Patent ID: 8752298

Claim:
A folding knife, comprising: a lock blade; and a handle connected to the lock blade; wherein the handle includes: a transfer bar assembly biased by a compression spring; and a blade opener spring connected to the lock blade; such that when the lock blade is in a closed position, the transfer bar assembly biases the lock blade into the closed position, and such that when the lock blade is opened past a certain point, the blade opener spring assists in moving the lock blade into an open position; and wherein the handle further comprises a spline, a lock side liner, and a mark side liner; wherein the spline includes a spline portion of a transfer bar assembly recess, the lock side liner includes a lock side liner portion of the transfer bar assembly recess, and the mark side liner includes a mark side liner portion of the transfer bar assembly recess; and wherein the transfer bar assembly and the compression spring are both contained in the transfer bar assembly recess.