I'm looking for a good "Swayback Lockblade" pocket knife.

3" or so blade. D2 or similar steel. Waterproof scales.

Similar to below but I'd like to buy American. Any suggestions??

I think Great Eastern might make what you're looking for and USA made.

Thanks Warren, but I don't think that the GE blade locks.

I'm coming up empty with every Google search I try except there is a Case Tribal Lock, not a Swayback but it does lock.

Me too, Warren.

That’s why I put it on here.

Maybe ask one of the custom makers to put one together?
It would be unique, but probably cost a little more than what you are seeking.

Way back when, there might have been one or two "tinkerers" or knife makers who could take a factory knife like a Case and modify it into a lock back.

Think H. H. Frank as a craftsman with the skills to do it, although I don't know specifically that he ever did.

But the cost would make it out of line for a beater knife.

Larry

Thanks Guys !!!

Here are a couple that I have run across.

The first is a Schatt & Morgan Express. It would probably be fine except it has wood handles and might not be waterproof. I have also heard that since there was a very limited run on these, it might be worth something someday.

The other is a knife I saw at Tulsa last Spring. It would be perfect but it had a $1350 price tag on it and I just couldn't do it.

Those that Buck put on his thread by Todd Davidson would be good if they were lock blades.

The two shown look like Wharncliffe Blades with a non-swayback handle shape. If you are flexible about the handle shape, there might be a locking Wharncliffe carving knife someone has made.
Maybe look for an Owen Wood Linerlock made after 1999. He started in South Africa and moved to Golden, CO in 1999 to work at Spyderco. So I would assume anything post 1999 would be USA made.

Swayback Shape:

Hey Coach,search A G Russell "wharnecliffe Lockback" might do the trick.