What are the the scallops for on the Handle?

[cadjak]

I'm curious what the scallops in the handle are for, on my Regular Large Sebenza.

 

[nyefmaker]

That is your built in spring. The area is machined away. Then it is bent in to a certain point then tempered ( heat treated ) in that area creating the spring-like action. It has to be machined just right. Too thick and it will not work properly, too thin and it will break. This is Frame-Lock Design.

 

[cadjak]

Thanks. No way would I have figured that out. But then again, I'm not Chris Reeve.