"Drop Shutty" - Can We Have the Conversation?

[K.O.D.]

Can we all just get along and focus on the REAL problem?…

Tip-Down users HAVE to die!

I’m not critical of users who like a free falling blade when unlocked. I’m critical of influencers/ who use the phrase “drop-shutty” and think it’s a marvel in knife performance.

Besides, all the Kool Kids are already saying “droppy-shut”. That other term is, like, 5 minutes ago, Grandpa.

Edit: It’s rather telling that my auto correct keeps trying to change “shutty” to “shitty”. Skynet is never wrong.

Yes tip-down users must die. Besides, the ladies prefer tip up.

 

[Andrew George]

I personally prefer a drop shut action on a frame lock knife as long as there’s no blade play or lash.

When it comes to CRK, BM, some Spydercos and Medford, I like those, too. They don’t have that “grindy” stop and go feeling that a lot of washer based knives have.

 

[DMG]

I'm a Millennial. I love the smooth "drop shuttiness" of my Grimsmo Norseman and my Koenig Arius. I also love the slow roll of my many CRK folders. Lots of anger in here about people in different generations and with different preferences. Here's an idea, if you like drop-shutty knives, buy them. If you don't, then save your money. There's LOTS of options out there, so buy what you like.

We aren’t complaining about buying options. We are complaining about dipshits whom have never used a knife for real work that are way too excited about useless attributes such as ”drop shutty” and “ergos”. Even worse, they come up with cute names for these attributes as mentioned above.

 

[brownshoe]

What's "real work?"

As a young man I bought produce from an Amishman. When he asked what I did and I told him I was a lab tech, he grunted and said, "Clean work". I had spent the day in a shed grinding monkey feces for nutrional analysis. Certainly not clean, except they were dried in an oven, thus not biologically active,

 

[DMG]

What's "real work?"

As a young man I bought produce from an Amishman. When he asked what I did and I told him I was a lab tech, he grunted and said, "Clean work". I had spent the day in a shed grinding monkey feces for nutrional analysis. Certainly not clean, except they were dried in an oven, thus not biologically active,

In this context it is anything where you are regularly using the knife. If you have to sharpen it at the end of the day or the week or whatever. It doesn’t have to be blue collar. Some engineers use their knives for example.

The opposite of using your knife as a fidget toy or pocket jewelry.


It doesn’t have to be clean or dirty and can involve monkey feces if you want it to.

 

[brownshoe]

Well I use my knife as pocket jewelry, fidget tool, what you call "real work" and imaginary work.

 

[K.O.D.]

I use mine for the mix of both use and fidget. My use is generally light, especially during the week. Today I cut up some cardboard with the Manix 2 though.

 

[brownshoe]

Today I used a Spyderco Terzuola Clipit at the coffee house to split a roll and a Zieba/Knight mini S5 flipper for preparing dinner and fidgeting. For dinner it opened ground beef, peeled jicama and cut off corn ends. They are both pocket jewelry in my little world. Only the M5 is dropshutty though.

 

[Landshark99]

I like the variety in knives today, so I have some that drop shut and others that are hydraulic, they each have there place in my collection.
Well made and designed flipper knives with frame or liner lock will stop on on your finger at the flipper tab, leaving one plenty of time to get one's finger out of the way before the blade drops shut, for example Koenig and Shiros. Buy what you like and keep your fingers away from the sharp part

 

[Chronovore]

Diversity of action can be a good thing.

I was carrying a modified WE Beacon yesterday. It doesn't drop freely. When the blade is moved by hand in the vertical position, it will stay where you leave it in the path. However, the barrier to movement is low and it glides nicely when it does. It can be closed with gentle momentum and its relationship to that movement feels good.

My Chevalier locks up solidly and drops freely when the button lock is depressed. Like axis locks, there can be a little resistance or finagling with angle or button tension near the closure point. Room has to be left for the flipper tab to rise into position too. Getting it right feels great. It's a little freer than the modded Smock I carried today but that one is fun too. I use the same motion to close both.

Some of my favorite "drop shut" knives come stock from Kizer. The full-sized Sheepsfoot Domin and the Towser K are the best examples. The Towser K isn't perfect but it really is something. The thin but broad blade rockets out with a thwack from a nearly perfect detent. It locks up solidly. There is a little lock stick but the heavier blade drops shut with relative freedom. I can hear a slight rattle in the multi-row bearings but this is a sub-$100 with multi-row bearings. Having a bigger EDC rotation means slower break-in but I'll be glad to see how this one goes over time.