Ways to Deploy Folding Knives You Might Not Know About!

[@danzigrulze5211]

You can't watch this video without taking out your folding knife and deploying it multiple times. Great stuff!

[@lukevj]

The dude in the background just acted like he's watched David Blaine do a magic trick..."oh wow"🤔

[@jeremywhitfield4556]

LoL

[@jesseleanos7389]

I know right...He's like do that again...I'm thinking why? All he's doing is using his free hand to open the blade. I like this channel but camera dude is always hamming shit up for no reason

[@Hangman1]

Magic Haha!

[@murderyoutubeworkersandceos]

>BOTH HANDS?!!?!?! Run that by me again!

[@narayantx]

"It's good to play with your knife." Beat advice ever. Thanks GN.

[@DanteYewToob]

"Itz gewd to play wiz ze knife.." Agreed my man. I use my knife collection as fidget spinners, so they are like an extra finger to me now.. I've grown so familiar with my 3 main carry knives that they are basically just muscle memory.. I even bought a few for my mother and either taped or ground the edges and let her practice and play with them and now she knows lots of cool techniques, tricks, tactical maneuvers, and self defense uses. She practices flipping her Recon from standard to icepick grip and back while she watches TV lol practices drawing and deployment while she walks the dogs, and made a good point about how when she walks to the ATM she uses her knife clip as a money clip so it's out in her hand when she goes to deposit money or whatever.. Sharing knife knowledge can be really fun and rewarding, knowing you helped someone feel safer and actually BE safer.

[@akapi3831]

taped the blade? NO. IF YOU MESS UP YOU BLEED OUT. THIS IS HOW YOU LEARN.

[@lylesmith6304]

Very well done. It's practical and fun. I have arthritis in my hands and this improves the stiffness, strength and pain. Thank you!

[@Warcub]

Bastien is the man. Love his knives.

[@frankwoods135]

the wave feature is the best opening method as far as a tactical opening, reliability and ease of use imo

[@brendanbate5440]

Casey Bryan Its the most fun method for sure but it takes a bit of practice at first. id say the two handed method is the most reliable (for me at least). I have a 599 trainer that has a wave. took me a few tries to get the hang of it

[@TheSuburban15]

usually relies on tip-up carry, which some people don't like because of safety concerns or just user preference

[@r1w3d]

-Suburban- I've heard of tip down being a problem never tip up unless for some weird ass reason your carrying it tip up and in reverse so that the blades spine is towards your open pocket space. Tip down is a problem and I personally one day had a tip down carry and squatted when it was semi open which caused the tip of my knife to stab into my left thigh. It wasn't deep enough to be deadly but I had to glue it and my pants had a huge blood stain. Tip down is a problem for that reason because in the right spot or deep enough in a thigh you will bleed out pretty fast.

[@TheSuburban15]

Have carried tip-down in back pocket for over 20 years. If the knife were to open, the act of pulling it out would close it. If I carried tip-up, and it opened, I would cut my hand or finger(s) if I reached for it.

[@bastirunne3827]

-Suburban- or you could get a blade that doesnt open on its own. had a cheap knife which opened and cut open my backpocket and a bit of my right asscheek, after which i bought the cold steel spartan. its been my edc blade for about 2 years and i never had a problem with it.

[@rickr.3558]

I appreciate these videos where they address performing a technique while under stress.

[@simonhopkins3867]

only use a knife as a last resort to save life. Then remember it's meant to be felt not seen. Doug.

[@stephenmiche]

GN, thanks for consolidating those techniques closeup and and slower at the end. Love vids

[@proctor9443]

don’t worry bastien we all love and like your vids🥰

[@LMarshall32]

HUGE thumbs up for Bastien!!!

[@frankwoods135]

also I like putting wave feature on my knife because this situation did happen to me I got rushed and I had time to pull my knife out but I couldn't deploy it under stress even though I had been practicing how to open the knife in this specific way I wasn't able to do it that's why I modify my cold steel recon 1 to have a wave feature so that drawing the knife and opening it are one motion and it's pretty reliable from my experience the wave opening will work under stress with minimum practice

[@frankwoods135]

this is nothing new but I still like the technique

[@mattheworeilly8813]

Amazing content GN! I really enjoy these videos and appreciate what you do. Bastien is really intelligent. I've never thought of trying to deploy my folding knife in different ways or even consider different deployments based on a situation. So I'm going to have to experiment !

