Spydie Hole, Thumbstud, or Flipper.

Since I bought my first flipper an CRKT M16 I've become addicted to them.

Since then nearly every knife I've bought aside from slipjoints are a flipper model. Mostly Kershaws lovely offerings.

Ill take a flipper anyday over the rest.


Tostig
 
Flipper first, thumb stud second. I'm just not a fan of the hole. I've tried them, and still have a few, but it makes the knife too wide, and is basically, well, just a hole.
 
If you're going on ease of use, I'd say Flipper, Spyderhole, Stud. But it's so close between the 3 that it's not a big factor in my buying a knife.

The extra width gained with the hole is not a big deal to me. The thickness of a handle is more important to me than width. Spydies tend to be wider, but also thinner so it's a wash.
 
Speed would go to a wave design. From your choices, I'd say spydiehole+ziptie or spydiehole with a wave feature ground into it would be fastest. Omitting wave opening, flipper is going to be the quickest.
Ease of opening easily goes to the flipper.
Unopened, every knife is going to feel comfortable.
For pocket clipping, the flipper has a small disadvantage in that it could bump against the corners. But, I have never noticed anything, nor has a flipper ever opened in my pocket.
Style goes to wave-opening and the flipper. Both are quick and look so very professional.

So overall, wave-opening or flipper is the way to go in my eyes. To be honest, though, I'm fine with all designs.
 
I like the hole the best, there's nothing sticking out to snag or get in the way while sharpening, plus it gives a bigger surface to push against compared to a thumbstud.

The flipper is next, because the motion feels a little unnatural, and because you don't have as much control over how fast you open the blade.

Thumbstud is last, but there's nothing particularly wrong with it.
 
Flippers are addictingly fun, so they get my vote. Until I owned a quality flipper, inwas partial to thumbstuds, not anymore. I've handled a Spyderco, wasn't much a fan lf the Spyderhole, just doesn't do it for me. I would take studs over it, they feel more comfortable to me.
 
I dislike most flippers, but I absolutely love it on my RAM! Odd, I know. For me, generally, it would be: Thumbstuds, Hole, Flipper.
 
Spyder Hole because you can deploy just as if it were a thumb stud and quicker..also dig flippers for speed, but spyder hole feels best in the hand. For me at least :]
 
Spyder Hole because you can deploy just as if it were a thumb stud and quicker..also dig flippers for speed, but spyder hole feels best in the hand. For me at least :]
 
I don't mind thumb studs on benchmades because they are the smoothest prod. folders ever, but on all other knives they hurt my thumb and are slow. A griptilian with a spyderhole....man that's fast. My dejavoo was fast too. I perfer spyderholes though. You can open them with gloves, and you can open them fast. It took a little while for me to grow calaus, becuase it tore up my thumb real bad, but now it works great.
 
T.K.C. said:
I prefer double thumb studs, then flippers, then the Spyderco hole.
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Same here. They all function just fine, but with a flipper or thumb stud you can have a slimmer knife because you don't need all that blade exposed for a hole to be used. A well done thumb stud is hard to beat.
 
imho it depends on what knife ya are talking about, on some i like the pegs, on some i like the hole,

for example on my emerson custom '13 i dont think a spydie hole would look right, the disc is fine though and works well to boot, but on my Ti spyderco ATR i like the hole,

so to me it just depends on the knife.
 
I like the spyderhole, but one thing I like in a good flipper design is the bonus finger guard.
 
My ideal knife has all three. I like to use flippers, but sometimes the hole is more convenient, and thumbstuds make the best type of stop pin.
 
I prefer thumb studs, but also enjoy round holes (oo err!). I've never tried a flipper... and probably never will.
 
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