Are Switchblades Extinct?
Today’s one-hand-opened folders offer many advantages over the classic automatics.
In the last issue of Tactical Weapons I mentioned we seem to be living in the golden age of the military automatic folder. Actually, there is another school of thought that feels the spring-activated knife has been fundamentally obsolete ever since Sal Glesser and Spyderco introduced the first “Clip-It” folder back in the 80s.
Spyderco Rocks Knife World
Before Spyderco, you pretty much had a choice between a non-locking folder of traditional pattern or a rocker-bar locking folding hunter (think Buck 110) carried in a belt pouch. Not only did Sal pioneer the carry clip (doing away with the belt pouch) and the serrated edge, he gave us the first round-hole, one-hand-opening knives. Soon the entire industry was flooded with one-hand pegs, disks, flippers and thumb holes mounted on knives with carry clips and serrated edges. Today, few companies even bother introducing new models without most, if not all, of these features.
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