Rolling Lock... REKAT, Spyderco, etc...

[Marion David Poff]

There is an interesting thread in the Reviews Forum about the REKAT Rolling Lock, and Spyderco's reported new knife utilizing it.

I recently purchased a REKAT Pioneer Swept Point Rolling Lock folder and am very impressed with it.

Anyone else have one and what do you think????

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Marion David Poff fka Eye mdpoff@hotmail.com

Patiently waitng for the Spyderco SpydeRench, Lum Chinese Chopper Folder, Rolling Lock, Benchmade Axis (and Axis AFCK), Pinnacle and the REKAT NEW KNIVES.

"The victorious Warrior wins first and then goes to war, while the defeated Warrior goes to war and then seeks to win" Sun-Tzu

 

[Marion David Poff]

Wait, I forgot to include some text from a Warren Thomas(of carbon fiber fame) post of RDK vintage....

At the 1998 Las Vegas Classic I acquired four REKAT Pioneers on a trade with Bob Taylor. I was very curious to see if their claims of lock strength were blown out of proportion. Sunday night at the motel I decided to test the Swept Point version. I took my boot and hammered the knife into the door, a standard steel motel door (hope the motel manger isn't reading this) and hung my weight (225 pounds) off the handle against the lock. I did manage to start slicing the door with the blade with no effect on the lock. That was impressive in itself . When I returned home I took the same Swept Point into the back yard and stuck the blade into the cloths line T bar . I did pull ups off the handle and bounced my weight on the knife over six times still no effect. Bouncing up and down should have done something. While throwing isn't scientific I then threw the knife hard about sixty times into a plywood garage door sticking it 75% of the time. One of the screws in the handle stripped out sometime during this. The knife functioned fine still I figured it was time to get serious. I taped the handle into a piece of thin wall pipe three feet long and struck the back of the knife at the tip six times against the concrete curb as hard as I could. I did chip concrete and bend the pipe with no effect into the lock. This was getting frustrating I then got a welding glove and duct taped a piece of micarta to the back of the glove in case the lock failed. I proceeded to beat the tip of the knives against the curb as hard as I could , after about thirty hard shots I felt movement and it wasn't as solid of a hit so, I checked the knife, at long last , the knife while being in locked position could be unlocked like a slip joint. Unbelievably the knife was as functional as a slip joint knife. I have broken fixed blades with less abuse and every factory folder I have owned until this wouldn't have lasted past the motel door. REKAT has achieved a lock that works off of shear strength. I sent Josh Burbank the knife and told Josh what I did to it he was also amazed at what it took.

For your edification and pleasure....

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Marion David Poff fka Eye mdpoff@hotmail.com

Patiently waitng for the Spyderco SpydeRench, Lum Chinese Chopper Folder, Rolling Lock, Benchmade Axis (and Axis AFCK), Pinnacle and the REKAT NEW KNIVES.

"The victorious Warrior wins first and then goes to war, while the defeated Warrior goes to war and then seeks to win" Sun-Tzu