R.J. Martin Frame Lock?

youll find the same from greg lightfoot. theyre technically liners but for all intensive purposes (strength) theyre framelocks
 
thanks to both. i was wondering if there was a cut-out or something that i was missing. i don't consider it a frame lock unless your hand pressure helps hold the lock closed, like a sebenza, so i guess it's just a matter of definition.
 
RM579 said:
thanks to both. i was wondering if there was a cut-out or something that i was missing. i don't consider it a frame lock unless your hand pressure helps hold the lock closed, like a sebenza, so i guess it's just a matter of definition.
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Regardless of how you view it, R.J. Martin makes some of the finest knives you can get.
 
I have an R.J. folder that I would consider a frame lock that just happens to have a scale over the lock side. I could, technically, remove the scales and the knife would function exactly the same, but it sure wouldn't be as comfortable to hold.
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RM579 said:
So R.J. Martin has a list of his "frame lock" folders: http://www.martinsite.com/framelock_flipper.shtml

Looking at one of the pictures, it looks to me like a clear liner lock. Am I missing something? http://www.martinsite.com/Q36.shtml
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I've tried to get a clear definition of a liner lock vs frame lock before. Always just ends up in an argument:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=620647

Posts like this just further my point:
walleyeguy7 said:
youll find the same from greg lightfoot. theyre technically liners but for all intensive purposes (strength) theyre framelocks
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I don't know why people have this attitude that frame locks are stronger when for all INTENTS AND PURPOSES, they are the same thing.
 
Liner locks lock with a liner. Frame locks lock with the frame. Pretty simple... unless maybe you have a composite frame.

I haven't handled a Q-36, but it appears to have a milled frame with a liner lock.
 
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