Give Your Folding Knife Assisted Opening Capabilities with Zip Ties. David Galloway. March 3, 2012 If you view your folding knife as a defensive weapon you'll want the ability to deploy it quickly.

Columbia River Knife & Tool’s spring-assisted folding knives are small, ... The AutoLAWKS safety is a dual-safety mechanism that ensures the blade remains open after the user opens the knife.

We tested fixed blade knives, along with assisted opening, folding, and automatic knives for this piece. With that in mind, these are our picks for the best tactical knives being made today.

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Assisted Opening. Technically speaking (and in theory), an assisted opening can be applied to any kind of deployment. ... This is because they’re not folding knives — i.e. they’re always deployed.

Assisted: An internal spring turns a flipper or other opening mechanism into a faster, automatic-like opening. Automatic: The press of a button deploys the knife instead of actuating it yourself.