Brownie pop

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Is there a tutorial on this method. I ahve heard it referenced, and am very curious. It sounds like waving any non waved knife.


Much thanks for any help o nthis.
 
The 'Brownie Pop' is a method of inertia-opening a folder. It differs from a wrist-flick or wrist-wave, in that the wrist is locked and the movement pivots from the elbow.

Basicly, for a right-hander:
- Hold the knife with wrist locked, back of the knife facing right.
- Very abruptly snap the knife to the right (the blade swings open).
- Very abruptly stop (the blade locks open).

Knife travel is just a few inches. Abrupt start/stop movement is key. Grip the knife firmly - be careful not to throw the folder away!

Hope this helps!

EDIT: WadeF (spelling?) has posted a video of the method. Perhaps he'll re-post it.
 
I always feel like it slams the stop pins too hard with that method.
 
was kinda silly imho, i dont even think it works so great myself, ok, i used a similar technique yrs ago.
 
We all were doing the same kind of opening back in early 70's. Matter of fact my brother in law used to carry his 110 in his sheath upside down on this belt for quicker access to the knife. He was so good at deploying the knife like that it was hard to belive it wasn't an auto. Don't for the life of me understand why everyone calls it the brownie pop. keepem sharp
 
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yeah im still clueless. Thanks for all the posts. man that was kinda silly. i respect him being upset over it but he is a trained professional, and that means he should think without emotions. from the clip it looks like a dam ngood method no matter who invented it. brownie deserves credit for even pulling of a technique like that. if it is indeed the same as he imada ope(which i storngly doubt), then he pulls it of alot faster than i do. But either way i want to learn it, seems lieka good technique either way.
 
Huh, and to think all these years I just sorta did it anyways. I didn't know it was some secret nijitsu deal that only trained professionals were supposed to know. Learn something new everyday. Being a trained professional is all relative. If you don't act the part you certainly aren't.
 
LOL! A few years ago, I managed to get Brownie himself to email me instructions, but I was never able to get it to work.

I (more or less) finally got it to work tonight after reading this thread, getting curious again, and busting out my Military.

It is not easy on the shoulder and neck muscles, at least not for me. And I could not get it to happen reliably (at least not at this point without more practice).

I used to think it had to be a load of baloney, but now I know it at least can be done.

In that thread between Satin and Brownie, I had to laugh, myself. I'm sorry, but Brownie comes close to seeming truly ridiculous with the weird covetousness... I remember way back when, he made out like knowledge of this technique would put (specifically) cops at risk. Come on, people -- a knife opening technique is not something that puts cops at risk. If a bad guy wanted to cut a cop and did not know the "Brownie Pop," it's not like he'd be unable to get the cop cut. He could, for example, open the knife the "s-l-o-w-e-r" way ahead of time. (That's why it's always seemed really stupid to me that autos are a prohibited item in so many places. As if they're so much more lethal just because they open the way they do!)

-Jeffrey
 
GFarrell3 said:
I always feel like it slams the stop pins too hard with that method.
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Definitely put some play in my native after doing it a while. Maybe it would have happened anyways, but too much of a coincidence for me to continue using it. Guess I'll have to live with taking one second instead of a half second to open my new one.
 
Brownie is good at making me laugh.

Hey guys, I just invented a thing called called a Hair Car. It has 4 wheels and an engine. If anyone talks about cars on the internet, I will beat them up.

Oh, and here is a video of me doing a silly dance...
 
longbow said:
We all were doing the same kind of opening back in early 70's. Don't for the life of me understand why everyone calls it the brownie pop.
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I learned this technique in 1977 on the USS White Plains using a Buck 110
 
I learned it in the 70's too. Let's stop calling it "brownie pop" and call it something more exciting, like the "biker's pop". I learned it from an uncle who's a cop, call it the "cop pop."

Why give credit to a fool who didn't really invent it. If that video clip really is Brownie, I think i'd die laughing at him before he'd be able to use it on me.
 
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