I can open it with my thumb pad about as fast as an assisted, anyway, as long as my pad doesn't slide off. It will open as fast as I can move my thumb. The problem with the nail flick is that there is no momentum because of how stiff the action is. As soon as my nail leaves the blade hole, the blade stops moving. For counter example, with the same motion and force I put into thumbnail flicking my centofante, my liner lock knife snaps and locks solid. This is why I've never liked assisted openers. I'd rather have the manual control knives like the centofante *ahem* have. I also didn't figure out how to close the kershaws I handled one handed.
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Centofante III
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Hmm.....I guess I'd say migrate to the wrist flick then. You'd be surprised how much energy there is at the end of the whip. The half wave technique is way more powerful, but for some reason, I just can't pull off the half wave on really tight folders, only the less poweful regular wave. Haven't really explained it yet.
The spyderdrop on the centofante is pretty challenging too.....it was really hard to get it all the way open. I ended up swinging it to the outside of my fist to give the handle just that much more room--the outside, to my right (if it was in my right hand). Maybe some really hard spyderdrops will help it loosen up.
The spyderdrop on the centofante is pretty challenging too.....it was really hard to get it all the way open. I ended up swinging it to the outside of my fist to give the handle just that much more room--the outside, to my right (if it was in my right hand). Maybe some really hard spyderdrops will help it loosen up.
We'll see when the lube gets here if it will get any better. The spyderdrop is hard to do consistently. If I prep my spyderdrop grip, then it's not a bad deployment method, but it takes the same split second that it takes my thumbpad to find the hole, and the thumbpad method is more secure. Lube lube lube...
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I carry mine tip up and I have used some Balistol on the pivot. It is now both a very fast and a very smooth knife. Cuts like a dream too.
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