Locks: Axis, Ball Bearing, Hawk, Button - What Else?

THG said:
How do you keep your thumb out of the way of the blade with a lockback?
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Not like you slam it shut....

Use thumb on the lockback notch or liner lock tab for that matter and just start the blade past the lock point either with your other hand or just against your leg (using the spine of the blade) and finish closing it with your fingers out of the way.
 
THG said:
How do you keep your thumb out of the way of the blade with a lockback?
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I use two hands for a lockback so I guess it just feels like there is no chance for me to catch my fingers with the blade.
 
kingsqueak said:
Not like you slam it shut....

Use thumb on the lockback notch or liner lock tab for that matter and just start the blade past the lock point either with your other hand or just against your leg (using the spine of the blade) and finish closing it with your fingers out of the way.
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Tony8179 said:
I use two hands for a lockback so I guess it just feels like there is no chance for me to catch my fingers with the blade.
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But then your thumb is still in the way as much as it is when you close a frame/liner lock.
 
THG said:
But then your thumb is still in the way as much as it is when you close a frame/liner lock.
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I use my thumb to push the lock so my thumb is actually never in the way of the blade. I have the handle in my right hand, the blade in my left, I push the lock down with my right thumb, I start closing the blade with my left hand, and my grip with my right hand changes to hold the sides of the scales. My fingers are out of the way long before the blade can ever make contact.
 
Tony8179 said:
I use my thumb to push the lock so my thumb is actually never in the way of the blade. I have the handle in my right hand, the blade in my left, I push the lock down with my right thumb, I start closing the blade with my left hand, and my grip with my right hand changes to hold the sides of the scales. My fingers are out of the way long before the blade can ever make contact.
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Tony...is it just me and you? Are we trapped in some sort of alternate universe? I can't see the confusion over this...weird.

Do you guys who are worried about lock backs and liner locks 'snap' your blades shut quickly or something? I'm not seeing the issue at all. I just ease the blade shut....fingers in the way or not, there's no spring force closing it, nothing. I simply move my fingers out of the way.

If anything a slip joint is a bit spookier as they do snap shut but I close them using the palm of my opposite hand holding the body of the knife on the sides, fingertips out of the way.
 
kingsqueak said:
Tony...is it just me and you? Are we trapped in some sort of alternate universe? I can't see the confusion over this...weird.

Do you guys who are worried about lock backs and liner locks 'snap' your blades shut quickly or something? I'm not seeing the issue at all. I just ease the blade shut....fingers in the way or not, there's no spring force closing it, nothing. I simply move my fingers out of the way.

If anything a slip joint is a bit spookier as they do snap shut but I close them using the palm of my opposite hand holding the body of the knife on the sides, fingertips out of the way.
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If you read the OP he's clearly asking about locking mechanisms where your fingers never have to be in the path of the cutting edge when you unlock the blade.

Big_Red said:
After having owned many knives, my latest 'thing' is buying manual folders with locks manipulated on/within the side of handle - keeping fingers out from path of the blade. As an obvious example and my theme for the day, the Benchmade Axis lock.
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Moving your fingers out of the way before the blade makes contact with it doesn't answer the question being asked.
 
^^^Correct... It's nice to be able to flick the knife shut with one hand. Call me crazy, but it's very useful/handy.
 
Tony8179 said:
I use my thumb to push the lock so my thumb is actually never in the way of the blade. I have the handle in my right hand, the blade in my left, I push the lock down with my right thumb, I start closing the blade with my left hand, and my grip with my right hand changes to hold the sides of the scales. My fingers are out of the way long before the blade can ever make contact.
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kingsqueak said:
Tony...is it just me and you? Are we trapped in some sort of alternate universe? I can't see the confusion over this...weird.

Do you guys who are worried about lock backs and liner locks 'snap' your blades shut quickly or something? I'm not seeing the issue at all. I just ease the blade shut....fingers in the way or not, there's no spring force closing it, nothing. I simply move my fingers out of the way.

If anything a slip joint is a bit spookier as they do snap shut but I close them using the palm of my opposite hand holding the body of the knife on the sides, fingertips out of the way.
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Well of course I meant fingers/thumbs, not just the thumb... In order to operate the back lock, your fingers MUST be on the other side of the handle, i.e. where the blade is going to be traveling. I suppose you could use 2 hands, but then it's the same thing as the liner/frame lock situation: it's simply up to you to move your digits away from the path of the blade.

TurboScooter said:
If you read the OP he's clearly asking about locking mechanisms where your fingers never have to be in the path of the cutting edge when you unlock the blade.
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Yeah, that's what I thought we were talking about, here :confused:
 
I get the question now. Keeping your fingers out of the blade's path while closing it one handed. It's a one handed thing. :thumbup:
 
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