Dear All,
I have noticed a few posts mentioning the difficulty of opening a folder quietly. Presently I am housesitting for some friends, to safeguard their house while they are away. During one night I woke up to some fairly suspicious sounds outside. I grabbed my Endura and began to open it. For some reason I depressed the bar and fully opened the knife. Then I released the bar slowly. Result? A very quiet opening.
Fortunately there was no one outside, or at least they were scared off by the lights I turned on. I have tried the silent opening onehanded and found it quite difficult, but maybe with practice it would be feasible. However, I guess my question is, is there any way this opening could damage the knife? It doesn't seem likely, but I hate to spoil a perfectly good Spydie practicing opening it!
Stay safe.
Silent Opening
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Bro,
Glad to hear that you didn't have to use your Endura! Wow, never know what you might run in to....
As far as depressing your locking lever and letting the blade come into place before you release the lock, I wouldn't worry about hurting your knife. The same thing can be done with a linerlock too, provided that you hold the liner down until the blade is fully open.
I normally use this method of "quiet" opening with my Spydies while I'm in a public place or just going "under cover".
It seems to work well.<img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
Spydernut
Glad to hear that you didn't have to use your Endura! Wow, never know what you might run in to....
As far as depressing your locking lever and letting the blade come into place before you release the lock, I wouldn't worry about hurting your knife. The same thing can be done with a linerlock too, provided that you hold the liner down until the blade is fully open.
I normally use this method of "quiet" opening with my Spydies while I'm in a public place or just going "under cover".
It seems to work well.<img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
Spydernut
Hi, Neophyte--
Michael Janich showed me a good way to do a one-handed silent opening w/a lockback knife.
You begin like a standard thumb opening, but when you get the blade a little past halfway open (or wherever that particular model's blade has to be to prevent it from snapping back closed when you release the blade) you reposition the knife in your hand so your thumb can depress the locking bar and your INDEX finger can continue the blade-opening motion from the back (clipside) of the knife. [this'll be pretty close to the same hand-positioning you'd use to unlock the knife when you go to close it one-handed]
Once fully-opened you can gently & silently release the lock with your thumb.
I hope that's clear.
Vince
Michael Janich showed me a good way to do a one-handed silent opening w/a lockback knife.
You begin like a standard thumb opening, but when you get the blade a little past halfway open (or wherever that particular model's blade has to be to prevent it from snapping back closed when you release the blade) you reposition the knife in your hand so your thumb can depress the locking bar and your INDEX finger can continue the blade-opening motion from the back (clipside) of the knife. [this'll be pretty close to the same hand-positioning you'd use to unlock the knife when you go to close it one-handed]
Once fully-opened you can gently & silently release the lock with your thumb.
I hope that's clear.
Vince
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Howdy Neophyte! Welcome to <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>Land! <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
Silent opening is also highly useful in a high sheeple-density area. Nothing will unnerve a Sheeple faster than the loud "SNAP" of a <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> clicking into position!
I always open them two-handed in those situations, anyways. It makes the overall package much more discreet. <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
Keepin' it real...real sharp, that is.
Silent opening is also highly useful in a high sheeple-density area. Nothing will unnerve a Sheeple faster than the loud "SNAP" of a <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> clicking into position!
I always open them two-handed in those situations, anyways. It makes the overall package much more discreet. <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
Keepin' it real...real sharp, that is.