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A glossary detailing specialist terminology for describing the construction and classification of knives.

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Almost a partner word to folding, locking is the second designation of a folding knife, should it have a system whereby the blade is locked in place until a release switch or lever is depressed. The ...

Domain: Engineering; Category: Mechanical engineering

Folding is the designation to all, non-automatic, folding knives. From a basic swiss knife to a high end custom folding knife, any knife with a blade that folds into the handle can be designated a ...

Domain: Engineering; Category: Mechanical engineering

The tanto is the name for the traditional knife of feudal Japan. It saw service as a knife between circa 1200AD until the mid 19th century. Officially, the wearing of blades was forbidden in the ...

Domain: History; Category: Medieval

This term describes a blade shape pioneered in America during the late '70s where the cutting edge of the blade transfers to the knife point at a crisp angle between 30 and 70 degrees rather than a ...

Domain: Engineering; Category: Mechanical engineering

The term used to describe a style of knife construction where the full flat of the blade tapers into the cutting edge, or secondary bevel, with a flat grind. This gives the advantages of a lighter ...

Domain: Engineering; Category: Mechanical engineering

The term used to describe a decorative temper line created by a specific heat treatment process. The word itself is a loan word from Japanese, as most Japanese blades from even before the Heian Era ...

Domain: Engineering; Category: Mechanical engineering

'Scales', or 'knife scales', is the term used to deonote the thin, shaped pieces of wood, plastic, or other material that are pinned or otherwise attached to either side of the knife's tang to form ...

Domain: Engineering; Category: Mechanical engineering

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