Spyderhole - less efficient way to open a knife?

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I think the OP is in the minority. I can open knives with the Spydie hole much faster and more efficiently than flippers and thumb-studs. I think it just depends on the person really. Most openers can become second nature and very fast with enough practice.
 
This is a definite " I am the World" thread.

I can't play a guitar; I have no musical ability; I can't even play a ukulele. Does that mean all stringed instruments are junk? Are they wrong? Are people that I see playing them fakers who are using some sort of conspiracy derived instrumental autotune? Are they witches? Should I warn the world about the wrongness of guitars? No of course not.

Despite my lack of musical fingers I can pull a knife out of my pocket and find my thumb right in the hole and then either calmly cycle it open or snap my fingers and have it pop open with alacrity and no need to dislocate joints or say black mass.

Do I need a segment on America's got talent to showcase this? Nope, I'm utterly average and no different from millions of other blade users who can do the same.

The other thing I'm (of course) good at is shying away from making about statements about bests and worsts when expressing my opinion.
 
I think the spyderhole is the best opening system aside from the spyderco version of the wave feature. They are less taxing on your hands then thumb studs and flippers. Its the best system for me.
 
I personally love the Spyderhole. Especially if you get used to using your middle finger instead of your thumb, I find that creates the quickest and easiest opening. Prefer it over most everything else.
 
David Lowry said:
I think the OP is in the minority. I can open knives with the Spydie hole much faster and more efficiently than flippers and thumb-studs. I think it just depends on the person really. Most openers can become second nature and very fast with enough practice.
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In the first page (40 posts) of this thread, 8 different people said they very much do not like holes, and a further 6 said that while they like holes, they understand the limitations I mentioned in the OP. I could have counted the whole thread, but why bother.


If I am in the minority, it is a pretty fat minority. And not one to write off like we all don't know how to use knives or have never tried a proper thumbhole. What is really the weirdest part of the thread is not that some people don't like holes, but that there are people responding to the thread like the ones how don't like them are just mistaken, inexperienced or otherwise wrongheaded.

This is just about preference, and I expressed mine and the reasons for it, as have others.
 
argumentum ex silentio.

Every user who likes this method has not spoken so de facto they must not exist.
 
Well? Spyderco is the only one who actually knows how much people like them. Seems to have kept them in business for the last 30 or so years. You know, manufacturing in 4 countries with demand so high they can't keep the damn things on the shelves. That sort of thing.
 
I always thought it was a much superior opening method than that of every knife I had owned previous to my first Spyderco. I still think it's the best opening method outside of an automatic or a flipper. I still have my first Spyderco, a Delica that I bought in the early 1990s and I gave away the knife I replaced it with.

I have a Digicam Millie riding in my pocket right now.
 
RX-79G said:
In the first page (40 posts) of this thread, 8 different people said they very much do not like holes, and a further 6 said that while they like holes, they understand the limitations I mentioned in the OP. I could have counted the whole thread, but why bother.


If I am in the minority, it is a pretty fat minority. And not one to write off like we all don't know how to use knives or have never tried a proper thumbhole. What is really the weirdest part of the thread is not that some people don't like holes, but that there are people responding to the thread like the ones how don't like them are just mistaken, inexperienced or otherwise wrongheaded.

This is just about preference, and I expressed mine and the reasons for it, as have others.
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I have had a few slips on thumbstuds back when I had them, but never on a spyderco. I broke both of my thumbs and didnt get any treatment, so they don't work that well, but a thumbstud makes me need to bend my thumb down to press on the stud, which is painful, and the smaller arc makes all the pressure to open come from tight muscles. A spydie hole lets me keep my thumb comfortably extended and swing it in a larger but more comfortable arc. Speed shouldn't be an issue, if it is get a fixed, but it sounds like your pivots are gummed up.

Connor
 
I'm really trying to figure out what the issue is here. As with most "personal opinion" threads there is no right or wrong answer; just the opinion of the individual poster. Because of that it inevitably degenerates into numerous arguments: your opinion differs from mine and you are wrong, or your opinion doesn't matter because you don't know what you are doing, or I like the company or don't like the company, etc. There are no objective standards of measurement or any recognized authority to resolve the issue so it remains nothing but personal preference and opinion.

I'll refrain from expressing an opinion because in the end it is nothing but someone else expressing an opinion, an opinion which someone else may or may not agree with, but in the end really makes no difference either way, however it does result in a lot of posts because most folks love to express their opinion.

Carry on.
 
Danke42 said:
argumentum ex silentio.

Every user who likes this method has not spoken so de facto they must not exist.
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Huh? Every poster who has an opinion on this topic posted, and plenty of them posted support and plenty posted against.


Who is silent?


Are you arguing that someone asserts something they absolutely can't prove (the majority of people prefer spyderholes), that should stand on its own?

Who's got the cool argument from omniscience graphic?
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What type of fallacy is saying that Spyderco is successful, therefore everything Spyderco does is the best way of doing it, even though there are many companies that are just as successful doing something different? Confirmation bias? Willful ignorance?
 
Vinifera said:
I'm really trying to figure out what the issue is here. As with most "personal opinion" threads there is no right or wrong answer; just the opinion of the individual poster. Because of that it inevitably degenerates into numerous arguments: your opinion differs from mine and you are wrong, or your opinion doesn't matter because you don't know what you are doing, or I like the company or don't like the company, etc. There are no objective standards of measurement or any recognized authority to resolve the issue so it remains nothing but personal preference and opinion.

I'll refrain from expressing an opinion because in the end it is nothing but someone else expressing an opinion, an opinion which someone else may or may not agree with, but in the end really makes no difference either way, however it does result in a lot of posts because most folks love to express their opinion.

Carry on.
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I couldn't agree with you more. I was interested in seeing if other people had experiences like mine. The posts about who are "wrong"in their opinions are lunacy.
 
Vinifera said:
Yup, you got it. It boils down to personal preference. Exhibit A follows. Once again, carry on and have fun.
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The problem is when personal opinion is touted as fact, or in this case a fat minority. And then making that claim backed up with flawed evidence, in this case this thread.
 
craytab said:
The problem is when personal opinion is touted as fact, or in this case a fat minority. And then making that claim backed up with flawed evidence, in this case this thread.
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Where was it "touted as fact"? Quotes preferred.
 
I never said what you said was touted as fact. I said that is the problem with opinions. Notice what I wrote. I'm not getting baited into arguing with you.
 
craytab said:
I never said what you said was touted as fact. I said that is the problem with opinions. Notice what I wrote. I'm not getting baited into arguing with you.
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It appears that you are saying that your prior post was not in reference to this thread. Okay.
 
RX-79G said:
Huh? Every poster who has an opinion on this topic posted, and plenty of them posted support and plenty posted against.


Who is silent?


Are you arguing that someone asserts something they absolutely can't prove (the majority of people prefer spyderholes), that should stand on its own?

Who's got the cool argument from omniscience graphic?
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What type of fallacy is saying that Spyderco is successful, therefore everything Spyderco does is the best way of doing it, even though there are many companies that are just as successful doing something different? Confirmation bias? Willful ignorance?
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Every poster with an opinion has not posted. You're touting your opinion and the absence of data as fact.

You are absolutely entitled to your own opinion but you are not entitled to your own reality.
 
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