Manual Flipper with Best Action?

[Megawatt308]

No question for me. My Medford 187f. Smoother than any ball bearing flipper I have run across. The flipper is BIG, not some nub found on many other knives.

 

[Ron Sabbagh]

Shiro > Thorburn > Koenig >>>>>>>>> anything else I've tried except custom

 

[Bucketz21]

Shiro for traditional flipper, burger for front flipper best i've come across

A handful of WE's and the ZT0562 flip really well for the price points

 

[OutdoorsFamilyMan4]

I love my Kizer Mini Sheepdog

 

[sharp_edge]

"Best action" in what sense? Fastest, smoothest, flipping reliably, flipping hard like a rocket, flipping with the least force needed? These are different action measures and some of them actually contradict with each other.

 

[King of the Cheese]

My vote goes to the ZT452CF.
The length of the blade gives it a TON of momentum on those ball bearings. It doesn’t take much to open that knife.

 

[Buster Dawid]

"Best action" in what sense? Fastest, smoothest, flipping reliably, flipping hard like a rocket, flipping with the least force needed? These are different action measures and some of them actually contradict with each other.

YEP! I have a Smock which is basically set from the factory. While I commented above about the Advocate and its balance, the Smock is such a brilliant mechanism in comparison; it drops shut and fires smoother than the Advocate. I have a Bareknuckle, too, which seems to be ok and flips hard and fast, but the two Spyderco I mention here are still a far 'better action'.