Do you like assisted opening knives

With all of the modern flippers out there I really have a hard time seeing the purpose of assisted openers I dunno I personally like to keep it simple with my knives and prefer as few moving parts as possible the A/O I had in the past eventually wore out over time.
 
I won't say I really like AO but if I like the knife I'll buy it. Lately I've been buying Kershaw & ZT. 3 Tyrades and a ZT 0300. Just can't stop edc my ti & tan Tyrades. :cool::)
 
Absolute deal breaker for me. Have held quite a few and owned one. Useless gimmick in my eyes
 
When I first got into knives I thought it was an incredibly cool feature. Now.... not so much.

As a couple of others have pointed out, I'm OK with it on my Chive and especially my ZT 0350. I doubt I'll buy another but you never know.
 
i don't like them at all.
they scare a few people when deployed.
i only own one-handed manual folders and never flick it with the thumb in public because of that
 
If it's a quality knife I have no preference either way. I like my zt 300 (assisted), I also liked my old Al Mar SERE (manual).
 
Some of them are okay.
I prefer manual opening generally, but there's a couple on which it doesn't seem gimicky or dumb.
I just prefer a simpler mechanism myself for the most part...I don't even like those bearing systems for pivots.
 
din said:
I would probably like them if I didn't know better, or possibly if I were retarded. there are a hell of a lot of kershaw knives I've passed on because they're AO. they're like the 40 S&W of the knife world.
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Please enlighten this unknowing retard about what is wrong with the multiple knives I own. A statement like that can seem pretty inflammatory!

Beanman13 said:
I don't prefer them, but they can be neat. I might like them better if I didn't have to put extra effort into closing them once I'm done using them. I like my BM Warn pretty well, but it's the same situation there too.
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I've never understood this point. Could you please explain what extra effort you go through. Mine close like any other knife I own.

I have a bunch, wear my FrankenLeek on a regular basis. I have never had any of mine fail to open, never opened in my pocket (tip up against the pocket prevents it). I actually don't really look at if a knife has AO or not, but prefer flipper AO to any other AO.
 
In New Jersey the way the law is written, a cop could consider an assisted opening knife in the same category as a switchblade so even though I like them I would be afraid to carry one. So I just carry my Endura or similar folding blade.
 
I like AO and manual opening about the same. My preference is manual, though I do own about 5 or 6 AO's that make it into EDC rotation.
 
I like them but don't like carrying them, unless it has a safty switch, but still don't feel safe as manual knives...
 
I will only buy them if they have a flipper. I've been cut a couple of times using the thumbstud when the auto mechanism kicks in.

- Mark
 
I enjoy my AO Leeks and Needs Work but worry that some over zealous LEO might consider it an Auto and cause an unnecessary hassle. I took the spring out of one of them so I could carry it without the paranoia. In my state, the switchblade law is somewhat ambiguous, and I've spoken with local LEOs that would consider the Leek as a switchblade.
 
I edc a Kershaw Shallot everyday & love it,for me it's perfect.
Frame lock(SS),nice & slim,one hand open & close,sexy recurve,
under 3.5" blade,flipper,no thumb stud,perfect.
I'm lazy & the one hand open & close is what does it for me.
Think I'll get another for work too.
 
it all depends on the knife for me, if it looks good and feels good in my hand it dosen't really matter to me if its an AO/Automatic or manual. if i like it i'll buy it
 
I consider both A/O and Auto knives interesting but hardly a necessity. I find I can open my thumb-hole and thumb-stud knives just as quickly and easily as I can an A/O or Auto so really all they have going for them (for me at least) is the "cool!" factor. Of course, that does not mean I don't own a number of each. ;)
 
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