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Impressions: Resilience - What a beast! I think the fit and finish are even better than my Tenacious and Persistence. Also, this think flicks open with the slight twitch of your thumb, or if you want it drop opens with a nice downward flick of the wrist, which is fun. I just got the Resilience a co...

The only knives I have tip up are my waved folders and ones that do not have tip-down carry options like my Benchmades. I prefer tip up for non-waved knives.

This right here :) Cool factor...... possibly intimidation factor I guess, but I think a spyder-dropped fully serrated Endura would have the same intimidation factor. Honestly, its the cool factor. Id really like to say its more lol, but I can open up a Spyderco pretty darn quick with just one hand...

It looks like the Resilience could be a poor man's alternative to the military. I'm very anxious to pick one up.

feeny wrote: If we were serious about security we would ban all luggage and fly naked :)
Let our clothes and bags follow us in the jet luggage plane :)

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..and submit to body cavity searches. :eek:

I'm definitely a fan. Ever since I got my Waved Endura 4, I haven't carried anything else. Now all my assisted or autos make it seem like I have to fumble around to deploy them. With the Endura 4 Wave, it's instant gratification!

My only concern is deploying it with my left hand under stress. With the training I have been through, we are taught to use our "off-hand", opposite our gun hand. Considering its a a plunger deployment, I would have to use my index finger to deploy the knife. Under stress it might be a ch...

Here's my 2 cents: To deploy a non-stiletto type auto, it takes 3 steps in order to be sure that it won't close on your fingers: 1) disable the safety 2) push the button 3) enable the safety (to prevent the button from being accidentally pushed) Seems like a lot of steps to me. With an assisted, all...