[DaveArk]

We use to have a permit to carry a switchblade. Our G-suits had a survival knife with an automatic blade.

[jagusafr]

My dad gave me his when he left Air Defense Command. It was bright orange with a blade and a shroud cutter. Carried it all the way through high school in Caracas (not the safest place even then).

[rdcbn]

When I was growing up, switch blades used to be the big thing to buy south of the border