lock back one handed closing?

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Thought I would finally bow to peer pressure and get a Spyderco knife - decided on a delica 4 with a serrated edge (now in the post). The one thing that has put me off this before is thinking I couldn't close a lock back one handed - but is this so - I hear you can do it but how?
 
i like to place my index finger in the hole, press the lock with my thumb and move the blade forward until it is past the lock. Then i turn the knife over and close it the rest of the way with my thumb.
 
I close my lock backs one handed all the time without any trouble at all. Some guys depress the lock and knock the spine of the blade on their pant leg and still others just depress and flick it down a bit and then close it with their fingers. Mid lock folders are easier to manipulate this way than the long lock bars on folders like the Buck 110 but both styles can be closed one handed if you practice just a little bit with it.

STR
 
Hold the knife edge down and push on the lock with your thumb. Shake the knife a bit and the blade should unlock and swing downward. The unsharpened part of the tang should contact with your index finger. Turn the knife over and close the blade with your thumb.
 
STR said:
I close my lock backs one handed all the time without any trouble at all. Some guys depress the lock and knock the spine of the blade on their pant leg and still others just depress and flick it down a bit and then close it with their fingers. Mid lock folders are easier to manipulate this way than the long lock bars on folders like the Buck 110 but both styles can be closed one handed if you practice just a little bit with it.

STR
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These are exactly the methods I use and probably use them about equally depending in the circumstances. No one ever told me how to do it though, it's just very intuitive.
 
many thanks guys, I was used to older lock backs with two handed opening only and look forward to trying out your tips when my delica arrives
 
It's easy, like other guys have mentioned. Just put your index finger under the choil or unsharpened portion of the blade and give a downward flick when you depress the lock release. It'll be about 1/3 closed, just manipulate it closed from there.
 
Please experiment slowly with this method. It works with the Endura but other knives are built differently and you may cut your finger.
 
stevekt said:
Hold the knife edge down and push on the lock with your thumb. Shake the knife a bit and the blade should unlock and swing downward. The unsharpened part of the tang should contact with your index finger. Turn the knife over and close the blade with your thumb.
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with my native, endura, assist I am able to use a reverse spyderdrop as well. After you release the blade and shake it down, grab the spyderhole and flick upward.

and I second the notion that this method is safer on knives with choils.
 
STR said:
Some guys depress the lock and knock the spine of the blade on their pant leg...
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I've been doing it this way for years. It's very similar to how you would close a slip-joint one handed.
 
STR said:
I close my lock backs one handed all the time without any trouble at all. Some guys depress the lock and knock the spine of the blade on their pant leg

STR
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That isn't really one-handed, now is it? It's more like one hand and a leg, or could be one hand and a tree, or just another hand.
 
bigdog said:
That isn't really one-handed, now is it? It's more like one hand and a leg, or could be one hand and a tree, or just another hand.
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Unless you consider a leg to be a hand, it is indeed "one-handed".
 
One-handed-and-a-leg closing
One-handed with no help, from a leg or anything else, is one-handed closing.
If you were an amputee, you could just use your one-hand-and-teeth.
 
stevekt said:
Hold the knife edge down and push on the lock with your thumb. Shake the knife a bit and the blade should unlock and swing downward. The unsharpened part of the tang should contact with your index finger. Turn the knife over and close the blade with your thumb.
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Exactly how I do it. :)

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I hold it as you would hold a knife to close a liner lock, press the lockback with my finger (with thumb on handle opposite the lock), then close with my pointer finger. Works with all mid lockbacks.
 
Blue Sky said:
Unless you consider a leg to be a hand, it is indeed "one-handed".
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To me one handed opening or closing means only using one hand and no other objects or body parts to assist you. Also the action must be safe and secure. I can open my Buck 110 by thumbing the blade or pinching the blade and swinging the handle open but I don't think it is either safe or secure.
 
stevekt said:
To me one handed opening or closing means only using one hand and no other objects or body parts to assist you.
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I fail to see what difference it makes, but if you do that's fine with me.
 
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