Thumbstud location

[dogstar]

I was recently watching a video showing the variations on a well known knife design. I noticed some had the thumbstuds far out over the cutting edge, which I think is a waste of usable blade. Most of my folders have the stud within 1/4" of the handle, which I think is the limit.

Do you find poorly placed thumbstuds a turn off?

 

[Arathol]

The geometry of the blade should be such that the thumb stud is as close to the handle as possible when the knife is open.

Other than that its just in the way.

 

[sgt1372]

I was recently watching a video showing the variations on a well known knife design. I noticed some had the thumbstuds far out over the cutting edge, which I think is a waste of usable blade. Most of my folders have the stud within 1/4" of the handle, which I think is the limit.

Do you find poorly placed thumbstuds a turn off?

I won't buy another thumbstud-opening folder because the placement of the thumbstud is NEVER properly placed for my thumb, regardless of the make/model/size of the knife. So, in my case, the position of the thumbstud is ALWAYS "poorly placed."

 

[Another Shepherd]

When the knife is closed, I want enough space between the thumbstud and the handle to flick the blade open with my thumbnail. Other than that, I don't much care. Griptilian good. Bugout OK. Mini Bugout bad.

 

[LimpCroissant]

I'll agree that my favorite thumbstud knives are the ones where the thumbstuds are all the way against the scales, and actually are the blade stops. However I like them best because they usually almost assure that there won't be side to side blade play when the pivots adjusted right. However that's the main reason I like them. Thumb stud knives are usually my favorite and I usually don't have a problem with their placement. However, a few here and there do get annoying when I go to strop them or put them against a stone and realize that I have to hold the handle at a funky angle, otherwise the thumbstud will hit the strop while the correct angle to hit the edge right is still lower. Yesterday I took the thumbstud off my Kizer mini Begleiter 2 because it was getting annoying while stropping.

 

[DangerZone98]

So far, I’ve had good experiences with my thumb stud Cold Steels. The trickiest to deploy (sometimes) is the Voyager XL probably on account of the size.

IMO, Spyderco thumb holes are always done right.

 

[Ratatoskr]

I've found my preferences to be more affected by the relation of the thumbstud to the pivot, rather than the edge of the blade. If I can't flick my thumb upward (think Griptilian), but have to instead push outward, I won't use that knife very much.

 

[TC]

I was recently watching a video showing the variations on a well known knife design. I noticed some had the thumbstuds far out over the cutting edge, which I think is a waste of usable blade. Most of my folders have the stud within 1/4" of the handle, which I think is the limit.

Do you find poorly placed thumbstuds a turn off?

Absolutely! I've always wondered why a designer would place the thumbstud in a position where it interferes with full use of the blade. And that includes some rather high end makers.