Most grit resistant lock

orthogonal1 said:
Must be that notorious out-of-the-blue unreliability of liner-locks and the oft-seen unnerving slippage of the frame lock that makes them more reliable.
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:confused: Never had a problem with any liner lock. Probably because I buy quality knives with well engineered locks. :rolleyes:
 
Josh K said:
:confused: Never had a problem with any liner lock. Probably because I buy quality knives with well engineered locks. :rolleyes:
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Or rather probably because you cut with the edge and not with the spine.

If you're cutting with the edge, there is no reason a liner lock should ever fail!
 
THG said:
Or rather probably because you cut with the edge and not with the spine.

If you're cutting with the edge, there is no reason a liner lock should ever fail!
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Why have a lock at all?

No reason for anything but a regular slippy or a simple short tang friction folder.

All these companies spending so much time and energy are obviously only perpetuating some unneeded sales points to a gullible consumer. :eek:

Not all uses of a knife are strictly transverse cutting.
 
orthogonal1 said:
Why have a lock at all?

No reason for anything but a regular slippy or a simple short tang friction folder.

All these companies spending so much time and energy are obviously only perpetuating some unneeded sales points to a gullible consumer. :eek:

Not all uses of a knife are strictly transverse cutting.
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What does removing the lock do?
 
Why have a lock at all ?

If your knife has a point you need one......if your knife is squared off like a straight razor or rounded off like a tongue depressor you don't need one.
 
A lock comes in handy, God forbid, should you ever need to stab something.
That being said, I have never really needed a lock and could get by with a simple slip joint
 
5.56 said:
A lock comes in handy, God forbid, should you ever need to stab something.
That being said, I have never really needed a lock and could get by with a simple slip joint
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It is in stabbing moves that many locks fail.

The final straw for the liner-lock in my eyes was when a working aquaintance had his liner-lock fail when he stabbed into a thinnish cardboard box and the lock failed. Blood and stitches. I had indicated a positive on his suggestion of buying that knife. No more liner-lock knife recommendations from me.
 
orthogonal1 said:
It is in stabbing moves that many locks fail.

The final straw for the liner-lock in my eyes was when a working aquaintance had his liner-lock fail when he stabbed into a thinnish cardboard box and the lock failed. Blood and stitches. I had indicated a positive on his suggestion of buying that knife. No more liner-lock knife recommendations from me.
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One bad experience and you're going to swear off all liner locks? :rolleyes:
 
orthogonal1 said:
Why have a lock at all?
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Because I don't want the knife closing on my hand in case there is an accident. If you're cutting with the spine, that's not really an "accidental" situation.

I'm talking within the limits of reasonability, here (if there is such a word).
 
I like the choil design on my Military. No problems with the lock though, even stabbing cardboard.

 
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shunsui said:
I like the choil design on my Military. No problems with the lock though, even stabbing cardboard.
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The "finger choil" is a give and take thing. Sucks when blade length is measured from the tip to the handle, for example.

But as to saving ones fingers when a blade closes, it depends on how you hold the knife. I have a scar to prove that, from a Military that needed tweeking.
 
To lock or not to lock--- that is up to the operator.
For SD or an emergency, I like the lock
 
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