Assisted Opening Knives
Assisted opening knives are spring assisted for lightning fast opening of folding knives and out-the-front knives. When you need absolutely the quickest draw from a knife, then you'll want an assisted opening knife or automatic knife. Several knife manufacturers include spring assisted opening mechanisms in their knives, Smith and Wesson automatic knives are one example.
Smith and Wesson assisted opening knives are typically out-the-front style knives where the blade is concealed in the handle and then is ejected automatically out the front of the knife. Many folding knives feature spring assisted opening to make one handed draws easy and fast. BUDK has more than 130 assisted opening and spring assisted knives.