You could also separate Kershaw partial assist into a subclass of assisted locks because it drops the blade 40% after unlocking and allows using one hand to close, which is much easier. It’s in couple of my videos including the intro the most recent: th-cam.com/video/vbOx6bK3DFw/w-d-xo.html
Cool.
I prefer manual knives. I agree with you that assisted knives made sense 10-15 years ago when action on knives was not as good.
You could also separate Kershaw partial assist into a subclass of assisted locks because it drops the blade 40% after unlocking and allows using one hand to close, which is much easier. It’s in couple of my videos including the intro the most recent:
th-cam.com/video/vbOx6bK3DFw/w-d-xo.html