True Story...If a folder doesn't have a flipper it's obsolete!!!

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People (and companies) get so hung up on deployment methods.

A knife is a tool for cutting things. The knife you need depends on when, where, what and how you wanna cut.

Blade material, blade shape, grip materials and grip geometry all make bigger difference then deployment method. Thus, advances that improve edge retention, cutting ability and user comfort make a knife either a useful and worthy cutting tool, or not.
 
To all my friends calling me a troll or other names and trying to unsuccessfully debate the #1 and #2 FACTS I have listed...once again...

(easier one first)

#2 there is no way to debate that the flipper turns into a guard. Guard is good for protecting your fingers from the blade and other blades slicing your fingers...this is FACT.

#1 whether it is spring assisted or not spring assisted, flippers are positioned at the optimal location for a pivot fulcrum...this is FACT.

Get educated my friends.

Sorry for my bad English.
 
Chris Weidman (blue trunks) represents flippers and Anderson Silva (yellow trunks) reps non flippers.
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blixxx said:
These are not opinions, they are facts.
1. Most efficient way mechanically to deploy the blade. Pull of a finger tip as opposed to push of the thumb.
2. When deployed the flipper acts as a guard.

Feel free to test #1 yourself...test to see which one uses the most movement to deploy...I'd say 99.87% of the time folder with flippers are the winner for least amount of movement.
#2 is non debatable.

and yes the WAVE is evolution.
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Have heard about assisted and auto knives?

Far less effort in lightly pushing a button and in FACT faster and more efficient in terms of human effort to open, therefore your statement of fact is in fact incorrect and my factual statement of fact is in fact true.

You lose.
 
To all my friends calling me a troll or other names and trying to unsuccessfully debate the #1 and #2 FACTS I have listed...once again...

(easier one first)

#2 there is no way to debate that the flipper turns into a guard. Guard is good for protecting your fingers from the blade and other blades slicing your fingers...this is FACT.

#1 whether it is spring assisted or not spring assisted, flippers are positioned at the optimal location for a pivot fulcrum...this is FACT.

Get educated my friends.

Sorry for my bad English.
 
insinuating the benchmark of all knives, the sebenza, needs to be redesigned...

if you want to make this a battle for speed, the flipper loses against the auto. why flick a finger when you can press a button?

if you want to make this a battle for safety, use a box cutter. seriously...how often do you thrust so hard with your knife that your hand slips? for what its worth, sure the flipper guards your hand from the blade in the open position..but the blade is more prone to opening in the closed compared to a non flipper and making it less safe for your leg (and thats a fact).
 
To all my friends, I invite you all to get educated on mechanics and physics, then #1 will make more sense to you.
 
Bigfoot Silva (black shorts) represents flippers, Alistair Overeem (white shorts) represents non-flippers.
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I hate seeing grown men cry, please close this thread MODS. Thank you.
 
blixxx said:
To all my friends, I invite you all to get educated on mechanics and physics, then #1 will make more sense to you.
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do you know that some of the leaf spring automatics have a spring that hits the blade in the same position a flipper would be? its the same mechanics. its not any different...please educate yourself on other knife designs.

even the speedsafe torsion bar from kershaw has the tension placed very closed to the pivot, closer than your finger will ever be, ang by your logic this means its even faster and better. physics hurr.

if you are trying to deploy a a blade quickly, the wave is even faster. the knife is already open out of your pocket. there is also a higher fail rate of you messing up the flipping action under stress than there is with a push button auto (side opening or otf) or a wave. did you take that into account?

i sure hope your boxes aren't running at the speed of light where millionth of a second makes a difference.
 
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Kwon Kwang said:
Everyone has their own preferences and it's silly to act like your preferences and subjective opinions are fact.
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Ahem - here is some hypocrisy for you,

Kwon Kwang said:
Aren't flippers all liner locks and frame locks, meaning they're not really all that strong?

I like flippers, I own two, but no matter how much titanium or new fancy XGB8237_1337 steel they have, they'll never be as strong as one of these.
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When used as a KNIFE, all of my flippers are extremely strong and most will out perform that (yet another of your very very very many plugs for) cold steel knife, mainly due to the inferior steel on that cs.
 
Blixx, you have lost any credibility in your opinion as it is obvious you are trolling, when you decide to have an adult conversation let us know.
 
I like Funyun's...frito's and Dorito's are good but you have to use two fingers to hold them. With a Funyun, you can hold it with one finger (through the hole). This alone makes all other chip's obsolete. These are not opinions, they are facts.
1. You can put your finger through a Funyun and it stay's right were you want it to until you are good and ready to eat it. You can even talk to other people while holding a Funyun.
2. When deployed from the bag, Funyuns are ready to be held and eaten. A Frito or Dorito's has to be manipulated into eating position.

Feel free to test #1 yourself...test to see which one uses the most movement to eat...I'd say 99.87% of the time Funyun's are the winner for least amount of movement.
#2 is non debatable.

So sayeth the Chip Lord.....
 
Jaytaylor said:
Blixx, you have lost any credibility in your opinion as it is obvious you are trolling, when you decide to have an adult conversation let us know.
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yeah whatever, I tried but fanboys are too close minded.

peace.
 
You have me convinced blixxx. I'll put away all my Case and Great Eastern Cutlery slipjoints until they get with the program and add flippers.:rolleyes:

But seriously...I don't like frame locks and I like liner locks even less. I like the concept of a flipper well enough, but how many are out there that aren't frame or liner locks? Kershaw Spec Bump? Tried one, didn't care for it. Benchmade 300? I love the AXIS lock, but the 300 doesn't really do anything for me. I think I'd prefer a regular AXIS anyway, like my 940D2CF or 940Ti-01. It's extremely easy to ease the AXIS lock just a bit and wrist flick it open, and it's just as easy to close. Far easier to close than a frame/liner lock, and safer too, since you don't have to touch the blade or put any digit in the path of the closing blade.
 
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