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A Little Preview of What I've Been Working On (i.imgur.com)

submitted 11 months ago by dual_sport_dork to c/pocketknife

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You all haven't heard from me much lately because I've been tinkering. Again.

More details soon.

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[–] Boinkage 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're not worried that this could pop open in your pocket or bag if it gets squeezed in a certain way?

[–] dual_sport_dork 4 points 11 months ago

It's theoretically possible, I suppose, but there are two things to think about there. First is that commercial knife makers, particularly Benchmade, use a similar sort of mechanism on several of their knives and I haven't spotted any lawsuits about it in the news. And second, the way a balisong knife works requires at least one of the handles rotating a pretty good ways before the cutting edge is really presented. I think that's unlikely to happen in your pocket. In fact, some of my balisongs with more annoying latches I carry in the unlatched position to begin with and I've never had an issue.