Front Flippers - pictures and discussion

josh yu said:
Grabbed a JD van Deventer at NYCKS today, and got to meet the man himself!

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Also, very impressed with the busker. It has an absolutely amazing opening action. I may be chasing one soon
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More pics please!
 
lieferung said:
I finally followed up on some old advice I got on here and purple loctited my Kizer Feist.. Only, with my caveman hands and lack of finesse, managed to reassemble it to include bad rub near the pivot. It's sat for 36 hours, any suggestions on fixing it?
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Disassemble, clean out, and redo, this time make sure your pivot is dialed in just right, no play, centered, but still flips nicely. Also, ive needed anything stronger than blue on any knife I've owned
 
I have used Teflon tape for persistent loose pivot screw. You just need to use little excessive amount of tape.
This requires some dexterous fingers, though.
 
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Here is my Anthony Griffin Front Flipper I promised I would post. My first full custom. As you can see, it is "normal" sized...lol. I have it next to a large 21 Sebenza to give you an idea of its size comparison. The quality of the knife is awesome throughout. It's scary sharp in cpm 154 steel which I have always liked in the past. Framelock which locks up like a vise. Front Flipper as stated, but I cannot flip it to save my life. I watched videos and even the video of this exact one and just simply can't...lol. It really does remind me of a large slip joint, until you turn it over and realize it's framelock. Not sure if I will keep it or not, but wanted to share...!! Enjoy.
 
tiguy7 said:
Sorry, between my ass and third base and front and rear flippers, I cannot figure anything out. The pictures in this thread are not helping.
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Look up a picture of the Kizer Feist. Notice how it seems to have no way to open the knife. No thumbstuds, flipper, thumbhole, not even a nail nick.

Now look at the jimping on the Feist. You open the knife by pushing on the little bit of spine jimping that sticks out past the scales of the knife.
 
nyefmaker said:
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Here is my Anthony Griffin Front Flipper I promised I would post. My first full custom. As you can see, it is "normal" sized...lol. I have it next to a large 21 Sebenza to give you an idea of its size comparison. The quality of the knife is awesome throughout. It's scary sharp in cpm 154 steel which I have always liked in the past. Framelock which locks up like a vise. Front Flipper as stated, but I cannot flip it to save my life. I watched videos and even the video of this exact one and just simply can't...lol. It really does remind me of a large slip joint, until you turn it over and realize it's framelock. Not sure if I will keep it or not, but wanted to share...!! Enjoy.
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Took me a while to get used to flipping some front flippers. Some of them are much easier than others it seems. Took me a long time to be able to flick by Exskelibur. Some knives are just much harder. (I don't think what makes an effective front flipper is common knowledge to makers like a standard flipper is)

Some front flipper knives are much easier to flick with the side of the index finger.
 
The front flipping action is definitely a learning curve. I watched half a dozen videos of the Feist before I bought mine, and I still couldn't do it. Eventually I had to find my own way to do it (people in most vids used the side of their thumb --- I had to use a spot closer to the base of the thumb, below the last knuckle). I still can't index finger it out...

Honestly though it's a valid method of child (or idiot) proofing your knife. Heck, my cousin and coworkers could barely figure out how to open it.
 
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Lapedog said:
Look up a picture of the Kizer Feist. Notice how it seems to have no way to open the knife. No thumbstuds, flipper, thumbhole, not even a nail nick.

Now look at the jimping on the Feist. You open the knife by pushing on the little bit of spine jimping that sticks out past the scales of the knife.
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Thanks, I think I got it. These are front/back flippers. The things that look like thumb studs are blade stops. I can thumb the front ear or index finger the rear ear. Sometimes I do both at the same time.View attachment 797808
 
tiguy7 said:
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Thanks, I think I got it. These are front/back flippers. The things that look like thumb studs are blade stops. I can thumb the front ear or index finger the rear ear. Sometimes I do both at the same time.View attachment 797808
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Sort of. The spine side quillion is more of a wave than a front flipper.

This knife demonstrates two of the more popular styles of front flippers (it has both styles)

Kizer Wakulla
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The little tab to the left of the thumbstud is one front flipper. Pressing at the corner of that front flipper causes the blade to open.

The other front flipper is the other tab to the left of the pivot. This one you flip more like a bic lighter.
 
Lapedog said:
Sort of. The spine side quillion is more of a wave than a front flipper.
When you say spine side quillion, are you talking about the spine quillion when the knife is open?
This knife demonstrates two of the more popular styles of front flippers (it has both styles)

Kizer Wakulla
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The little tab to the left of the thumbstud is one front flipper. Pressing at the corner of that front flipper causes the blade to open.

The other front flipper is the other tab to the left of the pivot. This one you flip more like a bic lighter.
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Lapedog said:
Is that a stud on the pivot of your mad max so you can slip it between your belt and pants and the knife will hang by the stud?
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Actually that post is supposed to drop into a frog. The knife is too long for a pocket clip. The frog in the picture has a hole, but I would need a notch, the bottom of which would correspond to the lower edge of the hole. I am going to order a Kydex frog customized to fit the knife. In the mean time, I use a Napolean pocket.View attachment 797856
 
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