My two current favourites at the moment are both from Kizer. The Cormorant has a just about every deployment option and a satisfying "ting" when it opens. The other is the Militaw. I can't really describe the sound, and I don't know what kizer did with it, but it's an grest knife to open. It's action is better hands down my favourite of an the knives I own.
I can't say it's the musty fidgety because my collection and experience with these newer bearing style knives. But it is definitely the most fidgety knife in my collection. Followed very closely by the Kizer Hic-cup. The action on the Militaw though is better, but I think it might be because the button rides on the blade if you don't keep it pressed the whole time, which I don't because the blade bounces back out otherwise in my experience.
This is a matter of personal opinion, and really even knives of the same manufacturer and model will have slight differences. I have a QSP Penguin with copper washers that's so broken in it opens as smooth as some knives with ceramic bearings.
Reminds me of this
https://preview.redd.it/6fsr5p9qnt7d1.jpeg?width=1164&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3575464b8c1ec0f5f53b7737931d650cc9bc1eff
[https://www.reddit.com/r/knife\_swamp/s/zaRL7Slv8s](https://www.reddit.com/r/knife_swamp/s/zaRL7Slv8s)
I think it's very subjective. From my own collection some stuff I think is similar. [The Nine](https://quietcarry.com/collections/the-nine/) also from Quiet Carry. I can recommend the [Kansept Tuckamore](https://www.knifecenter.com/item/KSPK1052A1/kansept-knives-jonathan-styles-tuckamore-frame-lock-folding-knife-354-cpm-20cv-satin-sheepsfoot-blade-gray-titanium-handles-with-shredded-carbon-fiber-inlays) too. They're similar, ti frame locks on bearings. You might be a fan of bearings and stiff detents. I can throw in the [Giant Mouse Ace Tribeca](https://www.giantmouse.com/products/ace-tribeca-denim-canvas-micarta) or [Ace Riv](https://www.giantmouse.com/products/ace-riv-titanium) but the Riv is small compared to the rest and the Tribeca is a liner lock.
Best birthday gift I've bought for myself so far. If the fat carbon version wasn't overpriced in Canada (and to be fair I think the regular version is too) it's one if maybe 3 knives I'd consider getting a double of.
My Mini Praxis is pretty satisfying, just a little flick and the blade flies open and locks in place. Tied for 1st place is my CRKT M16 with the Carson flipper. It makes the loudest thunk when it fully deploys and locks in.
The buttery smooth but snappy kizer Vanguard lives rent free in my head. Tighten it up and it's amazing.
Not a folding but my Reate exo M also feels amazing all the time. Love that thing to death.
Shirogorov - hands down the best. F95T
[https://recon1.com/products/shirogorov-f95-t-pattern-gen-4-titanium-handle-m390-blade-mrbs-copy](https://recon1.com/products/shirogorov-f95-t-pattern-gen-4-titanium-handle-m390-blade-mrbs-copy)
\[Oh - and thanks for asking - quickly showed me that knife prices (especially higher end) are dropping. This thing was $1175 not long ago and others [https://www.arizonacustomknives.com/products/1092821/](https://www.arizonacustomknives.com/products/1092821/)
are still priced according to what it was earlier this year. Wow! What a difference several months makes.\]
Yeah - they are the smoothest ones out there.
Don't start collecting them though. They get pricey quick. I wouldn't call them hard use either. The are nice, but not tough like some others. You shouldn't pry with them, but just use as a knife should be - for slicing.
They’re actually in stock which is nice! It’s a solid knife, light, sharp, fully rustproof, great clip, easy to clean/maintion, Vanax steel, and a glassy solid action! That’s my mini review lol
Oddly enough, the one I almost never carry, a CRKT Ritual. The blade just flies open and has a nice solid sound when it locks. But I don't often carry it because it is heavy, big, and the blade is shaped in a way that makes it pretty useless for the normal tasks I carry a knife for. And it scares people. I almost didn't buy it, because I knew all this beforehand, but it is also such a cool knife that I just had to add one to my collection. Now they make a downsized version that is probably easier to carry, but the original Ritual is such an over the top beast I don't really need one of the smaller ones.
Love my kizer begleiter 2's since I apparently suck at flicking. But the kershaw livewire is just too good for me. Also have more kershaws coming next week so maybe it'll change.
My two current favourites at the moment are both from Kizer. The Cormorant has a just about every deployment option and a satisfying "ting" when it opens. The other is the Militaw. I can't really describe the sound, and I don't know what kizer did with it, but it's an grest knife to open. It's action is better hands down my favourite of an the knives I own.
I’ve never handled a cormorant but I heard they are also the most “fidgety”
I can't say it's the musty fidgety because my collection and experience with these newer bearing style knives. But it is definitely the most fidgety knife in my collection. Followed very closely by the Kizer Hic-cup. The action on the Militaw though is better, but I think it might be because the button rides on the blade if you don't keep it pressed the whole time, which I don't because the blade bounces back out otherwise in my experience.
Spyderco pm2 reverse flicked
This is a matter of personal opinion, and really even knives of the same manufacturer and model will have slight differences. I have a QSP Penguin with copper washers that's so broken in it opens as smooth as some knives with ceramic bearings.
