On the subject of the Wave, I was at a knife shop tonight and a clerk with a pocketful of knives (Benz, Elishawitz) responded to my questions about how good the Wave was ... by smoothly whipping a folder out of his front jeans pocket that fully deployed as it cleared his pocket ... but lo and behold the knife wasn't a Commander .... it was a BM 710 Axis!
He explained that the thumbstud on the 710 was sufficiently high that, with practice, he is able to consistently draw the knife, catching the thumbstud on the edge of the pocket during the draw. The tip-up carry means the stud comes out last, pulling the blade open as the knife moves from the pocket (ala Wave).
In fact, he felt this was faster than the Wave for a strike, since the Wave moves the hand backwards in order to do the "catch".
Any other Axis users know about this? Maybe a good modification would be to scallop the G-10 near the stud to make an easier "catch"?
I gotta tell you, the guy was pretty fast with the Axis drawn that way.
[This message has been edited by Longden (edited 24 October 1999).]