Strongest Folding Knife Lock?

[KnifeMakeReplicate]

What do you all think is the proven (via testing and everyday use) strongest folding knife lock-mechanism?

By strongest I mean the locking mechanism that makes a folder as close to a fixed blade as possible, and which could handle the greatest levels of closing pressure as possible, with current manufacturable materials?

 

[nick21]

Balisongs if they count

Compression lock otherwise, I guess. Or the Tri-ad

 

[mobilerd]

Tatanka, maybe.

 

[collim1]

...makes a folder as close to a fixed blade as possible, and which could handle the greatest levels of closing pressure as possible, with current manufacturable materials?

Careful now, that kind of talk getting folks sued these days.

 

[kvtcomdo]

Try this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZwwLWQk664

 

[kvtcomdo]

Or this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_uLO7hgQog

 

[fishface5]

The Extrema Ratio RAO AVIO has a pin you insert, in addition to the lock, to make it practically impossible to close without blowing apart the handle. But that begs the question if you need that level of strength why not go with a fixed blade?

 

[DeadboxHero]

Esee/rat 3 hahahaha

 

[Goosey]

A lot of those knives, Triad, PowerLock, Axis, etc, will snap their blades off before the lock fails.

 

[Sosa]

Triad. Get a recon 1 and beat the crap out of it.

 

[singularity35]

The Extrema Ratio RAO AVIO has a pin you insert, in addition to the lock, to make it practically impossible to close without blowing apart the handle. But that begs the question if you need that level of strength why not go with a fixed blade?

Might be impossible to carry a fixed blade. Or the guy just wants to carry a strong folding knife, what's wrong with that?

 

[asdf12345]

Balisong, Triad. There might be some more exotic locking systems that are stronger but I'm not familiar with any.

 

[strategy9]

CRKT LAWKS

I hear that they're virtually fixed blades!!!

 

[knife chop]

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1185358-Strongest-folding-knife-!

Here's the strongest folding knife.

 

[ivanhoe]

My guess is tri-ad lock by Demko. You can find it in most of Cold Steel blades.

To see how do they fare, check out videos by csknives:
https://www.youtube.com/user/csknives

and vininull:
https://www.youtube.com/user/vininull/search?query=hard+use
Note: his videos are in Russian, but there are English subtitles so you can turn them on.

I was thinking about this a lot at the beginning, and realized that in situations in which you need extreme lock strength you will more likely snap the blade off or break the pivot. Just additional considerations.

Hope this helps.

 

[SadSappySucker]

A slip joint of course!

 

[williamisthe1]

The tri-ad lock is strong but takes getting used to.

 

[jakemex]

Oh, yeah, here we go again. Cold Sssssteel (need more videos) come on baby, whack my spine. Cue face palm meme... Nope! Too out dated! LOL :yawn:

 

[Shorttime]

In one of the incarnations of this thread, I saw this oddity:

http://www.wildsteer.com/en/folding-knives/17-wx-paracord.html

So here it is, again. Link is to their home site, and a video is embedded, showing how the lock works.

Also, the "Caswell EDX".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZw_kkJ3Nwg

I don't think this one has ever been "tested" in the way that some other knives were, but it seems like it should be pretty sturdy.

 

[Charlie Mike]

Oh, yeah, here we go again. Cold Sssssteel (need more videos) come on baby, whack my spine. Cue face palm meme... Nope! Too out dated! LOL :yawn:

Ok...