Front flipper

G. Scott H. said:
I find front flippers to be very awkward too. The advantage (imo) is having a flipper knife that doesn't have a tab extending below the blade/handle in the open position
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I barely own any knives that don’t have a finger guard, except for a couple grips and a PM2, because those knives “lock” your hand in safely. Kind of a fear I would have about using a knife hard and having nothing to stop my finger from sliding forward and being sliced up by the blade. In a perfect world it wouldn’t happen, but sometimes when I’m using a knife, I might be in a rush, hands could be slippery or I could be tired at the end of a 12 hour day….I consider it the most important safety feature of a knife. Hinderer definitely does the finger guards right.
 
I'm with you guys, I don't search for the front flippers with that as a buying criteria, thumbstud or regular flipper would be what I normally would go for, this one I just like the no nonsense blade shape and how secure the handle is in hand. and the price is at a really low point that it's a no brainer to give one a try.

G2
 
No flame on the seventh, he just lost count I think, but yep, that was what I had in mind when I decided to try opening the front flipper in that fashion ;)
G2
 
Seventh sounded off aways from his shots, so there were other people shooting at the same time as well.

But, yep ;)
G2
 
tony281sc2 said:
I barely own any knives that don’t have a finger guard, except for a couple grips and a PM2, because those knives “lock” your hand in safely. Kind of a fear I would have about using a knife hard and having nothing to stop my finger from sliding forward and being sliced up by the blade. In a perfect world it wouldn’t happen, but sometimes when I’m using a knife, I might be in a rush, hands could be slippery or I could be tired at the end of a 12 hour day….I consider it the most important safety feature of a knife. Hinderer definitely does the finger guards right.
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A physical barrier for keeping the hand from the blade is always welcome, of course, but this can also be accomplished in several ways, including finger choils in the handle, handle shape, and strategically-placed jimping, without having a protrusion below the blade/handle line. This isn't a concern for many types of cutting, but sometimes the flipper or guard of a knife does get in the way, and it's at these times that a front flipper, folding flipper, or Smock style flipper would come in handy. 👍
 
I think front flipper have a place on smaller, gentleman’s(?) knives, where you’re not flinging a huge blade out. I enjoy the flipper on my Smock, but I think that’s about as heavy a blade as I would want to deploy that way. Does make me want to try a Feist though.
 
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