[@jamespisano1164]

Hank Reinhardt described the blade hold and flick opening technique in his book. I agree about playing with you knife. Can't be too comfortable with it. Sometimes you may want to open it quietly too, which is another consideration.

[@geofft.1959]

Another great video, I like how you guys have such a wide variety of content from guns, knives/karambit and hand to hand. please keep the videos coming and especially if Doug is back

[@Q.Lawrence]

Basically, get a good knife. I haven't used a folder that opens as easily as what I saw in the video. That's why I went to the Emerson opener.

[@c4_yrslf726]

Yeah and some places or countries such as Germany and Canada don't allow to posses a knife that opens with centrifugal force

[@OceanKing6725]

Bastien is just great.

[@dutchhiphopfan050]

The French know their knifes very well. Even the cheap ones you can buy there as a tourist are still pretty decent.

[@redneckzen]

Good to see someone teaching the classics to the kids today. The interviewer needs to get out more, though. Maybe see a movie or hang out down at the pool hall. ;)

[@lifenature5463]

One of the best instructional videos on knife opening. Very useful, I'm gonna train until I'll master it. Je vous remercie beaucoup.

[@Llight-qg9tc]

I think this is pretty cool. A good refresher course. What's also important. Is whether you are right or left handed , always practice drawing out you knife with your opposite hand. So if your dominant hand is injured. You can efficiently draw your weapon with your other hand.

[@Llight-qg9tc]

Also, awesome knives. Love the blade design especially.

[@ill_phil]

fixed blade .... Problem solved ;-)

[@FunkerTactical]

ill phil I read that as fun dissolved.

[@ill_phil]

Funker Tactical - Fight Training Videos of course ;-)

[@randolphcirilo4800]

ill phil .. exactly.. Fixed blade and go to work!

[@iliketohearmenmoaning]

Good point

[@calebcornwell8473]

Doesn't work everywhere. I cant carry fixed (over 2ish inch) or assisted where I live.

[@GloryNationWarriors]

Opening it the Jamaican way, the Classic three star Okapi knife is heavily here & a art to open fully with using your denim.

[@Psysso]

Somehow there is something very pleasing by that click sound the knife deployment makes :)

[@michaelfrank1458]

That camera guy tho. 😂

[@dragster100]

Love the video being so realistic, thank you!

[@bdcochran01]

Great video. Yes, I have had knife fighting training. He is correct about the adrenaline rush and people screwing up on deployment. Use situational awareness. I assume that you know what a kubotan might be. There have been times when I carry an undeployed Buck 110 in my hand. Non-threatening,nearly invisible, but available. On one occasion, very late at night in Beijing, I deployed my knife behind my leg and place other members of the group between the potential bad guys and myself.

[@dartfeld44]

I've been practicing the wrist snap method for a few years. I feel like it's flashy and a bit intimidating. Hopefully enough to dissuade an aggressor.

[@BeSatori]

I remember getting rushed quite suddenly by an aggressive dog once while walking with my girlfriend. The dog stopped short and took off after I gave it a good shout (or roar!) and I realized I already had my knife in my hand and open. I couldn't even recall having done it but it was a good lesson that always wearing and using my knife had ingrained a powerful reflex in me. I live in the country and pull my knife a dozen times a day. It adds up.

[@TheGreyman61]

Back in the day when my EDC was a Buck 110 I had the knife worked out to where I could open it one handed (centrifugal). That was before thumbstuds became commonplace. Today with most higher end folders having an allen or torx type bolt holding the blade in the handle all one needs to do is adjust the screw tension on the blade and use a good lubricant in the friction areas to deploy the blade effortlessly

[@longviewstud26]

Excellent video

[@Julian-bq9qv]

very good video - good teacher!

