CUT WITH CONFIDENCE

Lockbacks are some of the oldest locking-blade folders extant. Before the linerlock, the AXIS™ Lock, the Compression Lock®, the framelock and more, there were lockbacks.

Operating off a lever principle, the lockback has a spring bias that places a tooth in the end of the bar into a corresponding notch in the tang, which in turn prevents the blade from inadvertently folding closed. The release or lockbar is situated at the rear of the handle, though some lockbacks have the release in the middle* for ease of one-hand closing. Lockbacks appear more in the outdoor, hunting and EDC folder genres and rarely in today’s tactical models. They cost less to manufacture than most other locks as well.

FEATURE CREATURE

SOG’s Salute line of lockbacks exhibits several hallmarks of modern tactical folders: one-hand opening,