what is frame lock?
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no pics but is the same as a liner lock except rather than the liner being utilised for the blade lock the frame itself is cut out to engage like a liner lock therefore the liner is lots sturdier/thicker than a liner lock, is one of the better locks imho, perhaps only the axis lock is better.
Does anybody happen to have pics/sketches of other lock types for comparison ? Something that woudl show how each of these locks works ? I've been searching on Google for that kind of information but i always ran into online stores selling knives with various types of locks rather than any pages explaining the differences between them in picture and text.
Esav Benyamin
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lachine, here is a link to Chris Reeve's diagram of a Sebenza: http://www.chrisreeve.com/sebenzadetails.htm. It explains the framelock.
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Here's a link to a Camillus EDC picture. Notice that on the clip-side there is a piece of the handle that is cut out to serve as a lock. http://www.camillusknives.com/cuda/cuda-knives/cu2201.jpg
Benchmade has a fairly decent comparison of the various lock styles. Can be found here http://www.benchmade.com/about_knives/locking_mechanisms.asp
Haze said:hello,
A frame lock is the same as a liner lock without handle scales over it from what iv seen and heard. the likes of a Chive or a or a Kiss has a fame lock and an Emerson or a or some Benchmades have liner locks. I think
some framelocks have scales though, i have a ralph minimaxx w/carbon fibre handles and its a frame lock, the buck/strider 880 also is darned near a frame lock imho, its not really though i dont think. i dont think many framelocks have scales though.