Which knife for use with gloves?

I have worn gloves in my jobs for over a decade now. By far the easiest knives to operate are the axis lock or the caged ball lock found in the manix 2. Emersons, Spydercos, benchmades, you name it I've carried it , and never really had a problem using any of them, and for years I wore Kevlar gloves on my job and I still carried all my knives and I don't recall ever having a problem deploying or putting away a knife because of gloves.
 
+1 for the Manix platform. I use one 60 hours a week with gloves on operating forklifts/clamp trucks in a warehouse. Not sure if it's the S30V or the polish it's given in saber ground form but my sweat hasn't affected it at all. Very easy to open and close with gloves. At times I open and close this thing 100 + times a night separating wrapped product, banding, etc.

The PM2 has also faired well but in my experience the compression lock area can snag on some gloves.
 
Knives with gloves? It would be a fixed blade for me. Bk11/14/24 or Izula 1/2 depending on what you like, buy some nice scales and carry it in your waistband or horizontally on your belt...or be conventional and wear it around your neck:rolleyes: If a folder is needed Cold Steel Recon 1,Benchmade 550/555, Esse Avispa/Zancudo, Rat 1/2 are all great.
 
Thanks for the answers guys! I was thinking a small fixed blade as well, but I'm a university student and it would have to be sheeple friendly. The best way to open a knife with gloves on is definitely a large thumb hole or a flipper. What about disengaging the lock though? Which lock is easiest?
 
J1427 said:
What about disengaging the lock though? Which lock is easiest?
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As I mentioned, the manix is your answer. The jimping on the release also helps when wearing gloves, I wouldn't use any other folder with gloves besides a manix.
 
Liner locks don't do well with gloves. Unless there is a big relief cut like the Military. But none of my liners have that big relief. I too liked the AXIS with gloves, back lock works well too.
 
Surprisingly, I found the Strider SmF to work REALLY well with winter gloves.
All the little things that kind of bug the hand in extended use without gloves, somehow they manage to work extremely well once those winter gloves are on. :)

It closes okay with gloves on, but the really shine is in actually using it; I found that it was easier to manipulate, and comfortable in more positions that just about any other folder I have.

In fact, it is now pretty much reserved as my winter woods folder.
The rest of the year, with no gloves or thinner gloves, other folders outshine it.
 
J1427 said:
Thanks for the answers guys! I was thinking a small fixed blade as well, but I'm a university student and it would have to be sheeple friendly. The best way to open a knife with gloves on is definitely a large thumb hole or a flipper. What about disengaging the lock though? Which lock is easiest?
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Again, the Gerber Propel with it's button-lock. I can manipulate this thing with thick leathered, wool-lined mittens. The thumb-stud opens with the pad of my mittened-thumb, catches like no thumb-hole ever could, and depressing a button is easier than pulling back against the spring of an axis or cbbl. There is no comparison. You could pay more and get a Hogue with a button-lock, not sure how easy they are to deploy with gloved/mittened hands...

In addition, the Gerber is WAY more compact than a Manix (XL or smaller), that thumb-hole requires a LOT of pocket-space.

I won't argue which has better edge-geometry or weight - the gerber is rather heavy and thick behind the edge - but it'll carry smaller and be way easier to manipulate.
 
Military, Super Commander, Gayle Bradley, Journeyman, Manix 2 --- they all work fine for me when I am wearing gloves.
 
+1 on the pm2 for a folder- i prefer a small fixed blade (a puukko or small leuku) but the pm2 works- with real knucledragger gloves you may hav to bite the lock to close it-but all locks are a drag with big gloves.
 
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