Favorite Deployment Method?

[WedgeAntilles]

Just curious from the knife nuts here, what's the favorite deployment method? I'm partial to a good thumb stud myself, and I have yet to master the Spydie flick. Just curious.

 

[DayofReckoning]

Not in the list, Thumb plate aka Emerson Wave

 

[WedgeAntilles]

Not in the list, Thumb plate aka Emerson Wave

I ran out of options, LOL. I'd think about the thumb disk like a thumb stud, but the wave is definitely different.

 

[Railsplitter]

I chose Button because I prefer autos over anything else and I don't own any OTF autos. Yet.

 

[Hashishiin]

I really like the Emerson wave and the comp lock, the back of it usually!

 

[TC]

...just pulling the fixed blade straight out of the sheath.

 

[CHNeal]

Thumbstud followed by Nail Nick.

 

[rampco88]

Spyderco guy. But not all Spydies flick great so I voted thumb hole.

 

[Dadpool]

My snap reaction is always flipper, because I love flippers, but my collection is about 50/50 flipper/thumb studs (including a few with both).

 

[J. Doyle]

OTF slider.

 

[DayofReckoning]

Objectively speaking, the Demko thumbplate and Emerson Wave offer the fastest deployment of all. With some practice it's just as fast, or faster than drawing a fixed blade.

 

[Bob Denman]

Since I'm all thumbs: it's the thumbstud for me!

 

[Hashishiin]

Because of weirdo laws, I can't just carry a fixed blade on my belt, concealed or normally, and I can't be bothered to watch the size of a fixed blade, just to get pulled over for it being on my side, when I can just throw whatever folder I like in my pocket and not have to think about length. So that specifically is why Emerson is what I go for when I want something that is reliable like drawing a fixed blade.

Also I have noticed something funny about the wave - Whether it's Spyderco's built-in Emerson, an aftermarket wave like the Fang or PickPocket, or a Demko plate, sweatpants is the best material to wave from.

Honestly, though, I do a lot of two-handed openings and slow cutting. I just like having the option.

 

[Retired UPS Driver]

All in all, an Automatic.

 

[GIRLYmann]

wrist flips for balisongs
and nail nicks mostly
having given up
trying to side flip saks & opinels

 

[LostCause]

Fixed blade - just pull it out

 

[sgt1372]

Flippers are my favorite. Standard/front opening/assisted or not -- doesn't matter.

Wrist flick is perferred when available, which is not often.

The SpydieFlick using the SpydieHole is something I've never bothered to learn because it requires too much knife "tuning" that I don't want to bother with but I can do a wrist fiick w/any Spyderco w/a comp lock w/o making any adjustments to the knife.

Waved knives would be next but those are mainly SD knives in my collection which see limited use.

ThumbHoles of any kind would be next followed by Nail Nicks which only apply to by Swiss Army knives and a few other slip joints that I own.

Thumbstuds are my least favorite -- intentionally avoid buying them whenever possible -- because I find them awkward to use. It's not that I can't use them, I just don't like using them.

Autos/balis are a special case and cannot be compared directly to those above. Of course, I like them but cannot carry them in my state. So, what does it matter how they open?

 

[sgt1372]

Fixed blade - just pull it out

Are you talking about a knife? LOL!

 

[Ajack60]

You didn't give us the option for more than one method. I've got CRK's, Spyderco's, Shirogorov's and other flippers. I don't have a preference, it all depends on what knife I'm carrying for the day.
Today, I've got a CRK and a MKM

 

[Bob Denman]

Are you talking about a knife? LOL!

Are you talking about a knife? LOL!

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