As most of you probably do when bored, yesterday I was playing around with my SS calypso. I tried to figure out how many ways there were to deploy the blade. This is what I came up with: (note: some of these methods I think can only be done with an SS)
1. Normal way - hold the knife handle and flick the blade out with the thumb. This can also be accompanied with a snap of the wrist for quicker deployment.
2. Hold the blade and flick the knife down - as shown in a video here with the Kiwi. Takes more effort with lighter handles.
3. Hold the handle with the blade facing away and snap down. Have to do this hard, and I think it would be very difficult with anything other than a well oiled SS.
4. Just discovered - hold the handle with the blade facing towards you (hinge facing away). Flick it down hard and then snap it up, its a two step opening and quite difficult. The first part brings the blade out halfway, and the second brings it to full open position. I think it looks kinda cool when I can pull it off.
This is really all that I could come up with. Maybe there are more, but I couldn't think of any. These can done with variations (like with #2 can hold the blade and flick it upwards). Usually I just use the normal way and thumb my knife, the others are for pure entertainment. :D
Is there a favorite way you have of opening, or one I missed? Post your thoughts!
So how many ways are there to open a knife?
So how many ways are there to open a knife?
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Wow...seems like you got them all covered. OBTW, glad ya disovered #4...it does look cool and has a greater success rate with heavier blades like Endura's, Police, even more so knives w/ linerlocks! Your #3 is my favorite opening technique for my weak side with my FRN Endura SE. You just gotta make sure the blade spine is in-line with the forearm and it works all the time! Well, at least for me, and if you do a "lot of movement to distract "adversary" while drawing, then cough to hide the sound of the blade 's engagement, (i.e.:loud CLICK!) most times they don't even know you have an opened knife in hand as you hide it behind your forearm!!!
This is one I been doing as of late with my :spyder: Karambit...I placed the clip position for a left hander, but i wear it in right pocket. Upon draw, I use my ring finger to deploy the blade, then insert index into the Karambit ring. I can get the knife into "action" faster into this "standard" karambit grip as opposed to carrying it "normally" clipped for a right hander, drawing it, deploying the blade with thumb, manipulating the knife so the ring is is "up", THEN placing index within the ring. BTW, that indent in the wide Karambit clip makes an excellent point of index during manipulation, but the SS does get spooky slippery at times... :eek:
God bless and be safe!!!
Wow...seems like you got them all covered. OBTW, glad ya disovered #4...it does look cool and has a greater success rate with heavier blades like Endura's, Police, even more so knives w/ linerlocks! Your #3 is my favorite opening technique for my weak side with my FRN Endura SE. You just gotta make sure the blade spine is in-line with the forearm and it works all the time! Well, at least for me, and if you do a "lot of movement to distract "adversary" while drawing, then cough to hide the sound of the blade 's engagement, (i.e.:loud CLICK!) most times they don't even know you have an opened knife in hand as you hide it behind your forearm!!!
This is one I been doing as of late with my :spyder: Karambit...I placed the clip position for a left hander, but i wear it in right pocket. Upon draw, I use my ring finger to deploy the blade, then insert index into the Karambit ring. I can get the knife into "action" faster into this "standard" karambit grip as opposed to carrying it "normally" clipped for a right hander, drawing it, deploying the blade with thumb, manipulating the knife so the ring is is "up", THEN placing index within the ring. BTW, that indent in the wide Karambit clip makes an excellent point of index during manipulation, but the SS does get spooky slippery at times... :eek:
God bless and be safe!!!
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I may be pushing it but there are two ways to open, with the inch facing toward you. The first not recommended two to the risk of throwing the knife into your eye. It's to bring your hand up and back this is the knife into normal ice pick eye. The second is with the blade facing down hinge toward you swing down and rotate your wrist away from your body. The spring to write into reverse ice pick. I think I'd try that before. You can also grab a knife with rope ending piece. Hold the rope in swing the knife so that it swings forward and the knife pops open. PS does it have to be a good idea.
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Playing with the Spydies I have isn't that dangerous. The most painful knives to play with are the Balis... those are fun, but the risk of injury is really high. I think the hardest thing I tried to do with those is to throw them in the air to open and catch the handles. You can imagine how that could go wrong.
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I have a variation of the first method for compression lock and some lockback with heavy blade.
it's basically giving a start to the blade with a finger and finishing with a snap of the wrist. I think the thumb is not recommended for snap movement because it's the only finger on this side of the knife (which is the left side for a right handed person) and using it to project the blade leaves the left side not held, you just have to pray that your fingers on the other side are holding the clip hard enough... not good.
instead of the thumb, I use a finger which is on the other side because 4 fingers to hold this side of the knife it's 3 more than needed... so 1 can leave its position to do something else. I choose the middle finger! not for being rude but it's the longer of all your fingers (if you're normal ) and it will give a very good start to the blade (far enough for the lockback to let the blade go)
finish with a wrist snap :)
perfectly works in reverse grip as well! (use the fourth finger instead...)
of course you have to rename the "thumbhole" the "middle-finger-hole" but it's a small price to pay :D
UPDATE: I thought a video would worth a thousand words to explain what I am talking about so here are they. I show the finger to use at the start. (mostly 2-3 Mo each, codec is Motion JPEG or MJPG) (done with an Ixus 500 in 30minutes so these are not Spielberg standards )
SAVE AS:
compression lock normal grip
compression lock reverse grip
lockback normal grip
lockback reverse grip
lockback inertia opening (with the forward and up snap of the wrist)
enjoy!
it's basically giving a start to the blade with a finger and finishing with a snap of the wrist. I think the thumb is not recommended for snap movement because it's the only finger on this side of the knife (which is the left side for a right handed person) and using it to project the blade leaves the left side not held, you just have to pray that your fingers on the other side are holding the clip hard enough... not good.
instead of the thumb, I use a finger which is on the other side because 4 fingers to hold this side of the knife it's 3 more than needed... so 1 can leave its position to do something else. I choose the middle finger! not for being rude but it's the longer of all your fingers (if you're normal
) and it will give a very good start to the blade (far enough for the lockback to let the blade go)finish with a wrist snap :)
perfectly works in reverse grip as well! (use the fourth finger instead...)
of course you have to rename the "thumbhole" the "middle-finger-hole" but it's a small price to pay :D
UPDATE: I thought a video would worth a thousand words to explain what I am talking about so here are they. I show the finger to use at the start. (mostly 2-3 Mo each, codec is Motion JPEG or MJPG) (done with an Ixus 500 in 30minutes so these are not Spielberg standards
)SAVE AS:
compression lock normal grip
compression lock reverse grip
lockback normal grip
lockback reverse grip
lockback inertia opening (with the forward and up snap of the wrist)
enjoy!
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I personally use a method sorta like Senate's comp lock reverse, except i use the ring finger to open the blade without haveing to flick it down. Makes it easier for me to open it in front of a "threat" without them knowing anything and barely hearing the click.
I'm pretty sure any other method is just the same as those stated above except with a slight alteration.
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I'm pretty sure any other method is just the same as those stated above except with a slight alteration.
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"The dogs of war are calling, can you not hear the wolves."
I personnally find out about the best way to succeed the inertia opening not very long ago, before I just used to snap of the wrist toward really hard and it would work 1 out of 20 tryings, I was kinda frustrated because people were saying how easy and simple it was. and then someone mentionned the snap up at the end of the movement.... and there was light :)OutofGum wrote:Whoa! Very impressive videos senate! Especially that last inertia opening. Now I have something to work towards. Thanks!
Anyway now you know what to do during your Xmas holidays if you're bored again! :D