Am I The Only One Who Can't Stand Thumb Studs?

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I've less than zero use for thumb studs, thumb bars, or holy blades. :D

Thumb studs and bars can "get in the way" when peeling a critter (so can/do guards).
I may be mistaken, but I believe a holy blade is weaker than one without holes. The hole(s) might cause a stress point, leading to a busted blade.
 
Man, after mainly dealing with flippers and opening holes, I welcome thumbstuds that are done well. I'd rather not have a vertical protuberance below the handle that would get in the way when attempting to use the blade.
 
unwisefool said:
Lighten up there a bit kiddo, if you think people are bullying you on this thread (they aren't) then report them to the mods, ignore them or just go along with flow and have some fun. It's an online knife forum, relax a bit.
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Fair enough. I have been trolled by a couple jackasees since the inception of this thread, so I took it out on you. Sorry about that.
 
afishhunter said:
I've less than zero use for thumb studs, thumb bars, or holy blades. :D

Thumb studs and bars can "get in the way" when peeling a critter (so can/do guards).
I may be mistaken, but I believe a holy blade is weaker than one without holes. The hole(s) might cause a stress point, leading to a busted blade.
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I'm sure the holes weaken structural rigidity, but as long as they are round, I don't see much of an issue, especially since I don't require much strength for edc applications. I guess flippers are my preference if I need fidget factor. A nail Nick in my gator is perfect, because toughness does matter when I'm prying joints apart, and I do use a folding knife in my kill kit. I probably should have a saw in my kill kit, but I've gotten along without one so far.
 
James Starr said:
Look, it's fine to disagree with me. I invite spirited debate, and I take no offense to you opinions regarding knives. But please don't use this as an excuse to mock other users for their choice of verbiage, especially when there is nothing wrong with it. Is it hard to believe that people on a blade forum might, in fact, be active or retired military? Or that their rank and MOS might have required to them to speak in common military vernacular? And if they use that vernacular, especially when it is not specific to the military, it's fine. Don't be disrespectful. Please don't be a bully. People who made sacrifices to defend our freedom command your respect. Please be nice, who drops in and throws out even if it's not in your nature to do so. You owe them that. There is nothing wrong with the word "deploy."
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A little thin skinned for a guy who drops in and throws out 65 posts in the space of a day. We have been making fun of “deploy” around here since before I was a member. A pocket knife is not a weapon. To “deploy” one is not military talk, it’s mall ninja talk.

It is usually in my nature to be nice, young feller, but not to a new guy who just shows up and starts calling names.
 
James Starr said:
That is a good looking Kizer. Too bad it has thumb studs. As for when I might use a pinch grip, so removing a splinter or any other sort of fine tip work comes to mind. Or if I need to choke up and use the belly to, for example, scrape some tape residue off of something. But it's not just a pinch grip that is affected. I utilize the thumb stud portion of the blade for a lot of fine controlled cuts. Squeeze cuts, for example. The studs also interfere with my purchase on squeeze cuts. That's an issue, because I like my thumb, and I don't like bandaids. I can tell you don't do much carving... Or cooking... What do you do with your knife? Open and close it? Anything else? If you think I'm being snarky, let me explain that I don't like bullies! I do not tolerate bullying. I can tell you've never served your country, but I would have thought you might have had a job at some point. Maybe it's used more in a managerial role, but I'm still surprised you never even wondered what "deploy" means. Let me help you out with this definition from the Oxford English Dictionary: "to spread out, utilize, or arrange for a deliberate purpose deploy a sales force deploy a parachute." So, what is it about this word that confuses you?
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bravo, virtue signalling at its finest... you're a victim of cyberbullying! .... because someone laughed about the mall ninja term 'knife deploy'?
listen up buttercup, there was never any intent to bully you, full stop

I laughed because I find terms like 'knife deploy' and 'high speed low drag' and any number of mall ninjagish terms funny
I know vets from both iraq wars and vietnam and none of them use 'deploy' for knives... I deeply respect their service, I don't know why you'd try to attack me on that?? Perhaps you knew you were reaching quite a bit to begin with?

please reserve anti-bullying outrage for times when it's appropriate

I will respectfully stop replying on this thread, to avoid any other perceived slights
 
Thumb studs are my preferred method for one hand opening. Flippers screw up the aesthetics IMO, some are pretty horrible. I prefer a smooth spine, they feel better in my pocket when trying to slide your hand by. Holes are ok good but I'm not a big Spydy fan so don't have many knives w/them except a few Olamics which work great too. Actually my favorite is a deep fuller like on a Swish or Bodega where you can use your thumb or fingers from the back.
 
James Starr said:
I love my Gator man. I have the drop point. I love the geometry and the steel for field dressing. I dressed an elk and an antelope in one hunt, and the blade was still very sharp. That entails unzipping the belly, removing the backstrap, prying joints and quartering. With a fifty dollar folder. TWICE! Gerber's treatment of 154CM is astonishingly good. But Gerber even makes 420 usable, so they have some serious metallurgy voodoo, period. The handle is super grippy, even covered in blood, and I love the ergonomics. A folder that dresses out two big game animals in one day without resharpening? And fifty bucks? Yeah, it's not just in my kill kit. It IS my kill kit!!! Super super in love with this knife. I'm from Louisiana, and yes, I've even dressed a gator with my gator. That said, it's too bulky for jeans and too heavy for suits, at least in my opinion. If I wore cargos on the daily, it would fine for edc. But I don't.
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My Gerber Gator 650 is still sharp with the factory edge because I have not used it for much. Just to cut some rope/twine a couple of times and make some windows in a big box for the kids to play in. I wear mine in its nylon sheath on my belt. It has been my EDC for backup self defense and to cut a seatbelt to save a person if I needed to. Mine has a clip point blade that is half serrated.
I use regular slip joint pocket knives for most stuff.
But I would use it if I ever needed to dress game. I love how easy it is to grip even when wet. I'm thinking about clamping it up in my Wicked Edge just to see how true that the angles are. They look great to my eyes, and the apex looks even on both sides.
 
