Thanks for sharing that. I enjoyed looking through it.Cl1ff wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 9:24 pm…
A Spanish knifemaker, Miguel Barbudo, makes some very interesting traditional style knives or navajas. Many of their knives are also somewhat “modern traditional”, but are more importantly all very unique.
His variation of the backlock is especially intriguing and clever to me.
It makes the operation quite different to Spyderco’s iterations and more similar to traditional variations. However, they are one hand operable and even without the need for your fingers to cross the blade path.
I’ve compiled my favorite examples from Barbudo’s Instagram, just to have them in place.
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His lock appears similar in function to the lock used on the Buck Marksman. Buck calls it the Strong Lock System (SLS) or strap lock.