Favorite Opening System?

I guess no one has or has tried a button lock.

I have a Skyline flipper that is awesome, but I really don't think flippers are a big deal. Decent thumbstuds open just as easily, but more reliably in my experience. And they are smaller, because there isn't a shark fin sticking out of them.

I can understand why people like the Wave, but I'd hate to tear up my pants. Also, you screw that up and the knife is flying out of your hand.


But I guess my least favorite is the Spider hole. The arch required of my thumb is just too large compared to a stud.
 
RX-79G said:
I guess no one has or has tried a button lock.

I have a Skyline flipper that is awesome, but I really don't think flippers are a big deal. Decent thumbstuds open just as easily, but more reliably in my experience. And they are smaller, because there isn't a shark fin sticking out of them.

I can understand why people like the Wave, but I'd hate to tear up my pants. Also, you screw that up and the knife is flying out of your hand.


But I guess my least favorite is the Spider hole. The arch required of my thumb is just too large compared to a stud.
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Not sure what this is based off of, thread is favorite opening systems lol. Unless you wrist flick it open with the button lock disengaged....
 
Some manual button locks are "gravity knives" - no flicking needed.

And then there's autos, which are also (often) button locks. Its hard to imagine a faster and easier opener than that. (Not that means they're for everyone.)


I was just surprised no one mentioned them, that's all.
 
RX-79G said:
Some manual button locks are "gravity knives" - no flicking needed.

And then there's autos, which are also (often) button locks. Its hard to imagine a faster and easier opener than that. (Not that means they're for everyone.)


I was just surprised no one mentioned them, that's all.
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I have one button lock auto, a Protech/Emerson collab, CQC-7. Its a cool knife, just not my favorite opening system.
 
Not mentioned so far I think but the Spydie drop is useful, I particularly use it with my K55K.

Thumb stud over hole or disc in terms of comfort for me.
 
Favorite: tie - Spydie hole or thumb stud

Least Favorite: Assisted Opening
 
And then there's autos, which are also (often) button locks. Its hard to imagine a faster and easier opener than that. (Not that means they're for everyone.)
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I've owned autos in some form or another for over a decade. Button lock autos frequently have the button flush with or recessed into the scale to prevent accidental opening in the pocket, and/or they have sliding safety switches. They require a firm, deliberate press to open. In my experience flippers are faster. Running one's finger down the spine to push a conspicuously protruding lever requires much less fine motor skill. If the opening is assisted, or the blade held in under sufficient tension if non assisted (my preference), opening is equally reliable. A thumb hole, disk, or stud that's ergonomically efficient gives up little in speed to a flipper.

That aside, the Emerson Wave and copies thereof are even faster if opening on the draw from the pocket.
 
Most Favorite: Flipper with loose ceramic bearings.
Least Favorite: Any opening mechanism requiring two hands.
 
I like the flipper as a deployment method. I don't like most flipper knives.

My Kizer Gemini and my Kershaw Leeks are pretty much the only exceptions. Everything else in that category seems to be a chunky titanium folder with a blade too thick to be useful.

So that leaves me with a bunch of Spyderco folders. (Yeah, that was a deliberate pun, I make no apologies.)
 
Favorite: Flippers, Spyderco opeining holes.
Worst: Nail nick (I hate them because If lock is hard than my nails end up broken)
 
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