Switchblade mechanism

[agsolder]

Nothing is, nor meant to be condescending, uncivil, or off-track in the least about my posts. Your views are indeed touching. Mine are the expressions of more than 60 years of experience with switchblades and their inner workings, and the law, lawyers, courts, judges, and juries. As to what state I am in, electronic flux, alas-- I exist only as a transient configuration of pixels on your screen every now and then, mostly then from now on.

[ThomasPowers]

Waaaay back when I was in college I went and talked to the local police about blade laws for our local SCA group.

Even they were confused about what the tangle of statuates meant as AR had a law on the books banning the sale or possession of swords---it used to include bowies as well but Lile got that part changed. Yet swords were being sold at every fleamarket. It dated to the reconstruction BTW.

On the other hand if you were going a certain number of miles out of your daily routine you were allowed to carry a large knife "against the dangers of the road".

On the gripping hand the concealed deadly weapon law was so loose that my physics textbook in my backpack could qualify as a concealed deadly weapon and woe to the business man with a pencil in his inside coat pocket!

So what I took from all this was "sure I might be right; but was I willing to spend *thousands* of dollars proving it! You still have to pay even if they find in your favour.

[Nick]

So, how do they work? I've always wanted to know, is it a coil spring or a cam and leaf spring? How about the triggering mechanism? Some Italian stilletoes have a little hole near the pivot, but not all automatics I've seen have this. And the saftey, usually a little slide button, it seems like it must slide over the tip of the blade to hold it down. There's a fair bit of mechanism in a small space.

[ThomasPowers]

From what I've seen pretty much anyway you could design one has been used somewhere/somewhen.

[matt87]

Originally Posted by agsolder

Nothing is, nor meant to be condescending, uncivil, or off-track in the least about my posts. Your views are indeed touching. Mine are the expressions of more than 60 years of experience with switchblades and their inner workings, and the law, lawyers, courts, judges, and juries. As to what state I am in, electronic flux, alas-- I exist only as a transient configuration of pixels on your screen every now and then, mostly then from now on.

Very well, I will give you the benefit of the doubt, and say no more about it; it's just that your words were difficult to interpret correctly in such a limited medium. Don't, though, think that you're the only one with a realistic view of the judicial system; that IS condescending.

[Rutterbush]

May not be what you want, but it's something.

RoadsideImports Automatic Switchblade Conversion Instructions

[wolfy9005]

Normal knife is just as fast to open. and it's alot safer, so i dont see the point of using a switchblade anyway. I have a little knife somewhere that you can open with 1 hand.

[wolfy9005]

Knowing isnt illegal. It is perfectly legal to know how to manufacture this or that, but just dont admit to putting it into practice.