cinetic opened?

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Hi I´m looking for a foldingknife with cinetic open blade possibility, aotu =illegal,OHO ok but slow, waved ok but need something no so bulky=slimer.
I mean open the blade with a fast movement of your wrist.
I have read that some Benchys as mod555 have it(too thick for what I´m looking for), is this becouse the lock type so any Benchys has this possibility.
Is so easy to open?
Any other manufacture or model?
 
if ya mean kinetic opening the spyderco gunting is designed to do that.

if ya are looking for a knife to flick open ie inertia open really most all tac style knives will do that, an axis lock BM sure will, or most all spydercos or emersons, MT, etc.
 
faca said:
I mean open the blade with a fast movement of your wrist.
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I think your understanding of what kinetic opening knife is differs from the understanding most others would have.

Sounds to me more like you're looking for a knife that can have the pivot screw loosened , so it can be opened by inertia/centrifugal force.

Take a look at Benchmade's Axis knives.
 
yes you are right this is my point.
Sorry for my mess.
thanks

I have tried with my Spydis but with no success......
 
faca...the Benchmade 530 is a one-hand opener (OHO, not auto-opening), not bulky (much slimmer and lighter than the Bechmade 555 Mini-Griptilian), and because of its Axis lock can be opened with the flick of your wrist.
 
faca, most places in the US forbid "gravity knives" and knives that open by inertia can be classified as gravity knives, so it's a problem.

(We're used to some people having difficulty writing English. But you have to write in full since abbreviations aren't always standard and they make it almost impossible to figure out what you mean -- like "aotu =illegal,OHO ok but slow". "aotu" and 'OHO" baffled me.)
 
...knives that open by inertia can be classified as gravity knives...
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Isaac Newton is spinning in his grave. Not your fault, though, Esav.

He is correct faca, your non-auto knife can be easy to open, but, in some places, not too easy to open.
 
Benchmade 540 looks close to what I´m looking for but the blade type is illegal here so any other similar model but with different blade and other handle color more friendly no Tactical black.
I like the way the blade is covered by handle.
 
faca...Blades that are sharpened on both sides (daggers, dirks) may be illegal where you live (they are where I live!).

The blade on the Bechmade 530 (I think that is the one you and I are talking about) is only sharpened on one side.

It may be legal where you live.

The black handle is all they have in that model.

The Model 555 does come with a blue or yellow handle, but I know that one is too bulky for you.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
faca, most places in the US forbid "gravity knives" and knives that open by inertia can be classified as gravity knives, so it's a problem.

(We're used to some people having difficulty writing English. But you have to write in full since abbreviations aren't always standard and they make it almost impossible to figure out what you mean -- like "aotu =illegal,OHO ok but slow". "aotu" and 'OHO" baffled me.)
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Esav,

I think aotu was supposed to be auto but he misspelled it. I would guess that OHO means one handed opening.
 
Rat has a good suggestion, and even a non-assist can be opened as quickly as most autos with a little practice.
 
The only knives you can't flick open with the right motion are very stiff lockbacks and slipjoints. Pretty much anything with a thumbstud can be popped open the instant it clears the pocket.

I'm actually not clear on what the point is of making autos anyway. It's not as though they open any faster than a regular knife you're familiar with. I honestly have to laugh at the fact that auto's are illegal, as though they are somehow more dangerous.
 
Kazeryu said:
The only knives you can't flick open with the right motion are very stiff lockbacks and slipjoints. Pretty much anything with a thumbstud can be popped open the instant it clears the pocket.

I'm actually not clear on what the point is of making autos anyway. It's not as though they open any faster than a regular knife you're familiar with. I honestly have to laugh at the fact that auto's are illegal, as though they are somehow more dangerous.
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Well, to be honest, back when autos were first put on the market the only folders out there were those stiff slipjoints. They were one of the first real one handed openers. Their illegality is just a law passed to make it appear as though legislatures are being tough on crime. I hate when lawmakers criminalize the object used in a crime rather than the criminals themselves. As if owning a switchblade makes a person more likely to mug someone or commit a crime. Now, to be fair, when the law was passed most of those switchblades were stiletto style switchblades which aren't really much use for utility cutting but it's still a bunch of BS.
 
While speed or convenience are not the issue here, both autos and gfravity knives do have one characteristic that makes them marginally more dangerous, especially to law enforcement.

With any other knife, a fairly obvious motion is needed to deploy the blade. With autos or gravity knives, surreptitiously touching a button or lever will release the blade to open, giving the intended victim much less warning.

Of course, going by this logic, butterfly knives should be entirely legal, since their opening sequence is garishly obvious. :)
 
MaxFisher said:
Well, to be honest, back when autos were first put on the market the only folders out there were those stiff slipjoints. They were one of the first real one handed openers. ...
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Ah, I hadn't considered that point. Thanks for the perspective.
 
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