I can see why- it's a great design! I think I see an orange one in my future...
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Zing....is Here!!!
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Me too, me too! I just got an orange in the mail yesterday and I'm stoked. I love the textured grips (my other Kershaws are a Leek and Chive with SS handles). I think the pocket clip looks fantastic and it's good and tight (hopefully it'll loosen up some). I think I'll switch it to right hand-tip up carry; I get a little nervous with the flipper sticking out the edge of my pocket. I know the detent is quite strong, but I think I'll try it with the flipper down in my pocket (with all the grunge and keys...hmm...) I don't quite have the hang of the flipper yet. I can open it just fine with a little flick of the wrist, but holding my wrist steady I can't get it all the way open every time. I'm sitting at my desk practicing jonnymac's instructions (push flipper into the knife, then flick back ending with your finger on the spine). It's been a pretty fun afternoon 
nmb-Glad you like the knife! Trying to teach someone how to open a flipper is a little like trying to teach someone how to flip fried eggs w/o using a spatula. You just have to try it until you get it. But, you will-I have seen it dozens of times-All of a sudden, it just happens, and then you will always be able to do it, and do it FAST. It's a lot of fun when people come back on day 2 of a knife show, having learned to flip their new knife the evening before. Big smiles!
I like to push down and forward, then, reverse the finger, snapping down and backwards, ending up with your index finger pushing down on the back of the knife.
the ZING is fun, because you can flip it open just as fast with your thumb. I had to practice that a few times before I got it.
I like to push down and forward, then, reverse the finger, snapping down and backwards, ending up with your index finger pushing down on the back of the knife.
the ZING is fun, because you can flip it open just as fast with your thumb. I had to practice that a few times before I got it.
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Mr. Martin, this is what I posted when someone else asked about opening your flippers.
I find this method to work each and every time, no wrist flick and it always opens.
Does that make sense to anyone else?
mike
I find this method to work each and every time, no wrist flick and it always opens.
Does that make sense to anyone else?
mike
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No. You're just a freak.
Mr. Martin gives better advice.
Seriously, I push in like you Mike, then just slightly down. Pops open
like a rocket. Great knife R.J. :thumbup:
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It came to me. Maybe things loosened up mechanically, but I can do it now. Fun to get a whole new thing to monkey with throughout the day, but I don't know how my colleagues felt about the constant snick-snick coming from my office. Also used it to cut my pork roast at dinner tonight and it sliced like a champ. I know the Kershaw catalog copy says "just for looks" but I've got a feeling that the striations on the blade help in some cutting chores. Maybe one of the measurement types wants to dice a cubic yard of cardboard and post their impressions. Me, I'm just gonna go around admiring the nice orange knife stickin' up out of my pocket. Thank you very much Mr. Martin. (What's next on the Kershaw plate for you, if I may be so bold?)
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