Ideal "one-handed" traditional knife...

Many largish single blade traditional knives open very fast, but with two hands. You might not be losing as much in the way of convenience as you may anticipate.

Not having a pocket clip isn't that bad either with a large traditional folder. I keep one in my right back pocket beside my wallet.
 
It is easy to make make pocket sheath that allows the knife to stay in the same position as with a clip. About opening, I have cut myself trying to thumb a Buck 112 open. Opinels are easy to open one-handed as Pinnah wrote. My Pattada is also easy to open with the same technique.
 
My opinel!

I sit and open, lock, unlock, and close it one handed all the time!

Easy as pie!

It is my favorite traditional for fishing for a number of reasons, this included. I can open it one handed. It also has no opening or closing snap to bite me when my hands are wet or slick.
 
Planterz said:
Your best bet is to find a modern knife with traditional styling, like bone or wood handles. Poke around AG Russell's website; it has a lot of such knives.
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agreed, that's a good way to describe some of those AGR models.
e.g. with the gunstock the nail nicks are large and deep enough, with enough exposed blade to lever the blade open one-handed. there are also wharncliffe models.

I've got a GEC razor teardrop (not its official name, but that does sound cool) on its way to me, I think this style of blade is the coolest and most legit and historically interesting traditional one-hander.
 
My one hand opening traditional.
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non half stop

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My Opinel No 12 was really tight when I got it. I shaved about an exacto blades width worth of wood from both sides of the blade where it was binding on the pivot and lubed the pivot with Vaseline and it now flicks open and closed when I want it to while still being sturdy when locked. I"m pretty happy with it though I know that Opinel's were never intended to be flick knives. I'll post a video once I have a chance.
pinnah said:
The Opinel in Inox.


EDC with lanyards by Pinnah, on Flickr

The Opinel is a friction folder at its core. This means that the blade isn't activated in anyway by a spring. This means that you can do things one-handed with an Opinel that would be dangerous with most other folding knives.


http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...Around-amp-Walk-About?p=12519208#post12519208
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Queen One Armed Trapper 4 1/4" in D2 with Black Cherry (delrin) scales

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my French knife opens with a vigorous flick of the wrist...i dont do it often but it do,s do it..Its cammed just right for this and once you get the blade moving ,it carries through til its open...FES

 
here is the GEC #85 razor blade on a teardrop frame, takes a bit of practice to get it to open smoothly, I wonder if it would actually be better without the half-stop. Looking forward to the razor barlows coming out sometime.
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It seems to me I had a knife called a one armed pill buster years ago. Not sure what happened to it but I believe it would qualify.
 
I tried a russlock, couldn't really seem to work it well.

Those one handed notch bladed knives look rather nifty.
 
It takes a little practice but hold a closed Buck 110 by the blade around the nail nick with the tip pointing up. Then give the knife a snap downward and stop abruptly letting the handle swing away from the blade. It actually works great. It will work with most traditionals. Otherwise join the amputee club and buy one of these.
 
Aglifter said:
I tried a russlock, couldn't really seem to work it well.

Those one handed notch bladed knives look rather nifty.
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I've just discovered that they make great cheese knives too, the two points at the end function as a sort of cocktail fork.
 
I open my opinel almost exactly like you would open any modern folder. none of this weird grips method, or tapping on a table, or using a leg, or flick method. it opens and closes like it has a thumb stud, only add in the manual locking/unlocking.

[video=youtube;uPcvH-k9Lhk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPcvH-k9Lhk&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/video]

edit: I have never modded the knife. never soaked the pivot in oil or Vaseline, I oil the pivot maybe twice a year. it's basically the same as a fresh out of the box knife, though it has loosened up a hair.
 
Higonokami should be mentioned as a one-hander, and is also pretty close to a wharncliff shape, sort of.

A. G. Russell sells one with a locking liner, and damascus blade. It's a beautiful knife, and looks pretty close to the traditional design, but the carbon fiber may through some off. The traditional design is a friction folder, and may have a hole for a lanyard.

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Although never discussed on this forum, there are a host of traditional one-handed knives called switchblades. The german lever lock style, the italian button lock, all have traditional blade patterns and handles. Same with the vintage schrades.

With the new laws allowing switchblades in many states (e.g. recently KS) these are now an option for those who go "traditional".
 
brownshoe said:
Although never discussed on this forum, there are a host of traditional one-handed knives called switchblades. The german lever lock style, the italian button lock, all have traditional blade patterns and handles. Same with the vintage schrades.

With the new laws allowing switchblades in many states (e.g. recently KS) these are now an option for those who go "traditional".
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Although they are traditional, they do have their own forum Automatic-Knife-Switchblades. That's the best place to research and discuss them.
 
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