do any of you guys make..

[Chris_Crawford]

Well, it ain't exactly holding one yourself, but here is a link to a short video of the first prototype that I made. It's about 900kb.

http://www.chriscrawford.com/knives/Videos/Auto.mpg

[Jamey Saunders]

Wow. That's a great video. Thanks for posting that link. I think I can see what you're doing. You're pushing on the bottom of the back scale, toward the front of the knife, right? Great video. I'm glad you posted it while I'm still at work. T1 lines are nice.

[Chris_Crawford]

Yea, that's pretty much it. I hold the front of the knife between my thumb and first finger, The left side of the knife is against ball of my hand (under my thumb.) Using my middle finger, I press down on the back end of the right scale. This pivots the scale causing the front end of the lockbar to lift.

By the way, if you hold a knife in your hand as if you were pointing it at something with the edge of the blade down, the side to the left is considered the "left side".

-chris

[Jamey Saunders]

That video prompted me to do a quick Google search for "scale release auto". I found another video with narrated instructions on how to open a scale release.

Go here:
http://videoknife.com/auto-dalton-scalerelease.html

Pretty good video. They also have a page with a video on opening a bolster release auto.

Cool! :cool:

[Trick]

I have the DVD from Chris. It rocks!!! Definite must see! The video quality is awesome. Plus it being in a DVD format, when all my buddies come over I play the beginning that shows some of his knives, then skip to the chapter where he gives his shop tour to show them what equipment he uses and then skip to the chapter that he shows the knife and how it operates. They love it. Of course they are only interested in the knives and not how they are made. But for those that would like to make one Chris really does a great job showing you step by step how to make one. And not just how he wants you to make it. He explains it in a way that you can make one using your own design or any size you want! Very nice video and well worth the money!
Ric

[Gary Mulkey]

I just finished one with a slight twist. I built it one a lockback frame. Since I wanted to actuate the opening with my thumb, I made it a bolster release. The left bolster pivots at the lock bar pivot and has a pin that extends into the lock bar at the front. This lifts the front of the lock bar rather than pulls down on the back as a scale release does. Something a little different.

Gary