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Some knives I carry for size, others for speed. The first knives I really got into were switchblades which I'd ordered from Italy. I carried one illegally for awhile before I got into other, better, well suited knives. One of my favorite initial knives was the CRKT flippers, but then I stumbled onto stronger, much faster ones. One was the Cold Steel Recon 1 and the Cold Steel Pro-Lite (both of which opened almost without a thought). Then, when CRKT came out with its AUTOLAWKS, I found that the flippers were tougher to opentougher on my finger, that is. Whatever they did to the mechanism, it made opening their knives a bit more difficult, and a lot slower.
So far the Recon 1 and the Pro-Lite remain my fastest, but I wondered what yours are. The Spydercos in my collection open fine, but they don't flick open in a flash. I also have a Kershaw Storm II that has a small flipper, but it's too small, and it also falls short. The CS Voyagers are quick opening, but they're far from the fastest; ditto for my Benchmades. Oddly, the fastest of all that I own is a S&W Extreme Ops aluminum. It requires no flipping at all, just a flick of the wrist. Opens and locks all by itself.
Anyway, what's your fastest?
The fastest one I own is this S&W. It opens with just a
quick flick of the wrist.
This Pro-Lite opens like greased lightning. Ditto for the
CS Recon 1.
I expected the Kershaw Storm to be fast, but it's not.
The flipper (on top) is just too small for reliability.
So far the Recon 1 and the Pro-Lite remain my fastest, but I wondered what yours are. The Spydercos in my collection open fine, but they don't flick open in a flash. I also have a Kershaw Storm II that has a small flipper, but it's too small, and it also falls short. The CS Voyagers are quick opening, but they're far from the fastest; ditto for my Benchmades. Oddly, the fastest of all that I own is a S&W Extreme Ops aluminum. It requires no flipping at all, just a flick of the wrist. Opens and locks all by itself.
Anyway, what's your fastest?

The fastest one I own is this S&W. It opens with just a
quick flick of the wrist.

This Pro-Lite opens like greased lightning. Ditto for the
CS Recon 1.

I expected the Kershaw Storm to be fast, but it's not.
The flipper (on top) is just too small for reliability.