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.
Is there another method?
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.
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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.
