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In the December Knives Illustrated, there is a short article on Joel Davis a a folder with a gear for a thumbstud. It fits against a toothed section attached to the handle.
It occurs to me that if there was a spring loaded barrel built into the thumbstud with some fixed arms or catches, as you pressed down on the stud the arms would release for opening. When you let up they would lock or jam the gears, thus providing a lock from any position from slightly open to greater than 180 degrees.
Or maybe it could be accomplished with a small set of adjacent stationary spyder gears.
You could even attach a sounding reed to sbap against the teeth when opeing to give it that RRRRRRIIIIIPPPPP sound.
hmm, incase I need to copyright this idea I'll call it the "GearLocker" and "GearSpeak" respectively. Maybe I should write the guy.
It occurs to me that if there was a spring loaded barrel built into the thumbstud with some fixed arms or catches, as you pressed down on the stud the arms would release for opening. When you let up they would lock or jam the gears, thus providing a lock from any position from slightly open to greater than 180 degrees.
Or maybe it could be accomplished with a small set of adjacent stationary spyder gears.
You could even attach a sounding reed to sbap against the teeth when opeing to give it that RRRRRRIIIIIPPPPP sound.
hmm, incase I need to copyright this idea I'll call it the "GearLocker" and "GearSpeak" respectively. Maybe I should write the guy.
