Oh my.....Has this ever happened to you with your folder?

it happens, and it really sucks when you don't know it until you stick your hand in your pocket and stick your finger. coins are my main problem. had a sebenza get almost locked partially open when a coin got lodged in it. (off topic) man some of you guys post a lot. im just trying to get 1000 posts within ten years! i don't talk too much either though. later
 
Never happened to me. Never owned auto or assisted opener though... (I am not fond of springs (and you described another good reason to stay away from them :D))

BTW: Ball detent
 
weety said:
Yup-a safety does defeat that purpose!!


I think that is a great idea! How easy was your sheath to make??? I have watched a few “how to videos” it seems simple. Of course everything looks easy…….:rolleyes:

Now if I could just get kydex micro rivets instead of the large one’s that are available would be nice to lower the profile of the sheath in the pocket. A custom injection molded plastic sheath would be perfect—alas. I smell market opportunity--$$$$ :D


Weety
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With leather, you simply soak it, then wrap you knife in plastic, mold the leather around the knife, tack it to a board and wait for it to dry. You come out with the outside molded piece and then sew it to the back piece. You can see in the photo how the molded part of the sheath helps keep the knife from sliding out. Had this problem when the knife was in the pocket without the sheath, so thus the idea of a pocket sheath. The sheath was cut to fit tightly in the carhart side pocket so when you pull out the knife, the sheath doesn't some out. This is necessary for any type of pocket holster whether it be for firearms, pda's, knives or whatever.
Kydex would be nice too, and I plan to get some kydex to work with and experiment making some pocket sheaths out of that. Simply heat with a heat gun, mold, and rivet.
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highvalleyranch said:
With leather, you simply soak it, then wrap you knife in plastic, mold the leather around the knife, tack it to a board and wait for it to dry. You come out with the outside molded piece and then sew it to the back piece.
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Wow nice work!!:D How did you sew it by hand or otherwise? Looks like that leather is pretty tough!


Weety
 
Generally, this type of problem is not all that rare on lock formats that use a ball detent as the closure mechanism (liner locks, framelocks, compression locks). Much rare with lock formats that use some type of direct or indirect spring pressure (lockbacks, axis lock, ball lock). A ball detent mechanism *should* work fine, but is often difficult to get right
 
weety said:
Wow nice work!!:D How did you sew it by hand or otherwise? Looks like that leather is pretty tough!


Weety
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Leather is rather thick, but holds it shape well for keeping the knife in.
There is a tool that looks like a flat 4 prong head, and you hammer it along your sew line to make all the clean pre drilled holes. Then you clamp the two pieces together and sew with a leather awl. You only have to push the awl through the back piece. It's not all that hard.
 
I took the pocket clip off of my Benchmade Mini-AFCK for a while. Then one day I reached in my pocket to pull out my car keys and ouch. One of the keys inadvertenly opened the knife (tip up in my pocket) by way of the opening hole.
 
weety said:
Is this something that you have done in the past? Do you have any pics?? Not sure what you mean exactly -please help out here-

Thanks

Weety
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I don't have the problem your having. I have an approach to solve the problem as if i have the same problem. A pin going through the handle near the point of the blade when the knife is closed will prevent the knife from opening. If the pin is in a slot it can be slid rear-ward to allow the knife to open. If the pin has a screw cap it can be adjusted so the pin is tight enough to stay put until manually moved into the open or closed position. Hope this sheds some light on my idea. gl
 
Thanks for posting that, Joe. :thumbup:

The knives I've had problems with were either liner locks, assised-openers or autos (yes....it does get a bit exciting when an auto fires off in your pocket!)

Theoretically...it should happen with framelocks too....just hasn't happened to me yet, I guess.



Any knife that opens in my pocket takes a hike....can't mess around with that one bit. I reach in there too many times in one day to have to worry about whether or not I might cut myself.
 
Something similar.

A cheap chinese linerlock that was on my belt, I think it opened when I putted by bag on my back.

I felt something hard and incommodating. The knife was open on my belt!
I had a little hole in my skin, still jave a little scar. Lucky I felt it before I sat in a car, could have hurt a lot :O

That week I bought my first REAL knife that still is in my EDC rotation, a Camillus Heat
 
I've had it happen twice with 2 different knives.

The first time was with a BM RSK 1, clipped on my belt (tip up) and after investigating the mechanics, I realized that the thumb studs were too tall and my arm/sleeve had caught it in passing without my knowledge. I replaced the thumb studs with a very low-profile screw and nut. I like it much better now. Problem solved! Never happened again.

The 2nd time was with a Kershaw Chive (assisted opener). Too sensitive. I now employ the safety which of course slows down the deployment and really kind of sucks. Assisted openers are fun, but I won't be buying another one any time soon.

Redwolf
 
This happened to me once with a super cheapie lock back Cold steel voyager knock off. I was also carrying it in my back pocket instead of hip pocket. I stopped carying it and went back to my delica and endura.

front hip pocket carry also has less movement and is easier to draw anyway.


I had a similar problem with the spyderco Veile. I found that the open bottom would someitimes straddle my pocket on putting it away openting the blade out of the top of m pocket. I went to reach for it once and stabbed my hand, thank god i diddnt sit down first. :eek: (ouch)
 
I carry my avalanche tip-up with the blade against the back of my right pocket, it's always right to hand and having the back of the blade in the seam of the pocket prevents it from opening.

That said, the 'speed-safe' mechanism holds the blade closed until it's at least 8-10 degrees open, so I doubt it would open by itself, those with a flipper might be a different matter though.
 
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