Recently I was teaching a group of Scouters (adults who work with Scouts) basic knife skills - safety, sharpening, etc.

Naturally, I included by strong bias in favor of locking folders. I was surprised when one student expressed that he had been told by others that locking folders were, in fact, *more* dangerous than the more conventional, non-locking pocket knives.

Since he had just "heard" it, he wasn't much of a champion of the position.

So I'm asking here if anyone else has heard, or even believes, that locking folders are somehow more dangerous. I am interested in the basis/arguments in favor of the "more dangerous" point of view.

Thanks,

/Neal