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^^ Yeah, they are for daredevils only!! 
What can I say, I live on the edge! 
What can I say, I live on the edge! 
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Is anyone else starting to hate flippers?
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First, i have never threatened you. Ever. Second, I understand and process information fine. Not sure why you are making this personal and being insulting. But I cant say I am surprised. I am simply replying to your comments. This is a common occurrence on a discussion forum. If you want no one to question your supremacy blogs are much more one sided and you can control the conversation. Still The last thing you can do though is make assumptions of how or what I use my knives for. Just because I dont obsessively post pictures of me using my knife like a celebrity without a network show doesnt mean i dont use my knives. Maybe thats why you are so negative about so many different types of knives. You refuse to change and seem to expect that companies adjust the way they produce knives to fit your requirements. Maybe one day, if you ever find yourself in a situation that is less than optimal you will discover the virtues and benefits to adaptation and improvisation. Or you can just complain about everything and get defensive when questioned. Its worked for you so far.
Flippers accidentally open from improper handling and carrying. Another instance where adaptation will go along way. Please make the video and dont leave us hanging. If you do, ill make a video showing the correct way to make your video a non issue.
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I want to see this video too
Yes you are correct, the knife is finished well and the thumb studs are nice.
It is the detent that is so ridiculous I can't open it using the thumb studs and even struggle with two hands.
I watched a YouTube video of a guy stripping one and wet sanding the washers to get it to work...
I got threatened by a moderator yesterday with banning for responding to a post asking innocently about price, so don't think I will be attempting to buy or sell anything soon here !
Apparently I need to pay for a Gold subscription or something but not sure how to do it ..............lame.
I would.
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Its not lame. The information you seek is very easy to find. This is a private community in which the powers that be expect you to read the rules. If you do that all the answers for nearly any possible scenario including paid memberships will be found.
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No, you don't. You're not replying to my post, you are implying that I don't know what I'm doing by giving me your example. This is personal, not me replying to your post, follow the time line.
If you were able to process and understand what I'm talking about, you would be able to carry normal conversation as some other people that process and understand what I'm talking about, like Surfingringo in this thread.
Analyzing isn't obviously your day job, but I'll give you a hand, just to stay on the topic of this thread and help you understand my point: One of the things I do is property managing, I supervise and maintain about 160 properties in the area. Lots of times I'll be stuck in tight spaces, need to cut a zip-tie or something else with my knife and I can't look at the knife, can't move much and so on. I ride the thumbstud till it locks the blade and this is safer technique to open a blade than flipping it with a wrist action or any other way. lot's of times, when you are not looking at the blade it will hit or touch something that will stop the blade. When this happens you get positive feedback trough your thumb touching the blade and you can reposition your hand and continue opening it till it locks. The fact is, that any way you choose to open completely and lock your flipper that stuck in the middle after such event, first - it's not safe, second it's more complicated than riding the thumbstud.
That's why I find flippers less practical than other systems. Do I have problem with them ? No, no because I like knives. Do I have problem opening my flippers ? No, because they work just fine. Do I have problem with you ? No, but I think you do with me because of my position in the Daboia review . Do I care about it ? No, but I don't like to have problem even with people that I don't care about because I'm not a conflicting person ( I hope so).
Now, after I explained myself, I like to know what are you doing for a living, or to possibly find out if you are using your knife for something else than opening mail and carrying it with you. In other words: an example of what you are doing with your knives, so I can have some idea what do you know about the subject you are lecturing me.
I also like to know if you are putting all the forum members that obsessively post pictures of their knives at work in another thread, in the same category ( a celebrity without a network ) you are putting me with the quoted statement above ?
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To each their own... I personally however love flippers as much as I love the axis lock, and my microtech OTF. The first flipper I ever owned was a CRKT M16 (everything I had prior to that was thumb stud) and for me it was revolutionary. Never was a knife more quickly and easily opened, and that knife is a piece of crap compared to stuff I own now. I always thought the spydey hole was odd, but after getting a sage 2, I've grown to love that as well. Flippers are just as practical/functional as any other mechanism.
As for "flippers are just for fun".... Well my definition of a real flipper is different. Here is one of my favorite" flippers".
As for "flippers are just for fun".... Well my definition of a real flipper is different. Here is one of my favorite" flippers".
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Wow you are holding grudges because of that thread? Dude, life is pretty short. Despite the narcissistic notion i didnt even remember who you were. But you certainly remember a lot about that thread leading me to think you care just a tad bit more than you let on. But this bs about me making threats? Never happened. As for your inqueries as to what i do its none of your business. And i never asked you anything about yours so i dont owe you anything just because you decided to spout off on all things i dont care. Call me a skeptic but i usually dont listen to stories told on the internet, so i dont tell them either. But to give you an answer i use my knives to cut things. Hope that clears it up for you. Why am i not elaborating on that? Because both you and i could sit here and make up any story we want to.
First rule of marketing...make it easy for people to pay you.
A one click payment option on the frontpage isn't exactly rocket science...
Many people are too busy to endure having to research, process and educate themselves just in order to make a private organisation a small payment.
