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If you don’t like wharncliffes, V Nives has
e
you covered with the Rocky 2—same handle
design but with a modified clip-point blade.
The pocket clip is wider than normal to
withstand springing out of shape, and a
rippled pattern assists in retrieving the knife
e
by providing a non-slip surface to grab onto.

dirt and mud, and accommodates your *Editor’s note: Lockbacks with the lock
hand wet or dry. The result is a tough in the middle are also called front locks.
handle that withstands daily beating Knifemakers W.T. Fuller and Harvey
and is user friendly and non-slip. McBurnette made such knives circa
The ambidextrous pocket clip carries 1980, if not before. Meanwhile, BLADE

blade tip up. It is wider than normal to Magazine Cutlery Hall-Of-Fame®
withstand springing out of shape, and a member Sal Glesser mentioned seeing
rippled pattern assists in retrieving the a “mid-lockback” made by Boker that
knife by providing a non-slip surface to dated to 1905.
grab onto.

The blade deploys simply with either For more on the lockbacks in the story,
hand, even with work gloves. Th e see “Where To Get ’Em” on page 64.

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