Which thumb nail do you use to open your slip-joint?

Which thumb nail do you use to open your knife?

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    Votes: 54 45.4%

  • Right

    Votes: 65 54.6%
  • Total voters
    119
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One of these is upside down… just sayin’. ;)

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What’s also interesting on the “L” versions is that folding the blade to the rest (closed) position, is just as challenging. Opening a stiff folder is one thing, closing it is a completely different matter altogether.
 
Sacto said:
It’s like you’ve been spying on me! That’s excatly how I did it the time I got tangled in my rope and I was skipping across the pasture on my butt at the speed of a racing cow (which is a lot faster than you might realize). And you’re right, when I got that rope cut, it was one of the great moments of my day.:D
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:eek: :D :thumbsup:

Good reason to carry a supplementary fixed blade ;) :thumbsup:

EngrSorenson said:
I was actually trying to say it wasn't long enough!
you were really...
(wait for it...)
Russian it.
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:D :D
 
Jack Black said:
I can't believe what I'm reading!!! :eek: OF COURSE you open the blade with you right thumbnail! o_O :p :D :thumbsup:

Surprisingly, I have a video too! :rolleyes: Sent this to a gentleman a couple of years back. He said the knife had a fault and couldn't be opened. I suggested oiling, and blowing out the joint, but he insisted it had a mechanical fault, and it was impossible to open. Here it is straight out of the envelope it was returned in, opened with thumbnail, and pinched :rolleyes: :thumbsup:

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A trip through the mail system will loosen up most joints, I expect. :D:D:D
 
Sacto said:
It’s like you’ve been spying on me! That’s excatly how I did it the time I got tangled in my rope and I was skipping across the pasture on my butt at the speed of a racing cow (which is a lot faster than you might realize). And you’re right, when I got that rope cut, it was one of the great moments of my day.:D
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I can admire a fella that takes time to appreciate the finer things in life,especially while dirt skiing behind intellectually challenged bovine :D
 
JohnDF said:
I've used "Mike's Method' many times... mostly just to freak out my sons. ;)
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Jiki said:
Don't use the CK method when you're drunk and the knife is upside down. Or so I have heard.
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I tried the @knifeswapper method on a new Remington R103...I swear, I couldn't put an ounce of force on it without the fear of slicing through my soft, delicate, desk hands. If I ever have to spend a night in jail...:(
 
Mass1632 said:
Im going to start with “im sorry”...

Do you know what thumbnail a flipper uses?



.... the one he takes off a dealer website...

(I dont recall if something like this was already posted)
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It's better than the one he takes off his latest victim! :eek:
We all know flippers don't actually open knives- they just put them in shipping boxes.

... For real though, we've been having a lot of fun here today, but all flippers are serial killers who don't open knives.
 
JohnDF said:
slow down and enjoy the process. It's the best part about using a traditional slip-joint knife.
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Amen my friend, you are so right :thumbsup: :)
We all need to slow down from our hectic lifestyles and enjoy the moment, live more in the present . Our traditional slipjoints knives helps us do just that !
Nothing like slowly eating an apple with your traditional carbon steel knife while leaning against the trunk of shady tree on a hot summer day with not a worry in the world !

STILL …

I have a deep sense of satisfaction in knowing that I am the fastest traditional slipjoint knife opener in the whole of Porchemberg :cool: ( and a "right" thumper at that )

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If I am so fast with our 86 2019 porch knife … can you even imagine how fast I'll be with our upcoming one ? :D
 
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