Question for Jim March Re: REKAT

[Shmackey]

Jim:
You and I share a similar distaste for liner locks, and I recently learned that you're a fan of the Rolling Lock from REKAT. One of the reasons why we both don't like liner locks is that they don't hold the blade inside the knife securely enough when the knife is closed. That's why I'm such a big fan of the Axis lock.
My question: in your experiences with the Rolling Lock, have you found one that holds the blade closed significantly better than a liner lock? The ones I've tried haven't done this, which is why I consider the Axis lock superior.
Just curious.

 

[Jim March]

Interesting question. The REKAT Roller holds the blade closed tolerably well on my Sifu. And the later production with pocket clips were set up for tip-up carry, and to date I haven't heard of anybody suffering an accident caused by it opening in the pocket and slicing sraight up the hand as somebody digs into the pocket. If that was happening, we'd have heard about it.

Then again, it's not something I personally pay a lot of attention to. My early version lacked a clip and I don't tend to use clips anyways...I run a belt slide sheath of my own design which you can see pictured here:

http://www.ninehundred.com/~equalccw/blades.html

There's also links on that page to BF threads showing the blueprints and instructions to make that sheath. As you can see, it eliminates any worries about accidental opening.

I couldn't really say whether or not the BM Axis holds a blade closed better or worse than the Roller. For a real test, I'd have to compare two with similar blade heft and BM doesn't have the guts to build a megafolder

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Jim