Tricks wit spyderco knives?
Tricks wit spyderco knives?
how do u close a spyderco knife with one hand anyway?..and are there any other tricks that anybody knows of that are just as kewl?
So long as the blade pivots freely when the lock is released try this for lock backs:
Hold the knife handle in your finger tips with your thumb on the lock, opposed by all four fingers. The index finger right up by the pivot of the blade. Squeeze the lock and let the blade fall by gravity until it's at right angles to the handle, the unsharpened part of the blade nearst the pivot stopped by your index finger. If you release the lock, there's enough spring pressure to keep the knife bent in an L shape while you shift your grip and pull the blade closed with your thumb in the spyderhole in the reverse of the thumb opening technique.
Anyone got a better way or one for linerlocks ?
Hold the knife handle in your finger tips with your thumb on the lock, opposed by all four fingers. The index finger right up by the pivot of the blade. Squeeze the lock and let the blade fall by gravity until it's at right angles to the handle, the unsharpened part of the blade nearst the pivot stopped by your index finger. If you release the lock, there's enough spring pressure to keep the knife bent in an L shape while you shift your grip and pull the blade closed with your thumb in the spyderhole in the reverse of the thumb opening technique.
Anyone got a better way or one for linerlocks ?
Closing the knife one-handed is really easy with a liner lock; you just depress the liner with your thumb and swing the blade closed with your index finger.
On a lock-back, it's a bit more difficult. One method is to hold the handle with your pinky, ring, and middle fingers in the blade's path and your thumb near the lock release. You then place your index finger in the blade hole and depress the lock release with your thumb. Using your index finger, swing the blade down half way, then remove your three fingers from the blade's path. At this point, the handle is pinched between your thumb and the base of your pinky and you can safely close the blade the rest of the way.
Another description of Alick W's method, which works better on larger knives and knives with a small blade hole: Hold the knife in a sort of "saber" grip with your index finger pressed firmly against the handle, at the base of the choil, with the nail pointing outward. Then depress the lock with your thumb and gently flick your wrist forward. The blade will close half way; it's forward momentum being stopped by the tip of your index finger (you want the unsharpened portion of the blade to hit your index finger, but your finger nail can protect you if you accidentally contact the edge). You can then remove your fingers from the blade's path and swing the blade closed the rest of the way with your thumb.
With both of these methods, you'll have fingers in the path of the closing blade, so be careful and go slow until you get the hang of it.
Edited by - cerulean on 8/13/00 7:33:59 PM
On a lock-back, it's a bit more difficult. One method is to hold the handle with your pinky, ring, and middle fingers in the blade's path and your thumb near the lock release. You then place your index finger in the blade hole and depress the lock release with your thumb. Using your index finger, swing the blade down half way, then remove your three fingers from the blade's path. At this point, the handle is pinched between your thumb and the base of your pinky and you can safely close the blade the rest of the way.
Another description of Alick W's method, which works better on larger knives and knives with a small blade hole: Hold the knife in a sort of "saber" grip with your index finger pressed firmly against the handle, at the base of the choil, with the nail pointing outward. Then depress the lock with your thumb and gently flick your wrist forward. The blade will close half way; it's forward momentum being stopped by the tip of your index finger (you want the unsharpened portion of the blade to hit your index finger, but your finger nail can protect you if you accidentally contact the edge). You can then remove your fingers from the blade's path and swing the blade closed the rest of the way with your thumb.
With both of these methods, you'll have fingers in the path of the closing blade, so be careful and go slow until you get the hang of it.
Edited by - cerulean on 8/13/00 7:33:59 PM