Benchmade Knife Co., Inc.

Samuel Elling

Ryan Dickman

Mark Delplanche

Hans Albing

Vance Collver

Nate Radcliffe

Anthony Cuomo

Jason France

Handle extension for a knife

A knife having a latchless locking mechanism having a handle half with a left handle portion and a right handle portion held apart to form a blade groove. The left handle portion and the right handle portion each include a liner including a pivot slot and a first lock pin disposed between the first left handle portion and the first right handle portion. A blade having a tang that is pivotally and slidably coupled to the handle half with a pivot pin, the tang including a tang slot configured to accept the locking pin and a hook portion extending over the tang slot, the hook portion configured to capture the lock pin when the blade is in a locked position and thereby prevent rotation of the blade from the first locked position to the open position. A latchless locking system is also provided.

Latchless locking mechanism for butterfly knife

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Oregon City, OR, United States of America

Samuel Elling