Emerson and other wave openers -- more than one way to open one handed or not?

[MTHall720]

I have never had an Emerson, but wanted to know if there is a way to simply use one handed by opening the waved feature the same as you want a thumb stud. Any ideas? Thanks everyone.

 

[razorsdescent]

Yes although it is more comparable to using a thumbhole rather than a thumbstud. The emersons come with the very ergonomic thumb disc or with an additional thumbhole. You cant really go wrong with an emerson, and waved spydrcos are pretty nice as well.

 

[Chipped Karambit]

Vallaton diskin dual action had Otp thumb studs. I can open most any knife with thumbstuds Otp. My umnumzaan opens Otp like Emerson. I used to open the nakamura like an Emerson zip tie mods on spyderholes works also

 

[jkwithawave]

Wave, thumb disk, or a wrist flick.

 

[bladeboss]

I have a CS Mini AK-47.
I can wave it when its clipped, not clipped, and even wave it out of my BACK pocket.
The plate can be used traditional, and quickly with a wrist flick.
So, yes. And Emerson, Cold Steel, and even Spyderco have waved models.

 

[travclem]

If the question you are asking is can the wave replace the thumbstuds, I'd say yes. I would love to see some Emersons without the disk/hole. I have taken the disks off of my Emersons and it works, but it leaves an ugly ass gap in the top of the blade.

 

[MTHall720]

Thanks everyone. I just recently got a CS Spartan and haven't really gotten to where I can open one handed yet without using the wave feature.

 

[gomipile]

Thanks everyone. I just recently got a CS Spartan and haven't really gotten to where I can open one handed yet without using the wave feature.

The CS Spartan does require a bit of a different hand motion to open one handed. I have to grip it fairly high and use my first three fingers to grip the handle really hard so that my thumb can get the leverage to open it.