If Spyderco is gonna do a frame lock, write me up for one! hell, I'll take two! A Ti frame lock ... I don't like steel framelocks.
Sal, the cutout isn't the problem..you can do it like benchmade, and mill a vertical section out, but keep the thickness. I can send you scans if you like.
But the best part of a frame lock are the much less wear the linerlocks, and the added safety that the lock only tightens if you grip it harder. The main complaint I heard about the military is that if you white-knuckle the grip, the liner disengages..
I don't have a military (if anyone has one too much ...
) but i do have a spydie starmate, and I don't see how to release it by doing that. The best linerlock in my opinion next to the Benchmade Stryker.
It's like that.. Ti liners or Steel liners?
Ti can workharden and by wearing become so hard that it will never wear further (my stryker is at that point). A steel liner always wears, no matter what you do.. but if you make'm so good as spyderco, I guess a 50 - 60 years daily carry can be done with a starmate.
Greetz, Bart.
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