assisted open vs. switchblade
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I prefer an automatic. Mostly for use with gloves or cold fingered one-handed operation.
If you only have one hand with which to work, a double action out-the-front is great.
- Nov 11, 2009
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Legal hassles spring to mind.
Personally I prefer Benchmade axis-lock knives. Easy one-hand use; choose the reverse tanto blades for the best action, since they carry more weight toward the tip. Contego, 940 are my EDCs.
Personally I prefer Benchmade axis-lock knives. Easy one-hand use; choose the reverse tanto blades for the best action, since they carry more weight toward the tip. Contego, 940 are my EDCs.
Billy Joe, and Bobbie Sue empathize.
bigdv
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This thread is going to force me to buy another knife.........
ken792
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The button is usually large and located somewhere you can mash with your thumb. With an assisted, the release is usually limited to a thumb stud or a blade flipper, both of which are on the side of the knife when closed.
alucard0822
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I like autos and Balisongs, not neccesarily because of how they open, but because they usually lock closed with a switch or latch. I can open flippers, spyderhole or axis lock knives just as easily and fast(can deploy a wave or fixed blade faster). Axis locks tend to have a weak detent, and the larger / blade heavy models that would seem ideal when hiking/biking/skiing or on a motorcycle pop open easily, where the "scary" autos and Balis don't, but can be opened easy enough with 1 gloved hand if needed. I really am not a fan of AO, all the downsides of an auto, without the main benefits, and far too often a spring is used as a bandaid on a gritty and stiff action. Knife laws aren't just stupid and outdated, but can be dangerous in some instances too.
one example, a fast BM Casbaugh auto vs a ZT452 KVT flipper(bearings/no spring) in slow-mo, they open just as fast and easily
one example, a fast BM Casbaugh auto vs a ZT452 KVT flipper(bearings/no spring) in slow-mo, they open just as fast and easily
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