Flippers with great action. Please post pics

BenchCo Spydermade said:
I find that the best way to open a knife is more muscle memory than method. For example, if you're used to thumb studs then it takes a conscious effort to convert to a flipper. But if your used to a flipper, you've already incorporated all those little details subconsciously. Like Jill said, her finger just naturally goes to that flipper. I'd imagine if one had ONLY ever used flippers, a stud or spydie hole would be an adjustment as well.

Well, anyway, for someone that don't like flippers, yours sure is purty.
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Thanks! :)

I think most of it comes down to the pocket clip. Very very few folders I own I can get out of my pocket and put back in with one hand.. The clip is just too tight. I get why thy are designed that way; so they don't fall out.. But when the clip is that tight I have to pinch the butt end of the handle and pull it out with my thumb and index then reposition to get the whole knife in my hand.
 
My ZT 0561 flips open really smooth.



My CRKT Eros SS is even smoother. Opens up lightning quick and with very little effort.

 
Salo said:
I think flippers are silly. You've got to take them out of your pocket.. Reposition your hand hold, flip them open.. Reposition your hand hold yet again!... Then you're ready to use them. They're fun toys by a spydie hole is infinitely more practical. That being said, since no ones mentioned it yet this is one of my better flippers

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Personally I love them, I find I can open them in multiple grip configurations including ice pick. Which is extremely difficult with other opening methods.
If my knife is going to be a tool but also possibly a backup for my gun as a self defense weapon the flipper itself adds additional safety because it physically can't close on your hand and flippers make some of the best guards on folders. While the hole and the thumbstud are good when done well a well done flipper is great :) if I have to have a thumbstud I prefer the ones like cold steel has that is a big old plate bolted to the top of the blade.
 
BenchCo Spydermade said:
I find that the best way to open a knife is more muscle memory than method. For example, if you're used to thumb studs then it takes a conscious effort to convert to a flipper. But if your used to a flipper, you've already incorporated all those little details subconsciously. Like Jill said, her finger just naturally goes to that flipper. I'd imagine if one had ONLY ever used flippers, a stud or spydie hole would be an adjustment as well.

Well, anyway, for someone that don't like flippers, yours sure is purty.
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That too. I tend to sit and play with my knives to get to know each one. You become quite adept at any opening method if you do it 500 times a day lol.
 
Salo you ought to try putting a short braided paracord lanyard on your knife if done right it'll be like 2 inches long and thick enough to stand up somewhat and will give you enough extra purchase to get that blade out. It also wont be big enough to impede switching grips. When you go to replace it into your pocket pull the clip back with your index fingernail as you slide it into your pocket. I tend to pull the pocket out from my body with the knife handle as I place it in which makes the fabric trying to get under the clip flat and tight. Much easier. Some knife clips are just overly tight. Or if it's a g10 handle the rough g10 could be just as much at fault. Try sanding it under the contact points
 
I didn't mean to start trouble. It was just my opinion. Most of my favorite folders have flippers but in my case "if" I needed to use them in a defense situation I would carry my Emerson karambit or my Halo V. And I don't sit around flipping my knives for hours. I think that's unnecessarily hard on them. Let's get back to posting flipper favorites!
 
Two of the smoothest knives I've ever handled (the first is a Thorburn - and of the dozens I've owned or handled, this is the smoothest).



The next is a fellow South African and friend of Thorburn, John Arnold (ridiculously smooth front-flipper, right up there with the smoothest Thorburns).

 
Alexy Konygin, Asymmetric Maxi :cool:
 

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thales2015 said:
Two of the smoothest knives I've ever handled (the first is a Thorburn - and of the dozens I've owned or handled, this is the smoothest).



The next is a fellow South African and friend of Thorburn, John Arnold (ridiculously smooth front-flipper, right up there with the smoothest Thorburns).

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Man, where do I get me a John Arnold? It's beautiful
 
I know it hasn't gotten much critical love since it came out, but my Buck Marksman flips really well. It took a little time, but once it broke in it really smoothed out a lot. Unfortunately, the 154CM rusts if I breathe too hard on it.
 
John_0917 said:
I know it hasn't gotten much critical love since it came out, but my Buck Marksman flips really well. It took a little time, but once it broke in it really smoothed out a lot. Unfortunately, the 154CM rusts if I breathe too hard on it.
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Not sure if you know of this product, but Eezox could be a solution. Do a search on the Rimfire Central forum. I use it on all of my firarms' steel parts, internal and external.

Tear the knife down, clean it with a good cleaner/degresear. Dry. Apply a very thin coat of Eezox to all steel surfaces (keep away from non-metal parts), let dry overnight. Repeat the application process. Reassemble. You're done.
 
I'd say brous blades has like one of the best flippers ever. My domino and curtis don't come close to its flippability, if that's a word.
 

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