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We all have our knives we like to carry, the ones we like to cut with, the ones we like to look at, etc, but what knife do you like to sit playing with when watching TV?

For me, it's the Navaja, the carraca pivot is extremely addictive and it's fun to do "tricks" with. If you don't know what I mean, get one, it's a good knife in pretty much every way but for me, the highlights are the looks and that addictive and did I mention fun? carraca mechanism.

For me it would be the Spyderfly.

ZT561 and CF Dodo.

I really like the sound my PM2 makes when opening and closing, so I'm always fiddling with it. Recently, I've been carrying that and an Enlan EL-01A (waiting for my 0561 to arrive, heh), and have been playing with them incessantly at work. Upside of working retail - nobody questions you having pocket knives.

Hard to beat a PM2. Love the compression lock.

pm2 and cf dodo

Sage 1. It is so smooth and has a satisfying click when locked into place. That knife puts a lot in a small package. Fun times. I think I need to smooth out the spyder home a tad though. That sucker does a number on my thumbnail.

Hands down, the Dodo is first. Second place - the Tuff (for the thumb workout I get).

Manix 2, Southard and Caly Jr. are currently my favorites to play with.

Tuff and PM2 are my choices.

The Tuff gives my thumb a very good workout and has made opening other Spydies a breeze. The PM2 just gives me more ways to play with and simply dances in my hand though not in the same way a butterfly would. The latter is one knife I am scared to buy :)

The list includes:

PPT
Sages I and II
A.G. Russell Gentleman's Frame Lock (flipper)
Pro-Tech TR-3 Manual Integrity
Wilson Combat Eagle
SuperLeaf

Southard flipper. I've never really been one to play with my knives, but the flipper is fun to open and close.

A long time ago, I used to play with my Kershaw Blur. The AO made it fun to flick open. Needless to say, I became careless and ended up dropping the knife by accident. Good news was that the tip did not chip off on the floor. Bad news is that the tip went straight into my big toe. Luckily, the tanto tip was so sharp and acute that the cut was able to heal up without stitches. But I was walking gingerly on that foot for a few days to minimize the bleeding.

The only Spyderco's I play with are my lockbacks. Easy to open and close. I would like to have a manual flipper to play with but the Southard is out of my price range. Maybe we will see a cheaper version someday.

Smallfly, Szabofly, and Poliwog.

D1omedes wrote:A long time ago, I used to play with my Kershaw Blur. The AO made it fun to flick open. Needless to say, I became careless and ended up dropping the knife by accident. Good news was that the tip did not chip off on the floor. Bad news is that the tip went straight into my big toe. Luckily, the tanto tip was so sharp and acute that the cut was able to heal up without stitches. But I was walking gingerly on that foot for a few days to minimize the bleeding.

The only Spyderco's I play with are my lockbacks. Easy to open and close. I would like to have a manual flipper to play with but the Southard is out of my price range. Maybe we will see a cheaper version someday.

That sounds awful! definitely could have been worse though

Para2 by a mile!

Right now it the two newest: southard and captain. However, I do enjoy spinning a pm2 or superleaf with my pinky in the hole. Sounds dirty cause it is.

The SS Polywog.

Poliwog, Dodo & PM2. The Meercat was fascinating at first, but being a lefty I ended up not playing with it that much.

The Para 2 and Southard are my favorites. But I don't play around with knives while watching TV or otherwise distracted. I got cut badly with a knife once as a kid, and that's enough.