Knives with flippers opening in your pocket.

I have a few flippers that I use as work knives and haven't had that problem. I am up and down off ladders, scaffolds, on roofs, climbing around, on my hands and knees, etc. all day long. Anything my repair/maintenance/remodel business requires me to do.

I carry a Kershaw Tremor a lot (excellent work knife by the way), a Blur, and a couple of others daily and have for years. Never had a problem yet. As with some of the other folks here I ONLY carry tip up with the knife nestled by a secure pocket clip up against the seam in my front jeans pocket.

I was bit once by a knife that I carried tip down and it was because it got a couple of dimes worked into the knife frame and the blade worked open a little bit. When it happened again, I swore off tip down, period. Tip up against the pant seam cured all the problems, and even with my tool bags rubbing on the knife when I am climbing around, the knife never opens up.

This style isn't only relegated to assisted openers or flippers. My RAT1, JYD II, and any other large pocket clip carry knife is always tip up. Again, no problems or surprises.

Robert
 
crb2126 said:
I had a Darrel Ralph mini max with the double guard flipper just like his mad max and I reached in my pocket to use the knife and it had came open and got me pretty good, needless to say I was not to happy and ended up trading it at a knife show for a non flipper and it took me a long time before I bought another flipper, now it's all I carry but I have one made right with a nice strong detent made by Todd Begg.
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This is the answer as far as I'm concerned. I strengthen my liner/frame locks by putting more bend into the lockbar. Doesn't take a lot of bend, and though some people say that this will accelerate wear, but so far I haven't seen any, and I never have a blade open in my pocket, flipper of not.
 
I've been carrying flippers pretty much every day for a long while and have never had one open up on me in my pocket, but I'm with the rest of the herd: manual flippers, tip-up, against the seam. I'm not sure how that could ever go wrong, really.
 
HardTripper said:
The action of the knife was strong enough to slide the clip over and the knife was open about 60 degrees.
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Yep. Still, it seems to me you'd have to be in a pretty big hurry to get your knife out of your pocket not to realize that the knife had opened that much in your pocket before you reached in to grab it.

For what it's worth, I hate clipped knives. But then my solution is fairly radical. I carry most of my folders in the coin compartment of my wallet. How much knife can I get in the coin compartment of my wallet, you ask? How about a Small Sebenza or a 3" XM-18? Fortunately, I don't need more knife than that for the kind of work I do.
 
And for me, I've never had a knife open when it was loose in my pocket . . . only when it was clipped. And darned if I ever had a knife fall out of my pocket when I carried it loose . . . only when I carried it clipped. Now, of course, I don't have to be concerned about carrying it loose or carrying it clipped. Wallet carry is the way to go for me.
 
I will semi-frequently just pocket a knife (vs clipping it). The only knife I've ever had open on me was a ZT 0560, and it's happened in both pants and jacket pockets. If I carry it now - which is rare - it is usually in my pack.
 
I've had a few occasions with my benchmade mini grip (which is, admittedly, getting a little floppy) where it opened juuuuust enough in my pocket to expose the tip and jab my finger when I reached for it (carried tip up).
 
bladeboss said:
Howdy, all.
Once in a while, Ill just toss a knife in my back pocket, even if it has a clip.
Like my ZT 0200.
Sometimes, while its in my back pocket and Im going on about my day, i find that I accidentally hit the flipper and it opens just past the detent.
Never has it cut me or my clothes, and its not the knife's fault. But hey, it happened. Twice.
I cant be the only person this happens to......
Ever to you?
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Hasn't happened to me, but if I were to toss the knife into my back pocket for any amount of time I would be damn careful. The flipper is just sitting there waiting to be nudged to deploy the blade and make you a new butt crack.

When clipped in pocket, it's a no-brainer for blade against the seam.
 
another reason why i trust my zt 0550. flippers are convenient but has some drawbacks.
 
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