Still mo' wood.............

[Ray S]

Wood rules!
#1 American Blade AB-23 mini stockman.
#2 Bear MGC lockback.
#3 Benchmark Rolox(Blackie Collins' worst design)
#4 Beretta made in Seki Japan.

[Ray S]

Even more wood!
#1 & #2 Boker lockbacks.
#3 Browne & Pharr Atlanta GA half congress that can be disassembled and blades replaced.
#4 Browning USA

[Ray S]

Mo' & mo' wood.
#1 Browning USA double lockback.
#2 Browning USA lockback.
#3 Bulldog Brand half congress;a clone of the Browne & Pharr knife previously posted but can't be taken apart.
Crosman 932A with serrated secondary blade.

[Ray S]

When will this ever end?
#1 Edge Brand serpentine jack.
#2 Kelgin(Ken Largin)custom balisong.
#3 Olsen Knife Co. 510 large lockback.
#4 Small navaja advertising Pedro Domencq wines

[Ray S]

Not yet.
#1 Ithaca Gun Works Track folder.
#2 Ulster barlow with replaced handles made from an old cigar box.
#3 Unmarked knife with unusual tapered nail nick.

[Borg]

Ray your collection is something else   

#3 Benchmark Rolox (Blackie Collins' worst design), i really like the look of that one, is it some sort of locking friction folder ? the blade seems to be sitting back a bit in the handle  nice anyway

[Ray S]

Ray your collection is something else   

#3 Benchmark Rolox (Blackie Collins' worst design), i really like the look of that one, is it some sort of locking friction folder ? the blade seems to be sitting back a bit in the handle  nice anyway

I think I posted a review of it awhile back but briefly the reason I call it Blackie's worst design(and I respected his design expertise implicitly)is from my own personal experience with it.
Starting with picture #1 you can see the small toothed projection atop the knife. To open the blade you press down on this which rocks the point of the blade up and allows it to slide forward to where it locks in the open position(see picture #2 & #3).
To close the blade you depress the lock tab(the same as a conventional lock back but it is located on the bottom of the knife)and you pull up on the blade and slide it backwards into the handle where it locks into position(see picture #4).
This is all well and good but here is where it goes sideways:see next post for description and picture.

[Ray S]

So here is where the problem with the design arises:
If you are cutting through something heavy and applying a lot of pressure to the handle of the knife,your little finger is resting on the lock release for the blade.If you apply enough pressure to the handle it will trip the lock release and allow the blade to slide backward very rapidly.When this happens the skin between your thumb and index finger become trapped between the handle and the back edge of the blade which can be VERY painful! DO NOT ask me how I know this!

[Poncho65]

That does sound painful

Other than the bad design of that one the rest of those look great

[Borg]

Shame, but at least it's nice to look at if nothing else 

[David]

Ray it's always nice to see more of your collection!          

[SteveC]