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Old 08-22-2014, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by dmichaell View Post
Would love to make a knife like this as a slip joint. I'm thinking the the spring would be way to thin and would bend. Any thoughts? I sure do like the look of the external spring though.
I have one just like it, except considerably less nice, I purchased simply because I like the external spring design and thought it would be something neat to try. It is almost a cross-breed between a friction folder and a slip-joint. The 'spring' is, well, a piece of spring tempered steel. Given that it does not have to flex very far, I don't think it would bend unless misused.


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