Ring Lock Knives

I have several of the brass handled Japanese knives, and they are interesting. Basically a Scandi grind. Take a great edge and hold it well. My only complaint is that without the spring, you have to put something in the bottom of the handle to keep the edge from striking the inside.

As someone previously stated, I'd go with the Douk-Douk. Stoutest springs you'll find and the nearest thing to a lockback you'll find in a slippie.

Like the man said, buy both.
 
I noticed that the blade pivot point is lower on the Douk-Douk than on most knives, which may play a role in how well it stays open in use (allied to the extra strong spring and having a solid blade stop with the handle). After I sharpened it up a bit, it was razor sharp and stayed that way zipping through boxes while cleaning out the garage yesterday. I was also impressed with the design of the handle, which I expected to be a bit uncomfortable, as it was very well thought out. I would probably use something like an opinel, a stockman, or a sodbuster if I were whittling, but the Douk-Douk is a sharp stout little knife to carry when you don't want bulk.
 
For a general-purpose folding knife, Opinel is about as good as it gets. I have a few. There is another type of ring-lock knife. They are popular in Africa and are called Okapis. Cold Steel makes 2 versions (which are vastly superior), called the Kudu, and the slightly larger Eland. Both of these are the most outstanding pocket knives you can buy for under $15.00. They take a razor edge and fit your hand like they were custom-made for it. I have 1 each.
 
Take your time. This thread's already eight years old, another day or two isn't going to hurt it any. When I started getting the "out of bandwidth" messages from Photobucket, I found out a bunch of my pictures had been posted on forums I'd never heard of. I guess people found them by Google search and put them up for everyone to see. I ended up with a paid account to get enough bandwidth to keep my pictures up here.
 
yablanowitz said:
Take your time. This thread's already eight years old, another day or two isn't going to hurt it any. When I started getting the "out of bandwidth" messages from Photobucket, I found out a bunch of my pictures had been posted on forums I'd never heard of. I guess people found them by Google search and put them up for everyone to see. I ended up with a paid account to get enough bandwidth to keep my pictures up here.
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I use a lot of photos in my business, and send a lot of them out and post a few. All of works in progress for kitchens, bathrooms, and other kinds of repair and remodel. I take a lot of time editing, sizing, coloring, and manipulating the image to get it to its best. I found a few of my pics floating around places I have never been on the 'net, but found them by using Google. The folks that got them from a general search on the net didn't even bother to change the name on the pictures, they just posted them.

Since I found that some of them were directly linked to my photobucket account and were chewing up my bandwidth, I put my company name or my mark somewhere on just about all the pictures I post now, even if it is a private picture. I don't care that much about my knife pictures, but was really annoyed when I saw my company remodeling pictures used by another contractor that claimed "this is the way we hang our cabinets" and it was me and one of my helpers.

Water marking or adding a signature where it can't be cropped out has stopped ALL of that nonsense, including bandwidth problems.

Once you get it sorted out FES, I hope you post your pics of your ring locks. Although I don't own any, I am thinking about buying one as a large utility knife for my barbecue kit I take with me for cookouts. Pictures always help me a lot more than descriptions, especially when buying a knife!

Robert
 
I have about 8?

They are fine slicers. Light, and the locking ring is fine for my uses (you have to remember to check it occasionally).
 
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