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I was at a friend's house playing with his new blackout that his parents reluctantly let him get. I was having a little too much fun with the speedsafe feature and I realized that my thumb had slipped up on the blade--ouch! His parents happened to be in the same room, so I stuck my bleeding hand in my pocket and got out of there, lest his parents see the cut and take away his new knife--close call!
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"I'm out there Jerry, and I'm lovin' every minute of it!"--Kramer
 
I am not sure why they call these knives, Speed Safe. When I played with them my thumb kept slipping off the thumb stud when the spring activated and I kept lacerating my thumb nail. Luckily it was the nail and not the skin. The knife seems to have a lot of "wow" factor though and I want a Boa--great design and steel. Perhaps I just needed to get use to the knife?

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~Greg Mete~
Kodiak Alaska
 
My first self-inflicted cut in 2 years was with a Kershaw Random Task. Wasn't paying attention and didn't have a firm grip on the knife as I was opening it!
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Took a cut on the palm of my left hand Vs. a pointed penetration in the left thigh.

Cool knives and very sharp blades ~ to say the least! !
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Greg, I got a Boa a week or so ago (black scales and plain black blade). Go for it! You won't be disappointed! !

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GigOne
"Livin' Life - Full Throttle"
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"Happiness is a belt-fed weapon & a Walter Brend Model 2!"
 
Been around these sharp things most of my life but those Speed Safe knives have my number.Just bought a Boa at a show last week and was "playing with" it and lo and behold the muddle of my thumb was bleeding.Whoa!!
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[This message has been edited by nifrand (edited 09-04-2000).]
 
I bought a Microtech LUDT about 2 years ago and the first night I had it I was sitting home playing with it and I closed the knife across 3 of my fingers (blood everywhere), and just to add insult to injury, at the moment I closed the knife on my fingers I got so startled that I dropped the knife and it stuck right in my leg!! (and yes, I was sober). Donald.
 
I think part of the situation with the Speed Safes is that I am used to following through with my thumb in order to open most knives with a stud. In this case all that need to be done is to bump the stud rather than contine to arch with my thumb. It took me a while playing with it to get used to changing the ingrained motion. Once I got used to it, I liked it so much I picked one up for my dad. It replaced his daily carry.


Only problem is when his buddies see it, he gets "that is a nice knife I'll give you 20 bucks for it."
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(Thankfully dad knows what a decent knife is worth)

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" I am continually reminded of the rewards of dealing with custom knife makers and the custom knife community." Jeff J.
 
I remember back at the Blade Show in '99 when the Random Task debuted and I went over the the Kershaw booth to play with it. First time I opened it, almost cut myself from following through with the thumb. Needless to say I put it back down and that was the end of that
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Fast forward a few months later I got my RT and taped up the cutting edge to practice. After that, no more problems with the Speed Safe equipped Kershaws! This is precisely the reason why Kershaw now puts that removable plastic cover over part of the blade so the inexperienced can get used to how the Speed Safe behaves.

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Living life "on the edge"
 
I was wondering what those little plastic things were doing on the kershaw's at the last show I went to! I guess I had read enough here on the forums, that I was prepared when I first handled one. The guy next to me, very nearly spilled blood on his pretty little girlfriend when he was practicing with a Blackout. He decided on the serrated one.

 
I'm much happier with the index trigger on the Boas.

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"Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes, the bear eats you."
 
Gus has the right idea, I've only discovered this myself a few weeks ago, just flip your thumb like you are flipping a coin, straight up the end of the knife, don't follow or go to the side at all, works great and I've been fortunate not to get `caught' by the edge of one yet.

G2

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G2 LeatherWorks
 
When you flick the blade open don't let your thumb off the handle and you should'nt have any problems.Just keep your thumb on the handle till the blade is opened.I think the directions said something similar to that.
 
I was at Knife Gallery in Brea Mall (where SharpEdge on the forums here works) and was playing with the Kershaw SpeedSafes and almost cut myself and SharpEdge made fun of me.
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