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Many knives these days use springs .

Springs for locks ..Manix ball bearing lock, Coldsteel atlas lock, scorpion lock, button locks , crossbar locks (omega styles) even a old time back lock uses a spring
Springs for deployment (autos and assisted openers from all round)

it seems like the knife heads want the spring and these company's keep turning out knives with springs that are essential to the function of the knife.
are we putting to much faith in the springs they give us.. is this the future of knives, springs everywhere?

Thoughts?



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What's wrong with springs? All of my firearms have multiple springs. Springs are everywhere; what's wrong with that?
 
If a back lock is a spring, would not most folding knives from slip joints to frame locks use some type of spring.

Few types left would be friction folders, butterfly knives, gravity knives and fixed blades.
 
Inessence a screw is a spring just a very stiff spring. Springs have been around for centuries. Nothing wrong with it. As BladeCommander BladeCommander mentioned a backlock uses a spring bar. That arrangement has been reliable for a very long time. Without springs you will rely on gravity only.
 
I believe so yes, until an reliable alternative is both affordable and available inna wide variety of knives
 
I’m a fan of springs in knives. I enjoy the Axis lock and other crossbar-type locks. I also enjoy assisted opening knives. And a snappy automatic OTS is always fun to “thwack” open. I just got a new Microtech LUDT in the mail. I haven’t checked it out yet but I’m hoping it has a strong , crisp pop when I open it for the first time.
 
No issues with springs but I will say if I was choosing my folding knife to ride out the zombie, alien, biblical etc apocalypse it would be of the most basic design and materials, e.g. an Emerson or framelock with washers (Les George).
 
almost every knife lock is a spring...including a liner and frame and back lock. I can't think of a lock that isn't a "spring" of some sort.....there may be one though...I just cant think of one......
 
jbmonkey said:
almost every knife lock is a spring...including a liner and frame and back lock. I can't think of a lock that isn't a "spring" of some sort.....there may be one though...I just cant think of one......
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SharpBits said:
Liner locks and frame locks are using a spring as well. That’s how the lock works. Bladecommander has it right.

Doh! JB beat me by seconds.
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I’d have to disagree with you guys. That would be using the word spring in the broadest possible way. Obviously we all know what a spring is and looks like. But anything that applies tension because it wants to return to its original position is not a spring. Is a rubber band a spring? How bout a balloon? A paper clip? The argument can be made but it’s relying heavily on semantics.
 
SharpBits said:
Frame locks and liner locks are a form of leaf spring.
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It’s about as similar to a paper clip as a leaf spring. So is it a paper clip as well? Or is a paper clip also a leaf spring? Or is a leaf spring a paper clip? In the broadest of terms then we would have to consider metal itself a spring. See where semantics leads to. 😂
 
Fixedwing said:
What's wrong with springs? All of my firearms have multiple springs. Springs are everywhere; what's wrong with that?
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Most if not all of those springs are necessary for function and are of a type of spring known to have a high reliability factor and long service life.
Designing a knife with a spring mechanism that is fragile almost seems to be asking for trouble.
 
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