Hello--
I am fairly new to the forum and the world of custom knives but would like to thank everyone for the wealth of information on these boards.
I love knives that I can flick open easily with one hand, but I'm not too interested in autos or assisted openers, just knives that open easily and with mind-blowing smoothness. For example, I own a couple of Larry Chews and a Kit Carson #4 that simply fly open with a simple flick of the thumbstud. I love them.
Flippers seem like a natural next step for me. The problem is that I buy almost all of my knives via the internet and it's hard to know if they will have that kind of amazing action with out handling them.
I am really looking for flippers that will flip all the way open in a flash, not ones where the flipping mechanism really only pushes the blade out a bit and then a hard flick of the wrist is required to really get it open all the way.
I am checking out a couple of Scot Matsuoka flippers that seem like beautiful knives. I believe he is a Hawaiian knife maker who mentored under Ken Onion. All research I can find suggests that his flippers are very smooth knives, but does anyone know if his flipper will really open the knife all the way? I guess I've become very particular and it's hard to know with out handling the knife in person. If anyone owns or has tried out Scot's knives, I would greatly appreciate their opinions and input.
Also, I would love to hear suggestions for other knife makers who specialize in super smooth flippers. It's sometimes hard to find flippers on online sites, simply because they rarely get their own category as type of knife--they're simply lumped in with either "folders" or maybe "assisted opening" knives.
Phil Boguszewski's name has come up in my searches, but his Cobras seem very difficult to find. There's Ken Onion, of course, but his knives also seem impossible to find and are super expensive. Brad Duncan and Darrel Ralph are other makers who seem to do some cool stuff with flippers but I have never seen or handled their knives in person.
Any information on Scot Matsuoka or suggestions in general would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
I am fairly new to the forum and the world of custom knives but would like to thank everyone for the wealth of information on these boards.
I love knives that I can flick open easily with one hand, but I'm not too interested in autos or assisted openers, just knives that open easily and with mind-blowing smoothness. For example, I own a couple of Larry Chews and a Kit Carson #4 that simply fly open with a simple flick of the thumbstud. I love them.
Flippers seem like a natural next step for me. The problem is that I buy almost all of my knives via the internet and it's hard to know if they will have that kind of amazing action with out handling them.
I am really looking for flippers that will flip all the way open in a flash, not ones where the flipping mechanism really only pushes the blade out a bit and then a hard flick of the wrist is required to really get it open all the way.
I am checking out a couple of Scot Matsuoka flippers that seem like beautiful knives. I believe he is a Hawaiian knife maker who mentored under Ken Onion. All research I can find suggests that his flippers are very smooth knives, but does anyone know if his flipper will really open the knife all the way? I guess I've become very particular and it's hard to know with out handling the knife in person. If anyone owns or has tried out Scot's knives, I would greatly appreciate their opinions and input.
Also, I would love to hear suggestions for other knife makers who specialize in super smooth flippers. It's sometimes hard to find flippers on online sites, simply because they rarely get their own category as type of knife--they're simply lumped in with either "folders" or maybe "assisted opening" knives.
Phil Boguszewski's name has come up in my searches, but his Cobras seem very difficult to find. There's Ken Onion, of course, but his knives also seem impossible to find and are super expensive. Brad Duncan and Darrel Ralph are other makers who seem to do some cool stuff with flippers but I have never seen or handled their knives in person.
Any information on Scot Matsuoka or suggestions in general would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
No modifications, and fully manual; I received it just as it is. This is my EDC. :thumbup: Check my post 'Lightfoot 'M1 Spearpoint' & 'CatchDog' for pix. 
