Reverse-grip Assisted-Opening Folding Knife

Let me start off by saying that the intent of this innovation is self-defense, in case you are attacked and need to draw your weapon quickly.

There are a lot of people who prefer the reverse-grip when fighting with knives. You see it all the time in military movies and training videos alike. What I mean by reverse-grip is holding the knife in the orientation of a stabbing motion, blade down. This is not my preferred method, but that's just a matter of personal preference. This idea is for those who do prefer that method, and to make that method quicker to implement.

One reason I don't like the reverse-grip is that, unless you've got a fixed-blade knife, you waste valuable time pulling a folder out of your pocket, opening the knife (which always opens blade-up) then flipping your grip.

This knife is designed to flip open in the blade-down, reverse-grip orientation. The handle is designed to be comfortable in that grip, as opposed to existing designs where comfort priority is given to the blade-up grip. The only exception (and the inspiration for this idea) I've seen to that rule is a reality-inspired knife made by Jim Wagner, which is designed to be equally comfortable in either grip.