YSK how to close a folding or pocket knife with a liner/frame lock.

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨thenicnet@kbin.social⁩ to ⁨youshouldknow@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAnQe5NcrcQ

No matter what sort of work you do, at some point you end up needing a sharp edge. I usually have a small folding knife with me for just such occasions. Sometimes, other people need the sharp edge so I lend them my knife. Now, they can open it fore sure, but almost everyone is confused on how to close the knife.

I even had one co-worker who ended up disassembling my knife trying to figure out how to close the darn thing!

It's just a skill people seem to not have and they should as it's a very popular design.

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The_Hideous_Orgalorg@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Another option is just refusing to own a linerlock. I can close them, I just dislike the design and insist on lockback for any folder I carry.

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- thenicnet@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  This is true, however education is helpful. The more people that understand how things work, the less likely they are to hurt themselves if they encounter it.
  
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- Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Me too but i don’t like lockbacks either. Axis lock or compression locks are my favorite
  
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sagrotan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Is there another method?

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ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I have never owned one such knife, but the video makes it look like an extremely dangerous closing mechanism.

You have to press a button below the cutting edge to close it? I sure hope it has a blocking mechanism that prevents the blade from closing fully until the finger has been completely removed. Like a timed spring or something, and even that sounds like a laughably bad idea.

Now, that is what I have gathered from the video only, it might very well just be a bad illustration of the mechanism.

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- timespace@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  No such mechanism. Sharp things are inherently dangerous - go slow, pay attention, and you’ll be fine.
  
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  - ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Sure, but even dangerous tools can be made with some safety in mind. Do you REALLY need a shield for that circular saw? Not really, but those who use a shield risk having more fingers than those who don’t.
    
    Personally, I prefer sheath blades, or a regular old dumb folding blades if absolutely necessary. Are they more safe than other blades? No they are not, but a simple, stupid design is better than one that has been specifically engineered to cut off as many fingers as possible (again, going purely from what the video shows, which looks about as safe to close as a butterfly knife).
    
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muddybulldog@mylemmy.win ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
This is information I could’ve used LAST WEEK!

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Sephtis-6@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I personally own a couple of knifes(mostly swiss army and so) some of the have a liner lock and it also took me some time to figure it out. But once you know how it's really simple. Great skill that more people need to have imo

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