New Lock from Ulrich Hennicke/Amare Knives

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Ulrich Hennicke announced a new lock design (unnamed with very few details) on the Amare Knives instagram.

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What little information about how it operates must be inferred from the above renderings (which look real good, imho) and the following statements:

Amare Knives IG said:
Our new creation, the Framebacklock folder is taking shape. Now we are looking for a name.
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It would seem that at least in their eyes, the new lock contains elements of both frame and back locks.

I was not the only person who noticed the visual similarity to Andrew Demko's Scorpion Lock. Demko was tagged in the thread and this was later added:

Amare Knives IG said:
And we spoke with Mr.Demko, he developed something in this direction, but our Framebacklock ist [sic] so much differend [sic] and he is fine with it.
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If it is anything like the Scorpion, it should be great!
 
That's cool and so is demkos but they both fail in a key design. The lock should be designed so it is never exposed during operation and the release should be designed into the frame so it cannot be opened accidentally.
 
007Airman said:
That's cool and so is demkos but they both fail in a key design. The lock should be designed so it is never exposed during operation and the release should be designed into the frame so it cannot be opened accidentally.
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I don't understand.
 
SpySmasher said:
I don't understand.
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With this and the demko the entire back lock lifts up to release. It's actually not a great design being exposed in this way, there is a big gap that something could get jammed in when opening or even while closed.
If they incorporated the lock within a solid full frame and recessed it so when released it never opens beyond the frame it would be a safer design. The triad lock is a good design but it too opens beyond the frame.
 
007Airman said:
With this and the demko the entire back lock lifts up to release. It's actually not a great design being exposed in this way, there is a big gap that something could get jammed in when opening or even while closed.
If they incorporated the lock within a solid full frame and recessed it so when released it never opens beyond the frame it would be a safer design. The triad lock is a good design but it too opens beyond the frame.
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I'm not sure how much more danger there is with these designs compared to almost every other lock design where there are unsealed components. The only lock I can think of that features a sealed mechanism is the Hawk Lock on the G & G Hawk's MUDD model. As for the exposed lock bar it allows for grip pressure to enhance the lock strength. This is something that most* locks fail to do. In fact, some lock designs, like traditional mid-back-locks, are more dangerous under really heavy grip pressure.

* I am personally skeptical of the claims that frame locks are enhanced by grip pressure.
 
SpySmasher said:
I'm not sure how much more danger there is with these designs compared to almost every other lock design where there are unsealed components. The only lock I can think of that features a sealed mechanism is the Hawk Lock on the G & G Hawk's MUDD model. As for the exposed lock bar it allows for grip pressure to enhance the lock strength. This is something that most* locks fail to do. In fact, some lock designs, like traditional mid-back-locks, are more dangerous under really heavy grip pressure.

* I am personally skeptical of the claims that frame locks are enhanced by grip pressure.
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For sure you get what I mean. Personally I'd love to see a full frame version that only has the front section exposed for release. I will be trying the CS ad15 when it comes out just to see if I am being over critical. I'll look up the MUDD to see what it's all about. The only frame lock I trust is Dpx with the roto lock.
 
SpySmasher said:
I'm not sure how much more danger there is with these designs compared to almost every other lock design where there are unsealed components. The only lock I can think of that features a sealed mechanism is the Hawk Lock on the G & G Hawk's MUDD model. As for the exposed lock bar it allows for grip pressure to enhance the lock strength. This is something that most* locks fail to do. In fact, some lock designs, like traditional mid-back-locks, are more dangerous under really heavy grip pressure.

* I am personally skeptical of the claims that frame locks are enhanced by grip pressure.
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+1

So am I. All you need is a wooden dowel and you can test it for yourself, and in my experience I was putting almost no force on the lockbar of most of my framelock knives even in a death grip. They unlocked just as easily when gripped as when they were not being held.
 
I'm a sucker for new locks so I'll be following this. What I really want is Steel Will to release their Ant-Lock models...
 
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