Fastest knife you can deploy W/O a wave?

In terms of folders, I will refer only to the non-assisted ones. The quickest I have found are the frame locks with the flipper extensions on the guard. Press and wrist-snap and its open and locked. The Camillus-made Darrel Ralph-designed Mad Maxx types come to mind.

My Kershaw Vapour II has an extraordinarily smooth opening. Even though it only has a thumbstud, I have a "different" way to flick the thumb-stud which makes it snap open like an auto.

The quickest drawing fixed blades are those in low-cut sheaths worn crossdraw. This combination seems to be the most forgiving of differences in body shape and size and length of blade. The best example is the traditional way of carrying a large Bowie - tucked through the belt, crossdraw, handle canted towards your middle.

Some people find it equally fast to have the same sheath worn on the strong side, and drawing the knife grasping the handle in a reverse (ice-pick) grip. This is the fastest and most natural way of drawing a large / long knife worn on the strong side without contorting your body and needing to bend forward. Some "martial artists" can draw so fast from this position, they incorporate a tactical pommel strike into the draw...

Cheers. Jason.
 
My Strider Hideaway. It is easily within reach at all times and immediately gives a sure grip for a real fast draw, plus the benefit of it being difficult to see when wielded after the draw. My Emerson Commander is next becoming locked as soon as it leaves the pocket. Last would be my Balis which could be un-clasped and flicked into place in short time.
 
I have a few Spyderco folders with compression lock. They open pretty fast and smooth.
OTOH, I am pretty handy with all my knives (except the CRKT Rollock - takes a lot of time to bend my thumb and slide the darn thing out).
Speaking of the fixed blades I have, the fastest to deploy is my Komondor in his sheath set for left front carry, at 45° angle ;)
 
BM 530, I have two of them, I can open and close these two knives at the same time very fast. These knives close as fast as the open. Go and look at the AXIS on this model, it is a little different. By pulling the AXIS down very fast, the blade will open almost all the way, if you are good at this fast pull down, you can get the 530 to open with no other movement then your thumb and index finger. With very little wrist movement along with the fast pull down the blade open very fast and easy. Then just pull down again on the AXIS and a small flick of the wrist and it's closed. I can open and close this model several times a second. I can have both of them out of my pocket is less the a second and open.
 
Buck Strider... stays securely closed but when it comes out of the pocket just ordinary wrist action flips it open.
 
Jason Cutter said:
The quickest drawing fixed blades are those in low-cut sheaths worn crossdraw. This combination seems to be the most forgiving of differences in body shape and size and length of blade. The best example is the traditional way of carrying a large Bowie - tucked through the belt, crossdraw, handle canted towards your middle.



Cheers. Jason.
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This is the way I carry all my EDC fixed blades, The handle is above and slightly canted up from the top edge of the belt. The rest of the sheath is behind the belt and this keeps it tucked very tightly against the body. It is very fast and very concealable. Works best with blades 5" or less.

My Sebbie is in a very snug belt pouch and is not fast at all. It's not intended to be, but to keep the knife from going missing. It's just there for the sheeple in any event. They get a little freaked when a fixed blade appears in my hand from nowhere. My one and only folder. Just can't beat an always open fixed blade.

Rob
 
Have several folders that take less than 1 second to deploy.From Benchmade & Customs, down to cheapies like M-Tech & Rostfrei. IMHO it is more about knowing your knives, & practicing with them,(knowing what they will and won't do.) If you work with a knife long and often enough,you can do amazing things with it. Rambling, stating the obvious,shut up Marty. Sorry, too much coffee, not enough sleep...
 
I'm with Jason Cutter on folders. The fastest ones I've found are all framelocks with flippers. My current EDC, an Aftermath, makes that even easier with assisted opening. (However, I have also discovered that I can "Brownie pop" almost anything faster than I can use a regular opening device.)

For fixed blades I suspect the fastest is from strong-side horizontal with the grip forward drawing into a reverse grip.

My specific champion for the fastest-drawing fixed blade is the HideAway Knife. You can snag that finger loop and yank in less time than it takes to get an adequate grip on a traditional handle. (My own Mobius design shares this advantage.)

--Bob Q
 
Folder: Cuda Maxx carried tip up in the front pocket. The flipper catches the pocket seam and the knife comes out OPEN. But it is NOT a wave.

Fixed Blade: Cold Steel Urban Skinner upside down in kydex on a chest rig. Watch "Platoon" and you'll see something similar.
 
I just got a ziptied 806 in a trade and holy sh#t its really bloody fast. Its almost like pulling a fixed blade out of my pocket.

The short opening arc on the spyderco karambit combined with the finger ring makes me think that could be a real fast folder but I just started playing with that.
The AFCK didn't take any practice at all. On my second draw I was well under a second.
awesome!
 
The fastest folder I can get open (from my pocket) is my Benchmade 806. I pull it out of my pocket and put my index finger in the hole, then flick out. I can get it out and open in mabye half a second at fastest. (This can also be done very fast with the 630) The fastest fixed blade is my Spydie Fred Perrin in a On Scene/Tactical sheath.
 
-anything Spyderco with tip-down carry: spydie-drop ( i have good memories about the military i had, sure was fast)

-a buck-strider or similar heavy-bladed folder: wrist-flick

-mt auto: push the button.......

-latchless bali's: just flip 'em
 
A flipper on a tip-up knife is about is fast as it gets, once you get the hang of it. I've got a Combat Elite RRF that deploys just as fast as my waved Emersons did. A distant second are my tip-down Spydercos with a drop opening, and other tip-up knives, with anything tip-down without a hole being much slower.
 
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