Push button automatic knives might not be legal to carry in all places, but where they are, they offer some considerable advantages over traditional alternatives like other pocket knives and even over assisted opening knives. Here are 5 of the best of them. 

1. No learning curve 

With a push button automatic knife, there’s no special skill you need to learn to deploy the knife. You just press a button and the internal mechanism of the knife does the work. 

With other folders that have thumb studs, thumb holes, and flipper tabs, there’s definitely some getting used to that goes along with them. After a time most users can deploy a knife with a flipper or thumb tabs nearly as quickly as an auto, but the keywords there are “after a time”.

2. True one-handed operation

Traditional pocket knives with nail nicks, and many that lack assisted opening mechanisms, patently require two hands to open them. Some even require two hands to close them like the majority of lock backs and those with locking ring collars. By and large this is not the case with push button autos which can be operated entirely with one hand. 

3. Speed

There’s no contest that you can open a push button automatic knife more quickly than you can open a traditional folder especially if it lacks an assisted opening mechanism, or any features like a flipper tab or thumb studs. 

4. Convenience

Because there is a shorter learning curve associated with becoming proficient with a push button automatic knife, there is also the element of convenience to consider here as well. 

5. Some even make it possible to retract the blade with one hand 

Broadly speaking, there are two classes of push button automatic knives. There are single action knives and there are double action knives.

A single action knife will deploy and lock up with the push of a button, but that button will not retract the blade. It will take a deliberate, manual action to do so. It might be doable with one hand but it also might take two.

A double action knife will deploy and lock the blade with the push of a button, but it will also retract the blade with the push of the same button. This means that the knife can truly be used one-handed, and will not require a second hand to open or close it. 

Pick Yourself Up a New Push Button Automatic Knife at BUDK 

Finding yourself in the market for a new push button automatic knife after reading this? There’s more than one seller but a great place to get it is online at BUDK. 

They carry a wide range of folding knives as well as fixed blades, along with many automatic knives from the best brands, like Benchmade Knives. 

Check out their collection and get in touch with them if you have any questions about any of the models they sell before you buy.

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