How many of you close your lockbacks one-handed?

I have tons of lockbacks, I always close them one handed. Usually I'm holding something with the other hand, so two hand closing is not usually an option.
 
Almost always one handed with my EDC. A stiff lock or an unfamilar knife, I will err on the side of caution and use two.
 
bchan77 said:
Ever since I got my first lockback I had always closed them with two hands. I don't know why, it just seems natural to me. I've seen people close their lockbacks one-handed with ease, kind of makes me wonder am I being stupid. How do you close your lockbacks?
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I have been closing lockbacks one handed since I got my 110 in the 60s.
 
One handed by pressing the lock with my right thumb and folding the blade by pressing the spine against my hip/leg.
 
I haven't paid much attention lately, but aren't there some knives that are best closed with two hands? These are the knives that unless you "brake" the blade it will strike the back of the handle as it snaps home. I suppose I'm dating myself, but that used to be a concern. I mostly carry a fixed blade now.
 
My Spyderco Native and Centofante are a breeze to close one handed. Can go blade up, blade down, blade sideways.

Activate the lock with your thumb, while pushing down on the back of the blade with your index/middle finger (or let gravity pull it down, depending on how it's held) release the lock and keep pushing the blade down in whichever way comes naturally in that grip.
 
Guess I never thought about it.

However, when I thought it over after reading this, I close my liner locks with one hand as they have no spring to snap shut. This would be my Tyrade, Shallot, JYDII, and a couple of others.

Lockbacks, two hands.

ALL of my slip joints I close with two, even my peanut(s). I think I sliced my hands too many times when I was a kiddo and all we had were slip joints. A distracted little boy and a nice sharp knife = a nice cut.

With my new Queens, I would be afraid a small misstep would slice a finger since they have springs on them that make my truck jealous. I always grasp the knife with one hand and snap them shut with the other.

Never thought of it though, it just kinda developed that way.

Robert
 
while I do not think it matters really, I usually close my lock backs with one hand, depends on the situation i suppose.
 
I always close my Spydie lockbacks one handed. Playing with my new SE waved Endura 4 right now.
 
Spyderco style mid-lock type knives... one hand.
Traditional styled back-lock knives... use two though I could do it awkwardly one handed with conscious effort. Generally, I subconsciously try to close a knife with however many hands it took to open it. For example, I'm kind of thrown off by a knife I really like - A.G. Russell's Texas Ranger. It's a traditional lockback, but can be easily opened one handed due to its smooth action and deep nail nick. I find I don't like carrying it as much as I would like to because I open it one handed, but have to close it 2 handed. Even though I like to carry slipjoints and other traditional lockbacks that require 2 hands. It's a weird mental thing that's definitely more subconscious than rational b/c other than that, it's a great knife.

Same thing for some stiff or sticky liner locks or frame-locks where I've had to use two to close them.
 
talontwo said:
I haven't paid much attention lately, but aren't there some knives that are best closed with two hands? These are the knives that unless you "brake" the blade it will strike the back of the handle as it snaps home. I suppose I'm dating myself, but that used to be a concern. I mostly carry a fixed blade now.
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You're not necessarily dating yourself about this problem of the blade colliding with the inside of the backspacer/lockbar. It's my #1 pet peeve in my list of things that really irritate me about brand new, current generation folding knives. I've seen this in a lot of cheaply made knives, as well as in some $300+ custom knives. To me, it's the ONE little detail that too frequently seems to get overlooked in the design of many knives. I see it more in knives that have been designed to fit the largest possible blade into the most compact possible handle. This freqently puts the belly/throat of the blade dangerously close to the inside of the backspacer. If the 'kick' on the blade tang is sufficiently deep, the blade edge should never have any chance of getting too close to the backspacer/lockbar.
 
You're not necessarily dating yourself about this problem of the blade colliding with the inside of the backspacer/lockbar. It's my #1 pet peeve in my list of things that really irritate me about brand new, current generation folding knives. I've seen this in a lot of cheaply made knives, as well as in some $300+ custom knives. To me, it's the ONE little detail that too frequently seems to get overlooked in the design of many knives. I see it more in knives that have been designed to fit the largest possible blade into the most compact possible handle. This freqently puts the belly/throat of the blade dangerously close to the inside of the backspacer. If the 'kick' on the blade tang is sufficiently deep, the blade edge should never have any chance of getting too close to the backspacer/lockbar.
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Sorry "off topic for a sec here plz"

Obsessed with Edges - How do you know for sure if a folder's design is not allowing the edge to hit the spine?

I'm not sure which of my folders was bugging me the other day but I was sure that the blade was hitting the back of the handle instead of stopping in some way and I couldn't figure out how you'd know.
 
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Some times I do it one handed, sometimes 2...also depends on which knife I'm carrying (close assisted 2 handed, otherwise usually 1 handed)
 
cziv said:
Obsessed with Edges - How do you know for sure if a folder's design is not allowing the edge to hit the spine?

I'm not sure which of my folders was bugging me the other day but I was sure that the blade was hitting the back of the handle instead of stopping in some way and I couldn't figure out how you'd know.
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If the edge IS contacting anything inside the handle, you'll notice one/both of the following:

1.) With the blade open, look at the inside of the handle under BRIGHT light, so the inside surface of the backspacer/spring/lockbar is clearly illuminated. If the blade edge has been contacting any surface in there, it always leaves a tell-tale nick/scratch/divot (same kind of mark left as if you'd taken the knife and smacked it, edge first, into a piece of wood/plastic/softer metal). More often than not, this 'divot' will usually be somewhere in the last 1/2" to 1" of the backspacer, nearer to the 'butt end' of the handle. If the blade is fairly well centered when closed, the divot will also be along or near the centerline of the backspacer/lockbar.

2.) Tell-tale 'flat spot' on the edge of the blade, usually at the deepest portion of the belly/throat, near the tip. Look directly at the edge, again under BRIGHT light. If there's a flat spot there, it'll reflect light. Again, it looks exactly as if you'd deliberately smacked the edge into something hard enough to roll or flat-spot the edge. This is how I'd actually become aware of this problem in the first place. I was admiring & inspecting the edge on one of my custom folders, and could see the 'glint' of the flat spot on the edge. I then peeked into the handle recess, and could also see the divot along the backspacer.

If the backspacer is made of composite material (plastic/micarta/G10/etc.), it won't likely flat-spot the blade edge (if the steel is worth a darn), but you'll still definitely see the divot in the backspacer.

In one REALLY BAD example, I was actually able to feel the blade edge GRINDING on the backspacer as I gently squeezed the knife (blade closed) between my thumb & fingers. That blade's edge was actually RESTING against the backspacer when closed. Completely unacceptable. :mad:

Back on topic, most of my mid-locks (Spyderco), liner & frame locks, and my most current EDC (Spyderco Manix2) with the caged BBL, I close all of these one-handed. Other traditional backlocks, like Buck 110/111/112, I use two hands. Their springs are kinda' STRONG, and they BITE!!
 
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I believe I close all my foldin' knives one handed.

Just always seemed natural, plus I'm lazy that way. :)
 
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