Loudest knife when flicking/flipping open?

[rhino]

I'm not sure anything can be as loud as the Cold Steel Espada XL, sounds like you're cocking a small gun.

Or slamming the door on a Fiat!

 

[sharp_edge]

Among the ones I've tried, it's Cold Steel Espada large (the polished one).

 

[Murphjd25]

My SAK.

 

[OrangeBlueOrangeBlue]

Pretty much any Protech, but particularly the little ones.

 

[sgt1372]

A MicroTech Halo V and Socom Elite get my vote.

The action on my ProTech and Benchmade (and even my MicroTech Stitch) pales in comparison to the Halo and Socom.

 

[kobold]

ProTech/Strider?

Yeah, the sterile "Operator" SnG. They do these from time to time.

 

[Oklahoma Outlaw]

Yeah, the sterile "Operator" SnG. They do these from time to time.

Love it.

 

[CAP55]

Actually the loudest knife is the one that gets opened right behind you in a dark parking lot!

 

[tony281sc2]

I have some autos and speedsafes that are loud, but I don’t think any can compare to my 0909. That thing packs a punch when I open it

 

[The Grendels]

The loudest is my Kizer Sheepdog XL and that doesn't even count the reactions of people nearby.

 

[JLTX]

That Pro Tech Strider does have impressive acoustics - mine opens with authority; all my Pro Techs do but that is the largest blade I have on one of their autos.

MT's also can generate spousal annoyance relatively well. Interesting thread, not something I have ever really cared much about, but some apparently do.

Agree w PT Strider, loud as hell!

 

[DayofReckoning]

My moneys on the Espada XL. Hard to imagine what could be louder than that giant slab of steel opening up.

 

[Dadpool]

My ZT 0350 and Pro-Tech TR-5 SA.1 are loud in different ways, but probably about equally loud. The TR-5 has a much stronger spring and an aluminum body, while the 0350 has a bigger blade and are larger contact area when it locks up.

I kinda like how loud they are.

 

[PeteyTwoPointOne]

Killswitch DOC

 

[pvicenzi]

Don't show him a CRK Umnumzaan with the neoprene washers to dampen the sound.

 

[CVamberbonehead]

Any TriAd lock knife really lol

 

[Bob Denman]

My wife absolutely hates my WE mini Synergy, it opens with a very profound “thwack”.

My WE Vapor also fires with a nice, "crack"!

 

[bigsurbob]

The Cold Steel Spartan is my loudest thwack.

 

[Range Splitter]

… with a resounding “Klack!”

 

[shane45-1911]

The loudest knife by a wide, wide margin was my old Camillus Cuda Maxx. That thing sounded like the reinforced blast doors at Cheyenne Mountain closing whenever I flicked it open. It was more of a "thud", than a "click". I'm sure the sheer size of it had something to do with that.

Sadly, it is one of the few knives I sold a long time ago, and I regret selling it.

This pic was "borrowed" from another BF thread for reference only - not my knife and not my pic: