[rice paddy daddy]

That sounds interesting. Care to share?

Assisted opening knives are legal in all 50, and the blade deploys just as fast as an automatic.
The Kriegar line of assisted opening stilettos are very inexpensive, but well made, and function properly. They are liner locks, one hand deploy, one hand fold up.
Mine has the black wood handle, link here www.kennesawcutlery.com/Kriegar-Black-Stiletto-Assisted-Opening-Pocket-Kni-44158
Blade took some work to get good and sharp. A stiletto is a thruster, not a slasher, and doesn't really need to have real sharp edges.

I bought a white faux pearl handle one for the wife.

I'm a big customer of both Kennesaw Cutlery and Smoky Mountain Knife Works.
Blades are very addictive to me.

 

[inceptor]

Horizon Bladeworks
www.nicnac.net/index.html

Automatic knives are legal in Florida. I don't know if your state is the same.

Thanks. I have no idea if they are legal here or not but it's worth looking into.

 

[inceptor]

Assisted opening knives are legal in all 50, and the blade deploys just as fast as an automatic.
The Kriegar line of assisted opening stilettos are very inexpensive, but well made, and function properly. They are liner locks, one hand deploy, one hand fold up.
Mine has the black wood handle, link here www.kennesawcutlery.com/Kriegar-Black-Stiletto-Assisted-Opening-Pocket-Kni-44158
Blade took some work to get good and sharp. A stiletto is a thruster, not a slasher, and doesn't really need to have real sharp edges.

I bought a white faux pearl handle one for the wife.

I'm a big customer of both Kennesaw Cutlery and Smoky Mountain Knife Works.
Blades are very addictive to me.

Several of mine are assisted. I work them when they come in until they open quite easily. Normally they are a little stiff new.

I have a stiletto that I took off of a guy in the early 70's. He said he would cut me up. Instead he took a whoopin and I took the knife. I still have that one. :tango_face_grin:

 

[Inor]

Several of mine are assisted. I work them when they come in until they open quite easily. Normally they are a little stiff new.

I have a stiletto that I took off of a guy in the early 70's. He said he would cut me up. Instead he took a whoopin and I took the knife. I still have that one. :tango_face_grin:

That is the perfect knife in my book! A free knife that comes with a story...

I have a few fairly expensive knives but my absolute favorite is a little assisted open Kershaw that I picked up on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco about 10 years ago. I had not been to SFO for a while and did not realize how badly the city had decayed in my absence. I picked it up because I wanted something more than the jack knife that I usually carry when traveling on business. That one has become my goto knife for castrating bulls. The blade is absolutely the perfect shape for the task. It does not hold an edge as well as some of my better knives but who cares? I just carry a small oilstone in my pocket and clean the blade up every 5 or 6 calves and it is perfect.

 

[rice paddy daddy]

That is the perfect knife in my book! A free knife that comes with a story...

I have a few fairly expensive knives but my absolute favorite is a little assisted open Kershaw that I picked up on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco about 10 years ago. I had not been to SFO for a while and did not realize how badly the city had decayed in my absence. I picked it up because I wanted something more than the jack knife that I usually carry when traveling on business. That one has become my goto knife for castrating bulls. The blade is absolutely the perfect shape for the task. It does not hold an edge as well as some of my better knives but who cares? I just carry a small oilstone in my pocket and clean the blade up every 5 or 6 calves and it is perfect.

Mmmm!! I've had good ol' Georgia deep fried hog nuts, do you eat the bull nuts?
Hog nuts are small and tender, taste kinda like beef liver.

 

[Inor]

Mmmm!! I've had good ol' Georgia deep fried hog nuts, do you eat the bull nuts?
Hog nuts are small and tender, taste kinda like beef liver.

The balls and ears are for the dogs. They definitely earn it. One good dog is worth 3 cowboys. Plus, the dogs usually do not show up drunk.

 

[The Tourist]

Ahhh, I see you mentioned my buddies and knife entrepreneurs, that would be Joyce and Nick. If they don't have it for you it also means their Italian supplier doesn't have it either. It's a family business with them as the husband has been sick. But Joyce knows where every knife or ice-pick is located in their inventory, and she gets products sent to you within a few days, not a few months.

You can call them at 828-884-4302.

 

[Mad Trapper]

I don't want or need tacto-cool stuff.

I have had an Uncle Henry Scharde, Buck 110, or Bucklite in my pocket since about 7th grade. Good folders, and I can grab them quick. Sort of like being naked without one.

 

[The Tourist]

That sounds interesting. Care to share?

No problem. But I did use two sources. CRKT advertises in the A.G.Russell catalog.

The knife discussed is a CRKT G-10 "Tuna Folder," no kidding. You can find it on Page 23 of the Late Fall 2020 A.G. Russell Knives catalog. Personally I think the 44 dollar price was an abject steal. Heck, some cutlers charge that much just for the sheath!

The nomenclature is quite basic. It's a drop-point folder whose blade is 8Cr14MoV stainless with a working strength of 58-60 Rc. Yes, I suppose some clutz broke a knife with that pedigree, but I don't know him. I like to use good, solid basic folders, and I've never even chipped a folder like this. The decorative front grip is olive drab G-10 with a solid stainless steel obverse side with a factory added pocket clip.

If you work in your jeans sooner or later you'll ding up your knife and probably send it to guys like me for a repair. But a tune up on a 44 dollar knife is lot easier to digest than a fancy-schmancy ego folder costing 200 dollars plus shipping.

Mine is in the mail, and we service what we buy, as well. Essentially you should buy what you work in...

 

[ActionJackson]

My problem is that I live in Wisconsin. Law enforcement insists that you only use the right modicum of force.

Now I ask you, just what "modicum" should I use if attacked by three bangers? Well, welcome to Wisconsin!

This is no joke, if you're the victor you almost have to provide info that you were originally the victim.

Modicum = 9mm instead of .44 Mag.

 

[The Tourist]

I know this is a late time to bring this up, but wasn't there a writer to a blade magazine (these articles are in the front pages) that proffered automatic knives were now legal in all fifty states?

The idea was that since the "law" was now recognized in all fifty states, folding knives (including automatic knives) were also grandfathered in by the new statute.

I was once having coffee in the beverage shop of 'Barnes & Noble' when I noticed a police officer was taking a break, as well. He asked me what I did, and I just mentioned "salesman." Then I grinned and handed over a 'sample.'

He never said a word. He clicked open the knife, asked about pricing and then handed me back the folder. He then told me something I had not heard. Supposedly the statute of automatic knives was technically still on the books--but he also added that, "so is still jay-walking." The hassle it would take him and his partner to arrest, search, send for a squad car and then book a citizen for a "knife" would cost several times their wages over an arrest of a peaceful citizen.

However, the more I asked several sources I found that "knives were legal in Wisconsin," while others said "knives are not legal" in some places of Wisconsin.

Of course, I once found out that a police officer became my new neighbor. I walked directly to his house, welcomed him and his family to the neighborhood and showed him some of my samples. We had a nice chat, and he handed all the "illegal knives" back to me.

The background on this was pretty simple. In conversations the officers admitted that if a guy was sitting drinking coffee and opening his mail with a switchblade they would just ignore the issue. However, if a guy pulled a switchblade on a citizen, then the attacker would be arrested for "drawing a weapon." Same knife, differing circumstances.

To that, I think opinions in Wisconsin have gotten more slack. Just a few years ago a switchblade in any circumstances would get you tossed to the ground and handcuffed. Now senior citizens like me are viewed with possession of a "simple letter opener."

Funny how times change. You open a switchblade in public and nobody cares. You harangue a lurker over the internet and you could do some serious time.

And here's a laugh--I have double-jointed thumbs. Technically, I could apply--and receive--for some form of abnormality on my Wisconsin Drivers' License. I have no problem at all activating the buttons and levers in my truck, along with any lever of an automatic knife. But like I said, this is Wisconsin. This means that 'handicapped is handicapped.'