Your favorite fun knife to flick

Hypermole said:
I would like to know how the Cold Steel XL Espada can be a flipper? :eek:
Are you using both hands?
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I was wondering the same thing. I have the Large Espada, and it definitely is not a flipper. I mean it's a heavy backlock (Tri Ad), how can you flick that?
 
Been enjoying flicking BM MiniOnslaught recently easy to thumbflick or middle finger flick. Full size grip is pretty fun too, I like the sounds it makes, sound like you are shaking dice when you flick and close repeatedly
 
cbxer55 said:
I was wondering the same thing. I have the Large Espada, and it definitely is not a flipper. I mean it's a heavy backlock (Tri Ad), how can you flick that?
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At the knife store a police officer pulled that out if his jacket and flicked it open with one hand. Don't know how. He did it fast as lightning too.
 
So far, my only decent flicking knife is a SOG Trident Tanto. I guess the spring assist makes it fun to flick.;)
 
Southern14 said:
At the knife store a police officer pulled that out if his jacket and flicked it open with one hand. Don't know how. He did it fast as lightning too.
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All of the Espada line have a hook on the top of the blade near the thumb ramp. This catches on the corner of your pocket on withdrawal, opening the knife as you pull it out. Maybe it appeared he flicked it when in reality it was just opening as it was intended by design.
 
Have only had my hands on a smattering of production flippers, Southard, couple of the big Kershaws(assisted?), BM300, CRKT M16, Eraser, etc.
Howver, just got a Sog Vulcan and I find it the most effortless of any knife, period, including autos.
 
right now its a microtech socom elite......thing flys out of the handle with authority with little effort on the thumb stud. love the sound too.


granted it just showed in the mail today, so im going through the knife honeymoon phase
 
cbxer55 said:
All of the Espada line have a hook on the top of the blade near the thumb ramp. This catches on the corner of your pocket on withdrawal, opening the knife as you pull it out. Maybe it appeared he flicked it when in reality it was just opening as it was intended by design.
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The Large and XL Espadas are ridiculously easy to flick open if you don't crank down that pivot a lot.
Of course, the younger generation has been spoiled by the slew of easy-flip knives out there, to the point where they think the Espadas are hard to flick. :D

(oh yeah, talking about wrist action, not thumb-flicking)
 
stabman said:
The Large and XL Espadas are ridiculously easy to flick open if you don't crank down that pivot a lot.
Of course, the younger generation has been spoiled by the slew of easy-flip knives out there, to the point where they think the Espadas are hard to flick. :D

(oh yeah, talking about wrist action, not thumb-flicking)
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Who you calling "the younger generation"? I turn 52 on July 7th. I don't look 52 due to hard exercise every day, but numbers can't lie. I'm an old fart. I can (but don't) get senior citizen discounts at certain restaurants. They would probably reverse card me though. ;-)

I understand wrist flicking. One can wrist flick jsut about anything. I just don't consider srist flicking to be the same as true flippers, of which I only have two, a JYD and a JYD II TI SG2.
 
cbxer55 said:
Who you calling "the younger generation"? I turn 52 on July 7th. I don't look 52 due to hard exercise every day, but numbers can't lie. I'm an old fart. I can (but don't) get senior citizen discounts at certain restaurants. They would probably reverse card me though. ;-)

I understand wrist flicking. One can wrist flick jsut about anything. I just don't consider srist flicking to be the same as true flippers, of which I only have two, a JYD and a JYD II TI SG2.
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This is exactly what I was thinking.
 
I serial-flick my 940's, mostly my 942, I can open/close that one faster than most autos with the newest of springs lol

Annoys the shizz out of my GF but it's well worth it :)
 
BM 943 and Spydie PM2

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