Honestly the best teacher for you might be an actual knife that you can reverse engineer. Id suggest buying a couple cheapies just to dissect and get an idea of what works. There simply isnt a lot of literature available for such designs.
This knife is absolute perfection. I am for lack of a better phrase the most picky SOB there is when it comes to knives. I pick apart any knife purchase and find the most trivial thing i can find wrong with a knife. Im so happy to report that this is the first knife that made that feat...
Imo, they have the best and simplest locking mech of any folding knife out there. There is also not many knives that can be your tool and your toy. If they are well built and legal in your area i really cant thing of a better folder for edc.
The only thing i dont like about a 3" blade is you dont have much handle to back it up. If i were to carry a bali with a 3" blade id much rather have handles from a 4" bladed knife. Hell, at that rate ill just take a 42 and shave a little off the top if you know what I mean. May look slightly...
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