Assisted vs Auto

dkb45 said:
Uh... I have an assisted with a thumb stud, and I believe Benchmade does at least one thumb hole assisted. The design of the knife is how you get your grip, not the lock or opening method. A Manix and Delica are both thumb hole openers but one has a choil so you can choke up on it and the other doesn't (unless you mod it).
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what im talking about is that with a flipper, the handle is typically not flushwith your palm at the end of the flip. you would probably have your flipper finger against the back of the handle rather than your palm. i typically have to re-grip the handle after flipping but not with a thomb stud.
 
Personally dont care for either. But in my experience I never had a auto that didnt have or develope some kind of blade play.
 
A lot of this depends on the individual knife, and some of it depends on the user. All knives are different and all users may be different.

Assuming that your goal is to open the knife the quickest way possible, an auto might be quickest or might not. You pull the knife out and you have to get your thumb on the release button. How good are you at doing that without fumbling, and is your knife made such that the button is easy to hit and positive to activate? I don't have an auto but I have manual knives with thumb holes, manual and assisted knives with thumb studs, and manual and assisted knives with flippers. I find that my quickest to open is probably my Kershaw Blur because it has a big thumb stud, well clear of the handle, with sharp edges that grip the end of your thumb well. My second quickest is my Paramilitary 2 with a big thumb hole and manual blade. It is easy to hit that thumb hole and it is big enough and with a sharp edge that allows my thumb to get a good grip on the blade and open it. My other knives with thumb studs have studs that are harder to hit and my thumb can slide off sometimes without opening the blade. My knives with flippers take more time because my finger has to be positioned just right to get the flipper activated.

So there is no definitive answer to the question.
 
Peak_Oil said:
what im talking about is that with a flipper, the handle is typically not flushwith your palm at the end of the flip. you would probably have your flipper finger against the back of the handle rather than your palm. i typically have to re-grip the handle after flipping but not with a thomb stud.
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Pretty much the only things you don't have to regrip are fixed blades or OTF autos. That is unless you can phase a blade through your hand.
 
dkb45 said:
Pretty much the only things you don't have to regrip are fixed blades or OTF autos. That is unless you can phase a blade through your hand.
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you guessed my strategy. i phase, but only with thumb studs and holes. flippers i do more of a mobius type thing. only problem withthe mobius flip is it takes infinitely long.

im still flipping my first one open, and i started in 2003.
 
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