Preferred deployment method

[Justin Schmidt]

I've seen alot of talk online that the flipper tab is a fad that's beginning to fade. Seeing alot more holes, rather that's a spydie hole or a rectangle or whatever alot in the custom world.
So which do you prefer?

 

[HappyDaddy]

Flipper

 

[DocJD]

Wave with shake open as backup method .

 

[007Airman]

Thumb studs. If done right can flip better than any other system

 

[Mrgauth]

Holes and flippers then studs

 

[b00n]

Flipper -> Hole -> Thumbstuds is my order of preference. Although style/aesthetics comes into play as well.

 

[CdnMitch]

For me I like flippers and thumb studs. A knife that has both a flipper and a thumb stud is the best for me

 

[JD Mandrell]

Thumbstuds, but flippers are growing on me......and I'm swimming faster than ever.

 

[Brawny]

Flipper -> Hole -> Thumbstuds is my order of preference. Although style/aesthetics comes into play as well.

This

 

[SeppukuSamurai]

Emerson Wave.

Then comes flipper, hole, and thumbstuds. In that order.

I also enjoy when a knife has multiple deployment methods.

 

[eugenechia1989]

Thumb-hole, followed by thumb-studs and then thumb-disc. Call me weird, but I don't like my knives to snap open with force.

 

[Justin Schmidt]

Does it matter if the thumbstubs are double sided?

 

[miltmaldo]

Flippers then hole and thump studs

 

[SeppukuSamurai]

Does it matter if the thumbstubs are double sided?

I prefer them to be doubled sided. For the lefties and the sake of symmetry.

 

[falar]

Flipper. I hate thumbstuds and won't consider a hole only knife.

 

[Barman1]

Just a gentle thumb nudge on a kydex sheath is my preference.

 

[dannyp]

Does it matter if the thumbstubs are double sided?

For a production knife, yes since I'm left handed. For a custom I would think most people would only want it on whichever side the knife is designed for.

My personal preference is flipper, then hole, then thumbstud. I generally dislike multiple deployment methods on the same knife.

 

[BMCGear]

Studs or Spyder hole.

With that being said I don't think flippers are a fad. I carried my first flipper around 15 years ago?

 

[Peter Hartwig]

I may be at a crossroad. I have always preferred thumb studs followed by non spydie holes(visual rather than deployment problem), but I am starting to get a taste for front flippers-rolled open.
Not a top flipper fan

 

[NateHodge]

Does it matter if the thumbstubs are double sided?

Im left-handed and I like symmetry. Sometimes I have something in my left hand that I cant let go of, so I reach across with my right hand to get to my knife and use my right hand to cut occasionally. So to me, yes, thumb studs on both sides.