Benchmade triage?

For your dad, non-auto. Auto just complicates things.
 
Personally I'd get the non-auto version, it's more easily maintained by the owner than the auto version. Also, unless you have credentials you might not be able to purchase an auto or legally own it. I'm a firefighter and a lot of my fellow firefighters and paramedic friends carry the manual version and they like it a lot.
 
Silvanus said:
Personally I'd get the non-auto version, it's more easily maintained by the owner than the auto version. Also, unless you have credentials you might not be able to purchase an auto or legally own it. I'm a firefighter and a lot of my fellow firefighters and paramedic friends carry the manual version and they like it a lot.
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I can buy them because I live in Oregon(: However I think both of you guys are right... The only thing is that he is not very good with his hands and I think a auto may actual help him.
 
Manual Axis all the way!

It is just as fast as an auto. There are plenty of methods of opening, slow two handed, slow w/ the thumbstud, fast flick w/ the thumbstud, and the Axis flick. Plus there is zero resistance when closing.
 
knives_in_nature said:
I can buy them because I live in Oregon(: However I think both of you guys are right... The only thing is that he is not very good with his hands and I think a auto may actual help him.
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With the auto, it will open with ease but there will be more resistance when closing because of the tension of the spring. Manual Axis is very easy to manipulate when opening and closing.
 
Alright guys, I will get him the manual. Unless you can help me think of another cool knife for big hands that is under 150?
 
ZT0200, Spyderco Gayle Bradley.
 
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