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Rare and distinctive CRKT Ed Van Hoy Snap Lock folding knife featuring the award-winning rotating Snap Lock/cam-lock design.
Unlike a conventional folder, the blade rotates sideways around the pivot and locks into the stainless-steel wishbone frame. Designed by custom knifemaker Ed Van Hoy, the Snap Lock became one of CRKT’s more unusual and collectible designs and was named Overall Knife of the Year at the 2004 Blade Show.
Details:
* Brand: Columbia River Knife & Tool / CRKT
* Designer: Ed Van Hoy
* Model: Snap Lock
* Model No.: 5102 — please verify from box/blade marking
* Blade length: Approx. 2.5”
* Overall length open: Approx. 6.125”
* Closed length: Approx. 4.25”
* Blade steel: AUS-4 stainless steel
* Bead-blasted stainless finish
* Unique rotating cam/Snap Lock mechanism
* Amofferextrous thumb-wheel operation
* Removable pocket/money clip
* Five-hole skeletal frame
* Marked “Van Hoy Snap Lock” and “PAT. PENDING”
Condition should be described from the photos. Original packaging/paperwork shown is included
A particularly unusual CRKT design and a good piece for CRKT, Ed Van Hoy, and innovative folding-knife collectors.
