Get a douk douk and pound the bolsters locking it open, OG French shank before people knew how to buy a dollar store steak knife
I've heard of that, and I don't really understand why a person wouldn't just buy a decent fixed blade knife it that's what they want. A douk-douk is popular because it's cheap, decent, AND a folding knife. I suppose if you already have one, and want to put it to use...
Although I have a douk-douk (an El Baraka, actually), and it seems to me that with the strength of the backpring, one could just about stab a person without bothering with hammering the bolsers shut! Maybe that's an exaggeration, but the blade is very stiff. And if it did try to close on you, there is a middle position which is just as stiff as the open or closed position, so the blade won't snap closed on you (which is a comfort, since it would just about remove your fingers!). I'm glad it has that middle position, because you really have to grasp the handle firmly to close the blade, let it snap to the middle position, shift your fingers out of the way, and then push it closed. It's hard grasp the handle firmly enough without your fingers right in the way of the blade, and without that middle position, I'd really worry about it snapping shut on my fingers. With it, I don't worry.
But I like the douk-douk. I got one just for the heck of it, because it looked interesting, but it really grew on me quickly. It fits well in the pocket, and the blade is a useful shape for utility work (although really, really ugly!). It's made from good, although very soft, carbon steel which takes a very sharp edge. You have to touch the edge up frequently, but it's so easy that I don't mind at all. The handle is not at all ergonamic, but it works. I'm sure something else will come along and replace it soon, or I'll go back to my Opinel, but for now I'm EDC-ing a douk-douk, and it works fine as a pocket knife. Carries really easy and thin, in pocket or hung from a clip. Very durable finish, so I don't worry about banging it up. Cheap, ditto. The El Baraka version doesn't have that ugly "douk-douk" decoration all over the blade, just a tasteful design on the handle (although I wish I would find one with a plain blade and a plain blued handle; the chromium-handle on the El Baraka is tough, but I'm not crazy about the looks). And how many other places, besides an authentic higonokami, can you get a decent blade steeped in history and interest, forged and manufactured by hand in a small shop, the same shop the knife has always been made in, by a crew of ten workers, under the grandson of the man who invented the knife? It isn't like other modern repro knifes that have the same DESIGN as an historical knife, it IS the same knife, just it was made a few years ago, not 100 years ago. And as much as I like a higonokami, the blade geometry doesn't appeal to me as much. It's cross-section is like a splitting wedge.