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

Which thumb nail do you use to open your knife?

  • Left

    Votes: 54 45.4%

  • Right

    Votes: 65 54.6%
  • Total voters
    119
  • Poll closed .
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JohnDF said:
There is only the "right" way. ;) :D
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Oh noo, the "right" way is up ahead by only one vote at this time :eek: :D C'mon .. we need more votes to increase the gap :)


JohnDF said:
I needed friends... Dan said he wouldn't sit next to me. :D
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This "Dan of the right way" will seat by your side anytime my friend :D

Dan :)
 
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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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But then you have the wasted motion of moving the knife to your right hand to use it. That's almost as silly as the American formal dining method of switching ones fork between hands with every bite, rather than just leaving the knife in the right hand. o_O:rolleyes::D
 
Im more ambidextrous than i am left. Though i prefer using my left hand on a knife but often i switch back and forth when in use.

holding knife tip up (when closed) with left hand, i use the nail nick with my right thumb. As i reach the half stop, my left hand moves to position itself on the handle.

Thanks to you people, i know how i can use that same grip if i need to use my right hand. Just slide my hand down from the blade, to the handle. One opening(grip) technique for use with either hand.
 
r8shell said:
But then you have the wasted motion of moving the knife to your right hand to use it. That's almost as silly as the American formal dining method of switching ones fork between hands with every bite, rather than just leaving the knife in the right hand. o_O:rolleyes::D
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After slicing the meat(or whatever) with left hand, use the knife to scoop the food to eat. Meanwhile with the fork in right hand, use that to scoop mashed potatoes (or whatever)
 
It occurred to me that we might be capturing handedness bias. We should have phrased the question, “do you open your slip joint with your dominant thumb?”.
 
r8shell said:
But then you have the wasted motion of moving the knife to your right hand to use it
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The way I do it the knife ends up perfectly positioned in using position to just lower my hand and grab it .... I tried doing the "wrong" way LOL :p:D and my hand still has to adjust and repositioned itself ( even though the knife ends up technically on my right hand )


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Edit: "pinchable" blades are my favorite and are faster ( even the 77 Barlow is pinchable with some patina on it ) … using my thumb nail is the same just slower
 
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I use both honesty. However I use my right thumb more often since I’m never really in a hurry to use my slip joint. If I were in a hurry I’d likely use my left hand. Interesting thread I’d never thought about it.
 
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