Yojimbo Ball Lock Prototype!

MyKnife · #1

I like very much Dodo and Yojimbo! I thing it will be nice to have this modification. What do you thing about it?

Phadreus · #2

I'm in for one. Nice design BTW.

Phad

brandonreed2008 · #3

Count me in :)

MyKnife · #4

We should ask Mike Janich and Sal

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#5

It's Mike's call.

The Compression lock, Ball bearing lock or Stop lock would all do the job.

sal

MyKnife · #6

Sure! I just love this idea. I thing, that Ball lock looks great on Yojimbo. Do you plan to produce Yojimbo again?
S90V blade, CF handle and Ball bearing lock? ;-)

FastEddie · #7

My Knife,
Excellent design and I think it would definitely work. Hope the powers to be think so also.

best,
fe

jzmtl · #8

Seems there is too little material between ball and edge of liner, the lock wouldn't be very strong this way.

vivi · #9

The compression lock and CBBL are my two favorite locks. If the original Yo had any other lock I'd say yes, but the compression lock is very nice. If they re-released the Yo with a new clip and either lock I'd buy one. That's the only thing I didn't like about the original, was the large and flashy clip. Wire clip or black hourglass clip (D4/E4 style) would do it for me.

spyderHS08 · #10

I would definately be down for one! I love how solid that ball lock is on my dodo. it has to be the most solid lock up I have on a spydie :)

Great layout designs!

anti-torsion · #11

That looks great!

VashHash · #12

Whats a stop lock? Never heard of this one before. Is it a new one spyderco is working on? I wouldn't mind the CBBL or the comp lock.

demtek9 · #13

I think the ball channel is a little too high in the drawing. Also, the compression lock is fine by me and would require little to no retooling and R&D time.

Clawhammer · #14

sal wrote:It's Mike's call.

The Compression lock, Ball bearing lock or Stop lock would all do the job.

sal

So, How do we talk to Mike? (I'm only in if it's a Ball bearing lock :D )

freeman7 · #15

A new run of Yojimbos would be great. The original Comp lock seems to work well. Maybe change the handle material to something less abrasive. I realize that this was designed primarily as a self defense knife and as such needs to be super-secure in the hand. However, I found it to be a perfect EDC type utility knife. So more "friendly" handle material would be OK with me.

Michael Janich · #16

sal wrote:It's Mike's call.

The Compression lock, Ball bearing lock or Stop lock would all do the job.

sal

My personal preference would be a Ball Bearing Lock with a cage to make the knife fully ambidextrous.

A Yojim-ball???

Stay safe,

Mike

sarguy · #17

MyKnife,

That's a really nice drawing! I just love seeing such well thought Yojimbo threads showing up, it keeps my hopes alive :)

+1 for the Yojim-ball!

MyKnife · #18

Thanks all of you! I did it with my friend Golem. It's first sighting. We must working on it.
Yes space betwen hole of Ball bearing lock and back site of handle is small. We try do something with this.
to Mike: do you thing lock like on P'kal?

Piet.S · #19

Michael Janich wrote:My personal preference would be a Ball Bearing Lock with a cage to make the knife fully ambidextrous.

Sounds good to me.

yablanowitz · #20

VashHash wrote:Whats a stop lock? Never heard of this one before. Is it a new one spyderco is working on? I wouldn't mind the CBBL or the comp lock.

The stop lock is a new lock Sal has had in developement for a while now. I've looked at the patent drawings but I still can't visualize how it works. Maybe we'll get to see one some day.

MyKnife wrote:Thanks all of you! I did it with my friend Golem. It's first sighting. We must working on it.
Yes space betwen hole of Ball bearing lock and back site of handle is small. We try do something with this.
to Mike: do you thing lock like on P'kal?

Yes, the P'kal has the caged ball lock he is referring to. :)