Retrofitting lockbacks into trial type of lock.

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Like the title says. Has anyone thought of this? It is a matter of dilling a hole and placing a stop pin in, cutting the blade back half the distance of the stop pin and then using a dremel to notch the blade.


Any and all input is welcomed.

Thank you.
 
I re-read this 5 times, and am not sure what you're talking about. What's "trial type of lock"? Is that a type of lock that you want to replace a normal lockback knife with, or is that guess completely off?

Did you mean to type Triad?
 
I am pretty sure that is what he means. It is basically as he describes .. but not quite that simple.
 
If he meant Triad, you could, in theory, do it by locking the blade in place then drilling the handle, liner, blade and lockbar in one go, then grinding off the excess so the lockbar and blade could move easily.

And while that might work okay, it would also be a patent violation.
 
The Triad lock is very strong, the regular lock back is very strong also. It would probably be more headache than what it was worth. Legalities notwithstanding.
 
It would really depend on the original geometry of the back lock you're trying to modify. I don't think that the triad lock is really so much of a modified back lock, but it's really it's own geometry, or more of a slightly elongated or lowered back lock. In other words, most back locks that are not a triad lock will likely already have the notch around where the stop pin should go. The removal of material around this area to incorporate/accomodate a stop pin would likely weaken the lock more so than give it any additional strength.

I just don't think it'd be worth the effort, or gain you anything.
 
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