Opening A Traditional

I'm very anti-ambidextrous. Can't even brush my teeth with my left hand. It's more there for moral support while my right hand does all the work. I wouldn't trust myself trying to open the blade with my left thumb. :p
 
I hold the knife in my left and open with my right. I never thought about it. I did try the left thumb opening thing that some have talked about here and almost cut myself, my left hand is apparently more like a flipper than a useful hand lol
 
jmh33 said:
Right handed. Knife in rfp. Take out with right hand and open with left hand thumb. Knife doesn’t leave my right hand. 😊
John 😁
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Same here. I can't remember ever doing it any differently. I keep my finger nails pretty short, except my left thumbnail. It's a skosh longer, just for that purpose. :D
 
Ironbut said:
So here's where it all gets messed up. I take my knife out of my pocket with my right hand, then transfer it to my left hand, open it with my right thumb nail, then transfer it back to my right hand to use. It would make more sense to open it with my left thumb nail. But since I'm right handed, I always just open it with my right thumb, and I'm pretty sure my Dad did it that way too.
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It absolutely does make sense. 😉

jmh33 said:
Right handed. Knife in rfp. Take out with right hand and open with left hand thumb. Knife doesn’t leave my right hand.
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Will Power said:
There's always your teeth.....
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Ironbut said:
I've always carried my pocket knife in my right front pocket. I'm right handed, so no big deal, right?

So here's where it all gets messed up. I take my knife out of my pocket with my right hand, then transfer it to my left hand, open it with my right thumb nail, then transfer it back to my right hand to use. It would make more sense to open it with my left thumb nail. But since I'm right handed, I always just open it with my right thumb, and I'm pretty sure my Dad did it that way too.

I even thought about carrying my knife in my left pocket, so I wouldn't have to transfer it back & forth, but I've been doing it this way for almost 70 years. I can't understand how my OCD didn't catch that before now.

Am I the only one with that weird habit?
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Yup. Wonder why they put the main blade nail nick on the mark side? It's so you can index it when pulling it out of your pocket with your right hand to open with your left hand.
 
BigKurtHaze said:
Maybe the only one who admits the habit is weird. Last time I remember the topic coming up, I remember being in the minority holding the knife in my right hand and pulling the blade open with my left thumb. Gotta carry it on the right side, ‘cause that’s where the watch pocket is.
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I'm with you. Everyone else is weird. 🤪
 
Right-handed; carry in left front pocket, transfer to right hand, and open with left thumbnail. Right front pocket is for keys, coins, and sometimes phone (got tired of the holsters).
 
btb01 said:
JohnDF JohnDF started a thread (with a poll) on this a couple years back. I seem to remember it turning into quite a lively debate.
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Everybody should know that the proper way to open a traditional knife is with your right thumbnail.
Otherwise the blade swing towards your body parts and that's known as the "blood path"... every Boy Scout knows this. ;)
No wonder so many people cut themselves. 🤣
 
An added benefit of the quoted thread was the satisfaction of being able to put a slight majority 54.6% of people on ignore :cool::D Charitably, they may be deemed the 'misguided' but frankly it's sheep from goats at the end of the day;)
 
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