...USAF had one like this..
Posted on 02/12/2015 9:05:35 AM PST by marktwain
There never was a logical reason to ban them. I see it as almost a test case of media power.
Like gun laws, they were never intended to stop the evildoer, but to get non-violent law-abiding citizens.
...USAF had one like this..
Many more at JerzeeDevil auto picture thread.
Half a century later they used the same process to take away our light bulbs.
I blame West Side Story.
They are trying to use it to take away electricity and cars.
The scare tactic now is global warming, er, ‘climate change’. It is one of the biggest scams out there.
One nice result of this is that assisted-opening knives have experienced something of a design renaissance the last few years. I carry a Ken Onion Kershaw that opens very nicely with one finger, which is a good thing, because I’m usually holding something in the other hand when it turns out I need it. It is not a fighting knife. I do not dance in a chorus line before gang fights. “When ya a Jet ya a Jet all da way, from yer first cigarette to ya last dyin’ day...”
Back in the mid 90’s, I ordered a switchblade from a magazine advert, it was to come as a kit requiring final assembly of the mainspring. When it showed up, I shook it out of its bag and it was complete and ready to go—needed a drop of oil on the hinge, though... Used it at work to slit shrinkwrap when depalletizing product.
Some of those switch blades a truly beautiful, I must say. For my own cutlery though, I prefer a well made large fixed blade. SOG Seal team Elite is fantastic! For a small and very useful folder, I prefer the Spyderco Harpy made of vg-10 stainless. And for throwing (yep throwing!) I prefer these Gil Hibben knives once their corded handle is removed. Perfect for the no flip throwing method.
First, they were labelled “assault weapons” and then they started on automatic and semi-automatic blades....
That switchblade & shroud knife was also in the Army’s life support vest for aviators, then one year they were ordered to be turned in.
My wife acquired one in the 1970’s, then gave it to me when we got married. Now that’s love!
;^)
Deep in the recesses of my gun safe I have an original SOG Trident, it's possibly the stoutist knife I own. I believe the blade stock is > 1/4". It's absolutely fantastic fit and finish, and so nice I've never been able to bring myself to use it.
I also have a SOG Tomcat Jr.
I love Spyderco's and have three or four of them, too. This one's a fave:
The VALLOTTON SUB-HILT FOLDER.
Cheers!
LOL!
That is a beautiful Spyderco! They make such high quality knives.
The SOG Trident is a gorgeous knife. SOGs in general are of such incredible quality. The Seal Team Elite I have has got to be the sturdiest knife I have ever seen in my life, and what really blows my mind about it is that looking at the list of their products, mine is on the cheaper end.
I would love to look at some of their more expensive gear, but that stuff is out of my price range.
If you look at the M42 Paratrooper jacket there is a little ambidextrous zippered pocket in the mid-chest area made to hold this knife with the express purpose of cutting yourself out of tangled shroud lines should a paratrooper get stuck in trees, powerlines, etc. It was critical that the knife, and the pocket it was kept in be accessible by either hand for obvious reasons...
“Ken Onion Kershaw”
I carry a black Ken Onion Leek (1660CKT). It’s a great tool...have it out 6-8 times a day. Very, very handy.
I also have the Shallot. While it’s a little big for constant carry, when it swings open and locks in place, you KNOW you’re holding on to a substantial piece of equipment.
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