I'd say lower the music volume a bit but great vid!

As you get better with flicking, I think it’s important to try and develop a light touch with it. With most of my Spydercos, I’ve gotten to the point where I flick and they have just enough momentum to engage reliably. If you wanna minimize wear and tear on your stop pin and pivot, it’s either the thumb roll (which is smoothly satisfying in its own right) or a light flick. The second takes some practice and in the field, I usually just thumb roll…but I think it’s worth it…I probably have 40 Spydercos and the only one that’s showing some stop pin wear is my para 3 lw because that’s my dedicated “I’m just gonna flick this thing” knife.

I tried flicking the knife out and dropped it. Stabbed my foot... Blood everywhere. I'm an idiot :/ I gotta say though, the PM2 is crazy sharp and made very clean cut into my foot. Great vid! lol

I seriously don't know if this is click-bait or if you really didn't know how most people use the thumb hole. A tip on when you flip it, either if its middle finger or thumb: crimp up on the pocket clip with your little- and ring finger and hold your thumb over the pivot. It's a much more secure grip then just pressing the knife into your hand with the thumb.

Thanks for the vid man. My black Para 3 just arrived and so I'm here for the flick tutorial. Kinda wish I have gone for the Para 2 as the 3 was just a fraction smaller than I thought it would be.

great video !!! nice pile of good ness right there . blades rock .

Got the para 3 in this morning! First knife :). Couldn't spidey flick but practiced a little throughout the day and I now got it down. The trick for me was focusing flicking my middle finger towards the right half of the hole

I might break the angle down on the spydeyhole on my paramilitary, it's a bit sharp atm, but yeah this is pretty easy once you get it.

Lol. Thanks, bro. Finally got it down thanks to your video! Cheers.

GREAT shirt =D Using your instructions, can spidey flick my PM2 now with ease, but still can't do the Chap without the possibility of losing a thumb, and I've broken in the action on the Chap pretty well.

I have the same exact pm2 and I flick it the same way. It's addicting

I have the para 3 but the action is pretty stiff / sticky. Is getting smoother action just a matter of breaking it in? How? Opening and closing it 1,000 times?? I don't really want to loosen any screws.... Thanks!

Hi do you happen to know where I can get replacement screws for knife clip

I always use my thumb to open my knives ... BUT , I see there are people that said you need to hold the knife and be able to flick open with each finger ....! ! ! Took a little practice , but now I can do it with each finger and thumb in both the tip up and tip down hold.

Does the pivot need to loosen before you can flick it? Or need adjusted?

i finally learned how to do this!

I just bought a Spyderco Endura 4 and man its hard to do the spidy flick cant seem to figure the hand position since the blade and handle are long but great video hopefully i can do the spidy flick eventually

That all-black PM2 sure is sexy!! Whoever turned you on to that knife must be a damn genius! LOL. Nice video, bro. Enjoyed watching, as always!

Not bad, I carry the para 3 with the emerson and it changes the game.

Cool video! I really like Spyderco knives a lot. As far as getting comfortable learning how to do the flick with the blade, I recommend placing a piece of tape over edge of blade.

I couldn't bring myself to finish this video I wanted to but the volume was out of whack and you're just rambling have a good one sir

I have the para 2 and 3 and I can't spidey flick either... You make it look easy, but I suck at it lol

What model Spyder is that ?

The flick of the knives tho

PM2"s have been around too long for any secrets,,,, Good vid for PM newbies. Polish the washers, proper oil gets them pretty smooth. Tanto model no tip worries,,,,, I beat it to death.

Epic. Beard.

Thanks!! I can do it easier now. thumbs up!

Figit factor perfection.

I got the manix 2 so definitely thumb flick is much better

no lock flick?

how to loosen it up?

Lol you want some actual difficult spidey flicking? Get a mini griptillian with the spidey hole, now that’s a pain to “spidey flick”. Difficulty set to 10 man

I can do it about once out of every 1 times

All the nuances of middle finger flicking are definitely captured. That thumb position is major. If the thumb isnt providing that anchorage to flick from you will launch your Spyderco knife out of your hand, blade partially deployed into the street or worse... a person. Great video!

4:55 You sit at your desk job with 2 types of knives and a gun? Aight

Definitely can't do the thumb flick with my new PM3.

cut to it bro

I'm a weird one. I spidey flick with my index finger.

2:09

Video starts at 3:00

Why the music while trying to explain something 👎🏿

Lmao

Haha. This is literally the main way to spydie flick. Unless you where click baiting this is no secret lol. Fair play though kool video.

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That’s the secret flip? Byeeeeeee!

If you're not flicking it with your pinky it's nothing new

If you’re so worried about how you look carrying, maybe move to a country where it won’t be such a problem. You also possibly won’t die, or go to jail for 25+ years, for shooting somebody out of self defence, but the judges disagree. You can fight stupid with stupid, but it just ends up stupid. Hope ya make a good choice

Can't comprehend any reason to care about this opening technique. Spidercos suck for the most part. This must be a yuppie thing that city folk can do with high priced knives since they don't need to cut anything. Half of my edc folders are automatic push button for easy one hand open and close. The knives I carry are used for cutting jobs about 25 times a day. More importantly being open & sharp is their only best feature.

I don't think you understand the word concealed.

Wtf... That is not good action dude....

Cringe

The thumb flick is your super secret flip. Are you kidding that’s the basic flip everyone starts with smh click bait. A compression flip is cooler than that. You prob haven’t even went there yet.

I love all these methods of getting your knife out and then the action did involve odd contortions of your hands and fingers and not fully grasping the knife in the first place. Under stress or a tactical situation, a self-defense grapple, etc,…. you had BETTER have a GODAMNED good fucking, FULL grip on that goddamn knife and know how to get it open without all that fancy tactiCOOL bullshit