Raw material optimisation - Less parts = Less things to go wrong!!!

I like the concept of more uses, less parts, but it can be carried to thee other extreme. Look at some of the prybar/creditcard type items with 10-15 uses. Making them almost useless.
 
If a lefty can't learn to use a standard frame or liner lock perfectly fine, you are a shame to us all. I actually prefer a standard lock because it is easier and more natural to use.
 
dkb45 said:
If a lefty can't learn to use a standard frame or liner lock perfectly fine, you are a shame to us all. I actually prefer a standard lock because it is easier and more natural to use.
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Well not all liner/frame locks are created equal. I'm a lefty and I only use and carry right handed folders but I just pass them off to my left hand when after I open them. My Socom Elite is not very lefty friendly to close due to some weird lockbar issues, neither is my Leatherman Skeletool.
 
NeverMore1701 said:
I'm sitting here flipping and closing my XM-18 with my left hand only right now, have been for several minutes before reading this thread. Easy stuff.
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Then why don't you buy a left handed XM-18 rather than a right handed one? It is likely that they would be cheaper. Left handed Spyderco Militaries are discounted because they have been discontinued. Surely a left handed knife will be "easy stuff" to carry and use.

Even though I'm ambidextrous (I can write with both hands) I have a preference for carrying and using a knife left handed, though I'd feel just the same if I was using it right handed.

dkb45 said:
If a lefty can't learn to use a standard frame or liner lock perfectly fine, you are a shame to us all. I actually prefer a standard lock because it is easier and more natural to use.
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If it's easier and more natural to use a left handed liner/frame lock right handed, why aren't liner/frame locks left handed to begin with?
 
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