[@Vrdavila67]

You guy’s should do a video series with Michael Janich from Martial Blade.

[@hard2dre]

i love ur videos great quality

[@brendanbate5440]

hey GN great video. English boxing is what the French call standard boxing. its not a different style. the French call kickboxing "boxe francaise" or french boxing

[@DaDoctorJ]

French boxing is Savate, it is not the same as Kickboxing.

[@nikkoataylar6486]

Love your knives specifically the le picoeur

[@juanconeo]

Fixed blade is always the best, but sometimes, in some social contexts a folder is a better choice simply for concealing and/or practical reasons, in those cases, just go WAVE OPENING MAN! 😊

[@pietrodellarocca7629]

Super vidéo mec, je ne savais pas qu'il y avait un français sur cette chaîne j'ai reconnu direct avec l'accent ^^

[@joquelhalyard6024]

I love knife play

[@bobwampler3387]

Very cool!

[@Cypeq]

In this video guy is wowed by having two hands, and gravity existing.

[@xmeda]

And now we can invent a wheel!

[@timetellersunion3711]

Can you guys do a video on multi tools and self defense

[@chloecooke1273]

Can u still do the wrist snap if the blade is stiff

[@dixielee6657]

very interesting

[@s.g.3042]

*Brilliant*

[@jessevilla6372]

any knife that you can open using centrifugal force is usually considered illegal by some states, usually under the term "gravity knife". lotta guys in NY have gotten screwed by those laws

[@AlexsKnivesSuch]

This guy is good

[@rayraysayhey]

so many possibilities!

[@ReaperFromAbove]

sitting here flipping my balisong watching this then I heard balisong I'm like alright! it just keeps getting better

[@Imas671]

Freaking Awesome 👌

[@reggiechabassol628]

You guys like liner lock blades? In my experience, they're unreliable when doing some cutting tasks.

[@Moodo76]

3:40 That grip literally cost me a fingertip in a stressful situation. On the bright side my right middle finger now lacks fingerprints. CIA here I come.

[@Cypeq]

And with a flick down, gravity opening... You can always throw it away... xd

[@Chiburi]

There is a knife blade inside?!? *mindblown*

[@hueyhulk954]

that last move my father taught me. hold the blade and let the weight of the handle do the work.

[@TheSuburban15]

Do you do it with your dominant hand, and then regrip, or do you open with the weak hand, and then grab the handle with your dominant hand?

[@keensoundguy6637]

Obviously that method requires sufficient grip area on the top of the blade when it's closed. Among my many knives is an inexpensive Buck knife ("Spitfire") that only has a blade hole. Because of its design, I just naturally figured out that method. With a little practice, the second motion of adjusting your grip onto the handle becomes almost part of the first motion. To answer Suburban's question, yes, I do it with the dominant hand and regrip.

[@JimmyGunXD556]

I personally abandoned folders. I now soley carry the TDI KaBar Hellfire.

[@r1w3d]

JimmyGunXD556 Benchmade CBK for me as defense but I still carry another knife for main use.

[@JimmyGunXD556]

Brandon Cornett I've considered that style blade... I like those as well.

[@r1w3d]

JimmyGunXD556 it's solid. 440c stainless doesn't seem amazing but I've had my first one since 2009 at the beach in rivers all over never rusted out at all on me. Endless low profile carry options for it and it's lightweight. I've had the same sheath for it and it's never worn out no matter what I put it through.

[@looseyfur3773]

JimmyGunXD556 i carry a katana (-_-)／(ﾟДﾟ)

[@bushcraft_in_the_north]

we all deployed our blades that way in the "old days#

[@TheAllAroundG]

He was at ATL Blade show right? I think I talked with him ... Also I saw you GN but you were busy filming and I didnt wanna bother you :)

[@FunkerTactical]

TheAllAroundG yes we were at BladeShow!! Next time say hello!

[@TheAllAroundG]

Lol you was busy, i was standing right next to you actually then glanced over and said, he looks familiar then I saw the camera....

