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I feel like the answer is going to be something like, "It depends." However, I have been curious about these since I first got one. These knives are (usually) large, folding hunting knives with a blade larger than the handle, so that, traditionally, you could do some cutting, only dulling some of the blade, and unfold your knife to have a longer/sharper section of blade when needed.
Some traditional ones have no clasp, and are meant to be carried in a sheath. Some have another locking mechanism. The one I'm talking about is not of this description. The one I'm talking about has an aluminum clasp that holds the extra 2" of blade not in the handle, so that you can pocket the knife, but also, the clasp folds up and into the handle of the knife, and when held, this effectively acts as a "lock". I wonder if this is too different of a concept from a UKPK, where your finger on the choil is the "lock", but it uses an integral peice of metal, so I don't know. Otherwise, it is a slipjoint. I would like to see this design tried by a real company. This is the knife I refer to.
Some traditional ones have no clasp, and are meant to be carried in a sheath. Some have another locking mechanism. The one I'm talking about is not of this description. The one I'm talking about has an aluminum clasp that holds the extra 2" of blade not in the handle, so that you can pocket the knife, but also, the clasp folds up and into the handle of the knife, and when held, this effectively acts as a "lock". I wonder if this is too different of a concept from a UKPK, where your finger on the choil is the "lock", but it uses an integral peice of metal, so I don't know. Otherwise, it is a slipjoint. I would like to see this design tried by a real company. This is the knife I refer to.