Old Timer735OT Mariner 6.9in Leverlock Folding Sailor’s Pocket Knife with High Carbon Stainless Steel Marlin’s Spike, Sheepsfoot Blade, and Large Lanyard Loop for EDC, Seamen, Sailing, and Outdoors

has a lock.

Love this knife as it fits in perfectly with the rest of on Old Timer knives. This knife is great for untangling knots. Carry it with me all of the time.

I love old timers. Great quality for the price

This is a very nice quality riggers knife. The blade does not wiggle loosely in the front bolster, and neither does the spike in the rear bolster. The blade does need sharpening as many less expensive knives do these days, but a quick touch on a very fine stone, followed by a good stropping, took care of that. The blade does NOT have a lock, but the spike does. The spike IS VERY pointed and if not carful could damage small stuff like paracord. I did reshape the tapper to a more gradual profile. In addition, I eased the portion of the rear bolster, where the spike is pinned, to remove the sharp corners of the brass when the spike is deployed. Overall a very nice knife that should give many years of use, if taken care of properly.

Not flimsy in construction sharp blade. Spike comes in handy on the boat

We bought this for the Marlinspike it has. The Marlinspike is a stiff, very pointed spike used to help release knots in ropes that you can’t untangle anyway else. We used it on a stuck rope we use for pulling down trees, making a loop in it to attach to our truck’s trailer hitch. The forces caused a knot we had to become “super tight knot” that couldn’t be undone until we got one of these tools. It worked perfectly although I accidentally stuck my finger with it while doing it. So definitely use caution when working knots out.

I have 2 Old Timers. One is several years old and the other one was purchased in 1960. Both are in great shape which is why I bought this one. The older one is used and is perfect shapeI'm sad to say I wasted my money. The knife that I unboxed resembled a bad middle school wood shop class. Everything is sub-par or worse: the grip is unsized and barely mounted to the knife.The fid is razor sharp snagging the knot. There's more but you get the idea.I'll admit I owned and used the Buck version of this knife and it was perfect. Unfortunately that knife is at the bottom of the Gatun locks. I was screwing around and it popped out of my hand and into the water. That was 37 years ago. I don't work anymore but I felt I had to have another one.I'm bummed.

Arrived fast & very nice , i bought it mainly for its marlin spike feature ( lost mine years ago ) that is very handy .