Quiet Folding Knife?

TripleB67

TripleB67

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Be forewarned, this may be the most ridiculous question ever posted here.

Can you recommend a folding knife that opens and closes quietly, maybe even silently?

Here is the reasoning behind this absurd question: I like to fidget with a knife, even when I'm watching TV at night. Unfortunately the clicking, either when I'm flicking it open or when the lock catches, drives my wife crazy. Therefore I'd like to get a knife that I can fidget with using one hand that can be opened/closed without annoying her.

Since I want to be able to open/close it using one hand, I think I need to rule out any nail nick knives.

So is there a thumb stud, thumb hole, or flipper knife that is between 2.75 (I have a CRKT Pazoda thumb hole knife that's almost silent but it's a bit too small) and 3.25 inches, preferably under $30, that I can open and close without making much noise.

Again, sorry for insane question but just trying to find a way to fidget without causing my wife stress.

TripleB67
 
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Going to have to be a roll out knife, any hard thwack or strong detent rocketers are going to make a loud noise, you can operate button lock knives 100% silently if you open them by using the button and holding the knife upside down to let the blade fall out, then slowly releasing the button once the knife is deployed to stop the loud click of the button plunger engaging. I actually do this with my button locks when i'm trying not to wake my son up by fidgeting. The Real Steel Griffin and E775 Griffin open silently like this, and my Hogue EX01 can do it as well with the button lock. I can roll out my Fox FX-121 Elmax and it is very silent.
There is certain techniques you can do to make Benchmade axis locks silent, similar to the button lock trick, just open it with the axis bar and let it gently swing open. You can also deploy them with the thumb stud and get your index finger and wedge the inside of it against the spine end of the tang so it kind of pinches your skin and that actually muffles the sound of the knife clicking open. This doesn't really work for liner locks or back locks, but does with Axis locks.

- Blackbelt in silent tactical fidgeting.
 
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Yes some knives are a heck of a lot louder to operate than others so I can sympathize with you. Of course, one way to get around the knife noise, is to turn the volume of your TV up.;)
 
Man oh man oh man can I relate to this topic.
My wife & her three goofy dogs act like they are stone deaf whenever I try to say anything to any of them.
Crinkle a plastic bag of cheese balls from three miles away though & the coon hound/Great Pyrenees trio come bounding like Elk!

If I'm in the living room with the TV turned up to max and snap open a knife my wife from down in the basement or out in the yard yells at me quit doing that before I hurt myself...
 
I've got a SOG Pentagon Elite that's almost silent.
Not sure if it's a quality of the Arc-Lock or just mine in particular seeing as it's the only one I own.
 
TripleB67 said:
Thank you very much for all the information...happy (or not so happy) to see others with the same problem!

And that last statement is HILARIOUS!!!

TripleB67
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I know you thought this was a silly question but honestly it's not, I think we aren't alone in this subject, I bet lots of other knife guys think about this kind of thing. I often find myself swapping out knives depending how late at night it is, some of my folders have such a loud action that they are not the best night time friendly options. I find it kind of funny but it's true I've actually learned techniques to fidget in a silent manner, pretty funny if you think about it, those tricks I told you really do work though.
 
Not a silly question at all. :) I factor this into my knife selection for movie-viewing all the time.

I can't think of anything under $30 I'd recommend, but if you'll permit under $50 the CIVIVI Exarch is perfect. Front flippers can be slow-rolled open silently, and as this one is a liner lock with a light blade, even flipping it open and is pretty danged quiet (and closing it is silent).
 
kwackster said:
A bit over your budget i'm afraid, but a CRK Umnumzaan is very quiet.
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My go-to living room fidget is my Large Inkosi. I really enjoy just feeling it slide along like hydraulics as I thumb it open slow enough that the lock bar doesn't even make much of a sound. Just the tiniest sound of a glass-break click. Just reminds me of how nice of a knife it is. A 'Zaan or 31 is my next purchase, I think. I've got my 40th b-day coming up next month. I think that deserves a really nice knife. I'll have to see what Spark has in stock when I roll through Louisville again;)

Anyway, my ultimate fidget knife drives my wife nuts. Microtech Combat Troodon. I usually wait until I'm watching TV by myself before I pop that one out:D
 
I would get a training bali, just to mess with my wife. But then, I'm that guy.
 
I appreciate all the helpful input so far (especially concerning my wife)...if nothing else, you're making me feel like I'm not the only person with this problem!

Everyone on here is much more knowledgeable than I am about knives so let me ask you this (as it seems the quiet ones seem a bit expensive - although somewhere down the road a ): If I'm able to fidget with it and not take it all the way open to where the locking click is heard, what method of opening offers you the most control over this?

In fidgeting with the very few types of knives I have, it seems like the thumb hole (Dragonfly 2) offers me the most control over how far I open the knife. Would anyone agree with the thumb hole giving the most control when opening a knife?

In looking at the cost of the knives mentioned, it seems there is a price for silence :)

With that being said, what knife comes to mind when you think of an affordable knife offering a very controllable opening (that may be available in orange...LOL, favorite color but don't own a single knife in it)?

Again, thank you for not making me feel stupid with this question!

TripleB67
 
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