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us Offline J-sews

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Multitools + Liner Locks
on: July 05, 2011, 01:40:50 AM
Seems like they go together like peanut butter and jelly, don't they? :cheers: I feel sorry for the folks saddled with silly rules about no locking blades. :-\ To my thinking, the liner lock is one of the best things that ever happened to the world of multitools. :tu: No fumbling around with two hands for a button or a slider switch, just depress the liner and flick the blade closed. Slick! 


The first multitool (that I know of) with a liner locking knife blade was the A100 from Kershaw. It had a thumbstud for one hand opening, and a lock tab with a staked ball bearing for smooth movement.







Not the first, but perhaps the most famous liner locker is the Leatherman Wave. It came along about a year after the Kershaw, and uses a thumbhole to open the blade instead of a thumbstud. :)





Since then there have been many multitools with liner locks, more than I can think of. :think: And in addition to knife blades, a whole host of other implements have been given the liner locking treatment:

There have been liner locking screwdrivers, from Gerber and other makers....





...and liner locking can openers, like this one on a Buck X-Tract:







Speaking of X-Tracts, on the FIN model the can opener was replaced with a liner locking scissors. :)





But it doesn't stop there; this tool made for mariners and marketed by Myerchin has a liner locking marlin spike.







And for fisherman, the Tackle Tool even has a liner locking fish hook disgorger.








It's been over ten years now since Victorinox brought out the SportRatchet tool with it's liner locking ratchet






But the craziest liner locker of them all must surely be the liner locking ice scraper on the Vic AutoTool! :D :D




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Re: Multitools + Liner Locks
Reply #1 on: July 05, 2011, 02:10:50 AM
Where can I find one of those Kershaws?
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Re: Multitools + Liner Locks
Reply #2 on: July 05, 2011, 02:36:36 AM
Quote from: Mercury on July 05, 2011, 02:10:50 AM
Where can I find one of those Kershaws?

I see them on eBay every now and then. They've been going for around $70.00 lately.

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Re: Multitools + Liner Locks
Reply #3 on: July 05, 2011, 02:43:21 AM
Quote from: J-sews on July 05, 2011, 01:40:50 AM
...To my thinking, the liner lock is one of the best things that ever happened to the world of multitools. :tu: No fumbling around with two hands for a button or a slider switch, just depress the liner and flick the blade closed...

Agreed. Every time I pick up my old Uncle Henry, and try to close it without thinking, I always find my thumb flicking across the handle, looking for the liner.

Very interesting history  :tu:
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Re: Multitools + Liner Locks
Reply #4 on: July 05, 2011, 05:22:56 AM
I like that Kershaw!

I have a question though, is it legal to carry a Wave (or other MTs with one hand opening locking blade(s)) in Germany or bring one into there? Because I might visit a relative there in the future and would like to bring my Wave.

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Re: Multitools + Liner Locks
Reply #5 on: July 05, 2011, 05:43:02 AM
Good thread Bob.   :tu:  All this time I  :think: the wave was first with the liner lock. Thank you for correcting my wrong historical assumption.   :)
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Re: Multitools + Liner Locks
Reply #6 on: July 05, 2011, 05:44:02 AM
Bob knows all...
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Re: Multitools + Liner Locks
Reply #7 on: July 05, 2011, 07:24:17 AM
 :tu:

How about the wenger Rangers? Or, are they relatively new? The older victorinox, I believe had a sidelock, not a Linerlock.. right;
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Re: Multitools + Liner Locks
Reply #8 on: July 05, 2011, 08:03:19 AM
It's terrible. The absolute least reliable lock design ever invented, and they use it on everything.  >:( :rant:

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Re: Multitools + Liner Locks
Reply #9 on: July 05, 2011, 08:14:39 AM
Oooh good thread , I'm a fan of Liner locks . Its one of the reasons I'm so fond of the Skeletool ( UK laws aside ) . Just so easy to use .
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Re: Multitools + Liner Locks
Reply #10 on: July 05, 2011, 10:58:28 AM
Quote from: Dunc on July 05, 2011, 08:14:39 AM
Oooh good thread , I'm a fan of Liner locks . Its one of the reasons I'm so fond of the Skeletool ( UK laws aside ) . Just so easy to use .

+1 for the Skeletool  :tu:

I really love the look of that Myerchin with its locking marlin spike even though
I have no use for a spike
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Re: Multitools + Liner Locks
Reply #11 on: July 05, 2011, 08:15:33 PM
Quote from: MedusaOblongata on July 05, 2011, 08:03:19 AM
It's terrible. The absolute least reliable lock design ever invented, and they use it on everything.  >:( :rant:

Liner locks are perfectly reliable when used properly.  Unless you're stabbing or prying with a liner lock knife (things you should never, ever do with folding knives anyways) liner locks will last years.

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Re: Multitools + Liner Locks
Reply #12 on: July 06, 2011, 02:04:31 AM
Quote from: turnsouth on July 05, 2011, 02:36:36 AM
Quote from: Mercury on July 05, 2011, 02:10:50 AM
Where can I find one of those Kershaws?

I see them on eBay every now and then. They've been going for around $70.00 lately.

More info here: Kershaw A100 - The Multi-Tool Museum

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Re: Multitools + Liner Locks
Reply #13 on: July 06, 2011, 03:00:56 AM
That's just a bit more than I want to spend on one at the moment, but thanks for the info!
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Re: Multitools + Liner Locks
Reply #14 on: July 06, 2011, 04:39:12 AM
Amazing write-up and even better pictures, nice job.
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Re: Multitools + Liner Locks
Reply #15 on: July 06, 2011, 04:46:33 AM
Thanks gents. :) I just got to fooling around with the X-Tract's yesterday and started thinking about how many different liner-locking devices were out there. :think: There's a bunch! (even without counting knife blades!) :D A couple more I thought of after posting are on the Multitasker Ultralight tools. CLICKY One model has a liner locked awl, and the other has a liner locked carbon scraper tool. :) 
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Re: Multitools + Liner Locks
Reply #16 on: July 09, 2011, 05:50:26 PM
Excellent post bob, the ultra light with an awl was never released, right?
I thought the almar quick click had a linerlock. Was that after the kershaw?

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Re: Multitools + Liner Locks
Reply #17 on: July 10, 2011, 01:09:47 AM
Quote from: scrappy on July 09, 2011, 05:50:26 PM
Excellent post bob, the ultra light with an awl was never released, right?
I thought the almar quick click had a linerlock. Was that after the kershaw?


Excellent catch Terry :tu: The QuickClip did indeed come along before the Kershaw :salute:

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Re: Multitools + Liner Locks
Reply #18 on: July 10, 2011, 02:49:44 AM
I can't find my quick clip right now so I could be wrong. I was just thinking it had a liner... Could be wrong. :)

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