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Venturi uses "sandwich-style" construction in which each handle is made of three pieces held together with screws.

This Venturi is assembled in the popular "Batangas-style" with the latch on the "opposite" handle. Notice, however, that it's very easy to move the latch to the opposite handle and convert to "Manila-style."

Even the screws have DLC.

In fact, the only parts that aren't DLCed are the four phosphor-bronze washers. One reason for using DLC in many appications is that it makes a surface very slippery. This knife moves very easily with no lubrication at all.

One might reasonably ask about the durability of DLC. While it is diamond-like, it's still only a thin coating. It's highly resistant to minor scratches, but it can certainly be scraped or scratched off. It's highly wear-resistant, but it can be rubbed off too.

In this picture, you can see where the latch has rubbed off the DLC coating on the end of one of the handles.

There's only one other problem that I see with DLC as done on this knife, it sort of blurs Mr. Ralph's tang stamp which was apparently applied before the coating.