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#3 ALWAYS <img src="tongue.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
Hey dialex! Why are you messin' with switchblades?! <img src="sad.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

ATE <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Drop on the cricket. Its 2 hard to flick open, a bistander might lose an eye... <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
Drop with a chinook
Flick with the Milli, Matraich
Hole with Delica and Merlin
Stud with BM750
and buttons with Halo3

Hi, ATE, it was a time when I was quite into autos, amd even now I'm allways interested in finding out something new about knives. And an auto opening mechanism... it was quite cool when I was 20 yrs old and they were illegal. (they are perfectly legal now, on the condition the blade is under 13 cm and the edge is only one side) I don't like them now, though, as I don't consider them reliable. And, besides, having a spydie would you need an auto?

<img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>hole only, I don't want to drop my spidy accidentaly.

I can see }{ in my trousers

The Shabaria is very easy to flick open. Most of my FRNs, I use the hole. Jot Singh Khalsa will flick open pretty quickly also.

It depends on the knife, but mainly who is around when I open it.
If it is someone I don't know, an office bod or anyone else who might get upset (most of the country), I'll go as far as making it a two handed opening. Although since getting the Cricket most people don't seamed too phaesed by a one handed opening.

When I'm out of work or in friendly company it's nearly always the hole.

I don't like the drop as I don't like to alter my hand placement too much.

I sometimes wrist flick when I'm opening and closeing a Spydie for theraputic reasons, but never if I actually want to use the knife.
I do occasionally thumb flick the knife. This uses the hole and is a similar action to flipping a coin and means the thumb is only in contact with the blade at the start of the opening proceedure, it's probably a hang over from when my knives had thumb studs. It only works with liner locks, and so far I find the Howard Viele and Chinese folder the best at it.

Walk softly, carry a big stick.

75%<img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>hole
25%Drop

Presently, I'm trying to practice that V/"drag opening" the James Keating shows in his Civilian video.

NOW THAT TAKES PRACTICE!!!!!!!!<img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0><img src="sad.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0><img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

BIG-TARGET>>>>"Do not think you are,,,,,,,Know you are!!!"--Morpheus(The Matrix)

Edited by - Big-Target on 5/17/2002 10:33:24 PM

Thumb on the Spydie Hole!

I occasionally use the hole, but more often the Spydie drop.<img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Survive, Adapt, and Overcome...

Edited by - KBR on 5/19/2002 9:38:13 AM

Ramp. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

Steve

Depends where I am and who is around and which one. My harpy which I use the most often I push open slowly. It's kinda crazy to do a hole drop when you have your keys attached to your Spydie. Give me a starmate or military and I'll show you every opening and then some.