thumbstud or hole?

[narco]

do you guys prefer the openning hole or thumbstud? I am a thumstud man myself.

 

[Steven Roos]

It depends on the knife. The stud is better on knives like my BM 921 and 940, but I love the opening hole on my AFCK.

 

[TheBadGuy]

Thumbstud here!

 

[glennbad]

Maryanne or Ginger? Britney or Christina? High carbon or stainless? Less filling or Tastes great?

ARRGGHH? My brain hurts...

(Oh yeah, thumb stud)

 

[Practical Use]

Round on even days.
Stud on odd days.
Or was it the opposite?
Depends on the knife - I like both.

 

[Knight939]

I prefer the hole to the stud in my knives but that doesn't mean I don't own any folding knives with a thumb stud. I don't mind the hump in the blade but I'd rather not have anything projecting out from it. When I'm working in the field I often only carry my EDC and a Leatherman Wave and I sometimes need to perform animal necropsies (is that how you spell that?) which is basically a rough disection. On larger animals the thumbstud gets in the way of deep cuts unless it's right up against the handle. Also, IMO the hole is just easier to use.

 

[Quiet Storm]

It's not what you asked for, but personally I like flippers best, with the Wave as a runner-up (because of the decreased versatility - it's only useful if it's in your pocket).

When it comes to hole vs. thumbstud, the former is my favorite.

 

[ZENGHOST]

Originally posted by glennbad
Maryanne or Ginger? Britney or Christina? High carbon or stainless? Less filling or Tastes great?

Maryanne, Britney, no preference, tastes great, and thumbstud (but like Quiet Storm I prefer a flipper).

 

[Buzzbait]

I'm a hole lover.

 

[WD40]

prefer the hole or variant

 

[ichor]

Originally posted by glennbad
Maryanne or Ginger? Britney or Christina?

Who are these people?

 

[jonmok]

HOLE!!!!!!!!!

 

[johnniet]

Maryanne, Christina, high carbon, tastes great, and hole.

 

[Krefcenz]

ain't gonna tell. It's a seeeeecret!!!

 

[Bladeswinger]

C'mon man. We all love a good hole!!!

 

[SilverFoxKnows]

Even when a knife has ambi studs often the scales on left aren't relieved like the right, making the stud kinda hard to get to for a southpaw. After the hole I like the flipper. And if I had two bills to drop on a folder I wouldn't mind trying a waved Emerson.

Frank

P.S. Maryanne, I'll take Shakira over Britney or Christina, either, and whiskey tastes great AND is less filling.

 

[VampyreWolf]

In case you can't tell, I'm a hole lover.

And by the way, scotch is better than whiskey.

 

[StreamChucker]

I've had a thumbstud come apart and fall out before. It's one more thing to go wrong. Sometimes, the fewer parts, the better. I like the elegantly simple thumbhole.

StreamChucker

 

[knifenerd]

On the "whole"rolleyes: ), the hole is probably more versitile, especially with gloves.. but you do have to put up with the "hump".

 

[PWork]

It depends on the knife, but overall I'd have to say stud.

Paul