If the lock mechanism on my pocket knife breaks or fails while using the knife will my fingers be cut off?

[ahawkua]

If the lock mechanism on my pocket knife breaks or fails while using the knife will my fingers be cut off?

 

[Jim malone]

I started cutting off my fingers ever since i was 12 due to repeated lock failure. Now i no longer have any fingers left. I have to use my nose to open my knives. That's why i like Spyderco knives so much. The "thumb"hole fits my nose quit well. Don't trust any lock, even fixed blades can collapse when vigourously cutting! Best option is to stay away from knives. Or if you need things cut buy a knife and ask other people to cut for you!

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

pretty sure Michael Walker didn't patent the liner lock rather licensed the the name liner lock and various mechanisms....one being the Walker Lake lawks.....and I assume auto lawks..but I maybe off on that one. rest of the info I got form a Bernard Levine article on the liner lock and Michael Walker.

This is correct.

 

[gazz98]

I have pondered this question for over 24 hours, meditated, drank some herbal tea, and came to this conclusion.

No

 

[Blues]

 

[Insipid Moniker]

I have pondered this question for over 24 hours, meditated, drank some herbal tea, and came to this conclusion.

No

Well not with THAT attitude.

 

[afishhunter]

Dude, people have been using folding knifes WITHOUT BLADE LOCKS OR EVEN A BACKSPRING since 600 to 400 BCE/BC***. The vast majority of which never removed a portion of any of their fingers or thumbs. (FYI: We just entered 2022 CE)

*** The oldest folding pocket knife, a bone handled friction folder, found so far, dates to between 600 and 400 BCE/BC.
It is likely people were using folding knives earlier, we just haven't found one yet. (friction folders; the backspring wasn't invented until the 1600's)

Unless you are doing something STUPID like stabbing or attempting to cut with the blade spine, the normal cutting action forces the blade OPEN.

HERE's a picture of a slipjoint with a busted backspring:
See how the blade OPENED FARTHER and moved AWAY from the fingers?!?
When you use a knife properly, it doesn't matter if the lock fails or if the backspring breaks. The blade edge moves AWAY from your fingers!

 

[David Mary]

FYI: We just entered 2022 BCE

Your time machine didn't work on me.

 

[catspa]

Or if you need things cut buy a chainsaw and ask other people to cut for you!

Fixed it for you.

Parker

 

[Zulus]

If the lock mechanism on my pocket knife breaks or fails while using the knife will my fingers be cut off?

Yes
Every one ot your 21 fingers will be cutted away
Happy now ?

 

[afishhunter]

Dude, people have been using folding knifes WITHOUT BLADE LOCKS OR EVEN A BACKSPRING since 600 to 400 BCE/BC***. The vast majority of which never removed a portion of any of their fingers or thumbs.

*** The oldest folding pocket knife, a bone handled friction folder, found so far, dates to between 600 and 400 BCE/BC.
It is likely people were using folding knives earlier, we just haven't found one yet. (friction folders; the backspring wasn't invented until the 1600's)

Unless you are doing something STUPID like stabbing or attempting to cut with the blade spine, the normal cutting action forces the blade OPEN.

HERE's a picture of a slipjoint with a busted backspring:View attachment 1713133
See how the blade OPENED FARTHER and moved AWAY from the fingers?!?
When you use a knife properly, it doesn't matter if the lock fails or if the backspring breaks. The blade edge moves AWAY from your fingers!

Your time machine didn't work on me.

I fixed the typo three times now.

 

[91bravo]

A esee 5 would never fold on your fingers....

 

[knarfeng]

Can't stick a fork in this one. There'd be poop all over the place from the resulting explosion.
OP is about a gnat's eyelash from departing this vale.

Closed.