SwitchBack Friction Folder Knives

The SwitchBack is our take on the traditional friction folder: a gentleman's pocket knife with a brass frame and a Nitro-V blade. Instead of a lock, small leaf springs cut into the blade at the pivot ride on a pin, so the blade feels secure both open and closed. Each SwitchBack is numbered and serialized, and it ships in an air- and water-tight box with a COA coin. It's made to be handed down. Scale choices: textured brass, textured copper, cocobolo, black or green canvas Micarta, orange G-10, and carbon fiber.

The SwitchBack is designed and CNC machined by Dark Pines, a two-man shop in Arlington, WA, and finished by hand. Prefer a fixed blade? See our fixed blade knives, or browse everything we make.