Never had an interest, but...
Since there has been so much gum slapping about assited opening knives of late, purchased a couple of Gerbers at the local box store.
I usually perfer a typical manual opening Spyderco, with the hole in the blade, less to break.
With the Gerber, I find the lock a bit annoying, & wonder a bit about the life of the coil spring.
After carrying it around for a couple of weeks, I have found more than once that the lock has been activated in the pocket, which really slows getting the knife open, will continue to test these, & may try a SOG. But if I need something to depend on I'll stick with the Manual one handers like Spyderco or Benchmade.
I don't really use an assisted opener for anything daily anymore. I found with the Kershaws that I had a tendency to "follow" the blade with my thumb, which means you run the risk of slicing your thumb open.
ReplyDeleteI found that the models with the "flipper" guard built into the blade kept that from happening. I have a Spec Bump around here somewhere that I really liked . . . . but where is it?
Kershaw's Ken Onion designed series of folders with the "Speed-Safe" assisted opening feature are my new favorites.
ReplyDeleteThey stay closed in my pocket and pack, but they open easily while keeping my fat fingers out of the danger zone.