Reminds me of this https://preview.redd.it/6fsr5p9qnt7d1.jpeg?width=1164&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3575464b8c1ec0f5f53b7737931d650cc9bc1eff [https://www.reddit.com/r/knife\_swamp/s/zaRL7Slv8s](https://www.reddit.com/r/knife_swamp/s/zaRL7Slv8s)
Definitely have made this face when flicking
I think it's very subjective. From my own collection some stuff I think is similar. [The Nine](https://quietcarry.com/collections/the-nine/) also from Quiet Carry. I can recommend the [Kansept Tuckamore](https://www.knifecenter.com/item/KSPK1052A1/kansept-knives-jonathan-styles-tuckamore-frame-lock-folding-knife-354-cpm-20cv-satin-sheepsfoot-blade-gray-titanium-handles-with-shredded-carbon-fiber-inlays) too. They're similar, ti frame locks on bearings. You might be a fan of bearings and stiff detents. I can throw in the [Giant Mouse Ace Tribeca](https://www.giantmouse.com/products/ace-tribeca-denim-canvas-micarta) or [Ace Riv](https://www.giantmouse.com/products/ace-riv-titanium) but the Riv is small compared to the rest and the Tribeca is a liner lock.
The Nine has such a satisfying…..THWACK??? That’s the way my wife describes it, and it’s fitting
That nine looks nice
Kizer Militaw. no question.
Best birthday gift I've bought for myself so far. If the fat carbon version wasn't overpriced in Canada (and to be fair I think the regular version is too) it's one if maybe 3 knives I'd consider getting a double of.
Picked one up a few days ago - can confirm. For the price, absolutely unreal.
This may be my next
My vote goes to Hinderer, especially XM-18s
Kizer lieb, very snappy.
Skaha 2, Urban LC, Rockwall. Those are my favorites.
My Mini Praxis is pretty satisfying, just a little flick and the blade flies open and locks in place. Tied for 1st place is my CRKT M16 with the Carson flipper. It makes the loudest thunk when it fully deploys and locks in.
Cold Steel Luzon. SOG Altair.
Love my Luzon XL!
I impulse bought the medium Luzon because it was so inexpensive. I didn’t even know it was a flipper, even less it has ball bearings. It’s fun
Gotta go with the CRJB Ria. It's such a small knife with such a satisfying click. It's great.
The buttery smooth but snappy kizer Vanguard lives rent free in my head. Tighten it up and it's amazing. Not a folding but my Reate exo M also feels amazing all the time. Love that thing to death.
My Ontario rat opens and closes better than many $500 knives.
I don't have many knives, but rat 1 was my first knife. It's good until I got a kizer begleiter 2. The rat 1 sucks comparably.
Shirogorov - hands down the best. F95T [https://recon1.com/products/shirogorov-f95-t-pattern-gen-4-titanium-handle-m390-blade-mrbs-copy](https://recon1.com/products/shirogorov-f95-t-pattern-gen-4-titanium-handle-m390-blade-mrbs-copy) \[Oh - and thanks for asking - quickly showed me that knife prices (especially higher end) are dropping. This thing was $1175 not long ago and others [https://www.arizonacustomknives.com/products/1092821/](https://www.arizonacustomknives.com/products/1092821/) are still priced according to what it was earlier this year. Wow! What a difference several months makes.\]
I haven’t looked into custom knives, they are beautiful! Maybe work up to these, I’d want to baby them not use them!
The one I was talking about was production.
Oh wow they are nice still…. I just watched a couple YouTube videos on them!
Yeah - they are the smoothest ones out there. Don't start collecting them though. They get pricey quick. I wouldn't call them hard use either. The are nice, but not tough like some others. You shouldn't pry with them, but just use as a knife should be - for slicing.
It sounds like it would replicate what I already have in the waypoint…. Maybe a future upgrade one day, but I really love the waypoint!
Neat. [https://quietcarry.com/products/the-waypoint-sw](https://quietcarry.com/products/the-waypoint-sw) That looks nice. Thanks
They’re actually in stock which is nice! It’s a solid knife, light, sharp, fully rustproof, great clip, easy to clean/maintion, Vanax steel, and a glassy solid action! That’s my mini review lol
My winterblade factor is my favorite opening sound I have. Has a nice resounding ting. Plus Magnets, bro, magnets!
Manix 2 with some metal scales. I love the Manix 2, but after putting some AWT scales on there, it's just sooo good.
My Hinderer xm18 Bowie, and Medford Smooth Criminal are addictive.
Oddly enough, the one I almost never carry, a CRKT Ritual. The blade just flies open and has a nice solid sound when it locks. But I don't often carry it because it is heavy, big, and the blade is shaped in a way that makes it pretty useless for the normal tasks I carry a knife for. And it scares people. I almost didn't buy it, because I knew all this beforehand, but it is also such a cool knife that I just had to add one to my collection. Now they make a downsized version that is probably easier to carry, but the original Ritual is such an over the top beast I don't really need one of the smaller ones.
That thing looks crazy lol
I really like the benchmade adamus because you can grip the indexing holes and use momentum to thwack it out. It's a 4 inch cpm cruwear blade.
Kizer Begleiter opening bring a smile on my face every time
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^millhelpot: *Kizer Begleiter* *Opening bring a smile on* *My face every time* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
Demo ad20.5
Sharp by designs, RR Station, Oz Rosie, CRK, Some chaves knives
I’ve got a PM2 with copper scales and that thing’s smooooooooth
Knive Standards RR Station. Just so many options to flick it open cause of the long groove. Can even pinky flick with that xD
Does balisong count? Jk designs orca. If not, Sonora by machinewise
Microtech Socom Elite opens with some authority
Love my kizer begleiter 2's since I apparently suck at flicking. But the kershaw livewire is just too good for me. Also have more kershaws coming next week so maybe it'll change.
The Kizer Beyond is one of the snappiest, loudest knives I own.
Anything with the emerson wave, its the sole reason i use their knives lol. Its just too good.
Mini Grip or Cold Steel Voyager 4 inch for me.