This Guy Fixed Button Locks - Real Steel Hoeft Austin Fox Engineering - Titanium EDC Knife
Published: 1 day ago
Austin Fox re-engineered how button locks work, solving all of the drawbacks in the standard piston style design. In this video, we dig through exactly how both implementations work, and why Austin's design is so much better. We're also going to take a look at Austin's overall knife design, and how Real Steel absolutely nailed the execution!
You can find the Hoeft at:
Blade HQ: https://alnk.to/6bZOaLc
Knife Center: https://alnk.to/9TdILVF
White Mountain Knives: https://bit.ly/3WfCQeN
Real Steel: https://bit.ly/4zuQg54
(Some of these links may help support the channel)
You can find Austin Fox Engineering at:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afoxengineering/
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:40 Who Is Austin Fox And What Is Hoeft?
01:36 What's Wrong With Standard Button Locks?
05:31 A Newer Trend in Button Lock Design
06:01 How The Hoeft Lock Works
07:09 A Look Inside
08:57 Overview of the Hoeft Knife Itself
10:17 The Handle & Ergonomics
12:25 Final Thoughts
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The tools I use and recommend for disassembly, maintenance, repair, or just nerding out:
https://amazon.com/shop/KnifeNerdery
Save 15% off my favorite minimalist utility blade knife and ultra-portable EDC pen by using code "knifenerdery" over at Aerocrafted:
https://bit.ly/4aaVo1D
Gil-Tek makes some of the other best EDC utility knives out there, and you can use code "knifenerdery" to save 15% off!
https://gil-tek.com/shop/
Shop at Urban EDC and want to help support my channel? You can use my affiliate link! It doesn't cost you anything, and I'll make a small commission off your order that'll help fund the channel.
https://bit.ly/3qO6lTh
If you shop at White Mountain Knives and want to save 10% on basically everything on the site, you can use code "nerd10" at checkout! https://whitemountainknives.com/
You can find the Hoeft at:
Blade HQ: https://alnk.to/6bZOaLc
Knife Center: https://alnk.to/9TdILVF
White Mountain Knives: https://bit.ly/3WfCQeN
Real Steel: https://bit.ly/4zuQg54
(Some of these links may help support the channel)
You can find Austin Fox Engineering at:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afoxengineering/
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:40 Who Is Austin Fox And What Is Hoeft?
01:36 What's Wrong With Standard Button Locks?
05:31 A Newer Trend in Button Lock Design
06:01 How The Hoeft Lock Works
07:09 A Look Inside
08:57 Overview of the Hoeft Knife Itself
10:17 The Handle & Ergonomics
12:25 Final Thoughts
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The tools I use and recommend for disassembly, maintenance, repair, or just nerding out:
https://amazon.com/shop/KnifeNerdery
Save 15% off my favorite minimalist utility blade knife and ultra-portable EDC pen by using code "knifenerdery" over at Aerocrafted:
https://bit.ly/4aaVo1D
Gil-Tek makes some of the other best EDC utility knives out there, and you can use code "knifenerdery" to save 15% off!
https://gil-tek.com/shop/
Shop at Urban EDC and want to help support my channel? You can use my affiliate link! It doesn't cost you anything, and I'll make a small commission off your order that'll help fund the channel.
https://bit.ly/3qO6lTh
If you shop at White Mountain Knives and want to save 10% on basically everything on the site, you can use code "nerd10" at checkout! https://whitemountainknives.com/