Question of lefty

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Sabo

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Hey guys,

I didn't realize this forum was even here. Well, I do now and have a question for ya.

Has anyone ever heard of or seen a lefty crosslock? I carry a Crosslock hunter that I purchased in '95. I keep it on my left hip and use my middle finger to operate the stud. This works pretty good with the practice I have had over the years. (seriously, I wear it EVERY day)!

I would however replace it with a left handed single model with the belt clip. I purchased one of the forum a few weeks ago just to give the right hand a try and simply cannot get used to it. I looked to see if "I" could dismantle and change it over to a lefty but don't think that it will be possible.

I LOVE the cross lock hunter. The gut hook lends itself very well to cutting box straps in the warehouse!

Be well!

Edited for spelling!
 
The new Crosslock has extended "flippers" on bothe blades that make it easier for a lefty to open the blades.
 
I would not consider Buck a "left hand friendly" company. Get used to it.
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It's a shame. The 110,112, 560, and various other "classic" buck lockbacks are as lefty-friendly as any other knife. Buck's latest upper-end knives are linerlocks, and not what I, as a lefty, am willing to spend a lot of money on.
 
About 5 months ago I baught a 119 in Wal-Mart, great price, cool knife. I got it home and didn't like the right hand only sheith that it came with. I wrote a letter to Chuck Buck asking if I could buy a left handed shieth. I got back a reply that Buck would be making me a left handed shieth and it would be sent to me free of charge. That seems pretty Lefty Friendly to me. My 119 has two shieths one right, one left.
 
All of our tactical and most of our everyday carry folders are ambi. I am a righty but carry my knife on my "weak" side when wearing a holster. When I execute a propper close with my left index finger or my thumb I have no trouble. It just takes a little getting use to. Deploying is the part that needs to be fast and secure and with our ambidextrous folders it is easy.

Josh
 
J Rummerfield said:
All of our tactical and most of our everyday carry folders are ambi. ...
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That's good news. Leaving aside the question of whether a linerlock can ever be considered ambidextrous, my biggest problem with most knives is the clip being on the wrong side. I knew Buck had released the Tarani with a reversable clip, I didn't realize all the other tactical knives were being released that way also.
 
folsom
the clip on the new Crosslock Alpha is reversable. Can anyone tell me how well the saw performs?
 
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