Fall Shut Action Folders

4mer_FMF said:
My ZT 0460 will fall shut with the slightest dab of the wrist, which amazes me for such a small blade. Come to think of it, my 0450 and my 0900 do as well.

My Soutard doesn’t even come close (but it’s still my favorite overall blade ever!).
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My 0460 doesn’t exactly fall shut, it takes a decent shake of my wrist.

I’m not sure that a blade falling shut is a good thing. Seems dangerous in one handed operation.
 
MSchott said:
I’m not sure that a blade falling shut is a good thing. Seems dangerous in one handed operation.
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I agree, I have knives that are free-falling (e.g. CKF Milk) and I find it slightly disturbing. I think super-smooth-but-takes-a-light-shake is my happy place.

The Buck Marksman is the worst--it feels completely friction-less, but if it doesn't deploy all the way it ricochets back at nearly the same speed it departed with.
 
Perhaps the We Knives 605 will work for you.

My only fall shut folders are both from We Knives. I have their 705 and 604 models and they both fall shut with no wrist action. They are the smoothest knives with the best action and finest machining that I’ve ever owned (including a Sebenza and now a Hinderer).

I purchased and returned a We Knife 605. The action was smooth and fall shut. Neat little knife, but the handle didn’t fit my hand well, so it went back.
 
I have a Millett Torrent - it is fally-shutty. But I concur with MSchott, i have several cuts on my right thumb from falling frame/liner lock knives that are too smooth.
They are fun to play with, but the more of them I handle, the less practical they seem for everyday use.
 
My Native 5 in Fluted Titanium falls shut when I hold down the lock bar. Or at least to where I want it to fall to close it.
 
evilgreg said:
I agree, I have knives that are free-falling (e.g. CKF Milk) and I find it slightly disturbing. I think super-smooth-but-takes-a-light-shake is my happy place.

The Buck Marksman is the worst--it feels completely friction-less, but if it doesn't deploy all the way it ricochets back at nearly the same speed it departed with.
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The MILK is absolutely a fall-shut. I just make sure when I close it I hold it "sideways" then "roll" it shut. My CKF Ratata is exactly the action you seem to like Greg. The multi-row CKF Veksha is in between as far as "fall-shut", but is definitely the smoothest action. It seems to want the slightest encouragement to close (almost just think close), and once the blade starts moving, regardless of how slowly, it will find its way home.
 
Officer's Match said:
The MILK is absolutely a fall-shut. I just make sure when I close it I hold it "sideways" then "roll" it shut. My CKF Ratata is exactly the action you seem to like Greg. The multi-row CKF Veksha is in between as far as "fall-shut", but is definitely the smoothest action. It seems to want the slightest encouragement to close (almost just think close), and once the blade starts moving, regardless of how slowly, it will find its way home.
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I have two Ratatas, and you're right, they're just about exactly the way I like a flipper to operate. They'll fall shut if you give them just a little wiggle.

The Milk action is crazy, though. I'm sure the length and weight of the blade play into it, but even when I tried to slow it down by over-tightening the pivot and adding tension to the lock bar it still falls freely.

For people that are into the free falling blade thing as the pinnacle of action perfection, I can't see how any framelock could possibly fit the bill better than the CKF Milk.
 
Pretty much all of my frame lock flippers(except the assisted ones) will fall closed as long as I'm pushing the detent ball off the blade.

Like stated earlier, axis locks and compression locks are both great mechanisms for free falling blades. The added bonus of having your fingers out of the blade's path makes both the axis and compression lock pretty fantastic fidget-y knives. The smoothest knife to date I own has be my mini Ritter, it beats out all of my ball bearing knives by a long shot.
 
Agree with above. Most ball bearing framelocks will fall shut as long as you hold the lockbar (and thus the detent ball) off the blade.
 
Yojimbo 2 falls freely when you disengage the lock. One of my favorite features on that one.
 
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