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.
I have included a link to a video which illustrates how to close a knife. The video is not mine.
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.
This is true, everyone has an option, however education is helpful. The more people that understand how things work, the less likely they are to hurt themselves if they encounter it.
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.
I can’t speak to the design. I’ve just worked with this type of knife for years and I thought it was a fairly standard design.
I’m not advocating for one design over another, I’m just trying to spread awareness.
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
