Value Flipper?

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orangish ducktape

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I am greatly interested in purchasing a few non-assisted flippers.
I have been looking at a few offerings from Kershaw such as the groove, skyline and zing.

Are there any other flippers I should take a look at? I don't want to spend over $100 on a knife right now.
What other companies make good non- assisted flippers?
I have been very interested in the Groove recently. What experiences have you had with the Kershaw Groove? Good or bad? Is the flipper quick and smooth?

Thanks,
-orangish ducktape
 
I heard Hinderer makes a good flipper :p. if you are looking for a cheap but good flipper look at the buck vantage line.
 
thenextarcher said:
I heard Hinderer makes a good flipper :p. if you are looking for a cheap but good flipper look at the buck vantage line.
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I should have mentioned what flippers I already have. I have a Buck Vantage Pro Large, and I have found that it is not a very fast knife and when it is, there is quite a bit of lock rock and side to side movement.

I also have a S.S. JYD and a CRKT M21-12g.

Thanks for the recommendation though.

-orangish ducktape
 
Kershaw RAM has a good flipper. The Groove is good too, but the RAM is faster.
 
The only 'flipper' I own is the Kershaw 1740 EnerG, a beautiful little utility knife, 2nd fastest deployment of any I own (faster than the BM 585 mini-barrage) with an innovative non-assisted design, made in USA, high quality fit&finish, ~$30 definitely worth a look. It also has a big brother if you think it too small. My $0.02
 
i really like both my zing and skyline, but i will say that the zing opens MUCH faster. the detent on it is awesome, as soon as you overcome it, the blade flies out at speeds rivaling the assisted kershaws. i still find myself carrying the skyline more often because i prefer the non-grooved blade, but they are both great knives for the price. get your hands on one of the unassisted US made zings while you still can, they are moving production to china and adding speedsafe sometime this year.
 
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