Mono Lock?

gull wing

gull wing

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Saw a video on the 765, they showed a "lip" milled out on the lock lug. This part goes up against the blade ramp of the blade tang.
This seems strange.:confused: Why?
Does anyone have a "takedown" of this?
It looks like an "overtravel" for the lock lug not to go "too far" to the other side.:confused:

Also, a stop pin with "lobes" or cams on it to adjust the lockup.
(I've seen something like this on an old Spyderco years ago.)
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Regarding the milled lip; It Is an over travel feature, will have to leave pics to others since I don't own this knife. And the adjustable faceted stop pin was and Is a gem in the details; allows the mono lock/Walker liner lock blade to be re-centered to compensate for wear.
 
The frame itself is very narrow/thin, yet still very rigid. Makes for a very light but still sturdy knife.
I love my 761.
I wish more framelocks had the integrated over travel lip.
 
As Joe stated, the lip is for prevention of over travel. Its on the 755 as well. Wish it were on the 760, I've been carrying.. But it seems to make little difference with the adjustable stop pin...and I agree w/ Joe....its a brilliant piece of work. All Ti frame and liner locks should have it.
 
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I believe the 760 has a less pronounced version of the over travel lip. See this old pic that I cropped for closer view. If has a small milled area for lock interface. I hope its visible. If not I can get mine and take some better pics.
 
I took a look at my 760 and there's no lip on the lock bar face. I think the angle of the pic makes it look like there's one?
 
Cool shot Witty.
It looks like the Proxy has a steel "insert" for contacting the blade ramp. (for longer life)
 
The Proxy's a sweet knife indeed! I was very pleasantly surprised when mine arrived. Slim butsubstantial. Fills the hand nicely.
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Personally I think the overtravel gizmo stops the lock bar a bit prematurely Now ,if it stopped the lock bar around the 90% mark to prevent bad stick that would be cool. But with a blade thicker than the lock slab it seems to engage far less. However if the blade were .120 and the lock was the same with a .015 over travel tab it would be better and allow further engagement during extended use and hard cuts. But then it limits the thickness of the blade or requires a silly thick lock slab that would be a pain to disengage.
Not dissing the knives. They look and function first class. Just curious if anyone else agrees.

But on the new Osbourne flipper, the rotating lock tab is a super cool idea!
 
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