Wrist flick or easy open lock back blades

I see lots of actions here that give me the willies. But all I can say is — your hands, your fingers, your knives.
 
Before the advent of spydercos and then subsequent one hand knives, as a Boy Scout, i carried a scout lite. I always opened it two handed. There where times that proper planning required having knife ready (one hand holding a rope, other cut). Then, I discovered the 110 with its heavy handle. I then learned to pinch the blade and, with a little flick, user he handle weight to open the knife. Worked great for me and put a lot of miles on that old 110 both 2 and one hand opening.
 
ThievesLikeUs said:
To me there is something aesthetically pleasing slowly opening a knife fully with two hands and hearing that nice "CLICK!"
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I love lockbacks and carry them very often. I have never tried to flick open one. If I did, I believe that it would take a trip out my hand and fly across the room.

Tom
 
When I was 12 or 13 years old, I bought a Buck 112 and used to snap/ flick that thing open all the time. This beat the heck out of the pivot pin and the blade got all sloppy and loose after a year or two. My dad wouldn't let me mail it in to get it fixed, but he did help me put a new pin in the pivot, he was a machinist back then. I also used to pinch the blade and do the handle drop opening technique, until the knife got away from me one day and I got a nasty cut. In the end, it's just a tool, use it however it pleases you.

Eventually I grew up, and realized that if I needed a one handed knife, carry a one handed opener designed as such.
 
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