How do you AXIS lock

How do you actuate the AXIS lock to close your knife

  • Pinch both sides back

    Votes: 52 85.2%

  • Pull back on one side

    Votes: 9 14.8%
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Knicked Digits

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I can never tell what people that do reviews do and I’ve been curious for a while how other people (you guys) do it. I usually do a pinch and flick since that’s the only thing that worked with my mini grip. Since getting a 940-2, though, I’ve noticed that I can just pull back on one side and that works just as well.
 
Knicked Digits said:
I can never tell what people that do reviews do and I’ve been curious for a while how other people (you guys) do it. I usually do a pinch and flick since that’s the only thing that worked with my mini grip. Since getting a 940-2, though, I’ve noticed that I can just pull back on one side and that works just as well.
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I don’t know if it is true or a myth;

But I have seen it said many times that pulling only one side back leads to more omega springs breaking.

To me that doesn’t make sense but it is definitely something alot of people believe.
 
Lapedog said:
I don’t know if it is true or a myth;

But I have seen it said many times that pulling only one side back leads to more omega springs breaking.

To me that doesn’t make sense but it is definitely something alot of people believe.
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I agree, its a "common knowledge" thing that may or may not be true. I've had the same Grip for over ten years, and the springs seem fine, but I've also seen posts here of guys who seem to kill the springs all the time. Granted I only fidgeted with it for a few weeks, I'm sure there are guys who cycle their axis-lock knives a couple hundred times a night.
I find the pinch on both sides to feel more natural, so that's what I go with.
 
Pinch and flip. All of my Benchmades are able open with just a hard flick though.
 
gadgetgeek said:
I agree, its a "common knowledge" thing that may or may not be true. I've had the same Grip for over ten years, and the springs seem fine, but I've also seen posts here of guys who seem to kill the springs all the time. Granted I only fidgeted with it for a few weeks, I'm sure there are guys who cycle their axis-lock knives a couple hundred times a night.
I find the pinch on both sides to feel more natural, so that's what I go with.
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I imagine if you are the kind of guy who carries one knife regularly, and that knife happens to be a Benchmade axis lock, you will see alot more spring fatigue.

So far I’ve broken zero springs but i have only recently begun carrying a 940 regularly. The only other bm I carried for any length of time was a 707 which my friend lost the second he touched it.
 
Just tried both, not bad but Im not a knife flicking type, would probably slip back to one right thumb but thanks for the interesting idea.
 
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i vary pretty much a random using either one or both sides on my manual benchmades. if it’s one it’s usually my thumb. on my axis assists i use my forefinger to move the axis bar down and my thumb to fold the blade in. do the same with my auto rift, but i usually open it with my thumb. never had a omega spring break, and that’s including a 710 my wife bought my back in ‘99 that had 16 years of almost constant use before it was stolen.
 
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I usually flick the blade open with the thumb stud, then hold the lock stud back and swing the blade closed one handed. To open heavier blades I do the "pinch and flip" method as well.
 
My EDC that I use multiple times daily at work was a Grip and I always one sided pull and flick. Have had the blade for roughly 5 years now and haven't had any spring issues.
 
I may be the odd man out here but I just roll the blade open with the thumb stud. Never flick.
To close I use my thumb and middle finger on the axis and roll it closed with my index finger.
 
Thumb stud for opening, two finger pinch and flip for closing
 
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I use my thumb one side of Axis lock, then use my index finger to flip the blade close. It's an ambidextrous choice since the pocket clip plays a part in the pinch slide method in one hand, but not the other.
 
On my non-autos, I generally flick the blade out with thumb stud, and pull back both sides of the Axis bar one-handed to disengage and flip to close. I do like Axis flipping the manuals open for fun when I’m just fidgeting, but because I have quite a few with different size/weight blades, I prefer using the thumb studs for more reliable opening in actual use. On my autos, I usually only pull the bar with the thumb of whichever hand the knife is in to deploy the blade, but pull both sides to close.
 
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