[@basedchris8784]

Detent must be kinda weak if you can swing it open so easy without using the studs

[@ElPatron-te3sf]

What modelis the knife in the video

[@ugh1963]

Avec un délicieux petit accent français ;-) Merci pour la vidéo!

[@myalternatemeswordofthefor4928]

Lol Funker how did you not know you can open a knife with two hands lol,bastien is like dude thats like the most simple way lol.

[@darthstafford]

GN: *mind blown* lol

[@timkramar9729]

I like a thumb hole in my knives. But I use it to cut only boxes and tape.

[@fallingleaveskungfu]

I think most people will fail to even get the knife out of their pocket successfully under stress.

[@TheeCapN]

or you can use a knife with a pocket catch when you pull the knife out folded it catches and unfolds itself. its like having a sheath

[@YellowTrashMan]

Can't open it as fast or as reliably as a fixed blade.

[@marklawrence855]

try a Emerson

[@caldylangoss2287]

Wow (the whole video)

[@zombieclad5660]

Emerson wave or fixed blade will get the job done

[@kylesundell1554]

If you have an accent you automatically become 45% more believable when it comes to knife fighting training.

[@jpkubalak]

Also good to practice opening in your other hand. Well trained police officers practice this. Their gun goes on one hip, knife is a backup on the other.

[@claudiodominguez.]

Now these countries need a knife that shoots out blades at 700 fps. with a ten round mag.

[@duo02]

Of course it would be the French that come up with different ways deploying/hiding a knife lol

[@melissamurley9967]

Someone needs to make a folder that locks without the "click". A knife should be a suprise or it is insuficient.

[@rougevendetta4773]

Acting way too exited lol

[@MrBeppedom]

Second

[@lerch400block]

Don't shake open liner locks you'll fuck them up.

[@r1w3d]

lerch400block haha you'll get lock stick over travel problems.

[@RevMark]

Why is opening a folding knife with two hands such a novel concept? He just provided a viable training option if I'm too terrified to open the blade. How did you open the knife before auto, spring-assisted, etc came about? Good grief!

[@Jkp1321]

Assited open squad

[@kyro3791]

I cam to see knives. stayed for the accent.

[@Mc007Queen]

Destroy all your knives and when you need one to defend yourself Juggernaut you won't have one

[@werewally3156]

S L O W bud slow.

[@drakepreston6511]

🔥🔥🔥 strong fight 1:00 🔥❣ 👇🥊

[@malibudolphin3109]

Really, loud distracting background music with a guy with a Heavy Accent !

[@k.padraigokane1472]

C'mon Funker!!!!! A black knife with a black shirt background deployed at high speed? With light BEHIND the subject. New camera guy ASAP. Smh!

[@Mc007Queen]

Don't cut yourself now

[@hard2dre]

first

[@invisibleafghanman477]

doesnt make sense sorry

[@veritas1073]

Is this a joke

[@itellthetruthabtu2378]

10 min video on how to open a knife.... I just carry a gun instead.

[@FunkerTactical]

Itellthetruthabtu 2 --- I once sat through a whole day's lesson on how to load a gun. Hope you're well trained. -GN

[@BeSatori]

Are there ANY videos on how to draw a gun under 10 min long?

[@FunWithGuns]

there's a high possibility you made need to open a knife with one hand because the other may be defending an attacker. Didn't see anything new here just a guy with an accent acting tacticool

[@jamesc2545]

Wanabee Fred Maestro.. douche

[@Metal_Fingers.]

I don't speak croissant.Can someone translate?

[@FunkerTactical]

Super Abz Asshole is not a language ;)

[@Kilonoid]

You tell him GN! Also, on a completely unrelated note, would you happen to have King Reign's "When I Close My Eyes" instrumental from your older 4-part series with Doug Marcaida and the Fox 599 Karambit? You had it playing in episodes 3 & 4, and I cannot for the life of me find the instrumental anywhere. I assume it was specially made for the video or something? Either way, I'd greatly appreciate it if you could PM me the track or provide a download link, it's such a great track.

[@shivinshivin3372]

Super Abz he says that ur mom gay.