Kershaw Skyline - Manual and/or Assisted?

[knifezoid]

I've heard great things about the Skyline and am about to
recommend it to a friend. However, he prefers a manual
and not an assisted opening. I thought this was only AO
but is it manual as well? I may get one myself, but I prefer
AO.

Thanks.

 

[TwitchyBlade]

it isnt assisted opening. its a manual flipper

 

[RxEnergy]

It's manual, but the way it deploys it sure feels like an AO.

 

[knifezoid]

Thanks, I'm hoping he goes with this suggestion then.

More cause if he gets one I'm probably going to pick
one up too, hehe

 

[melt]

I have both a Skyline and an OD-1, and I like the OD-1 better. It's also non-assisted, but I can open it fully every time. Sometimes I'll not get the Skyline completely open.

 

[Phillip Dobson]

I have both a Skyline and an OD-1, and I like the OD-1 better. It's also non-assisted, but I can open it fully every time. Sometimes I'll not get the Skyline completely open.

I also prefer the OD-1. The flipper mechanism is great, and I love the slim shape.

 

[2brothers]

Don't forget about the Zing. A nice RJ Martin flipper with grippy polyamide handles

 

[knivesandguns]

Zing, Skyline, OD-1, Ener-g, Groove. All very fun flippers.

 

[shecky]

Keep in mind that if he wants something that can be opened manually in a slow manner, the Skyline may not be the one for him. I find it has really only one way to be opened: via flipper that works about the same as assisted opener. The thumb stud isn't really a thumb stud so much as a blade stop. It's useless for opening the blade.

 

[knifezoid]

I like the OD-1, but his budget is 25-30 and the Skyline is at the end of that budget.
Didn't know the thumbstud was not as useful, I'll let him know that.

 

[deermaster]

Keep in mind that if he wants something that can be opened manually in a slow manner, the Skyline may not be the one for him. I find it has really only one way to be opened: via flipper that works about the same as assisted opener. The thumb stud isn't really a thumb stud so much as a blade stop. It's useless for opening the blade.

for me, its the quickest thumstud i have ever used, if you know how to use it. push forward, rather than up, and the blade will open like a rocket.

 

[derrickd803]

Zing, Skyline, OD-1, Ener-g, Groove. All very fun flippers.

Add the RAM to that list! Probably the funnest flipper I have used from Kershaw

 

[jonnyfgroove]

for me, its the quickest thumstud i have ever used, if you know how to use it. push forward, rather than up, and the blade will open like a rocket.

Same here.:thumbup: The flipper will work 100% of the time for me as well.

 

[shecky]

for me, its the quickest thumstud i have ever used, if you know how to use it. push forward, rather than up, and the blade will open like a rocket.

Too risky. The stud doesn't extend beyond the scale. Once you overcome the closed-bias detente, the blade does flip out with almost as much speed as the flipper. The difference is that the fleshy part of the thumb comes way too close to riding the edge as it happens, and it happens very quickly. The combination of the closed-bias detente and the stud being closely nested in the scale also means that slow opening takes too much concentration. May as well open two handed.