Pantographic Knife - Function

Function

In this illustration:

  • Figure A shows the closed knife, with blade retracted.
  • Figure B shows the pantographic legs opening. The collar is shown sliding down the blade.
  • Figure C shows the blade almost extended.
  • And finally, Figure D shows the pantographic legs folded together, making a handle that is half as long as when the knife was closed.

Operating this mechanism is complex, and not easily done one-handed.

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  • Gerber Mark II
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Types of daggers
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  • BC-41
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  • Billao
  • Bollock dagger
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  • Hunting dagger
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  • Kaiken
  • Kalis
  • Kard
  • Katara
  • Khanjar
  • Kris
  • Mark I trench knife
  • Ocean Edge Knife
  • Parrying dagger
  • Poignard
  • Push dagger
  • Seme
  • Shobo
  • Sica
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  • Tantō
  • Marine Raider Stiletto
  • V-42 Stiletto
  • Yarara Parachute Knife
  • Yoroi tōshi
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  • DOVO Solingen
  • Dexter-Russell
  • Eikhorn
  • Ek Commando Knife Co.
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  • Erizo
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  • Gerber Legendary Blades
  • Global
  • Golok
  • Hanwei
  • Imperial Schrade
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  • KA-BAR
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  • KitchenAid
  • Korin Japanese Trading Company
  • Kyocera
  • Leatherman
  • Mad Dog Knives
  • Microtech Knives
  • Morseth
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  • Ontario Knife Company
  • Opinel
  • Pro-Tech Knives
  • Randall Made Knives
  • Ranz
  • Rigid Knives
  • Rösle
  • SOG Specialty Knives
  • Sabatier Aîné & Perrier
  • Spyderco
  • Strider Knives
  • Survival Aids
  • TEKNA
  • Thiers Issard
  • Victorinox
  • W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co.
  • Walther arms
  • Wenger
  • Western Knife Company
  • Wilkinson Sword
  • Windlass Steelcrafts
  • Wüsthof
  • Yarara Ltd
Knifemakers
  • A.G. Russell
  • American Bladesmith Society
  • Rex Applegate
  • James Black
  • Blackie Collins
  • John Nelson Cooper
  • Ernest Emerson
  • Jerry Fisk
  • Phill Hartsfield
  • Bill Harsey, Jr.
  • Gil Hibben
  • Knifemakers' Guild
  • Zanjan Knifemakers
  • Jimmy Lile
  • Bob Loveless
  • Bob Lum
  • William F. Moran
  • Ken Onion
  • Ralph Osterhout
  • Walter Doane "Bo" Randall, Jr.
  • Chris Reeve
  • Jody Samson
  • William Scagel
  • Robert Terzuola
  • Michael Walker
  • Buster Warenski
  • Daniel Winkler
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