Oh SNAP! Kershaw will stop making money!

That's great to hear GG:thumbup: Looking forward to seeing this. I very much enjoy when customers, friends, and co-workers say to me "got any new knives lately?"

Every time I pull out a Kershaw non assisted flipper, I like to give it to them to hold, then I say "this one's not like the other kershaw's of mine you've seen. This one doesn't have any spring assist."

Then I let them try to flip it a time or two. After that, I tell them about pre-loading the flipper and to push on it like you're actually trying to push it closed before you push down, the very next try is almost always a hard, lightning speed flip, and then my favorite part, where you can see it when their eyes light up. It's like, "HO-LY MO-LY!! Now I get it!!!:D That is AWESOME. How do they DO that???? No spring?!?!? NO WAY!!"

That's what it's all about!:D
 
If you need a video, then you should probably not buy, use or even look at any knives, period.

Some people's kids I tell ya?!? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
RLR, I think the video will be helpful. I would venture a guess that most new Kershaw buyers come for the SpeedSafe. There's nothing wrong with that, but it doesn't give you a good feel for how the non-AO's function. When a new to Kershaw person grabs his first real "flipper", it can be a bit frustrating until they learn the technique. Let's talk about two of the non-AO's a minute...the ENER-G and the JYD. Each of these knives requires a different technique to get them to fire as fast as an AO. The Mini Mojito requires a different way of positioning your finger on the flipper due to the integral safety. All of them I can open faster than most of the SpeedSafe models. But each required a short learning curve, as Thomas mentioned earlier. And practice! (I've had a lot of that!) So I think the idea of an instructional video is a good idea.

KL, I do believe you are correct, Sir! :D
 
1) flick finger
2) actually move your hand
3) amaze at how you did it yourself!

Sorry for the sarcasm, but sheesh, I'm stupefied! Think of all the locks - liner, lockback, axis, ball lock, compression, framelock, button lock, ring lock, levitator, etc... if you can't figure it out, I've got a SAK for you! But it has a lot of tools on it...

OK, I'm done now. I just LOVE this Skyline, more and more. KERSHAW, keep doing what you're doing and we'll all be really happy.
 
Not to be argumentative, but you don't have to move your wrist at all to fire a non-AO Kershaw open. It's all in where you place and how you snap your finger.

Not everyone here has the experience with all the different manufacturers you have, and each has their quirks unique to the knife.
 
I've noticed that my small Eneg-G is...inconsistent with its opening. After reading this thread, I've spent more time playing with it, and I have determined that, for me anyway, it's a matter of finger speed, as opposed to pressure. I can open a JYD II without wrist movement simply by pushing in and back on the flipper. The speed doesn't seem to matter. However, the Ener-G's flipper, as anyone familiar with the design knows, is not your everyday knife-spine flipper tab. And it's blade is so lightweight that wrist movement doesn't help at all. But if my finger is moving fast enough, there's no problem (although, again, the sound of the lock-up sometimes sounds sharper than at other times...it's inconsistent).
 
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The kershaw flippers are the best I have used. They work much better by using the tip of the finger and loading for just a second before flipping. I had a few minutes of a learning curve on my small ENRG2 and now it flips every time. My Ram and Skyline worked from the get go. Anyone could make it fail as the person in the video was demonstrating the flipper and not getting the blade open every time. The video that y'all were talking about as I have not seen the video and doubt I will watch it. Any way, my Ram, ENRG2 and Skyline work great.

RKH
 
Ok guys. Question; in order of easiest to hardest to open flippers, which one is the easiest. My RAM opens, imo easier than any knife I have.
I sometimes forget to pull hard on the flipper and it still opens all the way and locks, although slower. I love the feedback and feel of the flipper on my RAM.

I've played a little with the JYD and the Groove in my local knife store and I am able to open the RAM by far the easiest, maybe it's the Hawk Lock that makes it so. Haven't handled the Skyline yet though.

I'm looking forward to new versions of flipper knifes with the Hawk Lock. I think that they will be VERY popular. I hope that Kershaw adds a lot more flipper knives to their line up of knives, they're more fun to open than speed safe or automatic.

Imo.
 
riffraff said:
I've noticed that my small Eneg-G is...inconsistent with its opening. After reading this thread, I've spent more time playing with it, and I have determined that, for me anyway, it's a matter of finger speed, as opposed to pressure.
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Those are exactly my two points, and those of Thomas.

First, a short learning curve (In the case of the ENER-G, figuring out that it's the speed used instead of pressure applied) and then practice (spending more time playing with it). Those that have never tried an ENER-G or haven't spent much time with one will initially find the flipper hard to use, or will get inconstant results as you mentioned rr. Figuring out exactly how the flipper works (and this one is unlike anything most of us have ever seen) is the first step. Then the short learning curve. The faster you snap your finger, the faster the blade opens!

I'm glad to see these issues are starting to clear themselves up.

Practice, practice, practice! :D
 
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