I think I know what I want

hank_rearden

hank_rearden

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my favorite EDC is the endura. I might like the police 3 but I haven't gone into it. i also like the military's and force myself to EDC them. they're ok, but for the dolphin configuration (blade not aligned with the handle.) the endura's straighter profile beats the military, IMHO. the main weakness of the endura, again IMO, is the spine lock. i'm not really sure but a spine lock may not ensure adequate protection against over-extension. a stop pin, on the other hand, almost guarantees against this.

among folding knives, i was convinced that the balisong was the strongest design. having two pivots instead of one can make a world of a difference when it comes to strength and safety. whereas a balisong is not proofed against an accidental cut, it is almost impossible for it to close in your hand. there's also no danger of over-extension.

but looking at conventional folders (liners and integrals) you actually have THREE surfaces that lock the blade: the pivot, the lock bar, and the stop pin. given this, they can prove to be just as strong as an average balisong on the matter of over-extension.

THEREFORE: a liner or framelock endura. the only other change i'll ask is to restore the full curve of the edge towards the point, with no abrupt termination. is the blade and handle of the endura too slim to accommodate a liner or frame lock as good as the military's?
 
Get a Szabo. The compression lock is no joke.
 
Ya know there's really no reason to not trust a back lock to prevent over extension, by design no stop pin is needed since the front face of the lock bar acts on the blade tang as a stop, the only way it could overextend is if there was a catastrophic failure of the lock bar pivot causing total failure of the knife. Technically the back lock also has 3 lock faces- the front face of the lock bar on the rear face of the tang (the part that prevents over travel), the bottom face of the notch on the lock bar acting on the top face of the notch in the blade tang, and the vertical surface on the back side of the notch.

Not that you can't dream up your perfect knife anyway, but there's really no reason to be scared of over-extension on any of the back locks even tho they lack a stop pin. On a releated note I was just thinking I wish several back-lock models used some other lock method- mainly the caly and the native.
 
i started a thread long ago about a frame lock delica. twas shouted down. too many left-handed delica owners, see.
 
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