If a folder doesn't have a flipper it's obsolete - wow i am obsolete, r u 2?

Why not get the JYD sent off to somebody to get the detent professionally fixed? That is if you have any desire on using the knife, which I could understand not wanting to.
 
I can rarely get flippers to work unless the blade is assisted. Call me lazy, but I flat-out refuse to flick my wrist when opening a knife. I'm not a fan of exaggerated movements when I'm holding my knives, and I am also under the impression that a well-built knife won't need that kind of movie-insinuated mall ninjaness.

I also don't like the way they look.
 
dkb45 said:
Why not get the JYD sent off to somebody to get the detent professionally fixed? That is if you have any desire on using the knife, which I could understand not wanting to.
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The One-Arm Bandit works fine, and converts the knife to a regular manual knife. No need to pay someone to fix something I do not find practical in the first place. Don't use the knife much anyways as it is part of the noted collection I posted. Once in a while I may take both of them, since I work in aerospace and like to show others aerospace inspired blades. In that case, the smaller JYD goes on my left side, and sees almost all of the use. I can flick it if I put my mind to it, but it usually does not open all the way unless I give my wrist a good flick at the same time. NBD. I bought them both to try out flippers, found them wanting, have not nor will not buy anymore.

And like was pointed out by someone else, I find the flipper mechanism gets in the way of using the knife to it's full extent. The flipper extension limits you to using the end of the knife, rather than the larger portion of it if cutting on a flat surface.

I got my usual left and right Military's in pocket today. ;-)
 
Cypress said:
I can rarely get flippers to work unless the blade is assisted. Call me lazy, but I flat-out refuse to flick my wrist when opening a knife. I'm not a fan of exaggerated movements when I'm holding my knives, and I am also under the impression that a well-built knife won't need that kind of movie-insinuated mall ninjaness.

I also don't like the way they look.
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I will agree that most flippers are a bit of an eyesore. Most of them don't do the flipper like the Spyderco Domino so it just looks like a cancerous tumor on the blade. I do applaud the designers that leave the flipper so it is barely there when the knife is open.
 
The cigars look very tasty... Do you ship to the old continent ? However, I'm much more interested in some of your knives ...
 
Cypress said:
I can rarely get flippers to work unless the blade is assisted. Call me lazy, but I flat-out refuse to flick my wrist when opening a knife. I'm not a fan of exaggerated movements when I'm holding my knives, and I am also under the impression that a well-built knife won't need that kind of movie-insinuated mall ninjaness.

I also don't like the way they look.
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Wow! You certainly are a handful. Do you want some cheese with that whine?
 
herisson said:
The cigars look very tasty... Do you ship to the old continent ? However, I'm much more interested in some of your knives ...
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You can get the stogies here, they ship internationally obviously. YUP, they are a really good cigar, go great with coffee in the morning or an adult beverage at night. ;-)
http://www.cigarsinternational.com/search/?q=CAO+Soprano's+

As for shipping knives to France, never done so before. Don't know the in's and out's of doing that. I'm certain it's not rocket science though. Not much in life is. Except flipper knives. ;-)

BTW: if you were to become a paid member here (as little as $10.00 a month), it would open up other communication channels currently not available. Catch my drift?
 
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dragonsprayer said:
main edc carry: ZT 0551, gen 2, got it used on BF nicely sharpened and upgraded. This is my main carry now, custom scale and lantern included.

i think in an emergency a flipper is more likely too fail then a thumb stud with a stiff knife. i have a lot of broken in wrist flippers my trusty sandman always deploys by wrist, blade not loose, well broken in.

i like flippers, my second edc kai lehar 1750 carry is a flipper, but unless it is super smooth and/or loose a flipper is more likely too miss deployment then a thumb stud.

IMHO.


i just wondered how many other people are obsolete like me?
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My gen 2 ZT 0550 fires out better than any flipper I've seen! tho mine doesn't have a lantern. =D
 
Listen up! This thread in in General Knife Discussion, not Whine & Cheese. Stop commenting on each other and return to focus on the knives.
 
