Easy to Open Folders

thebrain said:
Also as others have mentioned Even if unlawful I would just blow some cash on an out the front auto
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How does carrying an unlawful knife further things in a positive way?:confused:
"Well, defending yourself was lawful, but enjoy a few months in prison due to the device you used."
Fun!!!:rolleyes:
 
OldVet69 said:
I am a 60 year old college professor and Vietnam Vet. I live in NC and have a Concealed Carry Permit. I carry most of the time except when I go to work (it is illegal to carry on campus). It is also illegal to carry a knife on campus although most male students have something clipped to their pockets (it is North Carolina).

I have a number of knives -- including a large Sabenza and a Shadow III( which is still new in the box) plus the usually run of Gerbers, Spyderco's, etc.

I am looking for advice on several knives.

First, I want a pocket folder which is easy to open. My thumbs and fingers hurt and while it doesn't bother me when I shoot I do have problems opening a folder one handed. The folder would be used for everyday things but also I would like something for last ditch protection. I know I have to die sometime but I just don't want to go without a fight. I don't have a dangerous occupation but I don't like to ever be unarmed. I don't need a long blade but just something that will do the job if ever needed. I am thinking 2 ¾ to 3 inch blade but something which will make a relatively large whole.

Two, I would also like a recommendation on a fixed blade "combat" type knife. This will go into my "bug out" bag. Someone stole my K-bar years ago and I really think I want something smaller. The Shadow III is about the right size but I want something with more of a guard. I wouldn't trust my grip if I stabbed someone using the Shadow III. I am getting ready to experiment using skate board tape on the grips of some of my pistols. My hands are not that weak but I have pain in my thumbs and fingers.

In both the folder and the fixed blade knives, the ability to efficiently dress game would be useful. I hope to put three deer in the larder this fall. I am not an experienced field dresser. I killed a deer a couple of years ago and the guy I went with field dressed it with my minimal help. He is a cop and had the skin and head off and the innards out very quickly. His knife was dull and I lent him a Gerber and he cut himself. I keep my knives sharp. I also hope to go elk hunting (in Montana or Colorado in the next couple of years).
Finally, I would like advice on a good small ax for camping, etc. Is the Woodman's Pal a good choice?

I am not a mall Ninja. I don't even go to malls! In NC, you are not suppose to carry a handgun into restaurants that serve alcohol (I never go to bars) and would like to have something in my pocket when I walk back to my car. If I ever have to defend myself, I hope I will at least have a pistol and would prefer a rifle or shotgun. But I would rather have a knife than be empty handed. However, I am also thinking about survival issues. So I am picking up binoculars, a crossbow (requires a pistol permit in NC???), air rifle for small game, and restocking the first aid kit. I like the soft life but it is time to get back into shape and prepare to protect the kids and grand children.
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If you get an Emerson with the wave feature it opens when you pull it from your pocket. No thumbs needed.:D
 
I do not know why one would think the device used to defend ones self in the world we live in would really have as much to do with punishment as the person and life we have lived .He is an older gentleman who lives a a lawfull life he shouldn`t worry about what the punishment might be for defending himself with a unlawful knife as most of the time you have another way out of the situation and therefore have no right to use a knife or gun to defend yourself. If he gets questioned by a LEO he would just tell the truth he is a vet with hand pain and most if not all LEOs would take that for face value and let him be. And in the case of having to defend ones self your best bet is always to just run as anything else will just be taken as the act of a violent/dangerous person in the eyes of the public.
 
OldVet69 said:
First, I want a pocket folder which is easy to open. My thumbs and fingers hurt and while it doesn't bother me when I shoot I do have problems opening a folder one handed. The folder would be used for everyday things but also I would like something for last ditch protection. I know I have to die sometime but I just don't want to go without a fight. I don't have a dangerous occupation but I don't like to ever be unarmed. I don't need a long blade but just something that will do the job if ever needed. I am thinking 2 ¾ to 3 inch blade but something which will make a relatively large whole.
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Easy: Spyderco Endura Wave or Emerson CQC-8
 
thebrain said:
I do not know why one would think the device used to defend ones self in the world we live in would really have as much to do with punishment as the person and life we have lived
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Because that's what happens with laws.
In an ideal world it would possibly be different, but in the reality in which we live, no one really cares how wonderful a person you were when a prohibited weapon is involved.
And before you think the jury would be all understanding, remember that it is made up of "ordinary people", the same sort of "ordinary people" as the girl at work yesterday who thought my 2.5 inch bladed folding knife was a huge weapon.
And that's a small, legal knife; care to trust your future to people like her when an illegal knife is involved, more than 2.5 inches and automatic at that?
 
stabman said:
Because that's what happens with laws.
In an ideal world it would possibly be different, but in the reality in which we live, no one really cares how wonderful a person you were when a prohibited weapon is involved.
And before you think the jury would be all understanding, remember that it is made up of "ordinary people", the same sort of "ordinary people" as the girl at work yesterday who thought my 2.5 inch bladed folding knife was a huge weapon.
And that's a small, legal knife; care to trust your future to people like her when an illegal knife is involved, more than 2.5 inches and automatic at that?
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Yep, exactly. :thumbup:

And by the time the DA gets done they will make the person look like Charles Manson or Ted Bundy and those normal people will buy all of it. ;)
 
My current favorite is the Spyderco Paramilitary. It's light, effortless to open and close and has a nice broad flat grind.
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C81GP
Blade Length: 3 3/32"
Blade Thickness: 5/32"
Blade Material: CPM-S30V
Weight: 3.75oz.
Clip: Stainless Steel
Closed Length: 4 3/4"
Overall Length: 7 7/8"
 
For an assist the Benchmade Barrage would be my choice. Non assist my Benchmade Rift is butter smoothe after a little bit of Hoppes #9. I can flick it with my thumb and it opens without pushing all the way. Kind of difficult to explain.
 
