is this knife open assist?
759576
It is not spring assisted, but if you keep it clean it operates fairly easy with one hand.
759577
No it is not. Look at the SOG knife on the site with the wooden handle. its a sweet assist knife!
2021924
It is a manual open blade.... So far I like it... I wish it was thinner though.
2209569
No, it's a manual-opener. Cold Steel does not sell assisted/automatic opening knives as of yet...
825427
An assisted opening knife only takes a small amount of manual movement before the spring or cam takes over. A flipper knife like this one is completely manual. If you don't open it forcefully enough, it will fail to deploy and you will have to use the thumb studs to finish opening it. If it feels too tight to open easily, you can loosen the screw holding the blade on or completely disassemble and lube the action and it will smooth everything up.
1831375
It is a folding knife. You open it like a regular pocket knife. I do not think it is a finger or thumb spring assist.. I bought a couple of these just for the heck of it. I was not particularly happy with it. It is not a good knife to do work with. But nonetheless, it is a sample of things out there. I think you were hoping for a spring assist, but the information I collected said it was a folding knife.
189487
There is a little bit, but that's to be found with most knifes in this price range. You can tighten the screw, but it will affect the draw speed of the knife when opened and may even prevent it from opening up all the way if tightened to much.There isn't enough side-to-side play that I wouldn't recommend it. It's definitely a great knife, regardless of the spring assist, which sets it apart from most others at this price point and size.
118548
No, but has very smooth action. I was use to assisted opening and now that I have broke this knife in it opens just as fast.
1052190
No its not. I bought it and the spring assisted part is not good. It is a good looking and useful knife but its no different from regular knives.
483846
yes. the knife has the regular piece of metal that set behind the blade once it is opened. on mine it locks half way if you open it slowly but if you open it halfway and then swing it it will lock all the way by it self.
118549
no but it open easier than some assisted opening knives I own such as my kershaw cryo. I find most knives that I own open much faster than assisted opening knves and its one less thing that can break.
808304
My husband bought this knife. He said "no". The blade will snap into the open position, but it does not "lock" like a traditional lock-blade knife does. Hope this helps.
1236105
No this is not an auto open on this model. Feel free to look at other models I carry that do have assisted open.
825431
I don't know precisely how conventional AO knives work, but there is no assist on this knife. If you open it halfway, it won't complete the motion.
2087570
Yes. There's a little "lever" on the back edge, opposite the blade, that when pushed flips open the blade. Great feature!
606695
Yes it is spring assist and opens very quickly. Good knife for the money. Cannot go wrong for the price.
2243394
No it is not. It has a nob flick open (typically pushed out by your thumb if opened by a single hand), there is no assisted mechanism on this knife. The opening is smooth but I found it to be a bit awkward, I have many thumb open knives like this one and it is just something about the design that feels off in my hand but only when opening, once open - the knife is absolutely fantastic in almost every way. (But you probably are familiar with benchmade)Cheers
729145
This is a spring-assist. In other words, it requires more that a push of a button to open. Having said that, it is 1 hand operation to open to a locking position. I use this knife nearly everyday at work, and recently one of the ladies in the office needed to borrow it to slice veggies when she forgot her paring knife. It is very durable, and i would recommend it to anyone.