#justsayin
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This isnt a store, its a private community that allows selling. They expect you to read the rules. Not having a one click payment option singles out those who would have the community to change for them rather than they adapt to the community rather quickly. This is not first and foremost a business and you are not a customer. You are a member. I dont know of any community where membership is encouraged to immediately question and criticise how they choose to do things. Is it customary where you come from to invite people into your home and allow them to tell you everything they think you are doing wrong in your house? YOU adapt to the community. The community doesnt adapt to you. You are welcome to create your own forum and get back to us on just how simple it really is.
Lol, awesome.
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Um, first rule of life is know the rules where ever you go. I mean, you agreed to them when you signed up. Seems like you just ignored them though. Not a good way to go about living.
And if you can't figure out how to become a paying member and then you complain about it, what other gems of supirior knowledge might you share with us here.
The entitlement some folks have these days is just shocking....
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Judging by the volume of your posts, you are elaborating anyway while you're dodging a simple question.
It would take you less time and effort to say something in this line: "Well, I'm cutting so and so (answering question to whatever extend you decide to do it) and I find the technique I'm using for opening my knife ( topic related fact) to be so and so because... (opinion)."
Giving some direct answer to a direct question always helps your credibility when you are trying to make a point I think, but of course I could be mistaking...
Anyway, but the thing is: I'm not making up stories and if you are following my conversations in this thread you'll understand why. Will you accepted it is completely different story,
let's stick to the thread, I don't care about the rest of the verbiage you're offering because it seems to me you're making it personal and I really don't want to waste my time with such conversations.
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I will happily be your butler on this one and go find one for you.....
Less is always more when it comes to such wonderful new additions to this forum as you have been.
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I think what you fail to understand here, is that if you are going to go all in with YOUR opinion and YOUR personal issues with flippers, then you should expect others to do the same, or at least to 'adjust' some of your personal ideas.
The thing is, and this may be difficult to understand, when you walk along the line of fact and YOUR experience, and blur the two, you will get called out.....
Kinda keeps things real, and Purple is good at trying to do that.
Nothing wrong with stating your opinion, but just don't argue it like fact.....
Before you leave can we please see pictures of the terrible sebenza, I've never seen a bad one either.
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Judging by the volume of your posts, you are elaborating anyway while you're dodging a simple question.
It would take you less time and effort to say something in this line: "Well, I'm cutting so and so (answering question to whatever extend you decide to do it) and I find the technique I'm using for opening my knife ( topic related fact) to be so and so because... (opinion)."
Giving some direct answer to a direct question always helps your credibility when you are trying to make a point I think, but of course I could be mistaking...
Anyway, but the thing is: I'm not making up stories and if you are following my conversations in this thread you'll understand why. Will you accepted it is completely different story,
let's stick to the thread, I don't care about the rest of the verbiage you're offering because it seems to me you're making it personal and I really don't want to waste my time with such conversations.
The volume of my posts for the last eight years? Some people have that many their first. This is my problem with you. I explain myself and you dont listen. Then you take comments i make about you making this personal and turn around and put it right back on me. Its like i am arguing with myself because you simply parrot what i have said using slightly different words. Now my past run ins with you are all coming back to me. But if there is one thing you should take away from this its this. i will not elaborate because it doesnt matter. I could tell you anything i want and its just words without proof. And just the same you could read it berate it and make up your own stories about what you cut. I dont know if you are lying. And i dont care.
With you its aleays a pissing match of who does more with their knife which you could be lying and so could I. And that is the funniest thing about this is that because you couldnt find a footing in the argument you immediately have to take it to who uses their knives harder. When you should realize that if all i do is sit around and play with my knives all day that means i must have a bit more experience operating them as that would be my expertise wouldnt it? Because all i do is sit and look at my knives and play with them. Its not always how much you do but what you do. This wasnt a debate about who can cut what, we were talking about opening and closing a knife which doesnt require cutting anything
So i make a choice not to tell you. Not because it takes too long but because i dont want to. To which you are going to go but, but, but. And the answer will STILL be no, I dont care, its none of your business and you could be full of it. I prefer facts. And since i cant confirm anything you say and you cant confirm what i say then its a stupid idea to even entertain. Do you get it yet or ido i need to throw this into google translate for you? Get over your entitlement issues. You can ask me anything you want but you arent entitled to an answer just because you do.
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First rule of reading, the very top of the page there a pretty good sized button that says "Paid Subscriptions", it doesn't get any easier than that. It's too bad you are too busy to see what is clearly right under your nose. Maybe you should slow down a bit, you might be missing other cues that may or may not be important. Rocket Science indeed.
Second, we don't delete accounts. If you haven't figured that part out yet I will help you out yet again. On the top right side of this very page, there are the words "Log Out". Do I really need to explain what this does, or is life still at that break neck pace for you?
Lastly, no one threatened you with anything. You were given a warning for failing to read the rules that you agreed to abide by when signing up. I find it really hard to believe that you are just sooo busy and sooo important that you can't take 60 seconds to see what you did wrong and take some responsibility. Then again, you seem to be a special snowflake that needs all kinds of coddling and hand holding. Not really what we do here.
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