How would this go over in UK legal circles?
Instead of a locking folding knife, a folding knife without a lock per-se, but rather a very very close to a lock. Something such that it could be shown that under a certain amount of pressure the knife will fold, but with that set pressure being greater than that of a usual non-locking folding knife.
Something like the usual slip joint, but cammed to give much more resistance to closing without being a true lockback.
Would this be acceptable from a user's standpoint and the legal standpoint? It could be marketed as a 'safety' feature.
Instead of a locking folding knife, a folding knife without a lock per-se, but rather a very very close to a lock. Something such that it could be shown that under a certain amount of pressure the knife will fold, but with that set pressure being greater than that of a usual non-locking folding knife.
Something like the usual slip joint, but cammed to give much more resistance to closing without being a true lockback.
Would this be acceptable from a user's standpoint and the legal standpoint? It could be marketed as a 'safety' feature.