Cypress said:
I also dislike cats.
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I dislike cats too. So that makes you and I bros. :D

Getting back on topic I personally love flippers! Never had any trouble opening one, most of the time I don't even need to wrist flick them as long as they have a strong detent you can flick them out with a good push, no wrist action necessary.

I feel more comfortable with flippers than I do with thumbstuds.
 
Metal Made Fox said:
I dislike cats too. So that makes you and I bros. :D

Getting back on topic I personally love flippers! Never had any trouble opening one, most of the time I don't even need to wrist flick them as long as they have a strong detent you can flick them out with a good push, no wrist action necessary.

I feel more comfortable with flippers than I do with thumbstuds.
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A sticky pivot on a thumb stud knife would definitely be more dangerous than a flipper... I can see losing a chunk of thumb. The flipper is inherently safer, but I guess I may just lack the pointer-finger power that most possess :D
 
Cypress said:
A sticky pivot on a thumb stud knife would definitely be more dangerous than a flipper... I can see losing a chunk of thumb. The flipper is inherently safer, but I guess I may just lack the pointer-finger power that most possess :D
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Why would that be? I actually prefer mine a bit on the stiff side. I have strong hands, and set mine accordingly. Others may pick up one of my knives, try to open it, and go WTH?
A strong center finger is not required for opening knives, but helps in other of life's matters. ;-)
 
Cypress said:
I can rarely get flippers to work unless the blade is assisted. Call me lazy, but I flat-out refuse to flick my wrist when opening a knife. I'm not a fan of exaggerated movements when I'm holding my knives, and I am also under the impression that a well-built knife won't need that kind of movie-insinuated mall ninjaness.

I also don't like the way they look.
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Never owned a flipper. I didn't know that you had to do that with them. I agree with you. I hate it when people do that. My brother in law got a knife in the leg when he tried to do that.

To the OP. I still use a slippy so I'm more out of date then you are. :D
 
cbxer55 said:
Why would that be? I actually prefer mine a bit on the stiff side. I have strong hands, and set mine accordingly. Others may pick up one of my knives, try to open it, and go WTH?
A strong center finger is not required for opening knives, but helps in other of life's matters. ;-)
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Throw the thumb in line with the cutting bevel, then have the blade stop short... This leaves the edge right in the path of your moving thumb (based on technique).
 
Shotgun said:
Never owned a flipper. I didn't know that you had to do that with them. I agree with you. I hate it when people do that. My brother in law got a knife in the leg when he tried to do that.

To the OP. I still use a slippy so I'm more out of date then you are. :D
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None of my flippers require a wrist flick. They also aren't so loose that blade play creeps in. My flippers include the Southard, ZT 801, Kershaw Skyline, and a Boker Kwaiken with flipper mod.
 
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If my flipper is stiff most of the time if I loosen the pivot, then tighten it very lightly, to the point it flips with out any movement of my wrist, and has no blade play, also you have to preload some flippers, pressure forward and down at a angle.
 
Cypress said:
I can rarely get flippers to work unless the blade is assisted. Call me lazy, but I flat-out refuse to flick my wrist when opening a knife. I'm not a fan of exaggerated movements when I'm holding my knives, and I am also under the impression that a well-built knife won't need that kind of movie-insinuated mall ninjaness.

I also don't like the way they look.
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Most well made flippers do not require inertia from a whip of the wrist. In fact, they don't require assisted opening either. What is required is loading the flipped and a quick and focused push of the flipper "through" the knife rather than down the handle. Tat being said, they definitely are not for everyone.
 
I love and can work them all, knives that is.
The best flipper to date is my CRKT M16ER. NO kidding.
rolf
 
My favorite is hinderer xm 18 3.5 spanto, awesome flipper, it's a keeper.
 
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