I also live in n.c. and if you are looking for a folder try spyderco delicia. They are also many nice knives made buy kershaw I have a scallion and leek that get carried sometimes.

p.s. I know the cc laws do have some restrictions but at least we can get a ccw permit they are some states that will never have that right.
 
The legal problems will be there with a pink chive but he would have trouble closing a pink chive .The knife has nothing to do with the law thats what I am saying the lawyers will make you out to be the devil for having it even if you borrowed a slippy from a nun to defend yourself .All that has to be done it loosen a pivot screw and we are all felons.
As for a fixed blade a Scrapyard Son of Dogfather is a wonderful outdoor knife that you don`t have to worry about and the handles are grippy and easy on the hands.
1+ on the endura/delica wave not too hard to open and close and a hell of a knife too.
 
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I'd suggest a Kershaw Blur for your folder. I've got a couple buddies who hunt and use a Blur to field dress their kills with no problem. S30V would be my suggestion. If you don't like the Blur I would suggest The Sage II. One of the best folders out there for the price.

When it comes to fixed blades I always like to suggest Bark River. Excellent knives at very decent prices.
 
I am not a big fan of assisted opening knives but I think Kershaw's SpeedSafe technology is the best on the market. Although larger than your specs, I EDC a Tyrade and a Blur on a regular basis.

I'll join in the chorus for Benchmade's Axis lock system - it is superb. I have eight Axis lock knives and they all open as quickly and easily as an assisted opening knife.

Surprisingly, the easiest to open is the HK Snody 14205. The blade just seems to be the perfect weight and shape. It rotates in and out effortlessly:

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Tony8179 said:
I'd suggest a Kershaw Blur for your folder.
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Seconded. :thumbup:

Opening the Blur is really easy, even with gloved hands. Its thumbstuds are just superbly designed, and, coupled with the speedsafe, make the knife a breeze to open. Most of the Ken Onion designed knives from Kershaw are generally easy to open, but of the ones I've tried, the Blur takes the cake.

If you don't like assisted openers, though, I'd say the next easiest opening method out there is the Spyderhole, but it's not nearly as easy to 'flick' open, if that's important to you.
 
I am a 60 year old college professor .... I have a number of knives -- including a large Sabenza and a Shadow III( which is still new in the box) plus the usually run of Gerbers, Spyderco's, etc.

I am looking for advice on several knives.

First, I want a pocket folder which is easy to open. My thumbs and fingers hurt and while it doesn't bother me when I shoot I do have problems opening a folder one handed. The folder would be used for everyday things but also I would like something for last ditch protection. .......

I don't need a long blade but just something that will do the job if ever needed. I am thinking 2 ¾ to 3 inch blade but something which will make a relatively large whole.

In both the folder and the fixed blade knives, the ability to efficiently dress game would be useful. I hope to put three deer in the larder this fall........ I also hope to go elk hunting (in Montana or Colorado in the next couple of years).
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I'm a Viet Nam vet too...3rd Mar Div 1968-70..so thanks for our service Professor.

Anyone with your alleged education and collection of knives and hunting experience doesn't sound likely to be asking these type of questions. Some of them absurd...like a 2 3/4 inch self defense, slash, hunting knife.

Going pistol shooting and Deer/Elk hunting but it hurts too much to open your SABenza? Don't have time to log in and thank all of the members who've invested a bunch of time trying to assist you?

Something smells fishy to me. :rolleyes: Hope I'm wrong about you.
 
if he is having pain in his fingers, i wouldnt rcomend an axis knife because the lock can cause pain in the fingers when closing. Especially if it gets dirty and gritty as it likely will with hunting use. I'd have to suggest the Paramilitary, because its smooth as butter, can be opened without using the hole, and I can get a good portion of the pad of my finger to the compresion lock to close it without irritating my finger after a large amount of repeated openings and closings. It is comforting on my sebenza thumb right now :).


Oh and Oldvet thanks for your service
 
kershaw JYDII O JYD, skyline, blur assisted are some that come to my mind
or a victorinox one handed
benchmades are very easy to open/close with the axis
Maxx
 
I feel your pain, brother. Had my right thumb reattached in '68 and there are days it doesn't feel like its even there, and other days where that's all I feel. Any design with a hole in the blade itself requires some use of the thumb, and for those times the old digit is acting up, you'll be kicking yourself for not getting an assisted opener, which, by and large, use the index finger as impetus.

Over the past 42 years I've tried every design imaginable and have settled on assisted openers from Kershaw with regards to production knives for carry, auto-openers even though they still pretty much rely upon the thumb but not all of them do, yet still have a dizzying assortment of all shapes, sizes and blade presentation simply for the fun of it.

Above all, take your time, because the first, second or even third knife you acquire will simply be part of the winnowing process. Do not settle. There's a world of features awaiting your perusal and I'm certain there's one with your name on it.

Semper Fidelis
 
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