Strange opening mechanism

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Cool. Not sure how practical it is. I have never had the need to open a folding knife one handed so I don't get real excited about such things. Even so it is a neat idea and looks like a solid design.
 
I prefer A/O or Spyderco thumb hole.

That opening is unique. I have only seen something similar in a Karambit.
 
What? None of those are strange! Is that the best you guys can do, plain old run of the mill hum drum found in every Academy Sports mechanisms?!?!o_O

LET YOUR FREAK FLAG FLY FOR FOLDER MECHANISMS!
 
hso said:
What? None of those are strange! Is that the best you guys can do, plain old run of the mill hum drum found in every Academy Sports mechanisms?!?!o_O

LET YOUR FREAK FLAG FLY FOR FOLDER MECHANISMS!
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All of my folders are pretty standard versions of what they are. nail nick,thumb stud,balisong,automatic, etc.
I guess I must own dull knives...? o_O
;)
 
I don't know of anything weird or unusual, sorry. I tend to prefer something with a Spyderco style hole in the blade, but can make most any of them work. A flipper style is probably my least favorite. That looks like a useless Rube Goldberg contraption that serves no useful purpose. It's certainly not one handed opening. But I've gotta give the designer credit for "thinking outside the box".
 
I had several of these S&W "side opening" for lack of a better term, boot/pocket knives.

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When worn in they were sort of a 'non-butterfly' butterfly knife. Yes, I know it's a copy of a Fallschrimjaeger knife.
 
hso said:
Don't see that considering that's an out the front gravity knife and the S&W swinger bears no relationship to .



And this crazy thing that never existed during WWII is different as well.

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Kind of reminds me of this thing,
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Miserable knife, apparently called the viper. You can see by its minor rust spotting, it's sat in a box of knives for at least 15 years untouched. But since we were talking weird folders and I saw @hso 's post it reminded me that I had this.
I'm sure it was cheap or free but being unusual I'm sure I just saw it, bought it, tried it and hated the thing.
 
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I'm sure it was cheap or free
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Yes
Maybe free to you as a gift? Taylor Cutlery/S&W charged people for it.

I remember the knife maker showing me the prototype at the Blade Show and I thought it was an interesting mechanism, but a bit bulky in the hand. He was a very nice guy and just wanted his prototype looked at and someone had pointed him to me. I introduced him around to some manufacturers thinking it might be produced for a year, maybe two as a curiosity. I also remember that none of the manufacturers bit on it at the time. When I saw it in production I was happy for him and disappointed in who was doing it. I must say the shop made proto was better, but that doesn't always translate to mass production.
 
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I think this one looks really compelling but that's a dang big handle for a small blade, but I like the concept. It's more of a fixed blade with a folding blade cover.

Made by Camillus.

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I think there's a push button lock on this one, but it really sort of looks like a terrible idea.
 
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