Spydermatic?

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automantic

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Hi y'all,

I have been thinking about it and I would really like it if Spyderco produced an automatic knife. I know that I am probably not the only Spyderholic that wants one.

How about it Sal?

Later,
John

P.S. If you made a D/A you could even keep the hole!
 
I doubt there will ever be one. An automatic would be slow compared to the Spydie hole.
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Blades
 
I believe Sal said at one time that they would never make an auto. Legal hassles for one and he feels that the hole makes it as easy and fast as an auto anyway.

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Dennis Bible
 
Colorado is not a state where a company can make or sell a switchblade, and if you ever saw how fast Sal can open a Military, you might say "Why an auto?" However, if Spyderco ever does make an auto, I want one!


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- JKM
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Automantic - previous comments are correct.

1. It is illegal to manufacturer autos in Colorado.

2. There would not be an advantage, other than to collectors.

sal
 
If I may be so bold as to add to what Sal said; with the sole exception of Chris Reeve knives, there is not a manufacturer out there that puts the emphasis on REAL, USING knives as much as Spyderco. This includes not only quality of materials and assembly, but proper designs, QC and lock strength and reliability.

In fact, no other company even comes close to having as many task-specific, real world utility designs as Spyderco.

The world does not need any more Navy SEAL, Ninja Turtle or OTF Rambo knives-there are plenty of toys available from other co's. Further, long term reliability and durability cannot compare to manual locking folders that are designed properly.

pojim
 
I will try tot to offend the senior members of this group and especially Sal - but automatic knives DO have advantages - such as the ability to open easily with the weak hand, and disabled people find it easier to open.

I know practice can make you quick with the weak hand - but I strongly believe that most technical problems have technical solutions.

An automatic is such a solution - for a specific problem.

Off course - I will be interested in one - a pure academic interest, that is...
 
There was a thread in some other knife forum a year or two ago, where some guy left his Benchmade-Emerson auto on permanent loan with his aged mother as a gardening tool. Her arthritic hands could work it better than they could work the garden shears.

I've found, in a couple of unscientific "little old lady" tests around my office, that weak hands can operate a full-size auto with a fairly gentle spring more easily than they open or close a lockback against a strong backspring or release a liner lock with a strong lockup.

Of course, that's not the way automatic knifes are marketed nowadays.
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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
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Disability does not have to be a permanent situation - even a post injury can make one go for an automatic.
I broke my right hand once in a motorcycle accident - lucky for me I have a s&w 66 in a left side holster and an automatic knife, both of which I could deploy with my weak hand.

Care to walk unprotected at your worst moments (strong hand disabled???)


 
Blilious - I have heard that argument and have purchased autos for disabled friends.

It seems that the "weak" hand unable to open a one hander also has a hard time holding onto an auto when it snaps open. Hmmmm.

sal
 
If you open a side-opening auto in the "cool" manner, with your fingers along the side of knife, so that the blade flies open Schnaap! when you push the button with your thumb, it may try to jump away from a not-very-firm grip. However (and my experience is with coil spring autos), if you hold the auto with your fingers around the knife when you push the button, and let the blade slip past your fingers in a controlled manner click, it doesn't jump, and it usually doesn't scare onlookers either.


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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
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[This message has been edited by James Mattis (edited 01-06-2000).]
 
Hi James,

I have never heard of this "controlled" manner before, I think the
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way is the only way I've ever opened mine.

Later,
John

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