort of pressure on it that would cause even poor quality locks to fail. I just assume that they WILL fail and use them accordingly. Just like I was taught to assume that any gun is ALWAYS loaded and the safety never works, I just sort of assume that any knife lock will fail.
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oh yeah, things like the spine whack test are trivial IMO.
 
Then even though the lock strength should not be overly emphasized when choosing a folder for daily use what then about folders used at times of war? I know this sounds mall-ninjaish but I would believe that a soldier with full gear can benefit from the space saving aspect of a folder. For them a folder can be expected to stab so lock strength then is of paramount importance. Though not the main use of a folder but this would be an expected use in wartime.

Any soldiers or ex-soldiers can shine a light on this? I believe that there will be some advice or similar from their experience.
 
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