Yeah, I can see how that liner lock wouldn't be lefty friendly. It's much easier to push down on the liner lock with the right thumb, than it would be to pull up on it from the other saide. It wasn't intuitive at all even for this righty. My prior knife I've been using for the last year or so is a lockback, and before that I was using a cheapo Bucklite which also has a similar lockback. So I'm sitting here flipping open and then closing this Lone Wolf to get used to it. It does have a positive lock to it with a nice *click* sound. I've already put it to use, opening a couple of hard plastic cases that the little River Rock flashlights I also bought today came in. Made quick work of that nasty plastic.