Pocket knives that lock closed as well as open

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I am realizing the value of a pocket knife that can be opened and closed one handed. I have had several lock knives open in my pocket, so I'm a little gun shy of anything that does not lock closed.

Outside of the Buck Safe Spin knives, what other pocket knives lock closed and can be opened one handed?
 
Opinels come to mind. They can be opened with one hand with a little practice, or you can buy a screw-on thumbstud (haven't tried it myself but saw one in a tinkering thread).
 
Benchmade's Barrage and Volli series of A/Os lock either way. The assist is also very nice on both of them.
 
Had the same question and got a few different models. Buck was weird. The pivot screw only had one thread going into the pivot nut and always became lose. The washers made of Teflon were folded and distributed randomly. One side had two the other one...
Benchmades are much better. The volli was a bit too small for my big hands and the blade a touch too thin. The barrage is my edc. It's a great lock and prevents non knife people and kids from having accidents with your blade. Can still be opened one handedly.

The leek has a bit more simple lock but it's not really defined lock or unlock. It's a fuzzy kind of plastic sliding thing which is hard to operate with one hand. But if you want to go very small and one handed fast deployment is not critical then the leek is great.
 
I have an Al Mar Quicksilver from the 1980s that is sorta unique in several ways. One of them being that it has a bail that rotates over the blade to hold it closed while carrying. That knife has a liner lock but no ball detent to hold the blade closed. And, no, I have no pictures.
 
The Paul lock on some old Gerbers, Lone Wolfs (Pre-BM) and the few LW designs benchmade put their name on and then discontinued.
One hand open and close once you get the feel for the push button lock/pivot.
I have a LW that was made for Doug Ritter"s knife offerings, RSK Mk4.
 
The Paul lock had as its central design requirement to lock open and lock closed. They are not currently produced but can be found on the aftermarket. Butterfly knives lock closed and many switchblades as well.
 
leg0man said:
The SOG Trident and Kershaw Scallion are two knives I have which lock shut.
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GlockandBalls said:
SOG has several assisted blades with locks.
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Yeah, SOG Tridents, Flashes, and Aegises all have a lock bar to lock it closed. Kinda annoying when you accidentally turn the lock on when it's in your pocket and then can't open it next time you pull it out to use it. :p
 
Benchmade barrage line up.
Sog flash series.
Kershaw leek, chive, scallion.
Opinels.
Some other sogs.
There was a thread a month or so that basically asked the samething because the member here had a child around 4 y.o. I couldnt find in with a quick google search for you but maybe someone will remember which thread im talking about and post the link. If its found you can view it and maybe find knives that havent recommended but in general its going to be a repeat of a majority of what has already been posted here.
 
One option is carrying a small folder in a leather/stingray carrying pouch. William Henry makes modern folders and pocket pouches that fit all of their knives. I'm sure you could buy a pouch for a non William Henry knife too.
 
All the Paul knives from both Gerber and Lone Wolf lock up open and lock up closed. The one Doug Ritter did which I happen to own just one of is a gem if you are lucky enough to find one.

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I can appreciate the safety features of a lock, but the only blade that has ever opened in my pocket was a $725 semi-custom with a too-weak detent. I realize that little kids or whatever can change the circumstances.
 
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