Framelock
A framelock (also frame lock) is a special type of locking mechanism used in one-handed knives. Knives equipped with this mechanism are called framelock knives. The framelock closure system makes it possible to open and close a knife with one hand.
The main components of a frame lockknife are the riveted handle scales and the blade. One of the handle scales of a framelock knife has an L-shaped notch at the bottom that begins just below the front of the handle scale and runs across approximately two thirds of the handle length. The scale section partly separated by the notch is curved slightly inward.
The locking mechanism of a framelock works as follows: While the blade is closed, it is held back by the partly separated section of the handle scale, which exerts inward pressure. When the blade is opened, this part of the handle scale moves inward, locking the blade. Unlike the linerlock, which has a separate locking plate covered by the handle scales, the framelock is part of the handle itself.
The name of this locking mechanism is derived from its construction, because it is the frame that creates the lock. The handle scales of a framelock knife are usually made from particularly hard metals such as titanium or stainless steel, because these materials offer adequate resistance to the blade when the knife is used.
- Pocket Knife
- D2
- Stainless Steel, Cocobolo Wood
- Jens Anso
- Framelock
- Nail Nick
- Pocket Knife
- VG-10
- G10, Titanium
- Brad Zinker
- Framelock
- Flipper
- Pocket Knife
- M390
- Titanium
- Bob Terzuola
- Framelock
- Thumb Stud
- Pocket Knife
- AUS-8
- Synthetic
- Chad Los Banos
- Framelock
- Flipper
- Pocket Knife
- VG-10
- Titanium
- Brad Zinker
- Framelock
- Flipper
- Pocket Knife
- M390
- Titanium
- Serge Panchenko
- Framelock
- Nail Nick
- Pocket Knife
- K110
- Stainless Steel
- Poltergeist Works
- Framelock
- Nail Nick
- Pocket Knife
- D2
- Zytel
- Chad Los Banos
- Framelock
- Thumb Stud
- Pocket Knife
- D2
- G10
- Lucas Burnley
- Framelock
- Flipper
- Pocket Knife
- 8Cr14MoV
- Stainless Steel
- Lucas Burnley
- Framelock
- Thumb Hole
- Pocket Knife
- D2
- Zytel
- Chad Los Banos
- Framelock
- Thumb Stud
- Pocket Knife
- 440C
- G10, Titanium
- John Kubasek
- Framelock
- Thumb Hole
- Pocket Knife
- MagnaCut
- Carbon Steel
- Framelock
- Thumb Stud
- Pocket Knife
- CPM-S-35VN
- Titanium
- Joe Mangiafico
- Framelock
- Thumb Stud
- Pocket Knife
- D2
- Stainless Steel
- Serge Panchenko
- Framelock
- Thumb Stud
- Pocket Knife
- CPM-20CV
- Titanium, Carbon Fibre
- Framelock
- Flipper
- Pocket Knife
- 8Cr13MoV
- Stainless Steel
- Framelock
- Flipper
- Pocket Knife
- Damascus
- Micarta
- Framelock
- Thumb Stud
- Pocket Knife
- D2
- Micarta
- Mike Skellern
- Framelock
- Nail Nick
- Pocket Knife
- Damascus
- Micarta
- Framelock
- Thumb Stud
- Pocket Knife
- M390
- Titanium
- Framelock
- Flipper
- Pocket Knife
- AUS-8
- Zytel, Stainless Steel
- Chad Los Banos
- Framelock
- Thumb Stud
- Pocket Knife
- AUS-8
- Zytel, Stainless Steel
- Chad Los Banos
- Framelock
- Thumb Stud
- Pocket Knife
- D2
- Stainless Steel
- Lucas Burnley
- Framelock
- Flipper
- Pocket Knife
- CPM-S-35VN
- Titanium
- Framelock
- Thumb Hole