Thumb stud wearing me out

[Nfd538]

Anyone else have this problem? My thumb is getting raw from from the thousands of flicks from my 940-1. I love this knife lol.

 

[Mingecutter]

It looks like you're using the thumbstuds, exclusively. Now start practicing the art of pinching the axis lock and using wrist action only to open and close it.

 

[Nfd538]

Oh I got the Axis lock down I just love flicking this thing.

 

[kniferbro]

In time padawan, your pain will be replaced by callus...

 

[PiercedBill]

They are fun to snap open, and closed

 

[Charr]

Yep, happens every time I get a new thumb-stud opening knife especially, and then it calluses over entirely and usually that's the end of the issue.

Sometimes if the thumb-stud is a little too aggressive though, it will eventually start completely peeling the skin off of the tip of my thumb...and that's when you know you have a problem and need to find a knife that has a different opening method for a little while

 

[davek14]

Spydie hole

 

[Wolfeye]

Why not try pushing against the side of the blade? Also, you can unscrew the thumb stud & put a cable tie through it (makes a wave feature). Might be a good idea to do that, since you can open it very quickly at need & then also open it like a regular folder.

 

[williamisthe1]

You could use the middle finger flick or the bottom of your thumb if that part of your thumb is sore.

 

[marcinek]

(They are Swingline Extra Large Rubber Finger Tips...an office supply, you sicko. Way back when, offices weren't paperless, you whippersnappers. And if you had to count a couple hundred sheets of paper, and didn't want to lick you thumb about a million times, you slapped one of these suckers on the ol' thumb and you were a paper-counting animal!)

 

[Nfd538]

Spydie hole

Yeah man my Para 2 Is still the favorite but the 940-1 is pretty badass.

 

[onojoe]

You should start worrying when your thumb studs start to wear down, that's when you know you have a problem.

 

[wesmanthetiger]

(They are Swingline Extra Large Rubber Finger Tips...an office supply, you sicko. Way back when, offices weren't paperless, you whippersnappers. And if you had to count a couple hundred sheets of paper, and didn't want to lick you thumb about a million times, you slapped one of these suckers on the ol' thumb and you were a paper-counting animal!)

Daleks.