One handed operation and much less likely to accidentally unlock it at a bad time. Your thumb is in harms way when you start to close it... you get used to that pretty quick. Being able to open, use, close and stow a knife all with one hand is awful nice, especially if you frequently get left holding the bag. That way you don't have to put the bag down!
I remember on one particular midnight moose mission, a feller we both know had his folder close and try and cut him while he was using it. He muttered something about that being the second and last time that knife had done that. Then he closed it, and chucked it as far as he could into the swamp. I thought that a pretty good policy - no need to keep something around if it is trying to cut you all the time.
I think it's simply a paradigm shift to getting used to, or relearning a different opening/closing method, but my wife claims that I'm trainable.
Who pray-tell is the knife chucker? Initials or PM?
