This Jack Hoback Full Custom OSF with a Scorched Earth Fallout finished titanium handle. OSF stands for “Open Source Folder.” that Jake hasn’t made in years and has made a handful November 2016.
As Jake says, “When I started this project in 2010, it was after I had spent countless hours researching folding knives, mechanisms and lock geometry. I thought to myself, why not put this information into a solid model so that everyone who is getting into making folders can start with a finished idea to look at while they build their very own awesome knife. So I set out to make the knife in such a way that it could be made with simple tools, no CNC necessary. All you would need to do is waterjet cut a blank and start drilling and tapping.”
The knife design itself is a modified sheep’s foot blade with a properly engineered frame set. The single point rear standoff/backspacer is large enough to handle knife stresses but small enough to allow a rather large handle to blade ratio.
Blade: .1875 Thick, CTS-40CP Stainless Steel
Frame: .1875 Titanium
Overall Length: 8.75”
Blade Length: 3.5”
Closed Length: 5.125”
Carry Option: Tip Up Right/Left-Handed
Weight: 5.9oz
Other Features:
- Parallel World Machining
- Concealed-Carry Contour
- Pivot Thrust Bearings
- HRD (Hoback Roller Detent)
- Hardened Stainless Steel Lock Insert With Over travel Prevention
- Engineered Internal Lightening Pockets
- Standard Sizes On All Screws For Ease Of Replacement
- Hardened Stainless Steel Bearing Races