James Starr said:
People who made sacrifices to defend our freedom command your respect. Please be nice, even if it's not in your nature to do so. You owe them that. There is nothing wrong with the word "deploy."
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I’m not a fan of “deploying” a knife either, out of respect for our soldiers.

Opening a knife is not on the same level as being torn from your family and sent to a hell hole to defend our interests.

Being deployed in that sense trumps all the other uses and has changed the definition of the word.

For the record I hate thumbstuds and disks and flippers. I’ve carried a Buck 110 for almost 40 years. It opened and closes one handed just fine.

In fact my only gripe with the 110 is the nail nick. It doesn’t need that either.
 
Henry Beige said:
A little thin skinned for a guy who drops in and throws out 65 posts in the space of a day. We have been making fun of “deploy” around here since before I was a member. A pocket knife is not a weapon. To “deploy” one is not military talk, it’s mall ninja talk.

It is usually in my nature to be nice, young feller, but not to a new guy who just shows up and starts calling names.
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So, replying to replies on my thread is considered undesired, or just because I'm new? How long should I stay inactive before I start participating?

I don't think I even used the word deploy. I did say open about a hundred times in a thread about ways to open a knife. Sorry, deploy a knife. I just don't like it when people make fun of other people. I think that is bullying, but I can get a definition for that word too if you're having problems with it. Maybe you know the word toxic? This thread got toxic almost immediately, but I don't know why expected more from a forum about sharp objects.

And exactly who did I call what? I didn't realize I called anyone names. I'm not sure logic is in your wheelhouse, so I'll try not to hold you to too high a standard.
 
dirc said:
bravo, virtue signalling at its finest... you're a victim of cyberbullying! ....

I will respectfully stop replying on this thread, to avoid any other perceived slights
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I didn't realize anyone was bullying me. Did I say deploy? I just don't like toxic environments, so if you want to keep your toxic replies out of this thread, you won't get an argument from me. It seems like there are enough decent people around here to actually participate in this discussion.
 
James Starr said:
So, replying to replies on my thread is considered undesired, or just because I'm new? How long should I stay inactive before I start participating?

I don't think I even used the word deploy. I did say open about a hundred times in a thread about ways to open a knife. Sorry, deploy a knife. I just don't like it when people make fun of other people. I think that is bullying, but I can get a definition for that word too if you're having problems with it. Maybe you know the word toxic? This thread got toxic almost immediately, but I don't know why expected more from a forum about sharp objects.

And exactly who did I call what? I didn't realize I called anyone names. I'm not sure logic is in your wheelhouse, so I'll try not to hold you to too high a standard.
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If you didn’t say “deploy”, why do you assume my comment was about you?
 
Henry Beige said:
If you didn’t say “deploy”, why do you assume my comment was about you?
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I didn't assume it was about me. I wasn't offended or thin skinned. I just don't like negativity, man. I had already seen too many toxic posts, and I was just kinda at the end of my rope. It wasn't even about you, actually. It's fine man. Let's not spend any more time or negative energy on it. I'm just disheartened by the toxicity I saw when I was excited about participating in some civil discourse. Just look at the first few posts on this thread. I almost just deleted the bookmark when I saw how nasty people were. Nice welcome.
 
Since this has turned into a thread about toxicity, let me illustrate with the first few "helpful" responses that I saw on the first thread I ever posted here:

Danke42 said:
If only someone put a hole in the blade instead of those dang studs!
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Kinda funny, but snarky. I don't actually mind this one though.

rje58 said:
YES! You are the ONLY person in the world who can't stand thumbstuds! I've researched this for years, and couldn't find another person anywhere who felt that way.

Glad I could answer that for you.

:)
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Not funny. Snarky. TOXIC!

rje58 said:
Where was everybody when I was doing my 'research' all those years...? :rolleyes:
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Snarky

unwisefool said:
Have you ever tried Google? I bet you could find some without thumb studs....
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Not funny. Nasty. TOXIC AS HELL!

These are just from page one. My first experience on this site. I thought I could ask a genuine question and get some actual answers. To be fair, I have found a lot of members friendly and knowledgeable. So perhaps I wasn't completely fair with the ones I jumped on for making fun of other members for something as trivial as the word "deploy," but I had had it with the toxicity. I wouldn't tolerate this behavior irl, and nobody should have to tolerate it on a forum either. I don't understand why people treat others like this. If anyone had said what unwisefool or rj58 said to me irl, he would have lost teeth.
 
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James,

Please accept my apology. I didn't check the left hand column to see if you were a new user - I should have - and I wasn't trying to be snarky. What I posted were failed attempts at humor - trying to lighten the mood and make you or someone else smile. Lots of people in the world and some on this forum take themselves far too seriously and don't smile enough.

Again, I apologize that what I intended as humor instead came across as rudeness.

IRL, you would have been able to tell from my tone of voice and facial expression how 'serious' I was... and I would have been able to tell from yours that I should buzz off and say "I'm sorry, I was kidding around."
 
I’m the opposite. I love thumb studs. They’re my favorite opening method. But lately , for some reason , I dislike holes. I have many Spydercos that I liked at one point but now the Spydie hole just annoys me. Maybe it’s just a phase.
 
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