Strongest folding knife !

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True, next prototype blade and tang steel will be around .180" to .200" thick.
 
Are you going to post any evidence to substantiate your claims of it being the strongest? A few side by side comparisons, for example? Maybe something as cheap and simple as a Cold Steel with a Triad lock, or a Benchmade Adamas?
 
I think a weight hang test or a full destruction test is in order to determine overall lock reliability and strength.
 
The handles look about as comfortable as sodomy, not to mention the intrusiveness of the locking mechanism.

Unique lock, but still not as strong as a fixed blade (as your slogan would imply), and still not proven to be as strong as any other lock on the market. Your video claims side-loading to be an issue with all other designs, but the Axis lock, and ALL lockbacks are unaffected by side loads.

It's a great idea, and a well thought out mechanism, but your marketing is writing checks your product can't cash (on these forums anyways).
 
Yes, there will be actual testing to failure($). It's necessary to see what the FFK will actually do. To this point we have FEA/simulation work done in Autodesk inventor. In every simulation we've done the blade fails first at 250 to 300 lbs of lateral(flat side) force. The mechanism stayed blue/green in color. It is also very strong in the vertical cutting direction(along spine).
 
Not a fan of the locking release lever design as it looks like it get in the way, but it's a prototype. Besides that seeing more of it now it looks like it has potential if you hammer out the ergonomics and lives up to being a strong and durable lock.

Now as everyone has been saying we want you to back up your very large claim of being the strongest folder, that sounds like you bit off more than you can chew to most of us. If you can prove us wrong I'll be happy. But for now you have mentioned lateral force only so far from what I've seen but what about weight applied to the spine of the blade?
 
From an advertising standpoint, I, for one, don't see an issue with the phrase fixed blade capability. Many on the forum are approaching this from the aspect of the buyer. FFK wants advice as a seller/designer. Is this knife capable of performing on par with a fixed blade? Sure. Pretty much any knife is capable. Will it? Who knows. Is it a fixed blade? No, but he's not calling it that. It's a simple matter of semantics; what the def of is, is.

PS I don't hate the design as much as some, I just think the locking mechanism is cumbersome. It might truly be the strongest folding lock, but it appears like it would be rough to field dress with that.

Best of luck with your endeavor!
 
I have no need for a folder any more tough than my Benchmade Adamas and Spyderco TUFF.
But I realize that a man has to have a dream. Enjoy!
 
I wouldn't buy this blade based on the marketing alone. When I hear things like "The strongest" or "The Best" or catch phrases like that, I instantly think, this product is marketed towards suckers not users. Then looking at the design of the blade and seeing that huge locking lever sticking way out of the handle, I kinda get convinced, it's not for users.

In your video, I'd like to see your hands after feather-sticking for a good 20 mins or carving a tri-stick with that blade.

This is a prototype though and prototypes are usually rough around the edges. I think it's awesome that you're putting your idea and dream together and making it happen. Congrats on that!:thumbup: I hope you sell a ton. Change the wording and tweak the design a bit and I think you'll be on a much easier trail.
 
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Joe, I like the knives in your profile pic. Off topic but I can't helping expressing my admiration.
 
Hello Mike,
I also think that the lock system look cumbersome and that handle would give you hand cramps in no time! I have made and used a knife or two. You are better off with a handle that's a little big than a little small and that handle looks darn small & uncomfortable to use for over a few minutes at a time.

I see that lock flipping forward to use as a side thumb rest, that may clean up the ergos some?

You want a handle that fills your hand palm in a coke bottle swell type fashion if you are going to be using a knife to the extremes that you say that this knife can handle. The other conundrum is that a folder that size, most guys would want a pocket clip for.

People are knife phobic these days and even I only wear a belt knife of mine if I headed out in the field or ocean side. Around town, a folder with a pocket clip will do and I am a over the hump 55 year old. Younger guys are even less likely to wear a belt sheath knife around town. It draws too much attention.

Looking forward to your improvements and your real life torture testing of use of the knife and the locking system.
 
It's different I'll give you that and not a terrible idea but the handle does not look remotely comfortable and the lever seems awkward.

I understand it's a prototype so I'm assuming its still a work in progress.
 
I'm reminded a lot of the Mikov auto leaver mechanism with this knife. I also don't really understand the problem this knife is solving either, as a project or brain child it's fine but I see no soultions to problems with this design and that is the bare bones of a design project. I see a trade off in ease of function for supposed strength and that is not only solving a problem that doesn't exist it's created a new one, IMO.
The reality is the average or even un-average person just doesn't have the hand strength to cause lock failure on a well made knife, one generally needs to go outside intended use to see those probelms. People tend to bend blades and break tips long before anything else fails, in my experience, limited as it is. In the kindest possible way, it seems you have designed a knife that is (possibly) stronger than it needs to be, more difficult to operate than it needs to be all to address issues that aren't a reality. It even has more forum threads than it needs. :p
 
I do like the idea where the blade falls into place, that is a strong lock that looks dependable.

So the lateral force contact area is basically the ring of the lever and the back of the drop in part? This is not very much stronger than a standard folder with a big center pin? On lateral load (if you make blade unbreakable material) how much force before the roller pin of the lever fails catastrophically? Or the stud?

While the knife scales open design is pretty, I also think they look quite uncomfortable
 
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I disagree.
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So much for you wanting feedback.

You know, you keep trying to sell us on the idea that it's a fixed blade, or a virtual fixed blade, or has fixed blade capabilities or is "now with 50% more fixed bladiness." And nobody is buying it.

Seems like you are more interested in selling that idea than getting feedback on it, in my opinion.

That said, bottom line to me is that it's a Rube Goldbergian contraption full of moving parts, built to solve a problem that doesn't exist.
 
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