Ever tried this with a military?

Since I learnt of the impact these fast openings have on the stop pin, I cringe whenever I see videos like this...

Contrary to popular belief, a stop pin is not a consumable IMHO... :D
 
I can appreciate the creativity involved, it's inevitable. I just tend to manually open the knife. Boring I know. :)
 
Yeah I tend to just open it, cut what I need to, close it and out it away, nothing flashy..
 
I find manually opening it to be plenty quick and fun enough for me. The one thing I've tried but can never do is the thumb flick. I see people on videos just casually flick their thumb without using their wrists and the blade just flies open. I guess it's one of those things like whistling or snapping your fingers.... can't do those either. :p
 
I can see the appeal of it, it is sort of cool I guess. But it' s still not something I' d consider for my everyday life cutting:D
 
The Logical One said:
I find manually opening it to be plenty quick and fun enough for me. The one thing I've tried but can never do is the thumb flick. I see people on videos just casually flick their thumb without using their wrists and the blade just flies open. I guess it's one of those things like whistling or snapping your fingers.... can't do those either. :p
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Are you using the top of your finger nail? Pretty easy like that.
 
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Yea I've tried that, and it kept feeling like the knife was going to slip out of my hand and slice a finger off.
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LOL, my dad is very awkward with knives. He can hardly do a normal manual open with a decent sized knife. He also can't one handed close a frame lock or liner lock to save his life. Watching him, you'd think it was the hardest thing on earth. And when he does close one, he almost cuts himself every time. I try to tell him, you gotta push the lock over completely BEFORE putting pressure on the back of the blade to close it in. Haha. Also, you might have trouble with thumb flicking because you do have to be very deliberate and it will hurt depending on the knife. It's hard to do unless you get your thumb nail under there and that's hard to do and will hurt usually, unless you have a "spyder hole", which can still hurt your thumb at first.

I don't care about being flashy but I can see why the OP made the video. I just like sitting there flicking a new knife and fondling it and it's fun to do it different ways. I know Chris Reeve hates it when you use your knives as "worry beads", but I do it still. Except with my CRK's :)
 
The Logical One said:
Yea I've tried that, and it kept feeling like the knife was going to slip out of my hand and slice a finger off.
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It also depends on which model you try it with, easy with a military or para-2 but near impossibble with somthing with a lockback like a delica or endura,
 
singularity35 said:
Is there a correlation to post count and playing with knives?
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Judging from a lot of your posts in other threads it's safe to say you carry a knife as a weapon (because people are always trying to kill/mug you apparently). Not everybody works in a warehouse where they have to cut things all day nor do a lot of us live in places where we have to fear for our lives every time we walk out the door. So yes, some people like me, actually buy knives to play with.
 
The Logical One said:
Judging from a lot of your posts in other threads it's safe to say you carry a knife as a weapon (because people are always trying to kill/mug you apparently). Not everybody works in a warehouse where they have to cut things all day nor do a lot of us live in places where we have to fear for our lives every time we walk out the door. So yes, some people like me, actually buy knives to play with.
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Righto...don't worry about it, you'll grow up someday. ;)

BTW, you forgot that I also carry a handgun. :)
 
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Clinch the pocket clip with your three fingers, don't lay them on the G10 beside the blade if that's the case. Hope that helps..im pretty poor with thumb studs myself, never used them on knifes I own.
 
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