I'm looking for a fun cheap! manual flipper knife... any suggestions?

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ChrisDS

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Yo anyone know of a cheap fun manual flipper that I can just flick open and close all day?
 
Too many options to even begin suggesting something. At least put a price range in or something :confused:
 
You can't go wrong with the skyline. It doesn't have bearings but it breaks in super smooth after some use. It also has a very solid blade steel.
 
Well, since there is no criteria, I would say a Sanrenmu 733. About $10-12 on the bay. Fits your needs of cheap, manual, flipper.
 
Kershaw R.A.M. for sure. It's as smooth as my PM2 if not smoother and the Hawk lock is one of the strongest on the market. They are discontinued now so getting harder and harder to find but they are still available on the big auction site just have to hunt around for a good deal on one.
 
I will X2 on the Kershaw RAM and the CRKT Ripple. My Kershaw Skyline (black coated blade) was my least favorite flipper, but it seems that it's finally breaking in, but it requires more technique than the RAM or the Ripple.
 
kershaw skyline, like mine, light and still compact. Saw a few others above recommend it too.
 
You might try looking for a USA-made Kershaw Zing (as opposed to the assisted Chinese stainless model). It's manual. Probably the easiest to find is the black tanto for ~$35. I had good times flipping it over and over, taking it apart to admire it's workmanship, then tuning it back to the perfect flipping tension. Then he got lost in my house... If you hear from him, tell him to write or send me a little note to let me know he's okay...
 
Echoing the Skyline. Takes a little technique to flip properly, but it's an excellent flipper. The only one I still own and I've owned many flippers, including a Tilt.
 
CRKT ripple

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If you want something a little nicer with better blade steel upgrade to the SS frame lock version of the Ripple in Acuto+. The $30 version (even tho its perfect for what your asking and in your price range) is an Aluminum liner lock in 8Cr13MoV, it still has the same IKBS bearings so its just as fun to flip but the qualit is much much better in the SS version. You can find them used for less than $25 over your budget but the quality is much higher than the cheaper ripple.

Edit: I thought for some reason you had a $30 budget listed- since you don't I would highly recommend upgrading to the SS ripple, you can pick them up used for like $50 or so, heck even new they're under $70.
 
Kershaw Skyline, Zing 1735, RAM, Junkyard Dog 1720
CRKT Ripple, M16-01
Buck Vantage
 
I would also go with the kershaw zing tanto. You can pick it up from kershawguy at a good price. USA made and better quality than the CRKT ripple. The ripple I bought had the worst QC I've ever seen on a knife
 
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