Pantographic knife - arm splint - first aid splints Manufacturer - Business

please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed july 2008 a pantographic is a folding whose blade is opened by a unique scissors method the blade has a slightly longer tang than a folding heel the handle is symmetrically segmented and articulated to fold away on both sides to grip the longer tang the manner is similar to a balisong also called a butterfly in western countries with which it is often confused unlike the balisong handles that swing freely and independently the pantographic uses a pantograph linkage to keep the handles aligned during opening and closing the pantographic is very strong when compared to most other folding designs being joined at several points and along several planes this increases the force required to break the blade away from the handle by enclosing the blade on both sides double edged blades can be used this is also known as a paratrooper although it was never issued as such the mechanism includes a collar that travels up the blade this looks similar to an otf gravity used by german paratroopers history examples of pantographic knives with patent markings d r g m deutsches reich gebrauchsmuster indicate production in germany during the war but do not imply military issue although this design predates wwii records of german paratroopers having genuinely issued pantographic knives have not surfaced to complicate identification samples made with german army markings brass handles with text in english language seem to be post war 1948 marketing attempts capitalizing on the term paratrooper function in this illustration figure a shows the closed 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 was closed operating this mechanism i s complex and not easily done one handed v 160 160 d 160 160 e knives and daggers types of knives aircrew survival egress 160 athame 160 balisong 160 ballistic 160 bayonet 160 boline 160 bolo 160 boning 160 boot 160 bowie 160 bread 160 cane 160 cheese 160 chef s 160 cleaver 160 combat 160 commander 160 corvo 160 cqc 6 160 dagger 160 deba bocho 160 electric 160 fairbairn sykes fighting 160 flick 160 gerber mark ii 160 ginsu 160 grapefruit 160 gravity 160 hunting knife 160 jacob s ladder 160 karambit 160 kirpan 160 kitchen knife 160 kukri 160 laguiole knife 160 machete 160 mandau 160 mezzaluna 160 misericorde 160 mora knife 160 multi tool 160 nakiri bocho 160 navaja 160 opinel knife 160 palette knife 160 pantographic knife 160 penknife 160 penny knife 160 phurba 160 pocket knife 160 putty knife 160 puukko 160 rampuri 160 rondel dagger 160 sabatier 160 santoku 160 sark 160 scalpel 160 seax 160 sgian dubh 160 sharpfinger 160 sheath knife 160 shiv 160 sliding knife 160 sog knife 160 straight razor 160 survival knife 160 swiss army knife 160 switchblade 160 taping knife 160 throwing knife 160 tomato knife 160 trench knife 160 ulu 160 utility knife 160 x acto 160 yanagi ba types of daggers anelace 160 bagh nakh 160 baselard 160 bich hwa 160 bollock dagger 160 cinquedea 160 dirk 160 ear dagger 160 facn 160 hachiwara 160 hunting dagger 160 jambiya 160 kaiken 160 kalis 160 kard 160 katara 160 khanjar 160 kris 160 parrying dagger 160 pata 160 poignard 160 push dagger 160 seme 160 shobo 160 stiletto 160 tant 160 thracian dagger 160 marine raider stiletto 160 v 42 stiletto 160 yoroi tshi knife manufacturers american tomahawk company 160 benchmade 160 brusletto 160 buck knives 160 calphalon 160 camillus cutlery company 160 cattaraugus cutlery company 160 chris reeve knives 160 cold steel 160 columbia river knife amp tool 160 cuisinart 160 cutco 160 dovo solingen 160 dexter russell 160 emerson knives inc 160 ek commando knife co 160 f dick 160 fllkniven 160 f ritechnics 160 gerber legendary blades 160 global 160 glock 160 hanwei 160 imperial schrade 160 j a henckels 160 ka bar 160 kershaw knives 160 kitchenaid 160 korin japanese trading company 160 kyocera 160 leatherman 160 mad dog knives 160 microtech knives 160 morseth 160 murphy knives 160 ontario knife company 160 rada manufacturing 160 randall made knives 160 rsle 160 sog specialty knives 160 sabatier an amp perrier 160 spyderco 160 strider knives 160 thiers issard 160 victorinox 160 w r case amp sons cutlery co 160 walther arms 160 wenger 160 western knife company 160 windlass steelcrafts 160 wsthof knifemakers bob loveless 160 chris reeve 160 ernest emerson 160 ken onion 160 murray carter 160 phill hartsfield 160 william harsey jr 160 daniel winkler categories pocketkniveshidden categories articles lacking sources from july 2008 all articles lacking sources

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